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Evening star., 1933-12-06
RooseveltUrges
Temperance by
Education.
ASKS STATE BAN
ON ALL SALOONS
Permits to Import
Issued to Curb
Bootleg Trade.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
A Nation that had made Fed
eral prohibition just repealed
constitutional amendment worked
hard today to adjust itself to the
new order of things.
And. surprisingly to some, the
20 States whose laws permitted
the sale of hard liquor after Utah
late yesterday became the thirty
sixth to ratify repeal, had COM
paratively few citizens feeling the
worse today for celebrations.
Throughout the country the fes-
tivities seemed to lack the fervor
some had forecast.
In many cases the supply was
scant. In several States regula-
tory set-ups had not been COM
pleted, so the liquor suppliers
were few.
There were, too, many indications
that number of State officials ex-
pected to follow the lead of Presi-
dent Roosevelt, who, in proclaiming
repeal of the nearly 14-year-old law.
stated his future aims in these words:
THE policy of the Government will
be TO see to it that the social and po-
htical evils that have existed in the
prohibition era shall not be re-
vived nor permitted again to exist"
Against Return of Saloon.
He asked especially that no State
shall by law or otherwise authorize
the return of the saloon, either in its
old form or in some modern guise, +"
and said the objective we seek through
a national policy is the education of
every citizen toward a greater tenn
perance throughout the Nation"
The organization he was creating to
effectuate that declared policy plugged
away on the hundreds of problems
necessitated by the repeal of a law
which left no regulatory statutes in its
place. The recovery and agricultural
acts with their code provisions were
being used until Congress could enact
necessary laws.
Dlstillers, brewers and importers al
ready were under codes; hearings had
just been held on one for the rectifiers
and blenders.
Numerous attempts we're being made
to keep bootleggers from profting by
the expected increased demand JOS
eph H. Choate, jr.. who is head of
the new Federal Alcohol Control Ad-
mmistration, in one of his first orders
tried to speed legitimate supplies.
Issue Importation Permits.
The temporary Liquor Import Com
mite, which he heads, continued issu-
ing permits for immediate importation
of American-type bourbon and rye
whisky suitable for blending. The
committee did not say how much of
that liquor would be admitted, but Of
f1cials estimated Canada had nearly
2O,000,000 gallons which could be i'm
ported into the United States.
Negotiations continued with other
countries for trade pacts whereby their
spirits and wines might be exchanged
for American farm surpluses.
These were but few of the prob
lens that occupied Washington Of
fcials. The States had as many, or
Continued on Page S, Column II
Evening star., 1933-12-06
Price of Whisky
Ranges From
So. so to $3.50.
CONTROL BOARD
is APPOINTED
Prince Georges Sale
Is Not Expected
Until Friday.

The sale of whisky was to
be inaugurated in Montgomery
County late this afternoon at
three county-operated dispensa-
ries located in Silver Spring, Be-
thesda and Rockville. The board
to control this sale was appointed
yesterday.
It is expected that the sale of
liquor will not begin in Prince
Georges County until Friday, the
Control Board for that county
having announced that it desires
time to deliberate upon the prob
lens it faces, and to await the
appointment of an attorney to the
board.
Sal. of whisky in Montgomery was
held up last night by the unexpected
Statewide liquor control bill by Gov.
Albert c. Ritchie.
Board Is Appointed.
Oficials of the dispensary system
created and operated by the county an
nounced this morning that the sale
would open as soon as hurriedly
placed order for whisky could be rushed
into Montgomery from Baltimore.
County commissioners had intended
to open the dispensaries last night and
spent the entire afternoon in session at
Silver Spring selecting the personnel
OF the county's liquor control board
and the staffs of the three dispensaries,
but their plans went awry when Gov.
Ritchie failed to sign the control bill
until seven hours after 1t had been
said he would affix his signature to the
measure.
Hundreds of Washington and Mary
land residents, lured to Silver Spring,
Bethesda and Rockville by the news
that whisky would be placed on sale by
nightfall, turned away when it was
learned that liquor would not be avail
able until today.
Sites Are Selected.
The dispensary at Silver Spring and
the storehouse for the entire county
system is located in the 8400 block of
Georgia avenue and the one in Bethesda
has been established in the Sacks
Building, in the 6700 block Wisconsin
avenue The third dispensary in Rock
vile has been set UP in De Lashmutt's
Garage on Montgomery avenue at the
Norbeck road
Whisky will be sold in the original
packages only at the county dispen-
saries, while sale by drink will be per-
mitted only with meals at bona-fide
country clubs with golf courses of nine
or more holes.
Stores and other establishments will
be limited to the sale of beer, wines and
other beverages containing not more
than II per cent alcoholic content by
weight.
Preparations are under way for issu-
ing the necessary licenses to country
clubs and business establishments as
quickly as possible. but 1t is expected
Continued on Page S. Column o.
Evening star., 1933-12-06
NEW TAX CHANGES
TO BLOCK EVASION
Thirty Plans, Bringing in
S35, 900, 900 More a Year,
Proposed by House Group.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Thirty additional changes in the
revenue act. estimated to yield an ad-
ditional annual s35,0oo,o0o to the gov
ernment, were proposed today by the
House Ways and Means Subcommittee
This supplements the subcommittee
report to the full committee yesterday
in which it proposed revision and addi-
tions calculated by members to return
another s235 100000 to the government
each year.
One of the most important additions
recommended today would deny losses
to be taken in the case of sales or ex-
changes of property between members
of family, or between a shareholder
and corporation in which such share
holder owns majority of the voting
stock.
Tax Evasion Disclosed.
MANY instances" the subcommittee
reported. have been brought to light
where transactions have taken place
for the sole purpose of taking loss for
income tax purposes.
TT is believed the recommendation
of the subcommittee. if followed, will
effectually close this opportunity for
tax avoidance"
While a majority of the changes pro-
posed today were minor, several of
them were designed to supplement
previous recommendations to close gaps
in the law and prevent wealthy persons
from avoiding income and surtaxes.
Several such instances have been dis
closed in the Senate banking investiga-
ton
Another change proposed would force
taxpayers to report their gambling
gains If they desire to deduct their
gambling losses.
Under the present practice" the
subcommittee said, many taxpayers
take deductions for gambling losses, but
fail to report gambling gains"
Hits Large Shareholders.
Still another important suggestion
was that a liduidating dividend be
treated as a sale of stock. Provision
would be made that the amount of
gain to shareholder be taxed as an
ordinary dividend to the extent that it
represents distribution of earnings or
profits and as gain from sale Of
property to the extent that it does
not represent such a distribution.
This will prevent the large share
holder" the subcommittee reported.
from escaping the surtax on the earn
ings of the corporation and will also
relieve the small shareholder from pay
ment of the normal tax on liquidating
distributions out of earnings or profits. "
The committee also would deny a re-
duction to a domestic corporation for
any dividends received from foreign
corporations and deny to any individual
receiving such dividends the exemption
from normal tax.
Other changes included:
The tax on annuity receipts, to the
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column 81
Evening star., 1933-12-06
WIFE DESCRIBES FLIGHT.
Sends Frequent Messages During At
lantic Trip.

Sends Frequent Messages During At
lantic Trip.
By the Associated Press
NEW YORK, December 6-Col. and
Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh. winging over
the lonely ocean with rare precision.
today completed a 1.875-mile trans
atlantic flight from Bathurst, Gambia,
British West Africa, to Natal, Brazil.
Steering almost bee line course.
they were helped by following winds
over much of the journey. They whiz-
zed along beneath a slightly cloudy
tropical sky, but the visibility was un-
limited.
The flying colonel held his big red
plane down to a mere 125 miles an
hour, or so. as against its possible speed
Of $50.
The slim but expert hand of Mrs.
Lindbergh, manipulating wireless key
with the skill of an old-timer, flashed
details of the flight to Pan-American
Airways stations on the South Amer
ican coast, whence the messages sped
here.
At midforenoon the flyers veered
bit south of the bee-line course toward
Natal which they had followed most of
the night. A message sent at 8 am,
Eastern standard time. said:
Position 0l.00 south latitude, 30.10
west longitude tabout 500 miles north
east of NataD. Speed 100 knots.
Course 226 true. Eight-tenths overcast
somewhat cloudy. Sea light. Visi-
bility unlimited
Wireless operators in North and
South America grew enthusiastic over
Mrs. Lindbergh's skill. They said her
messages were being received with re-
b hi
erful transmitting set was working per-
fectly.
There had been no need yet to call
an auxiliary set. an emergency outfit
tiny in size and compar atively weak.
Col. Lindbergh, taking no chances with
his method of communication, had
chosen this auxiliary set after tests
in which it was proven indestructible
by fire or water 1t sends under water
as well as in the air.
Today's flight shows how far aviation
has come since the day in 1927 when
the flying colonel arrived in Paris with
his uneaten sandwiches in his pocket
and his letters of introduction in hand.
The gulf between the first horseless
carriage and the modern motor car is
hardly greater than the difference BE-
tween 1cean aviation of 1927 and of
1888. Flying the Atlantic six years ago
was high adventure, fraught with peril
every mile of the lonely way. Lind
berghs present jaunt, besides being
much shorter. lacks daredevil thrills
thanks to science.
Flying Conditions Compared.
Winging from New York to Paris.
Lindbergh was lost to the world for
more than SO hours. He had no wire
less, and the anxious millions could
only wait, with heart in mouth. Today
lCortin1Ied on Pare q Column Al
Evening star., 1933-12-06
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
VICTORIA, British Columbia, De-
cember GA view of Amy Cad
borosaurus," Vancouver Islands famed
sea serpent, from only 10 feet away was
almost too much for young duck
hunter-but he lived to write about it.
His view of the creature (whatever
it isl was the closest of the upwards Of
80 or 40 reputable citizens who have
reported seeing 1t in the last three
months. Among them were Capt. w. N.
Prengel and First Ofi1cer A. e. Rich
ards of the liner Santa Lucia, who re-
ported sighting it in the Gulf of
Georgia.
In a letter to q Victoria newspaper.
Cyril B. Andrews, 81, of Pender Harbor,
related that while ne and Norman
Georgeson were duck hunting last Sum
day the sea monster serpent appeared
beside their boat and seized duck they
had shot down.
q, was still only 10 feet away when
that thing, to my horror, gulped the
bird down its throat" Andrews wrote.
TT then looked at me, its mouth wide
Evening star., 1933-12-06
DICK HUNTER SEES SEA SERPENT
40 FEET LONG" BESIDE BOAT

open, and could plainly see its teeth
and tongue"
Then, despite, their rush to get their
boat to shore, Andrews saw some more
Its coils rose at least 6 feet above
me, gradually sinking under the water
again. Its head was like that of a
horse, but without ears or nostrils, and
its eyes were in the front of the head,
which was flat.
II would swear to the head being
3 feet long and wide."
The creatures breath came in short,
sharp pants, like dogs after q rum"
Its length when first saw it lying
in the bay was fully 40 feet, and from
head to tail L would say it was all of
that length as it appeared in front
of me.
"Its thickness was between az and
8 feet at the thickest part, gradually
tapering to the tail, like Q snake. In
color it was q brownish gray, the skin
smooth, with no spikes or fms what
ever to be seen. It swan with its head
breaking water"
Evening star., 1933-12-06
HIGH SCHOOLS URGED TO STRESS
SOCIAL AND INDIVIDUAL NEEDS

Attention by American institutions
of higher learning to the findings of
science when they set up college en-
trance requirements was urged BY the
speaker, who said that criticism has
been directed at colleges for "domi-
nation of secondary education through
the practice of accreditment, and the
exaltation of minor function of Sec
ondary education, namely, preparation
for college, in administering accredit-
ment
THE policies, standards and prac-
tices, per Sc, are not impossible bar
riers in the way Of the effort of the
progressive high school executive to
emancipate his school from the rule
Of college preparation and set 1t free
for community and social service" he
added.
Mr.. Hathorn said high school stand
ards must be freed Of unhending rigid
'ity and picayunish provisions" II they
.'sare to render the service demanded Of
them in these critical times"
Evening star., 1933-12-06
President Creates Central
Information Bureau for u. S.
Ne,o Emergency Council Planned to
Thro,o Clearer Light on Recovery Ac.
tiuities-Walker to Be Director.

The President has designated Frank
Walker. executive secretary of the
executive council, to serve as director
of the new council for the time being
State directors to coordinate the
work of county and city sub-councils
will be appointed.
The principal purpose Of the organi-
zation will be to serve as . central
information bureau for all those seek
ing information about Government
agencies.
The new step resulted from a study
of existing field agencies of the Gov
ernment in which 1t was found that In
some cases there were to IL Govern
ment representatives in localities, with
citizens not knowing which to inquire
Of for information when they sought
to deal with Federal agency.
Evening star., 1933-12-06
HOPE Of PAY BOOST
SPURS CHEST DRIVE.
Gen. Pershing Predicts Elm.
ination of Part of Federal
Wage Reduction.

Cheered by an assurance from Gen.
John J. Pershing that the administra-
ton plans to eliminate at least part of
the Federal pay cut on July / next,
the Governmental Unit of the Com
munity Chest today renewed its canvass
of Uncle Sans departments in the hope
of securing more and larger gifts.
Gen. Pershing's prediction. made
over the radio last night in connection
with an urgent appeal for 100 per
cent response by Federal employees in
the current Chest drive, follows closely
the public statement by Lewis Douglas,
budget director, that budget estimates
are being shaped to counteract the sal
ary slash. The latter's assertion was
made in q recent out-of-town address.
IT have received today what con-
slider good news" Gen. PerShing stated
during the Board of Trade period over
WMAL. "On unquestionable authority
I am informed that, as nearly as the
Federal Government authorities can
now estimate, at least part of the
reduction in compensation to Federal
employees will be eliminated during the
fiscal year 1885,"
Public Works Over Quota.
Another optimistic note sounded as
the extended campaign neared its close
was the announcement that the Public
Works Administration composed large
ly Of emergency employes-has gone
over its quota to the tune Of 134 per
cent. The general average for the
entire Government personnel, at the
last report, was only 48 per cent OF the
quota.
Final returns in the 17-day campaign
will be received at closing rally Of
solicitors tomorrow at 1915 o'clock In
the large ballroom of the willard Hotel.
The campaigners are making desperate
efforts to reduce the more than 500. 900
deficit shown at the last report meeting
Monday. The goal is $1,945,000.
Introduced to the radio audience by
Robert v. Fleming, member of the Chest
Campaign Committee, Gen. Pershing
pictured the restitution and misery
which Chest funds will alleviate.
After an absence Of several months.
1t is a pleasure to be back in Washing
ton, and I am glad to say q word IN
CONTINUED on Page 2. Column So
Evening star., 1933-12-06
Wife Amazes 0ld-Timers as
She Radios Details of
Trip to Natal.
FIRST H0MEWARD LINK
IN LONG AERIAL SURVEY
Flyers Take Almost Beeline Course,
Aided by Tailwinds and
Clear Weather.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NATAL. Brazil, December Cool.
and Mrs Charles A. Lindbergh arrived
here this afternoon after a 1,875-mile
flight across the South Atlantic Ocean
from Bathurst. Gambia. Africa.
The great monoplane landed on the
harbor here at 2:55 pm Brazilian time
Q2:45 pm. E. S. IT,.
The streets and docks were thronged
with huge crowds of Brazilians, who
had waited throughout the day for the
arrival of the famous American couple.
BY general agreement, all business
houses and stores in the city were
closed 'or nearly an hour before the
Lindbel CHS arrival in celebration of
the great event.
The average flying speed for the big
red monoplane was 1l8 miles an hour.
Evening star., 1933-12-06
QUEER TRAIN CRASH
KILLS Z, INJURIES I
Engineer and Fireman Die.
Two Passengers of Flyer
Among Hurt.

The engineer and fireman of the
Seaboard Air Line flyer from Jackson
vile to Washington were killed and five
other trainmen and two passengers
were slightly injured early today when
the passenger train crashed into the
wreckage of southbound freight train.
which had been derailed an instant be-
fore by landslide at Cherry Hill, Va,
80 miles south of here.
The dead are Edward E. Kuhn, engi-
neer, and w. H. Jordan. jr.. fireman, of
the passenger train, both residents of
Richmond, Va.
Those injured were Mrs. H. H. Laven-
stein of Petersburg. Va, cuts about
the head; B. j. G. Nicholson of New
York, injuries to the shoulder; D. B.
Winfree of Richmond, engineer of the
freight; r. E. Mitchell of Richmond
Va, fireman of the freight, and Brake
man E. v. Hall of Ashland, Va: L. w
Gills of Richmond, Va, baggage man.
and Jim Sessions of New York, colored
porter.
Landslide Causes Wreck.
The collision was reported as having
occurred at 3 o'clock this morning. wher,
landslide pushed the southbound
freight over onto the northbound tracks
on which the flyer was passing. Through
traffic between Richmond and Wash
ington was interrupted and later trains
were detoured over tracks of the South
ern Railway by way of Orange, Va.
Persons on the trains said that the
double crash was almost simultaneous
with the freight plowing into the land
slide and the passenger train into the
wreckage q moment later.
The crew OF the freight train jumped
and escaped with minor injuries. Kuhn
and Jordan were buried in the debris
Their bodies were not recovered for sew
eral hours after the accident.
Ten Cars Leave Tracks.
Ten cars Of the freight train were
derailed. All coaches of the passenger
train, No. 1872, remained on the track
-Four all-steel baggage and mail cars be-
tween the locomotive and passenger
coaches were credited with saving the
passengers from injury or death.
There were 70 cars on the freight
train ind IA on the passenger train.
Three of the injured trainmen were
carried to a Fredericksburg. Va, hos
pital. Their injuries were not regarded
as serious. The other injured were given
f1rst-aid treatment at the scene Of the
accident.
The accident happened as the ap-
preaching trains were passing through
deep cut ON tracks of the Richmond
Fredericksburg & Potomac Railway
about 20 yards distant from the Po-
tomac River, which the tracks parallel
at that point.
Mitchell, 4l-year-old locomotive IRE
man, who has been working on the
railroad for q years and who witnessed
CONTINUED on Page 8. Column ID
Evening star., 1933-12-06
SECOND SCOTTSBORO
DEFENDANT GUILTY
Conviction Carries Death Penalty
for Norris-0ther Cases
Postponed.
BY the Associated Press.
~-~ A.

BY the Associated Press.
DECATUR, Ala, December g.
Clarence Norris, the second of seven
colored defendants in the "Scottsboro
case" retired on charge of attack
ing a white woman. was convicted to-
day by Morgan County jury.
The sentence automatically carries
the death penalty.
Norris was the second of seven
negroes to be retired and convicted on
charges of attacking two white women
near Scottsboro, Ala, on a. freight train
two years ago.
Haywood Patterson, the first, was
convicted last week, and given the
death sentence.
Cases of the five remaining colored
men under indictment for the attacks
have been postponed by Judge w. w.
Galloway, pending an appeal in the
cases of Patterson and Norris.
Evening star., 1933-12-06
FEDERATION WANTS
D. c. SALE BY DRINK
Citizens Group Favors Es-
tablishment of Liquor Cen.
trail Control Unit.

The Federation of Citizens Associa-
tions was on record today as favoring
the sale of alcoholic drinks by the glass
in restaurants, hotels and clubs in the
District. This was the central part of
a comprehensive report adopted last
night after a debate lasting four hours
at special meeting called at the
Thomson School.
The sale by the glass provision car
ried by the narrow margin of IS to %.
Under the parliamentary situation at
the time, the change from aye to no by
a single delegate not only would have
deadlocked the vote. but would have
knocked out The provision, offered as a
substitute for the one under considera-
ton, The plan which was beaten pro-
vided that no place should be licensed
for the sale of liquor to be consumed
ION or near" the premises
The report finally adopted. the CON-
plete text of which appears elsewhere
in today's Star, in general favored the
establishment of municipal liquor
control board. which would be the only
agency allowed to import alcoholic bev-
erages into the District for sale. This
agency would sell liquor to restaurants.
hotels, clubs. cars and boats. licensed
to dispense it on the premises by the
drink 1t would also operate retail
liquor stores, which would be the only
places in the District where liquor could
be bought in packages. not for con-
sumption on the premises. The
licensed establishments would do liquor
business only between noon and mid
night, and the municipal stores only
between am. and 9 pm, Sundays
and holidays in both cases excepted.
No stores or licensed places could be
set up in communities where the resi-
dents objected to their presence. no
sales could be made to minors, there
would be no liquor advertising by news
papers. radio or otherwise, no solicita-
ton of customers, and sales by tile
drink would be for cash only.
Oppose Return of Saloon.
Charles B. Campbell offered a minority
report, which the federation voted to
consider before it took up the majority
report of its special committee headed
by Henry I. Quinn. 1t was agreed by
leaders of both sides of the controversy
that the essential part of the minority
report was IN a provision that the
saloon should not return in the Dis
trict, accompanied by a definition of
saloon as ANY place where alcoholic
beverages are sought to be sold for con-
sumption on or near the premises. v
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