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Evening star., 1933-06-29

Shattering an 80-yesr-old tradition
against use of Y. M. O. A. buildings on
Sunday for any purpose not strictly OF
religious character, the board OF man
ayers of the Washington Y. M c. A.
has voted to throw open the swimming
pool in the Central "Y" Building on
Sunday afternoons to al members ana
their guests.
Moreover, the board, headed by Or.
Arthur c. Christie. president OF the
Y. M. c. A.. gave consideration TO
recommendation by the staff that wives
and daughters of "Y" members be ad-
mitted. too, on Sundays. but no action
was taken to include the women be.
cause of lack of locker and shower Ia
cilities for the feminine sex.
The local association is said to be
one of the first in this country to break
away from the me-honored rule that
only prayer meetings, song services or
similar activities should be permitted In
Y. M. C. A. buildings on the Sabbath.
Before taking the drastic step, Y. M. G.
A. officials consulted a number OF proml :
nent clergymen and laymen, all OF
whom saw no objection to the plan
Some were said to be enthusiastic IN
support of the innovation. holding that
a SWIM on Sunday in a supervised
Y. M. c. A. pool was preferable to
'indiscriminate bathing" in pubic
places.
Leonard w. De Cast, general secre-
tary of the Y. NJ c. A., placed the
proposal Informally before a meeting
of the Methodist Protestant Preachers
Association this week, and members
of that group voiced their. approval.
Rev. II. A. Kester, president Of the
Evening star., 1933-06-29
new REALTY RACKET
IS FOUND IN CAPITAL
Better Business Bureau Warns
Property Owners Against
Paying Listing Fees.

The front money" racket is being
applied to real estate, the Better Busi-
ness Bureau warned today.
Louis Rothschild, director of the bu-
reau, said an organization which for
merly fleeced Washingtonians through
room listing service, with 81 listing
fee, is now engaged in contracting Vir-
ginia property owners with propositions
for marketing their holdings.
The plan. Rothschild said, requires
an initial $40 listing fee, the promoters
promising that on payment of this sum
the property can be Immediately sold
to a prospect already lined up and the
fee is deducted from the agents corr
mission
Circular post cards have been received
by many property owners in nearby
Virginia stating that prospects have
been found for their properties, and
that IF interested" these owners may
dispose of their property at handsome
profit through the organization. The
Better Business Bureau states that its
investigation showed that there are ac-
tually no prospects lined up by this
group, and that after securing the list
ing fee," they make no further effort
to sell the property.
Evening star., 1933-06-29
SUICIDE IS VERDICT
IN DEATH OF WOMAN
Dependency Over Loss Of Govern
ment Job Blamed for Act Of
Mrs. Helen Warfeld.

A certificate of suicide has been is
sued by Acting Coroner A. Magruder
Macdonald in the death of Mrs. Helen
Warfield, 81. 500 bock Of Randolph
street. who, according to police, took
her own life because she was respondent
over the loss Of her Government job.
Mrs Warfield was ssphyxiated late
yesterday Her husband, Richard War
field, returned home and found the body
of his wife lying on a clothes chest tn
the kitchen. The windows and doors
were closed and gas was flowing from
open jets Of the stove. The rescue
squad administered first aid, but the
woman was pronounced dead on arrival
at Emergency Hospital. Police were
told that Mrs. Warfield recently lost
Government position Her husband,
police said. is also employed by the Gov
ernment.
John c. Perkins, 62-year-old former
enrolling clerk of the Senate, was still
in a critical condition at Casualty Hos
pital as a result Of loss of blood from
severe cuts about the neck, which police
said were self-inficted yesterday. Per-
kins. they said, was respondent because
he lost his job when the Democrats Or
ganiZed the Senate in March. He was
also treated for poisoning.
Evening star., 1933-06-29
ANACOSTIA RIVER
DUMP SITE URGED
Sanitary Engineer Recommends
Tract Below Old Benning
Race Track.

Selection of a dump on the inside OF
the Anacostia River, below the old Ben
ming race track, where trash may be
burned when it cannot be taken care
of after July l by the District in
cinerators, was recommended today by
John Blake Gordon, sanitary engineer.
If the Commissioners approve, the
formal approval Of Me-. Joseph D. Ar
thur, War Department district engineer,
will be asked.
Provision of a trash burning dump
is made necessary by the closing to-
morrow of the high-pressure ncinerator
at First and o streets southeast, opera
ton of which was banned during the
next year by Congress.
District and Federal Government
trash may be burned at the proposed
District dump, but the city will not
be able to take care Of trash collec-
tions from commercial concerns. as
heretofore. and this will have to be
carted away to private dumps where it
will be burned at cost to commercial
concerns.
Mr.. Gordon said it would be necessary
to improve a gravel road to the Ana
costa site with cinders and ashes be-
fore that location could be used.
Evening star., 1933-06-29
MATTHEWS HURT
IN AUTO M|SHAP
State Department Official
Has Fractured Skull and
Other Injuries.

H. Freeman Matthews, "a, assistant
chief of the division of Latin American
affairs of the State Department, suf-
fered a fractured skull and other in
juries in an automobile crash near
North Tarrytown, N. Y, last night, ac-
cording to an Associated Press dispatch
Mr.. Matthews, whose home Is at 1927
Forty-fourth street, Is in an Ossining.
N. Y, hospital.
His car struck pole when he tried to
avert a collision with another machine,
the dispatch said.
Mr.. Matthews has been with the
State Departments foreign service since
1923, and has held secretarial posts at
Budapest, Hungary, and Bogota, Co.
lombia. He has been assistant chief of
the division since 1880, and in 1881 was
sent on special mission to Ell Salvador
after the revolution in that country.
He is native of Baltimore, and was
educated at Princeton and in Paris.
Evening star., 1933-06-29
Assessors Office Threatens
Court Action Where Re-
turns Are Lacking.
$27,230 PENALTIES PAID
DURING THIS FISCAL YEAR
Filing Must Take Place in July on
Tangible or Intangible Per-
sonal Property.

In keeping with a determined drive
to levy assessments against all and any
local residents who have taxable prop
erty, the District tax assessors Office
today served notice it would resort to
court proceedings where there is failure
to make personal property tax returns
during July.
The statement contained the warning
that during the fiscal year ending to-
morrow local residents have paid ST.
230 in penalties for failure to file re-
turns for this fiscal year.
Penalty Threatened.
Persons owning ary taxable tangible
or In tangible personal property must
file a return during the month of July"
the warning reads, 'or be subject to
the penalty of 20 per cent for failure
to file return, and are also liable to
be served with mandamus proceedings
by the Commissioners if they fail to
file such returns
1T is the intention Of the personal
tax office to use to the fullest extent
the above provision of the law to re-
quire the filing Of personal tax returns.
Prior to 1881 persons could accept
tentative assessments with the penalties
provided by law and we're not required
now, however, that the Commissioners
may force any one to file personal tax
return
Tax officials revealed that a drive has
been under way for some time to force
the filing of returns. Agents of the
assessor have left many return blanks
at residences Of persons who heretofore
have made no return. The names Of
new residents of Washington also have
been carefully listed, it is reported
Taxable Property.
The statement points out that the
following classes of tangible personal
property are taxable: Household fur
nishings in excess of $1,000 in value,
boats owned by residents of the Dis
trict, all jewelry, the stock in trade
and the fixtures of merchants, or per-
sons engaged in the practice of a pro-
fession in the District.
Under the heading Of intangible prop
erty subject to the tax are moneys. both
in the possession of person or in bank.
moneys owing to person, mortgages,
notes, stocks and bonds. The valuations
on stocks and bonds should be taken as
Of July l, opening bid price, and bank
accounts should be returned in the
amount shown at the opening of bus
ineSs on July !.
Evening star., 1933-06-29
D. C. Department HEADS
TO PREPARE REPORTS

Department heads Of the District
government today were notified by DAN
iel E. Garges, secretary to the Com
missioners, to prepare their annual re-
ports on activities during the fiscal
year which ends tomorrow.
Some of these reports will not be
printed and others will be reduced in
length and detail, in keeping with a
move started year or two ago to
economize on printing costs. The no.
tice will request employment of all pos
sible brevity.
For this reason, it is expected; many
of the general recommendations con-
tanned in reports of former years, again
will be missing, since the Commission
ers are more concerned with facts es
developed during the past year.
Evening star., 1933-06-29
ONE-LEGGED MAN HELD
ON JOY-RIDING CHARGE

A one-legged man who is said to have
admitted he drove stolen car 80 miles
an hour between here and Baltimore,
was arraigned before Judge John P. Nc
Mahon today on charge of joy-riding.
The man, William Holmes, 27, col
cred, was held under $4,000 bond for
the action of the grand jury.
Detective Sergt. Frank Alligood OF
the automobile squad, said Holmes ad-
mitted he had taken the car from a
Washington motor concern and driven
it to Baltimore, where the joy-ride
ended in smash-up with an ice
truck. Alligood said Holmes is the man
who lost his leg when shot by Ofdcer
H. G. Bauer of the liquor squad, during
q chase.
Evening star., 1933-06-29
PHONE EMPLOYEES WIN
LONG-SERVICE EMBLEMS
Fifty-Four Have Worked for Total
Of $50 Years-Two Have
2O-Year Records,

Ffty-four employees Of the Chesa-
peake & Potomac Telephone Co.. whose
total terms Of employment aggregate
$50 years, have been awarded emblems
in token Of their service, General Man
ager John A. Remon announced today.
Robert H. Davidson, commercial rep
resentative, and H. c. Walden, plant
department, head the list, having been
awarded four-star gold emblems in
recognition of 20 years. service. Fiji
teen-year employees include Harry M.
Fox, Avin w. Luckett. Helen Ricketts,,
Beulah A. Loving, C. H. Warren, F. x.
Breen and. M. v. Perkins.
Gold two-star emblems for 10 years
were given to H. r. Peddicord, Ralph
P. Aten, F. B. Allen, Gordon NJ Baden,
Audrey U. Trussell, Mary F. Let's,
Margaret P. OConnor. Frances Lud-
lam. Martha B. Preston, Inez v. Bell
man, Irene r. Sullivan. B. B. Pearson,
r. F. BARLEY. w. B. Hoofnagle, L. G..
Howell and E. S. Downs
Evening star., 1933-06-29
POLICE INSTITUTE
ANT|-V|CE DRIVE
Also to Act Against Beggars
Under Orders From
Maj. Brown.

Superintendent Of Police Brown to-
day ordered a campaign against vice
and professional panhandling
Four officers, in plain clothes, have
been assigned to a special squad with
instructions to concentrate on these
two forms of offenses. Particular at
tention will be paid, however. to vice
conditions, which are reported to have
increased in seriousness by the recent
invasion of Washington by a number
of women from other cities.
Ask Maximum Collateral.
The department, in its effort to sup
press vice, Maj. Brown said, Is requir-
ing all persons arrested for violation Of
the moral code, to deposit the maxi
mum collateral The courts also are
cooperating, he declared, by demand
ing the maximum fine upon conviction.
The panhandling situation. though
not as serious Maj. Brown said, is caus-
ing the department come concern be-
cause of the number OF professional
beggars in Warrington.
Maj Brown has given the force in
structionS to do its utmost to run the
professionals out of the District. He
has cautioned the officers, however. to
be lenient with the unfortunate man,
who is out of work, and resorts to
begging for food and clothing.
Make Thorough Inquiry.
When panhandlers are arrested. Maj.
Brown said, he has ordered the Off
GERS to make a careful and thorough
investigation to separate the profess
sioral from the man who is in dire
need. Those in the latter class are
to be released after instructions as to
where to procure food In many Of
these cases the policemen have given
these unfortunates funds for food.
In view of the unemployment situ-
alton, Mai. Brown said he did not
want the department to adopt hard
boiled" attitude toward the street beg
gar. but he did want the professional
panhandler to be driven out OF Wash
ington. The professionals, when caught,
he pointed out, usually are found to
have large sums of money secreted in
their clothes.
Evening star., 1933-06-29
CAMPAIGN Is STARTED
TO BUY IN WASHINGTON
W. n. Brown, Director Of New
Group, Heads Drive to Increase
Trade in Capital Area.

With the establishment of Buy In
Washington, Inc, sponsored by the Buy
In Washington Council, an intensive
drive to stimulate home trade was be-
gun yesterday under direction of w.
H. Brown, newly appointed director OF
the group.
With offices in the Munsey Building,
the organization will cooperate with all
civic organizations in retaining Wash
ington capital and inviting outsiders to
come to Washington. A campaign util-
izing the radio, newspapers and personal
contacts, is planned as means of add
ing $20,000000 to the annual trade Of
the Capital.
E. ]. Murphy is chairman Of the ad-
visory board of the Buy In Washington
Council. Other members are c. w. Hill,
secretary; j. B. Colpoys, E. H. Rosen-
garten, L. A. Spiess and M. E. Con-
nelly.
Evening star., 1933-06-29
Erskine Gordon Is Appointed
Trust Officer and A. J.
Linn Controller.
CHARTER APPLICATION
is PUSHED BY COUNSEL
Capt. Wells Reports Cash Rolling
in Through Stock Sub
scriptions.

Erskine Gordon today was named
trust officer and Arthur ]. Linn con-
troller of the proposed new Hamilton
National Bank.
Mr.. Gordon is trust officer and Mr.
Linn controller Of the Federal Ameri-
can National Bank & Trust Co.. whose
building at Fourteenth and G streets
is to be headquarters for the merger.
Push Charter Plans.
While these appointments were being
announced by Edwin c. Graham, 1t was
understood that preliminary work on
application for the charter OF the new
Hamilton was being done by the bank
counsel. Roger j. Whiteford, In consul
tation with Wharton E. Lester, who Is
counsel for the District National Bank
and has been prominent in activities OF
forming the new merger.
Cash was rolling in today, accordlng
to Capt. Chester Wells, chairman OF tne
General Subscriptions Commlttee lor
the Hamilton. This cash Is being &C
cumulated on stock SUBSCRIPTIONS ~
order to be ready to present certiiteu s.
check to the Treasury Department. ioF
Al $50 900, the capital structure OF the
Hamilton. Payment for shares which
were purchased by persons other than
depositors was coming in very satisfac-
torily today, Capt. Wells announced:
He had just received personally a cneck
for $4,000 from large subscriper.
Native Of Washington.
The new trust officer is native
washinetonian, the son of William A.
Gordon. a practicing attorney here tor
MI Linn, who is to be the new con-
troller, came to Washington from n ms S
native State of New Mexico IN lsls
and was first with the Munsey Trust
Co He later became auditor for the
oId American National Bank. He prac-
ticed as a public accountant for three
wears and then became controller OF
the merged Federal-American National
Bank in 1926.
Evening star., 1933-06-29
cCONTRIBUTOR" OF BAD CHECK
TO CHURCH SENTENCED $50 DAYS
Hubert S. Sherron Is Convicted in Police Court Today
on Three Other Fraud Charges.

Hubert s. sherron, 20, who "con-
tributed" s. to the st. Paul Lutheran
Church here In the form Of Q SO bad
check and kept the change. wasl SEN
fenced by Police Court Judge John P.
Mcmahon to serve $50 days in jail
when arraigned on four bad check
charges this morning.
Sherron, who has the aliases Of S. H.
King and B. F. Parker, only made one
excursion into the field of charity dur
ing his career as a check artist in
Washington. On other occasions he
specialized on lumber companies by
going to them with an order for lumber
worth approximately $40 or $25 and in
each case rendering checks for $35 to
pay the bill.
Representatives q the Ryan. Hechin-
Evening star., 1933-06-29
TWO WANTED IN OTHER
CITIES ARRESTED HERE
Former Bank Employees Accused Of
Conversion of So, 100 in
Philadelphia.

Two arrests Of persons wanted in
other jurisdictions were made in this
city this morning by members Of the
police fugitive squad One was booked
as George Washington Weldy, 40, of
the 1700 block of P street. who is said
to be wanted in Philadelphia on a
charge of 40 conversions of approx
mately S2,100 while serving as a trust
officer in a bank. Weldy, who has
been in Washington for the past sew
eral months, was employed in local
mercantile establishment and is said
to have been organist in local church.
The other man arrested is Daniel
Webster Spry, 80. barber. Of Winston
Salem, N. C. He Is said to be wanted
in the North Carolina city on a charge
growing out Of deal concerning a
barber shop, the amount involved. ac-
cording to police information, being
$3.50.
Evening star., 1933-06-29

ger and Walker Lumber Companies,
which were victimized by the trick, tes-
titled this morning thev had accepted
Sherron's check, given him the change
and sent the lumber to an address in
the 1900 block of Fifteenth street. Each
time when delivery was made, the peo-
pie at that address telephoned to say
they had never heard Of Sherron and
had not ordered the lumber.
Leaving the trail of checks behind
him, Sherron went to Maryland, where
he was soon arrested on similar charges
and served "a months in the Maryland
House of Correction before being re-
turned here for trial today. Judge Nc
Mahon imposed sentence Of 90 days on
each, count presented to the court by
Assistant United States Attorney Roger
Robb.
Evening star., 1933-06-29
STRUCK BY STREET CAR

Struck by a street car as he was
crossing the tracks near Sixth and
PENNSYLVANIA avenue southeast, F.ank
w. Ron, 62, 1134 Twenty-second street,
was injured seriously shortly bef re noon
today.
Ron was struck by westbound car,
said by police to have been operated
by James R. Compton, SO, Clarendon,
Va. At Casualty Hospital it was said
he received severe cuts and bruises of
the scalp, face, right shoulder and both
hands, and possible fracture of the
s,sull.
Evening star., 1933-06-29
SEAT SALE STARTS
HERE FOR FOURTH
Only 5000 Tickets Offered
for Monument Grounds
Fireworks.
Six thousand seats for the gigantic

Six thousand seats for the gigantic
municipal fireworks display July 4 on
the Monument Grounds were placed on
sale today in the leading downtown
hotels. at the American Automobile AS
sociation and the Y. M. c. A.
The price has been fixed at 25 cents
per seat, calculated to be enough to
cover the expenses of the celebration,
for which no funds are available this
year.
Claude w. Owen, chairman Of the
Citizens Committee, appointed by the
District Commissioners to take charge
of the affair, said yesterday the seats
had been decided upon for the greater
convenience of spectators who did not
wish to stand or sit upon the grassy
Monument slopes. The chairs are to
be placed in position Monday.
Should Buy Early.
The committee warned that Wash
ingtonians desiring the chairs should
buy tickets early as there usually is
Jators. This year, with the fireworks
display combined with the official
Fourth of July celebration, including
a Marine Band concert, massing of the
colors and an Grafton, the committee
believes even a larger attendance will
be on hand.
Harry H. R. Helwig, chairman of the
Fireworks Committee, promised one Of
the finest displays ever staged here.
President Roosevelt's celebrated New
Deal will be portrayed in the opening
fireworks display, with portrait of the
Chief Executive featured. There also
will be other aerial and set pieces Of
unusual attraction.
The ceremonies on the Monument
Grounds will climax succession Of
lesser celebrations throughout the city
during the day. There will be speed
boat races on the Tidal Basin in the
afternoon, polo game between teams
from the War Department and Middle
burg, Va, at $50, and swimming
meet for the colored at Francis Junior
High School.
Sponsors 10-Mile Run.
The District of Columbia A. A. u
championship 10-mile run will be held
under the auspices of the Takoma Park
Business Mems Association. Dedication
of the Takoma Park Recreation Park
will be feature Of the Fourth Of July
in that section of the city.
At Chevy Chase Playground the Chevy
Chase Citizens Association will hold q
celebration.
Winfree E. johnson, chairman Of con-
tests and .carnivals for the Fourth of
July, has assisted all citizens groups
in arranging for their Independence day
programs, and among the groups hold
ing exercises will be the Progressive
Citizens Association in Montrose Park,
Georgetown; American University Park
Citizens Association In Fort Bayard
Park, Burroughs Citizens Association
in Taft Park, East Washington Citizens
Association in Eastern High School ath-
letic field and Wesley Heights Com
munity Club.