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The Washington times., 1933-12-11
Roosevelt to Light
Citu'S Xmas Tree

With the President and Mrs.
Roosevelt heading the list of dis
tinguished guests invited, the Ma
tional Community Christmas tree
will be lighted at 4:3O Christmas
Eve in Sherman Square.
Each year in the past the Pres
ident has usually lighted the tree,
and then sent Christmas greetings
to the nation by radio. Arrange
ments have been made by both
major chains to carry the cere-
mony to the nation this year.
Sen. William H. King, chairman
of the Senate District Committee,
will preside at the affair this year.
The Washington times., 1933-12-11
FGreWeU Party GiUen
To Captain Marshall

A surprise farewell party was
given Capt. w. Fiske Marshall of
the Marine Air Reserve Corps, at
his home in Ballston, Va, prior
to his departure last night for
Miami, Fla, by group of Ma
rine Corps fliers.
The party included: j. E. Webb,
Nelson Gaunt, w. B. Barber, and
Sergeants Shanklin and Emory
Nance, who is a second cousin of
Vice President Garner.
The Washington times., 1933-12-11
Beating Kills Infant;
Stepf1ther Accused

DENVER, Dec. II. 0.N.S0-
Joseph Burke, a fortune teller,
was accused today by his wife,
Mrs. Blanche Burke, and state
humane officers of beating his
four-month-old baby stepson to
death. The child, Robert Two
Eagle, died last night. Burke, who
claims to be the son of a Hindu
kaharaja, is in Jail serving out a
$500 fine imposed on conviction of
beating the baby on November 9.
The Washington times., 1933-12-11
Wne'S Death Leads
Nan. rs, to Kill Self

DeSpondent over the death Of
his wife three weeks ago, Ham,
NETT R. Roundtree. rs, ended his
life last night at his home in the
600 block E st. S. W., by inhal-
ing gas. A niece, Mrs. Katherine
Williams, of Lyon Park, Va,
found him in the gas-filled room
and called the Fire Rescue Squad.
The aged man was taken to
Emergency Hospital but was pro-
nounced dead on arrival.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-06-23
Baity Proposed
Engineering Dean May Conduct Pub
lie Works Program in This State

Herman G. Baity. dean Of the Uni
versity engineering school, may be
chosen as the man to conduct the
United States Governments public
works program in North Carolina.
This statement appeared Wednes-
day in a special despatch from Wash
ington to the Greensboro Nems.
Every effort is being made by the
state delegation" wrote the Necs
correspondent, ''to aid the administra-
tion in finding for key positions men
we'll qualified for the work, without
regard to political considerations"
Mr.. Baity had nothing to say when
he was asked yesterday whether the
place had been offered to him and
whether, if it were offered, he would
accept it.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-06-23
Adult Illiteracy
In Attack upon 1t. Institute Here
Next Week Will Plan Schools

The State Commission on Adult
Illiteracy, in cooperation with the
Summer School, will hold an insti-
tute here next Wednesday. The main
purpose of the gathering is to plan
schools for adult illiterates through
out North Carolina.
The institute will open at 2:30 p. NJ.
in the auditorium of Bingham hall
with Il general discussion. AT 4
o'clock there will be sectional meet
lngs. The final session will be held
at 7:30 in Bingham hall.
Mrs. Russell NJ. Grumman will tell
of the methods employed in the teach
ing of adults at the night school she
has been conducting in Carrboro.
Institutes on adult illiteracy will be
held at seven other summer schools IN
the state
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-06-23
The County Saves
Years Expenditures Have Beer Less
by $4,000 than Budget Estimate

When the Orange county account
ant, G. W. Ray, makes his report to
the board of commissioners at their
meeting July 3, he will show that the
expenditures fer general county gov
ernment have been less by about
$4,000 than the budget estimate OF
a year ago. That is to say, the county
has saved $4,000 and Will begin the
new year with that. amount as a sur
plus to the credit Of the general fund.
Mr. Ray is now engaged in pre-
pairing the record of tax assessments
for 1888 1t will be completed early
in August From 1881 to 1882 per
sonal property assessments fell OFT
about half a million dollars. and it is
expected that there will be another
decrease this year This, together
with the 25 per cent reduction in real
estate assessments, Will probably
bring the total assessed valuation of
property in the county down TO around
S14 900 600. The 1882 figure was
ST. ,164 ,349
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-06-23
Garden Club to Meet Monday

The Garden Club will meet at
the home Of Mrs. f II. Edmis-
ter at Z O'Clock Monday evening
The members voted last month
10 continue the meetings
throughout the summer. The
new officers Of the club are Mrs
George p. Butler, president
Mrs. +. w. Hanft, vice-presi-
dent; Mrs. +. II. Edmister, re-
cordinY secretary; Mrs. X. p
Bond, corresponding secretary
Mrs. {. l.. Eubanks, treasurer
Mrs. K. J. NJ. Hobbs is agent for
the magazine, Better Homer ana
Gdrdens.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-06-23
NeighborhOod Notes
accept il

Mr.. and Mrs. Shipp Sanders left
today to spend the week end in Char
lotte with the Alexander Grahams
Mrs. William Thornton has her Sis
ter, Mrs. Mccarthy Of Richmond, with
her.
Mrs. George Winston Hamer and
her daughter, Angela Wier, are visit
ing Mrs. Ruby Hunter Ernst. Mrs.
Hamer will be here the rest of the
summer while Mr.. Hamer is at Camp
Sequoyah, Asheville, instructing in
rifery and riding.
Mr. and Mrs. Merritt Lear of
Gainesville, Fla, Will be here with
Mr. and Mrs John r. Lear. this sum
mer.
Mrs. ". T. McGalliard has gone to
Wrightsville Beach for few weeks.
Mrs. Hobbs of Clinton is visiting
her son, S. II. Hobbs, Jr.
Mrs. N. G.. l.. Patterson has come
from Winston Salem to visit Mr., and
Mrs. Wallace Patterson
Mr.. and Mrs. Grady Leonard Of
Washington, d. C., are here on visit
to the Perrys.
Oscar Hamilton, Jr., and Miss Marie
Lawrence are assistant councillors at
the Appalachian School camp, Pen
land They went to the camp by
automobile with Horace Emerson,
Rev A. S. Lawrence, and Miss Elsie
Lawrence.
Mrs. Cummins Mebanc has been
visiting friends in Greensboro this
week She is expected home today.
The X. +. McClamrochs are at their
summer home, Tar Landing, near
Morchead
Mrs. Edwin Grcenlaw Of Baltimore
has reopened her house here. Her
daughters, Misses Marjory and Mary,
are with her.
Miss Sally Foard Mac Nider will
leave next week for Camp Gray
stone.
The r. b. Houses spent Sunday at
Thelma with Mr. Houses mother.
A. NJ. Jordan and his son Melville
are in Chicago
William Ward Of New Bern and Bill
Allen, Jr., Of Kinston were in the vii
lage Sunday.
Mrs. Joseph Hyde Pratt is visiting
in Baltimore and Washington.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Browne and their
three children Marinnn, Ted, and Billy,
are visiting Mr.. Brownies parents in
Charlottesville, Va.
DR.. William deb MacNider and
Graham Trott spent Friday and Sat
urday at South River
Mrs. Frank Nash Of Raleigh left
yesterday after few days with Mrs.
w. -. Toy,
Mrs. William deb. MacNider enter
tained last evening in celebration Of
the birthday of her guest, Mrs. o. NJ.
Royster.
Ned Claywell and his daughter Al
len Of Morganton will come today for
n visit.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-06-23
Madry, Researcher
Director of University News Bureau
Contracts Itch for Investigation

Robert ", Madry. director of
the University News Bureau,
has been sending out for years
so many encomiums OF members
of the faculty here. for their re-
search activities, that he has
now, himself, contracted the itch
for research.
He is the American College
Publicity Associations vice
president-in-charg of research,
and at the convention in Chicago
today he is telling the delegates
OF a survey which they assigned
TO him when they met in Califor-
MIA last summer.
What he undertook to learn
was what the universities and
colleges had done to help lift
the country out of the depres-
sion. He finds they have done
nObly. AS one bit Of evidence,
he points to President Roose-
velt's Brain Trust composed of
university professors.
More than so institutions
submitted detailed replies to the
Questionnaire sent out by Mr..
Madry. Fort eight Of these had
lent faculty members to govern
mental agencies 33 had carried
on Investigations into taxation
and other public problems; and
4 had held conferences, insti-
tutes, and symposiums on vari-
Gus factors involved in the de
preston.
Research departments in
many Of the colleges Of the
country says Mr.. Madry, have
become great laboratories in
which experimental work is be
ing done for the states and the
nation and for the benefit Of
private economic and business
organizations"
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-06-23
An Entertainment in CarrbOrO

Mrs. A. X. Wilson, principal
Of Lakewood School, Durham,
will be presented by the Young
Womcn's Missionary Circle Of
the CarrbOro Methodist church
IN program tomorrow (Satur-
day. evening at the Carrboro
school. Negro dialect readings,
in costume, will be a feature Of
the entertainment. The admis-
sion fees will be 10 and Is cents.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-06-23
At the Baptist Church

Rev O. T. Binkley, who went to
Yale this week to get his degree, will
preach Sunday morning in the Bap-
tst church on The Function of the
Christian Church" His topic in the
evening will be tine Attractiveness
Of Goodness"
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-06-23
Church Announcement

United church, Cameron avenue
(Rcv. c. r. Dierlamm. pastor): Sun
day school at 10 A. M; worship at
Il A. NJ, with sermon "Character
Contrasts; music under the direction
Of Walter Patterson. Family picnic
today (Friday), to 8 +. NJ, at the
University Lake.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-06-23

For an absent member Of the
family: subscribe to the Chapel HUI
Weekly. s1.50 q year. Place tie
order by telephone. 3781.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-06-23
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Evening star., 1933-09-25
MANS DEATH HELD
DUE TO BAD HEART
Deputy Coroner Announces Find.
ings in Fatality on Street
Corner.

A chronic heart ailment caused the
death of Harry w. Duke, who collapsed
and died after a street-corner fight
with another pedestrian, with whom he
had collided at busy downtown in
tersection, Deputy Coroner Christopher
j. Murphy declared today
DR.. Murphy, who performed an au-
topsy on Dukes body, said he would
present his findings at an inquest set
for tomorrow by Acting Coroner A.
Magruder Macdonald.
Meanwhile Dukes opponent in the
street-corner fight. James H. Glendon,
23-year-old unemployed seaman, still
was being held at the first precinct.
No charge had been placed against him,
however
According to Detective Sergt. CLYDE
Strange. who investigated the case,
Duke and Glendon bumped into each
other Saturday afternoon as they
rounded the corner of Fourteenth and
G streets
Angered. Duke rebuked Glendon in
what the latter described as an "arro-
CANT" manner. and several blows were
exchanged. As the combatants were
separated by Traffic Policemen r. =.
Cross and M. B. Novotny, Duke slumped
to the sidewalk. He was dead when he
reached Emergency Hospital, a few
minutes later. Examination of his BODY
disclosed no serious external injuries.
however. according to Dr. Murphy.
Duke. an employe Of the Bureau of
Printing and Engraving, lived at 1926
e street. So far as the police have
Deen able to ascertain, his only rela-
tives are two sisters, Mrs. e. J. Nc
Quade and Miss Emma Duke. both of
whom are said to be living in New
York.
Glendon. whose home Is In Boston.
came to Washington about two weeks
ago and had been staying in the 1900
block Of I street.
Evening star., 1933-09-25
BASE BALL GROUP
TO HONOR GR|FFS
Committee to Pay Tribute to
Victorious Team at Park
Next Sunday.

The Citizens Committee named by
the District Commissioners to plan
tribute to the victorious Washington
base ball team formulated plans for the
event at a brief meeting today in the
board room of the District Building.
The tribute will take the form of a
ceremony to be staged at Griffith
Stadium next Sunday, just prior to the
last game Of the season. The COM
mittee will present a silver trophy to
the club and silver medal in the form
of a base ball to each member of the
team eligible to participate in the world
series.
Melvin c. Hazen, general chairman
Of the group, appointed Richmond B.
Keech chairman of a committee on
finance and Thomas E. Lodge chairman
of committee on music. Funds for
the silver trophy and the individual
tokens will be received by Keech, who
quarters will be in his Office at the
District Building. Various civic and
business organizations will be asked to
donate modest sums towards the trophies.
Justice Peyton Gordon of District
Supreme Court. who attended the meet
ing today, has been named honorary
vice chairman Of the committee, and
DR.. Luther H. Reichelderfer, president
of the Board of District Commissioners
honorary chairman of the group.
Just before the Nationals enter the
last game of the season Sunday with
the Philadelphia Athletics the Citizens
Committee will form near the home
plate and there Chairman Hazen with
appropriate ceremony will present the
silver base balls. The silver cup will
be turned over to Manager Joe Cronin
and Clark Griffith, club owner, to be
added to the clubs permanent COL
lection.
Evening star., 1933-09-25
PLANNING OFFICES
TO BE INSPECTED
American Civic Association and
National Conference to Hold
Joint Session.

Planning Offices of the various Fed
eral agencies here will be inspected
Thursday, october IL, by the American
Civic Association and the National Con-
ference on City Planning. which will
hold joint conference, beginning in
Baltimore on October g. At the Cosmos
Club here on october IL there will be
a Federal City dinner" for the two
organizations, at which DEVELOPMENTS
here will be discussed
Frederic A. Delano, president of the
American Civic Association. who also is
chairman of the National Capital Park
and Planning Commission. has invited
the National Conference on City Plan
ming to meet here.
Prominent on the program during
the sessions will be discussion of the
public works program and the N. r. A.
in conjunction with planning activities
of the Federal Government and the
place of the railroad in it. Alfred
Bettman. president OF the National
Conference on City Planning. will
in Depression and Recovery"
The topic of Mr.. Delano will be THE
Significance of Federal Planning Ac-
tivities in the National Recovery Pro-
gram" These will be delivered on the
opening day of the conference. The
day following. "Slum Clearance and
City Planning will be the subject of
discussion by the two organizations. A
planning tour of Baltimore and a
roadside improvement dinner" like
wise will be held that day.
On the morning Of october II the
subject will be Large scale Regional
and Rural Land Planning" A discus
sion of the Tennessee Valley develop
ment program will be held. In the
late afternoon the two organizations
will come to the National Capital.
During the session to be held here
Thursday the groups not only viii in
spect the Government departments. but
will attend a luncheon conference at
the Cosmos Club on Emergency Con-
struction in the National Parks, Ma
tional Forests and Public Roads" A
planning tour will be held through the
Washington metropolitan region. so the
visitors may see what has been accom-
plished here and what is proposed.
Evening star., 1933-09-25
HIT-AND-RUN DRIVER
INJURIES P. 0. CLERK
69-Year-0ld City Employe May Be
Suffering From a Skull
Fracture.

Struck by a hit-and-run driver at
Fourteenth and Irving streets. David
L. Garvey. 69-year-old City Post ONCE
clerk. was severely injured this
morning.
The owner Of the car said by police
to be Emanuel Davis. 81, colored jani-
tor at 1417 Park road. was arrested
after the machine had been found
abandoned in an alley behind a sand
10-cent store on Fourteenth street. Just
above Irving.
Garvey was taken to Emergency
Hospital, where preliminary examina-
ton disclosed he may have a fractured
skull. X-rays were ordered to deter
mine the exact extent of his injuries.
Garvey. who lives at 1870 Irving
street, was on his way to work when
run down.
At the Post Office. it was said he was
one of the oldest employees, having
served more than 80 years He was
said to be in failing health.l Davis was
held by police, pending the outcome OF
Garvey's injuries.
Evening star., 1933-09-25
Information Will Guide Com.
missioners in Shaping
1885 Budget.
CUT RESTORATION ADDS
$3,70O,OOO TO PAY ROLL
Acceptance of $36,710,0O0 Figure
Depends on Estimated Reve-
nue. Available.

Preparation Of comprehensive report
designed to show the probable financial
condition of the District government
at the close of the 1885 fiscal year on
the basis Of budget of $36.7l0,000 for
that period. was Started today by Maj.
Daniel j. Donovan, auditor and budget
officer
The report also will outline the fiscal
situation in the 1888 fiscal year. and
indicate the probable condition at the
close of the current fiscal year.
This information will be of vital i'm
portance to the Commissioners in shap-
ing the 1885 budget. which is expected
to go to the Budget Bureau, in tenta-
tive form, by the latter part of the week
Work Virtually Complete.
The Economy Committee. headed by
Maj Donovan. has virtually completed
its work on the new budget. The Com
missioners. however. must pass on the
various items before the budget Is
transmitted to the Budget Bureau
In accordance with instructions from
the Budget Bureau. the Economy Com
mittee has approved items calling for
a total appropriation of s36.7l0,000 in
1885. This is about 81 900 900 in excess
of the appropriations for the current
fiscal year, but the increase is repre-
sented almost entirely in salaries. The
new budget provides for restoration of
the IS per cent cut which will add
$3,700,o00 to the District pay roll.
Whether the Commissioners accept
the $50, 6,7100 900 figure, depends on the
estimated revenue available in the 1885
fiscal year. Early estimates indicated
the District could support a budget of
that size without increasing the exist
ing $3.50 tax rate, but several factors
have developed in the meantime which
may change that situation.
Taxes Coming in Slowly.
One was the recent disclosure that
delinquent tax payments are coming in
slowly. At the close of the last fiscal
year ended June 80. unpaid realty taxes
amounted to 1886, 500. q delinquency
of about 18 per cent out of a total levy
of $2O899, 900. Since then, however,
nearly 81 000. 900 of the delinquent taxes
has been collected, but the existing
S2,856, 900 arrearage is bound to be a
factor in final determination of the
budget total.
A 36,710,000 budget will not permit
many new construction projects, but
will allow for completion of those
started in the current fiscal year. Out
standing among these are the new CAL
vert Street Bridge. the contagious dis
ease ward at Gallinger Hospital, the
Woodrow Wilson Senior High School
and the AnacoStia Junior High School.
Maj. Donovan expects to complete his
report before the close of the week.
Excerpts will be released for publica-
tion by the Commissioners.
Evening star., 1933-09-25
26 GIVEN MEMBERSHIP
IN HOME LOAN SYSTEM
Building and Loan Associations
Lead Institutions Granted Places
in Federal Agency.

Twenty-six additional home mortgage
institutions. principally building and
loan associations, have had their ap-
plications for membership in the Fed
eral Home Loan Bank System approved,
1t was announced today by the board.
Chairman William r. Stevenson of
the board stated: Membership of
building and loan associations, savings
banks and insurance companies in the
Federal Home Loan Bank System now
aggregates 1884. an increase of 81
members in the past 10 days. On jan
Iary l, 1888, there were only 116 men,
bers in the entire system. The line of
credit Immediately available from the
system to these mortgage institutions
now totals $177,875, ,606
"Acceleration of the applications for
membership during the past few days
indicates increasing recognition Of the
desirability Of membership as a means
of increasing the facilities which these
institutions can make available in
financing home ownership and home
construction in their own communities.
It is an encouraging feature of the steps
being made toward recovery through
the cooperation of Federal and private
credit resources in serving sound enter
prise"
Evening star., 1933-09-25
CURT|SFHES DENIAL
Of TAYLOR CHARGES
Says Operator Had No Con-
nection With Gold
Producers.

Former Vice President Charles Curtis
head of the new Mexico Gold Pro-
ducers Corporation, today denied the
corporation is in any way obligated to
Charles Tayler, who recently filed a
suit in District Supreme Court claim
ing title to $4,000 shares of stock in
the concern.
The answers of the former Vice Presi-
dent and Philip Frear, also named as
a defendant by Taylor, were filed with
the court through Attorneys Frank j.
Kelly and William c. Sullivan
Taylor asserted he had entered into
an agreement with leslie Harris OF
Kansas City, Mo, to sell stock in the
corporation. He said he was to receive
bonus Of 10 shares for each share
he sold
Curtis and Frear, however. denied
Taylor had any relations with the COM
pany and say the company is not in
volved in any way with the alleged
arrangement between Taylor and
Harris. They contend Taylor has no
right to maintain suit of any kind
against the company.
The answers denied Harris was at
any time a promoter of the corpora
ton and assert the stock he sold had
UScll loSucu w lllIll LII ChClidllSC lOl q
mining lease. Frear denied he had
ever asserted Harris was "a crook and
had strangle hold on the corporation, -
as chargd by Taylor.
The answers further asked the court
to deny Taylor's request that Repre-
sentative James A. Frear of Wiscon-
sin be removed as trustee for a block
of the corporations stock. They con-
tend Representative Frear is not the
trustee for the corporation. but only for
the disposition of stock owned by Har-
ris in which the corporation has no
interest.
Representative Frear. the answers
state, is acting as trustee gratuitously,
having expressly waived compensation
in his original appointment
Taylor also had asked that the Mum
sey Trust Co. be restrained from ut
tering checks on an account main
tanned there by Philip Frear. Justice
F.. D. Let's signed an order today
however, authorizing the bank to honor
Frear's checks on the account. This
order was signed without prejudice to
Taylor's right to apply for a tempo
rary injunction TO tie up the funds.