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Evening star., 1933-05-31
WANTS PERMANENT
d. c. FISCAL PLAN
PaImisano Committee to
Make Exhaustive Inquiry
Into Municipal Affairs.

8. REPRESENTATIVE Palmisano, Democrat,
sof Maryland, chairman of the special
subcommittee of the House District
7Committee which will make an ex-
:haustive investigation into activities of
the municipal government, advocates
permanent settlement of the annually
recurring fiscal relations dispute and
complete enforcement of District funds
arofn the influence Of the Budget Bu-
fesu, -
Congress, Palmisano said yesterday,
sisouidsfx g. fair and equitable lump sum
aprfol5rfa ton as the Federal Govern
mems contribution to the District gov
krnmerlt,s allow the Commissioners to
&ssxet the revenues from real estate
me ether sources and expend these
Ainds without the approval Of the Bud
get Bureau and the House and Senate.
To Study Fiscal Relations.
,Paln1isano said fiscal relations is to
IA one of the major questions to be
Studied by his committee. The commit
tee also, he indicated, may consider
plan to permit the Commissioners 10
budget the expenses of the municipal
government.
'gEUI believe the question Of fiscal rela-
tions between the Federal and District
governments could be permanently set
He'd and that it would not be necessary
then for the Budget Bureau to pass on
District budgetary estimates, he Sald.
'sThe amount of the Federal Gov,
ernfnent's lump-sum contribution would
have to be determined on q fair and
equitable basis. A formula could be
worked out, believe, which could De
used In definitely fixing the conTlou-
tton. While I haven't given any serl-
Gus thought as yet to a formula, the
principal factors should take into con-
sideration the amount OF taxes tne
United States would have 10 pay on
Ssfafr valuation. Of Its property in the
District. and the services 1t receives
fsnrn. the District without cost, such
a water, street lights, street improve
nients and fire protection.
-. Would Save Time.
ef believe Congress should agree on
the. totalgof the lump-sum contrlou-
ton, pass legislation which would ap-
fDropriate such sum and save mucn
cf the time which seems to be lost
Whenever the District appropriation bill
IS brought up.
r.Under my. plan, the District Com
snfssioners would budget their own ex-
penses, taking into consideration the
contributions from the United States
and the anticipated revenues from
taxes Then, II q deficit occurred, 1t
would be up to the Commissioners TO
yet out Of it,. The responsibility Tor
keeping the District solvent would be
left entirely to the Commissioners
Evening star., 1933-05-31
FIRST LADY VISITS
JEFFERSON'S HOME
Invites Woman Writers and
House Guests for Trip
Today.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt picked
Monticello, home Of Thomas Jefferson,
for q pilgrimage today in company OF
several house guests and the corps of
news women who now report her activi-
ties.
She invited them to accompany her
and join in a picnic lunch at the Char
lottesville, Va shrine which has for the
Roosevelt family special interest since
score of years ago her husband was
helping raise funds to save the famous
home from mouldering away in private
hands.
Ten years ago 1t was purchased and
today, high on its mountaintop over
looking the University OF Virginia, IT
ranks high among historic spots.
Inventive Mind Shown.
Just the gadgets that came out Of
the inventive mind OF Jefferson would
make 1t among the most interesting of
homes Among these are a mantle-side
dumb waiter to bring wine, one bottle
at time, from the cellar; folding glass
doors like those on the later-inyented
street car, a revolving table for fling
papers, O swivel chair, trick panels, an
underground passage, starcases hidden
in odd corners.
The Library Of Congress, which got
its own start when Jeffersons Month
cello library was purchased by the Cow
eminent for $23, $50 to help him in his
old age. has a pamphlet collection that
completes its story. I F..
Mrs. Martha w. Littieton vouches for
the truth of the tale. She says Month
cello, then valued at ST. 900, was sold on
Evening star., 1933-05-31
@Road Hogs Rated
AS Sinners in New
Presbyterian Code
'Inferiority Complexes
J and Superstitions
Also Barred.

BY the Associated Press.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 3l.-"Road
hogs" rate as wrong-doea N the up-to-
now category of r'ta mich members
of the Presbyterian Church in the
United States of America, may hear a
lot about henceforth.
Those who worry or are superstitious,
or who criticize or have an "inferiority
complex" also rate as sinners.
+ They're all In compilation Of more
than 80 Sins" prepared by DR.. l.. D.
Yegng,. pastor of the Abbey Presby-
terian Church, Dallas. Tex, and pre-
sented to members Of the general
assembly which adjourned here this
week.
DR.. Young and Dr. William F. Klein
of New York. secretary Of the church's
evangelism division, plan to use the
list throughout the denomination as q
means OF promoting "self-examina-
y For handy reference-so none will be
overlooked or forgotten--the list is
printed ON a card termed the "sin
chart" Admitted sins can be checked;
then according to the plan, overcome.
There are the sins Of class distinc-
tion,P formality, provincialism. disposi-
tional temper, superstition, snobbish-
ness.scheating,- littleness and aloofness.
EBeing a lone wolf" according to
Or, youngis chart also puts man In
abe sinner class.
Evening star., 1933-05-31

were sent to Washington by news
papers throughout the country
Second place and $500 went TO George
Meltzers IA, the candidate OF the Jersey
Observer. Hoboken, n. j., and third,
with 500. 10 Virginia Wood, IL, repre-
senting the Buffalo Evening News.
Virginia went down. on holocaust" I"
George knew that one, but missed
"propitiatory." which Alma spelled.
Alma then spelled "torsion" and was
pronounced winner.
The eight winners Of S75 prizes we're:
Betty Burns, Des Moines Register
Tribune; Samuel Hayse, Louisville
Courier-Journal; Ruth TenenbAum.
Detroit News; Sarah wilson, Portland
CMaine) Evening Express: Florence
Sullivan, Hartford Times; Alice Worth
ington. wilkes-BaTe Record: Rita
Palm, Peoria Journal Transcript, and
Barbara Brown, Memphis Press Scinitar.
The five $50 prize winners: a1
Seena Rapner, ?lainfield Courier
News. N. j.; Margaret Beattie, Bur
lington Free Press; Mary Kerrigan,
Ohama World Herald; Luther Gates,
Louisville Times; Elizabeth. Merreli,
Wheeling Daily News. Yr.g
Evening star., 1933-05-31
TWO men INJURED
In TRUCK sMAsH-UP
Tksee Hurt hi Another Crash When
s Bus Skids and Strikes
I'VE Machines.

I. Two cuaprsd uaen were seriously IN
hsred today when the automobile In
which they we're riding collided with a
truck at Fifth and M streets.
THE if5lred af1 James Britt, IL, OF
the. 200 block OF Second street, who,
police SAP, was driving the car, and
Edward Holland a., also OF the Second
street address. They were taken to
Freedmenss Hospital. Daniel d, WEIGH
of Baltill0fe was driver OF the truck,
police say
Three persons were injured yester-
day wheri a bus, said to have skidded,
crashed into TIVE automobiles and then
continued over the curb, knocking down
q tree and an electric light
The injured are Fannie Coffman, AZ,
cfWest Arlington. Md, a passenger IN
the bus; julius Sappenstein, %, 42S
Kenyon street, and Hyman Cohen, Il,
623 Kenyon street, passengers in one
Of the automobiles, All were treated
at Casually Hospital.
i irving Z. Dkuin, 1900 block OF Warder
street, was driver of the automobile in
which the injured men were riding. ac-
corring 10 police, while James l..
Besley, first block of Bates street. was
driver of the other automobile. The
bus was being driven by Shelby <.
Cox. $500 block of Eleventh street
northwest, police said.
Evening star., 1933-05-31

Jefrerson's death for, 81, 900 to one James
T. ,RarcIay, who never got the courage
to touch the, room where Jefferson died.
and there it stood. with the sand run
out in the hour glass, and the spoon by
the medicine bottle, and the slippers
beside the tlImbled bed until Barclay
left Monticello to crumble and decay"
It passed into the hands of one Capt.
Uriah p. Levyn of New York, from
whose family it was finally purchased
for the public.
Mrs. Littleton, In 1912 brochure,
quoted Franklin D. Roosevelt as follows:
I'VE held a meeting Of the Dutchess
County Democratic Committee yester-
day In Poughkeepsie and not only
passed resolutions indorsing your work
but actually raised money for the fund"
Evening star., 1933-05-31
Green Curls in New Style.

] Shining metallic green, red, gold or
silver colored curls will adorn the fore
head and neck of every woman in Lon
don who adopts the latest hairdressing
style of the season. After lengthy dis
cussions, the Hairdressing Fashions
Committee has adopted these tints as
correct fer the new VIII O. the Wisp
motif. 1t resembles a shingle with a
ring of little upturned curls, which
completely surrounds the head.
Evening star., 1933-05-31
Missing Postman Mystery.

VIII the investigation into the miss
ing postman mystery of Stradba1ly,
Irish Free State, be reopened2 This
question is being asked following the
passing Of resolution at a largely
attended meeting of the Knockane
Fianna Fail Cumann, requesting the
minister for justice to investigate the
dismissal Of Guard Patrick Frawley,
with a view Of his reinstatement. Fraw-
ley was on duty at Stradball on Christ
mas day, 1929, when Lawrence Griffin,
the postman, disappeared, never to be
seen again. All murder clues failed.
Evening star., 1933-05-31
BIG SPELLING PRIZE
WON BY AKRON GIRL
'Torsion" Wins $500, While
Nearest Competitor Trips
on "Propitiatory."
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Her familiarity with the word pro
pitiatory'' won fame and fortune in
the form of $500 prize yesterday for
12-year-old Alma Roach Of Akron,
Ohio, In the finals of a national SPELL
ing bee organized by the Louisville
Courier journal
Alma spelled down the more than a
score of flnalists from all parts of the
country who were given trips TO Wash
ington to compete In the annual affair
at the National Museum. She won the
title held since last year by Dorothy
Greenwald of Muscatine. Iowa. Alma
represented the Akron Beacon Journal.
The latter part Of yesterdays con-
test was put on the air between IL
o'clock and noon by the Columbia
Broadcasting System. The contestants
Evening star., 1933-05-31
Speeding Up Office Deliveries.

In. order to put some speed into the
heels of the Office boy who has to make
the rounds in the distribution Of mail,
orders and like material, they are, in
some establishments. supplied with roller
skates. Where the territory is large they
haye been put on bicycles, but at the
Pittsburgh Westinghouse plant this work
Is done by girls who ride tricyeles with
receptacles between the two wheels in
front. Three girls handle 5000 pieces OF
mail each day.
Evening star., 1933-05-31
TRANSPORT MONOPLANE
is DAMAGED IN TEST

A fast transport monoplane, formerly
used by the Ludington Airlines in pas
senger service between Washington and
New York, was badly damaged in test
flight at College Park Airport yesterday
when a wheel brake locked on landing
and catapulted the ship over on its
back
Evening star., 1933-05-31

Charles Carneal, the pilot, alone in
the plane at the time, was pinned in
the control cabin and it was necessary
to chop away the framework to release
him. Except for lacerated hand and
shaking up, he was uninjured. He
was treated at the University of Mary
land inf1rmary.
Carneals plane and two others OF the
same type have been IN storage since
February IS when the Ludington lines
were taken over by Eastern Air Trans
mort and the express service in which
Evening star., 1933-05-31

WAKE DntS sESi
Cover the left halt
Of the above picture.
Note how old the face
looks because the scalp
is bare. Then cover the
right half and notice
how much younger the
same face appears be-
cause the scalp Is
covered with hair.
Evening star., 1933-05-31

they were used was abandoned. The
three planes were to have been pur-
chasd by Pan-American Airways for
use on its international mail and pas
senger lines and we're being test flown
after coming out of storage.
Evening star., 1933-05-31

More than $4,000 men are expected to
return to work in the Clyde shipyards
Of Scotland within q few weeks.
Evening star., 1933-05-31
Seven Hurt in Boat Blast.

MEXICO CITY, May 81 (R. Seven
Mexican employees of the British E. gle
Oil Co. were seriously burned at Tam
pico yesterday when launch on which
they were travelling exploded near the
main loading docks.
Smyrna times., 1933-03-08
STATE SAFETY
BOARD ADVICE
Transition Period Between
Winter and Spring One of
Most Dangerous of Year
5 A B C'S OF SAFETY

Skidding accidents continue as
winter wears on and gives way to
spring. In many ways the transi-
tion period between winter and
spring is one of the most danger
Gus seasons of the year, according
to the Delaware Safety Council.
One day it rains, the next day it
SHOWS, or it rains and then it
freezes. Fog and sleet are typical
of March weather. Each condition
calls for certain specific caution
and safe driver will keep them in
mind. Visibility is hampered by
rain, snow, sleet and fog. When
these conditions prevail keep your
windshield wiper operating and
proceed slowly with the car under
control at all times. Warmer
weather brings the children out
into the streets with their marbles,
Smyrna times., 1933-03-08
SKELETON UNEARTHED
States Second Largest Tree Up
rooted at Lincoln, Delaware

While Workmen were removing
the second largest tree in Delaware
at Lincoln, three miles from Mil
ford, they unearthed the skeleton
Of an ancient grave which is believ-
ed to pre-date the early growth of
the ancient poplar. The tree was
located on the property of w. w.
Truitt. On account of its size and
the extension of its roots it had be-
come a nuisance and a menace.
For safety sake, Mr.. Truitt deem
ed it wise to raze the old land
mark. In removing one of the
large roots they unearthed the
grave, in which were found the
bones of a man. The grave had
evidently been made before the
growth of the tree had begun. In
the grave were found a number of
home made nails, evidently coming
from the coffin which had entirely
rotted and disappeared. The plot
Of ground on which the tree stood
was formerly owned by Mrs. Belle
Arnold, but no one knows the exact
age of the tree.
Smyrna times., 1933-03-08
MRS. ANDERSoN's NEW JOB

Secretary To Congressman HOus-
ton Will Assume Political Position
Announcement was made last
week that after March 4, Mrs. Lena
Reed Anderson, who has been serv-
ing as secretary to the retiring
Congressman from Delaware, Rob-
ert C. Houston, will be associated
with Mrs. Frank G.. Tallman, Re
publican National Committee
woman for Delaware, as political
secretary Mrs. Anderson's long
experience in a secretarial capacity
in Washington and organization
work in Delaware, will afford Del
awareans, to whom she is well
known, a contact in matters of
both political and governmental in
terest to them. Mrs. Anderson's
headquarters will be at the Raleigh
Hotel, in Washington, during the
session of Congress. Since 1918
Mrs. Anderson has been closely as
sociated with the political affairs
of the Republican party in Della
ware. Following is record of
her work: 1918-1922, Deputy Re-
corder of Deeds in Sussex county,
Continued on Page Sevenl
Smyrna times., 1933-03-08

their kites, their roller skates and
their base balls. The finer the day
the more you must watch out for
them. When the March winds blow
the majority of children get the
kite flying fever This sport. once
quite harmless, has recently taken
the lives of many children. The
chief danger is from electric shock
when children fly their kites in the
vicinity of high-tension electric
wires. Here are five of the ABCs
of safety which should be passed
on to the children before the kite
flying season arrives:
A Always fly kites away from
wires. Never use wires for string.
B-Be careful never to touch
hanging wire of any kind. Warn
others.
C-Climbing poles is dangerous.
Never climb one to retrieve a kite.
Smyrna times., 1933-03-08
CARDS
TAX INCOME
Now Yields the United States
Government Over Five
Million Yearly
CONTRACT BRIDGE LEAD

New York.-The next time you
fOozle a squeeze and vow in mo-
ment of disgust to throw away the
bridge cards and take up ping-pong
reconsider your hasty decision and
remember that every hand you play
helps Uncle Sam in Washington
and aids in building up a business
now worth $1OO,OOO,00O a year.
For survey has disclosed that
contract bridge is fast taking its
place along with the leading indus
tries in the United States.
Conservative estimates place the
number of active contract bridge
players, experts and partners who
still pass after twO-demand bids in
cluded, at no less than 15.000,00O.
Baseball, sO-called national pas
time, never had this number in all
its history.
These 100000 hardy souls. who
struggle with contradictory systems
and survive night after night, buy
each year total of some 5O,OOU,-
900 decks. The United States treas
ury receives 10 cents tax on every
deck. or some S5.OO0,OO0 annually.
There are now some 5000 bridge
teachers in the country. Their earn
ings aggregate between S5,000OOO
and S10.OOO,O0O a year at least.
The sale of tables. chairs, score
pads. party favors. duplicate bridge
boards and the like reaches a truly
staggering total. One book alone,
expounding a popular system of
contract bridge, has sold 100000
copies.
Bridge has broken into the movies
and into radio broadcasting. Tour
naments staged throughout the
country for profit or charity realize
a tremendous turnover.
Smyrna times., 1933-03-08
WOULD REVAMP
STATE POLICE
Separate State Commission of
Three Members Provided
In House Bill
EFFICIENT OPERATION

Creation of State Police Com
mission and the abolition of the
State Highway Police as at pres
ent constituted is provided for in
a bill before the House of which
Representative Jackson is the
sponsor. 1t would authorize the
Governor to name two residents of
the State to be members of this
new department, one Republican
and one Democrat, and they would
select from the present State Po-
lice force a man to be superinten-
dent of the department. This com
mission would have charge of the
State Police, the personnel of
which would not be disturbed un-
der this new board The commits
sion also would have supervision
over the three State detectives.
The commission would be response
BILE to no one division of the State
government, but would be response
BILE only to the commission which
would be under the direct charge
of the Governor. Friends of the
proposed act claim under this plan
the state police could be operated
more efficiently and effectively
Under the existing law they are
part of the State Highway Depart
ment.
Smyrna times., 1933-03-08
MASONS
SHEER DARING
Brings Down Weather Cock
From Cathedral Spire
at Senlis, France
AN ANCIENT TRADITION

New York. W. American human
flies who today find it hard TO
make money out of their exploits
may borrow an idea from the
French. The weathercock which
tops the Cathedral Of Senlis,
France, which maintained its perch
despite eight German projectiles
which hit the spire in 1914. was re-
Gently brought down from its perch
to fiji the pockets of the men who
climbed to it. writes Samuel Cham
berlain in American Architect.
Four stone masOns who were re-
pairing the tower remembered the
tradition that whenever the peak
of the cathedral had been reached
by a steeplejack, the cock lie Cog
Gaulois) could be brought down
and passed from door to door as
a means of exacting tips from home
owners, and they did it. AS this
is the birds first descent in 120
years, the custom has not been
ONtIubllG.
Twice in recent history an auda-
cious alpinist has succeeded in
climbing up the spiny surface of
the spire as far as the rooster,
without the aid Of ropes or scaf-
folding In June. 1871, an innO-
cent-looking young man obtained
permission to climb the winding
steps leading to the bell tower He
dashed upward and passed through
an opening on the highest platform
before the startled sexton could
catch his breath. Climbing like an
ape from crockett to crockett, he
finally reached the huge ball Of
copper which caps the masonry.
BY a heroic and almost suicidal
effort, the climber got over this
ball. Once on top of the ball the
rest was easy. He performed a
few gymnastics to the awestruck
witnesses below, and then bold
ly unfastened the weathercock,
strapped it on his back and crawled
down to face the irate sexton. By
this time all the population of Sen
lis was Il gaping. horror-stuck gal
lery including. unfortunately for
the intrepid climber, the bailiff
who promptly clapped him in Jail.
Smyrna times., 1933-03-08
Cigarette Coupons
Used for Currency

Observation-Disclosures natives
have adopted cigarette coupons
as 4 new form of currency, ac-
cording to advices to the Com
merce department. Faced with
an increasing lack of money, the
natives started using the Gig
arctic coupons issued BY domes-
tic producers rs legal tender
among themselves. The use of
the coupons as currency has now
developed to a point where they
are good for purchasing meals,
clothing. phonograph records and
even motor cars.
Smyrna times., 1933-03-08

monk approached
me. Courteously
] invited him to
share my meal,
which he did.
after we had
eaten, he drew a
8 m all, charred
ember from the
fire and with it
drew a straight
line on the palm
of his hand. Turn
ing his hand.
knuckles upward,
he drew a straight
line on the back
Smyrna times., 1933-03-08
THE LLAMA GROSS TRICK

GREETINGS, Sahib. This is the
Llama Cross Mystery which
was disclosed to me by a Llama
monk in far-off Thibet and which 1
will now teach to you so you may
mystify your friends to their de-
light and entertainment
Il was camped at the trail side
on the way to Llassa having my
monday meal when a Thibetan
Smyrna times., 1933-03-08

Each week, Chandu, the popular
radio Magician of the Air. brings TO
you a mystifying trick which he
learned in some far-off country.
You can perform any of these tricks
with little practice, and need no
special apparatus to do so.
Smyrna times., 1933-03-08

You, too. can
m y s Il fly your
friends with the
Llama Cross Mys-
terry as d o e 8
Chandu, the Ma
gician of the air.
Char a bit of cork
with a lighted
match and draw a
short line on your
palm paralleling
one of the lines
on your hand. On
the back OF the
hand draw an
other line in the
Smyrna times., 1933-03-08

opposite direction. Make a fist as
you do this. and the cross will ap-
pear automatically. the palm line
being duplicated. Rub off the line on
back Of the band as you tell your
friends that the line was seeping
through your hand to appear on
your palm
Smyrna times., 1933-03-08

of his hand Then slowly he rubbed.
with his other hand, the line he had
drawn on the back of his hand
until It had entirely disappeared
Turning his hand. palm upwards.
he showed me the line he had
drawn on the back of his hand,
Smyrna times., 1933-03-08
|isl.,, Happy Home
\ f. llie in City Pound

| a1e a b.. "neh a dog runs
rsasnIe,IDy saaeDy home and ap,
| |a5 + a1 ,.ance to the city
/ Villain prove some
+ SslIrs.. Erlandson. dog
/ at4 III. v SAID that I treat
| d. ,.e .'.i bis statement he
ptar1sa sl1s ). q Buttercup. 4 !
f. h ',sa oa. to the pound (, the E
Smyrna times., 1933-03-08
RUSSIAN GENERAL INN CHEF
Former General in the Imperial
Russian Army Now in Philadelphia

Philadelphia former general
in the imperial army of Russia is
now a chef in a tiny Philadelphia
inn.
Gen. Peter PopOff, who served on
the general staff of the Russian
army under the czar, is willing to
discuss life-as it is.
But life as it was, or might
have been, the general merely
shrugged his shoulders.
Popoff is head of the tearoom
kitchen of the Princess LubOv Sche-
tinin.
Smyrna times., 1933-03-08

Better loose your kite than your
life.
D Don't ever throw wire over
electric or telephone wire. It is
not only dangerous but also inter-
rupts service.
F, Electricity is a good friend e
treated with respect, but don't for
get that it is the cause OF many
serious accidents.