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Evening star., 1933-04-17
HOME OF LITTLE SISTERS
GETS GIFT OF new LIGHTS
Donation of Knights Of Columbus
Is Turned On For First Time
by Bishop McNamara.

New electric lights, the gift of the
Knights of Columbus, were turned on
for the first time yesterday at the Home
Of the Little Sisters of the Poor by
Right Rev. John M Mcnamara, Aux
tliary Bishop of Baltimore. The cere-
mony was held in the chapel, Of the
home.
In his address Bishop McNamara
compared the lighting Of the home on
Easter Sunday with the resurrection of
Christ. While the Knights of Colum-
bus gift gave light to the poor in the
home, the resurrection of the Savior
gave light to the whole world, he said.
He expressed the appreciation Of the
Little Sisters and their charges, Of
Archbishop Curley and himself to the
Knights for their generosity.
Bishop McNamara also thanked Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt for her thought
fulness in sending the home flowers
yesterday.
Solemn benediction of the blessed
sacrament, with Bishop McNamara as
celebrant, followed the ceremony. 9th
ers ofhciating at benediction included
Very Rev. Coleman Nevils, s. j., presi-
dent Of Georgetown University and
chaplain Of Fourth Degree Knights OF
Columbus, deacon, and Rev. Joseph I.
Fink, chaplain Of the Home Of the Lit
tie Sisters of the Poor, subdeacon.
Evening star., 1933-04-17
HOLY TRINITY PASTOR SUPPORTS
APPLICANT FOR BEER LICENSE
Restaurant Keepers Suit Against D. c. Heads Includes
Letter Written by Priest.

beer in order to help them keep their
former trade and make q living"
promised to continue operating his res
taurant In "a careful and regular man
ner"
Haley told the court he catered pri-
marily to students from Georgetown
University and he is rapidly losing busi-
ness because he cannot sell them beer.
Licenses have been issued to two other
restaurants o. little more than 200 feet
from the school, he said, and these es-
adjustments are getting his business.
Through Attorney Joseph A. Cantrell
he asked that the Commissioners be re-
strained from refusing to grant him .
license.
Evening star., 1933-04-17
TRADE FIGHT seen
AS TOPIC AT PARLEY
Long Attacks Alleged Effort to
Keep U. S. From Building
Strong Money System.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
A fight by foreign powers to keep
America on the gold standard so that
they may continue the capture of
American foreign markets with the aid
of their own deprecated currencies was
seen in preparations for the forthcom-
ing international economic parleys yes
terday by Senator Long, Democrat Of
Louisiana.
Although adding in a formal state
ment that he welcomed" the economic
conversations for some reasons, the
outspoken Louisianan asserted that in
them America is about to be shown,
the broad knowledge and experience of
our European neighbors in the affairs
of this country for their own interest"
AS he hustled about in preparation
for opening a drive in the Senate to
attach a monetary expansion proviso
to the administration farm relief bill,
Long picked out on his own typewriter
q statement to the effect that "our
plans for building up sound monetary
system should not be interfered with"
by foreign nations.
Evening star., 1933-04-17

Peter Robert Haley. proprietor Of q
restaurant at 1900 Thirty-aixth street,
today asked the District Supreme Court
to compel the District Commissioners to
issue a beer license to him, submitting
with his petition letter from the pas
tor of the Holy Trinity Church which
stated the pastor had no objection to
Haley selling the beverage.
The Commissioners had denied the
application for permit on the ground
Haley's establishment is within 200 feet
of a parochial school conducted by the
Holy Trinity Church.
The letter, as signed by Rev. Joseph
A. McEneany, s. j.. said: I'VE have no
objection to the privilege being granted
them (Haley and his mother) to sell
Evening star., 1933-04-17
HELD
CAUSE OF DEATHS
John HeImus, Clarence S.
Gates Believed Suicides,
Woman Fails in Attempt.
Despondent because of deafness, John

Despondent because Of Deafness John
Helmus, 81, ITO A street southeast,
former secretary to two members Of
Congress from Massachusetts and close
friend of William Tyler Page, former
clerk of the House, fired a bullet
through his brain yesterday. DR.. A.
Magruder Macdonald, acting coroner,
issued a certificate of suicide
A second death, that Of Clarence s..
Gates, SO, of 1885 Columbia road, who
was found Saturday night by his wife
apparently suffering from the effects of
poison, is being investigated by DR.. Mac
Donald. The coroner said two notes
indicating dependency were found in
Gates bed room.
Barricaded in Room.
Helmus barricade himself in his room,
spread a rubber coat on the bed to
protect it from his blood, lay down and
shot himself through the head with a
revolver.
The report Of the gun was heard by
Mrs. Alice Ellis, who conducts the ROOM
ing house where Helmus lived. She
could not open the door, but with the
aid of several tenants succeeded in
breaking it in.
She found two notes lying beside the
dead man. One was addressed to her
and contained an apology for his act
a dollar bill to pay for a breakfast he
had eaten several days ago. The other
note was addressed to DR.. Samuel E..
Watkins, 1448 Harvard street. It cen
tanned the key to his safe deposit box
and stated that he had paid all his
debts, owned no enc and was killing
himself
DR.. Watkins said Helmus had been
deaf since an attack of scarlet fever
two years ago. Lately he had been
troubled with a buzzing in his ears
which grew steadily worse.
HelmuS formerly was secretary to
Representative George Edmunds of
Massachusetts,, and also to Edmunds'
successor Charles l.. Underhill. He was
forced to retire because of failure of
his hearing.
Gates, former Census Bureau clerk,
died in Garfield Hospital yesterday
morning. He was taken there Satur-
day night after his wife, Mrs. Kath-
crime Gates, found him unconscious in
his bed. An envelope which appeared
to have contained a white powder was
beside his bed.
Results Unsatisfactory.
An autopsy was performed yesterday,
but. according to DR.. Macdonald, the
results were unsatisfactory and the
contents Of Gates stomach were sent
to the District chemist for analysis.
Notes were found, DR.. Macdonald
said, indicating dependency because of
inability to obtain work. One of the
notes contained 5000 and expressed the
wish that his body be cremated.
Mrs. Cecilia Martin, %, of the 300
block Of E street. fired 80 caliber
bullet through her left arm yesterday,
according to police, whe said she had
been prevented from shooting herself
in vital spot by friend Of her hus-
band.
Thomas Martin. the woman's hus-
band, told police his wife had been in
constant pain from sinus trouble for
long time and had previously attempted
to take her life.
Evening star., 1933-04-17
HOLIDAY LIQUOR RAIDS
LAND THREE IN JAIL
Prince Georges Man and 2 Women
Required to Post Bond of
$500 for Trials.
By a Stan Correspondent of The Star.

BY Stan Correspondent Of The Star.
HYATTSVILLE, Md, April IL
Prince Georges County's liquor law is
still in effect, as three residents learned
yesterday, when county police inaugu-
rated series of holiday raids.
The victims were John Brooks and
Hattie Adams of Lakeland and Alice
Richardson of Brentwood, all colored.
The trio was charged with illegal pos
session Of liquor and required to post
$500 bond for Police Court trial.
County Policemen Ralph Brown and
Claude Reese and Constable Howard
Slater. who made the raids, said they
had to break down two barricaded
doors when they raided the Richardson
woman'S house, where nine other COL
ored persons were arrested on disor-
derly conduct charges.
Evening star., 1933-04-17
AUTO BILL INTRODUCED

Chairman Norton of the House Dis
trict Committee today introduced, at
the request of the Public Utilities Com
mission, q bill requiring financial re-
sponsibility by automobile owners and
operators in the District.
The measure Is similar to that spon-
sored by Representative Mcleod. Repub-
hcan, Of Michigan, which has been be-
fore Congress for several years. 1t was
supported by the American Automobile
Association.
Evening star., 1933-04-17
Sorority Dinner Tomorrow.

CLARENDON, Va, April II (Spe-
ciaD .-Mu Chapter, Tau Phi National
Sorority, will hold progressive dinner
in the form of q "trip around the
world" tomorrow evening. The din
ner will start at the home of Miss
Louis Carl, is Granada terrace. Lyon
Village, and end at the home of Mrs.
Margaret Sasher, 2l9 Key boulevard.
Clarendohu
Evening star., 1933-04-17
SCALDING KILLS CHILD
Girl Dies After Overturning Pa
of Boiling Water.

Scalded lastsTuesday, when she over
turned a pan of boiling water while
playing in the kitchen Of her home,
Dorothy Elizabeth Miller 3, died yes
terday.
After being confined to Georgetown
University Hospital for two days, the
child was sent to her home. 1907 M
street. where she remained under the
care of a physician until she died.
A certificate of accidental death was
issued by Acting Coroner A. Magruder
Macdonald.
Evening star., 1933-04-17
VETERAN ROLLS OPEN
Jewish Ex-Service Men Get Chance
to Join Post.

Jewish veterans of American wars
who desire to become charter members
of the Washington Post of Jewish War
Veterans Of the United States may en-
roll at the new organizations second
meeting, at 8 pm. tomorrow, at the
Jewish Community Center, Post Comdr.
DR.. I. A. Pelzman announced today.
The charter roll, DR.. Pelzman ex-
planned, has been kept open to afford
veterans o chance to become charter
members. The organization is national
and any Jew who was a member of
the United States Army in any war
In which this Nation engaged is eligible.
Evening star., 1933-04-17
MOVE TO NAME CITY
HEADS IS imminent
Farley Plans to Go Over Recon-
mendations With Roosevelt
Within Few Days.

A move toward appointment of two
District Commissioners is imminent, it
became known today.
Postmaster General Farley said he
planned to see the President "in day
or two" and go over with him the
recommendations that have been made
to fill the places now held by DR.. Luther
H. Reichelderfer and Gen. Herbert B.
Crosby.
While number of possible appointees
have been advanced, there was nothing
to indicate that the field Is anything
but open at the present.
The commissionerships are the only
local appointments being considered
right now.
Evening star., 1933-04-17
CAPITOL BEER SALE
FIRST IN 90 YEARS
House Restaurant Places
Beverage on Sale After
Weeks Probe.

Beer went on sale in the Capitol
today for the first time in 80 years as
members Of the Beverage Permits
Board went ahead with plans for in
Spection Of establishments where the
beverage is sold for consumption on
the premises, prior to issuance of an
nual permits.
Vernon E. West, chairman Of the
Permits Board, said the inspections are
to be made to satisfy the board the
places meet all requirements of the
beer act and the Commissioners reg
ulations.
Sold in House Restaurant.
The House restaurant, in charge Of
the Accounts Committee, placed beer
on sale after a weeks investigation by
a special committee to determine
whether the Federal Government should
allow itself to be taxed for a license by
the municipal government. It was de-
cided no license would be necessary to
sell beer in the Capitol.
The new manager Of the House
restaurant, Patrick Henry johnson, a
newcomer to the Capital from North
Carolina, took charge of the restaurant
today, succeeding Frank Verdi.
West estimated it would be at least
a week before annual licenses could be
issued to replace the temporary permits
under which beer is being dispensed
The temporary permits are subject to
recall on notice of five days.
Qualifications to Be Checked,
Procedure Of investigation for the an
nual permits calls first for q recheck
of coming qualifications and occupancy
permits by coming officials. The appli-
cations then are to be checked by the
superintendent Of licenses to make sure
places have proper restaurant licenses.
The assessor and superintendent of
the Water Department then will check
for unpaid taxes and water rents The
Police Department then will check loca-
tions of beer-selling places, as to loca-
ton in relation to schools and churches,
and the moral character of applicants.
The last step prior to board considera-
tion will be the sending of letters to
references given by applicants as to
moral and financial responsibility.
Evening star., 1933-04-17

another machine while placing a traf-
flc semaphore at Fourteenth and F
streets. Not serious.
Lee Kerns, 49,; David Crumbaugh,
II, and William Robertson. occupants
of an automobile that collided with
washington & Old Dominion electric
car at Vanderwerken Station, Va. Not
serious.
Edward Stevens, So, colored, TOO
block of Twelve-and-a-Half street
southeast, struck by two automobiles at
First and K streets. Believed not
serious.
Evening star., 1933-04-17
BOILING FIELD FLOODED,
MONOPOLIZED BY GULLS
Deep Pools and Soft Ground Pre-
vent Landing at Fed
eral Airport.

Flying at Boiling Field today is con-
fined almost exclusively to seagulls, who
are monopolizing the landing area, part
ly flooded by heavy rains.
At the operations Office, Naval Air
Station, on the river side of the land
Inc field, it was reported there are far
more seagulls swimming on the landing
field than in the river.
Because Of the deep pools and soft
condition Of the field, flying at the post
has been at a standstill since Satur-
day. High water in the Potomac, which
has flooded a part of the air station
grounds, has aided the rain in saturat-
ing the ground beyond the power Of any
drainage system to handle the over
flow.
Evening star., 1933-04-17

State Society, Shoreham Hotel, $50 pm.
Meeting, U. S. Coast Guard, Shore
ham Hotel, pm.
Buffet luncheon, Women's National
Press Club, Willard Hotel, pm.
Play, "old Fashioned Mother" Chris
tian Church, Sixth and H streets south
west, 7:30 pm.
Luncheon, Washington Association of
Credit Men, Hamilton Hotel, 1880 pm.
Luncheon, Civitan Club, Hamilton
Hotel, 1890 pm.
Dinner meeting, Georgetown Clinical
Society, Hamilton Hotel, $50 pm.
Dance, st. Mary's Seminary, Hamil-
ton Hotel. 10 pm.
Meeting, National Hod Carriers Un-
ion Hamilton Hotel, 10 pm.
Annual banquet and installation, Old
est Inhabitants Association, colored,
Calvary Hall, Eleventh and G streets
northeast, 8 pm.
Dance and card party, Federal Chap
ter, No. 38, o. E. s., Kennedy-Warren,
8 pm.
Meeting, Mount Pleasant W. c. T. u,
3613 Eleventh street, 2 pm.
Meeting, Columbia Historical Society,
Cosmos Club. s:15 pm.
Card party, War Department, Local
261, National Federation Of Federal
Employees, Carlton Hotel, 8 pm.
Concert, Felian and Francis Garzia,
University Club. $50 pm.
Luncheon, Columbia Heights Busi-
ness Mems Association, 1925 Fourteenth
street, 1915 pm.
Dinner and meeting, Agricultural His
tory Society, Cosmos Club, $50 pm.
FUTURE.
Meeting, Northwest Union, w. C.. T.
u, 1909 Seventeenth street, Thursday,
2 pm
Evening star., 1933-04-17
WILL HOLD BANQUET
Arlington Young Peoples Union
to Meet at Aurora Heights.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CLARENDON, Va, April IT, The
Arlington Young Peoples Union, COM
posed of Epworth Leagues from Meth
odist churches in Arlington and Fair
fax Counties and Alexandria, will hold
its annual banquet tomorrow night at
the Aurora Heights Methodist Church.
A trophy will be awarded to the league
that has put on the best play in con-
test sponsored by the union.
Evening star., 1933-04-17
Dance at FOrestville.

GREATER CAPITOL HEIGHTS,
Md, April II Especially "A dance will
be given by the Merry Makers Club in
Woodman Hall, Forestville, Md, next
SATURDAY. night.
Evening star., 1933-04-17
Church Dance Saturday.

OXON HILL, Md, April II (SpeciaD.
The Loyola Club Of st. Ignatius Par
ish will give . dance in the church
hall Saturday for the benefit OF the
parish.
Evening star., 1933-04-17

Dance, Hotel and Restaurant En-
ployes' Alliance, Community Center
Sixteenth and @ streets, $50 pm.
Evening star., 1933-04-17

Easter reception, st. Augustine's
Church, Fifteenth between r and S
streets, 8 pm.
Evening star., 1933-04-17

Meeting and dance, North Carolina
State Society, Shoreham Hotel, $50 pm.
Evening star., 1933-04-17

Meeting. XII Psi Phi Fraternity, Ham
ilton Hotel, 8 pm.
Evening star., 1933-04-17

Dance and cards, Delaware State So
ciety, Thomas Circle Club, $50 pm.
Evening star., 1933-04-17

Charity ball, Washington General As
sembly, Fourth Degree Knights OF Co.
lumbus, Willard Hotel, 9 pm.
Evening star., 1933-04-17
TOMORROW.

Meeting, Women's Democratic Coun-
Gil, Mayflower Hotel, 7:45 pm.
Evening star., 1933-04-17
HOME BREW SEIZED

Raiders Find 100 Bottles in Place
on Avenue.
Bearing labels soaked from soft
drink bottles, 100 bottles of alleged
home brew were seized yesterday, when
police raided an establishment said to
have been operated by Paul Sovrito, 40,
of the $500 block of Pennsylvania avenue
Sorito also accepted numbers" bets,
the police charged. He was released
on bond, pending arraignment in
Police Court.
Evening star., 1933-04-17

Dinner, Catholic Association for In
ternational Peace, Mayhower Hotel.
Evening star., 1933-04-17

Meeting, U. S. Coast Guard, Shore
ham Hotel, 8 pm.
Evening star., 1933-04-17

Charity ball, Bicentennial Chapter
American War Mothers, Willard Hotel
9 pm.
Evening star., 1933-04-17

Meeting. jefferson Davis Chapter, U.
D. c., Willard Hotel, pm.
Evening star., 1933-04-17

Dinner, Employing Plasterers' As.
ciation, Hamilton Hotel, 8 pm.
Evening star., 1933-04-17

Board meeting, Business and Profes-
sional Women, Willard Hotel, pm.
Evening star., 1933-04-17

Meeting, Lincoln Park Citizens Asso-
citation, Bryan School, pm.
Evening star., 1933-04-17
Dinner dance, Sigma Epsilon Sorority
Mayfower Hotel.

Meeting, Washington Retail Hardware
Association, Mayflower Hotel, 8 pm.
Evening star., 1933-04-17

Plan Benefit at SuitlanS
SUITLAND, Md, April II Especially =.
For the benefit of Mount Calvary
Church, a card party will be given in
the home of Mrs. Mamie Purdy Friday
evening.
Evening star., 1933-04-17
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
TODAY.

TODAY.
Meeting, Fellowship Club, Hamilton
Hotel, 6 pm.
Dance, Emerald Club, Hamilton Hotel.
9 pm.
Evening star., 1933-04-17

Meeting, Monday Evening Club,
Willard Hotel, pm.
Evening star., 1933-04-17

Meeting, oxford Group, Shoreham
Hotel, 8 pm.
Evening star., 1933-04-17

Luncheon, Columbia Heights Busi-
ness Mems Association, 1926 Fourteenth
street, 1915 pm.
Evening star., 1933-04-17

Concert, Felian and Francis Garzia,
University Club, $50 pm.
Evening star., 1933-04-17

Buffet luncheon, Women's National
Press Club, Willard Hotel, l pm.
Evening star., 1933-04-17

261, National Federation Of Federal
Employees, Carlton Hotel, 8 pm.
Evening star., 1933-04-17

Meeting, Northwest Union, w. C.. r
u, 1909 Seventeenth street, Thursday
y pm
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-08-25
BUSINESS IS
 IMPROVING IN
 ALL SECTIONS
Resistance to Higher Prices Not Discerned- Buy
 ing Gains Velocity


 NEW YORK, Aug. 25. = Dun- Bradstreet, Inc, review today said that while the peaks of June and July are becoming more infre- quent, resistance on the part of consumers to higher prices have yet to be discerned in slackened retail trade.
 Distributive totals cont inue to mount up and it is the exception when report from even one of the small centers does not reveal attainment for the better.
 Progress in all parts of the coun- try continues, including some of the most harrassed farm districts and reflects far reaching benefits sustained by the buying movement which is gaining velocity with each passing week.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-08-25
HIGH WATER
 FOLLOWS IN
 GALES WAKE
Forty-seven Known to Have Been Killed During
 Hurricane
DAMAGE ESTIMATED
 OVER TEN MILLION
Calls for Help Are Sent Out -Hundreds of Fam
 ilies Leave Homes

NEW YORK, Aug. 25.- Floods still imperilled parts of the East as the death toll listed AZ victims and damage mounted to ten million dol lars in the path of the run away hurricane that ragged up from the tropics and whistled away into the St. Lawrence Valley.
 One dam was smashed and 190 persons were marOOned. They were mostly boys and girls at Camp Achvach, N. Y, Calls for assistance were sent cut and a rescue squad was sent from the Port Jervis Fire Department.
 Ten are known to have beer killed in New Jersey, two in New York, ten in Pennsylvania and 14 in Maryland, others in scattered districts.
 Hundreds Leave Homes
 Hundreds have fled from their homes in Pennsylvania and hos pitals and schools have been thrown open to care for the refugees.
 One steamer off shore was lost for "A hours with 34 passengers aboard but finally it reached port Another vessel with 12 persons aboard is still missing.
 In the Catskill Mountains, the village of Fleischmann, menaced for a time by a weakened dam, is be- lieved to have been saved.
 One New York priest was drown ed trying to save five marooned persons at Mount Temper, N. Y.
 Trains Wrecked
 Several train wrecks have been reported because of washed out roadbeds.
 Innumerable craft have been smashed on the coast at various points.
 Several communities are still without communication making the check of total casualties difficult Virginia has counted Il dead.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-08-25
HESSE ON TRIP
 TO WASHINGTON
 TO MAKE STUDY
Will Study Institutions for Aged to Get Ideas for
 Pioneers Home

A study of institutions for the care of aged people, such as the Pioneers Home to be constructed at Sitka by the Territory, is to be made at once by w. A. Hesse, Territorial Highway Engineer and Chairman of the Pioneers Home Building Commission, it was re- vealed today by Frank A. Boyle, Secretary of the same body. That is the principal object of MT. Hesse's present trip to the States.
 He left last Tuesday morning on the steamer Aleutian and will spend as long as necessary to ac- cumulate the data desired. He will visit institutions of similar nature in Washington State and prob ably in Oregon.
 In addition to studying them, MT. Hesse will confer with archi- tects with experience in prepar- ing plans for their construction. He will try to find a firm that can prepare suitable plans and speci- fications at an early date so that construction of the new Home can be gotten under way as quick ly as possible
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-08-25
s6O,OOO IS PAID TO LOCAL WORKERS BY 0 NE PLAN I
Superior Fisheries Employ 247 Local People
 Has Fine Season

The Superior Fisheries Com pany, operating at Tenakee, paid out approximately $60,O00 during the current salmon fishing season to local fishermen and cannery workers, largely to Indians, it was made known here yesterday by J. T. Tenneson, President, who came here with 2,000 salmon for local unemployment relief next Winter The company had one of it's best years, he said, and was highly gratified with it's results.
 Its pack was approximately IT, 900 cases of all varieties. Much of it has already been shipped south and some of it has already been sold. On the cannery payroll were 157 Indians, MT. Tenneson said, and, in addition, eighteen local seine boats employing 90 men were used.
 He was enthusiastic in his praise of the new deal' in the fisheries industry, and declared credit for improved conditions in the indus try itself was due to Commissions CT Frank T. Bell and Alaska Ag- ent L. G. Wingard. These offic- CTS, he said, had made it possi- ble for both fishermen and can- ners to have a more profitable year than would have been possi- ble under the old system