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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-07-23
Utility Commission Engineers
Reach Conclusion After
Survey Of Situation.
FIND CAB FOR EVERY
1926 PERSONS IN D. C.
Inquiry Also Reveals Taxis Take
in More Than Half Of Trans
portation Revenue.

The number of taxicabs in Washing
ton should be reduced and the fares in
creased to q point SUFFICIENT to provide
q proper standard Of living for their
drivers. In the opinion of F. A. Sager
and w. H. Dunlap, engineers on the
staff Of the Public Utilities Commission
The conclusions were reached after q
comprehensive analysis of the taxicab
situation here tn relation to national
conditions.
In making public the results Of the
study, the commission yesterday ex-
planned the work was conducted inde-
pendently by the engineers and did not
necessarily represent the commissions
position. The commission, however,
several times has sought to extend the
power 1t now has over taxicab opera
tons.
Urge Higher Charges.
The engineers concluded that in the
interest Of proper use Of public streets,
the number Of taxicabs should be lin
tied by convenience and necessity re-
quirement before permits to operate are
issued.
They urged also that fares should be
high enough-and no higher than
necessary-to provide proper stand
ard Of living FOR the employees, a fair
return after normal operating expenses
including the cost of liability insur-
ance against personal injury or prop
erty damage to others.
The engineers found that Washing
ton was more amply supplied with
taxicabs In relation to population than
any other Of list Of Is cities having
more than 100000 inhabitants. While
Los Angeles. with about one and
quarter million population, had but one
taxicab for each 1852 Of its popula-
ton. Washington had a taxicab for
each 1875 of its population. The aver
age for the group Of cities was found
to be between 700 and 1000.
Takes in Half of Revenue,
The study also shows, partly on the
basis of estimates, that the taxicab
business here takes in more than one
half OF the public transportation reve-
nue. for all types Of service although
the cost to the average rider was found
TO be 22.8 cents per passenger in the
taxicab as contrasted with 7.64 cents
per passenger in the street railway.
In spite of this, the taxicab business
is not profitable so far as drivers are
concerned the engineers declared, since
they found large number of drivers
averaging about 10 hours q day with
a gross revenue of slightly more than
IS day. Out Of this they had to pay
all expenses, including. in the case of
rented cars. sums ranging from $3.50
to 81 . day.
The taxicab operations here cannot
be classified as a proper economical
business, the engineers concluded. II
figured on the basis Of wages to drivers
and protection to patrons comparable
with that paid for by mass transporta-
ton carriers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-07-23
JONES WILL LEASE
HOME LOAN OFFICE
District Manager to. Take
Space in Private Quarters
Early This Week.

Unable to acquire satisfactory space
in Government owned buildings S,
Charles A. Jones, District manager for
the Home Owners Loan Corporation,
will set up his Office in private, rented
quarters Monday or Tuesday.
This developed yesterday. as the
Federal Home Loan Bank Board gave
Jones authority to proceed with rent
ing of space for the Office, at the same
time placing certain limitations Of
expense for leasing. The board also
instructed Jones to insist on conditions
in the lease which would permit evac-
uation without notice.
Moving Planned Tuesday.
The District manager said last night
he would have his headquarters Sc
lected by noon Monday, and the final
sanction of the board probably would
be given Monday afternoon. This
would mean moving in first thing
Tuesday, and allowing day or two
for installing telephones, furniture and
organizing a staff the local home loan
office is expected to be functioning nor
mally by the middle of the week. -.
Jones indicated imminent cases would
be given priority in consideration OF
applications Already he has turned
attention to four or nVe IN WHICH lore
closures were threatened and succeeded
in having these forestalled until the
loan corporation can study them with
a view of refinancing.
Plans for Meeting Pushed.
Meanwhile, the District Council OF
Building and Loan Associations went
ahead with preparations for its meet
ing in the Raleigh Hotel at 1890 pm.
Tuesday. This session was called to
discuss the Governments home mort
gage refinancing plan for distressed
home owners, with a view CT shaping q
plan of cooperation with the admins
tration in carrying out the program.
william S. Quinter, executive secre-
tary of the council, pointed out last
night, however, that building and loan
organizations did not expect many OF
their borrowers. would be among ap-
plicants for Federal aid. He said the
burden under their system is not as
severe as under the straight loan plan
and that, therefore, their clients were
in better position to meet their
OBLIGATIONS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-07-23


ciety of Elected Airmen, all of whom
were thrown from airplane cockpits
and all of whom had to take to their
parachutes. One of the Is "EA's", &C
cording to the records of Mai. Falk
Harmed. Army Air Corps Reserve, who
is unofficial secretary of the Caterpillar
Club, is woman.
Leather Of Shoe Slit.
Lieut.. Gallery was in a slow roll
when his safety belt unfastened and
the centrifugal force of the maneuyer
threw him violently out of his seat.
AS he flew from the cockpit, he hooked
ms toe under the cowling and hung on
mead down against pressure so severe
that the leather of his shoe was slit
AS the plane went into a dive out of
the roll the centrifugal force slackened
and he was able to pull himself down
py pending his knee until he could get
ms myers under the cowling and pull
himself back into the plane.
Harmel's records show that in two
almost incredible instances, the
safety belts of both pilot and pas
senger, in two-seater military planes.
broke simultaneously, all four men be-
ing thrown out in the midst of steep
dives. All four landed safely.
The first elected airman on record
was Capt. Ford o. Rogers, U. S. M. c.,
who. while flying a pursuit plane at
Langley Field, Va, some years ago,
accidentally knocked open the catch
of his safety belt while reaching for
his watch While he was trying to
refasten the belt the plane pitched
violently and he was thrown out head
first. He pulled the ripcord and came
down easily.
Elected While Asleep.
Capt. Rogers reigned for some 10
months in solitary glory as the only
elected airman. Then he was Joined
by Capt. John I. Moore, Army Air
Corps, veteran World War pilot. Capt.
Moore, on a cross-country flight in
Texas in two-seater, became drowsy.
turned the ship over to his fellow
flyer and. it being a calm day, undid
his safety belt for the sake Of COM
fort and peacefully went to sleep. The
air did not remain smooth for long,
however, and when Moore awoke, he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-07-23
BEND IN PLUMBING
HOLDS BOY CAPTIVE
Rescue Squad Works Hour Dis
membering Pipe to Free
Three Year-0ld.
The game was hide and seek. an.

The game was hide and seek. and
Bobby was "it'
He went to an outside toilet to hide.
In his youthful three-year en-
thustasm. however, he rammed his foot
inextricably into q bend in the
plumbing. There hung Bobby, and
thereby hangs this tale.
His playmates, Earl Nelson, S, and
Barbara Laid, S, found him after about
10 minutes, but couldn't get him out.
Bobby's foster parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Nelson, 705 D street northeast,
likewise failed. So the Fire Depart
ment's rescue squad was summoned.
The rescue squad finally got Bobby
out, but 1t had to dismember the
plumbing. working with saws and
plumbers tools for about an hour be-
fore they accomplished their delicate
task
Bobby, through it all, was q good
sport. He did not whimper. Phil
osophically, he ate the ice cream that
was offered him after he was finally
freed and then went to bed. His real
name, 1t should be mentioned, isn't
Bobby. That's just what his young
friends call him. Actually 1t is Lemuel
Lee Duck.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-07-23
VETERAN, IS PER CENT DISABLED,
HAS ALLOWANCE CUT $S7 TO So
Hugo Darling, Gassed in France Faces Plight Through
Economy Program.

He was gassed near Romaines,
France, on the Meuse Argonne front
and invaded out Of the Army. The
Veterans Bureau rated him IS per
cent disabled. And then it cut his al
lowance from $87 to 80 per month.
That Is q thumbnail history Of how
the economy act has worked out In one
individual case, that Of Hugo Darling,
1904 Talbert street southeast.
His discharge from the Army shows
that when he left the hospital he was
rated 50 per cent disabled. But the
gas had got in its deadly work, and
he became tubercular. He wears steel
braces around his body and around his
right leg. He Is q clerk at the Veter-
ans Bureaus salary $1,260 year. less
the usual deductions. He has q wife
and two children to support.
His papers show that he has spent
about four years In al In various hos
pitfalls since the war ended. He has had
IA different jobs, most Of them with the
Government. but he has quit each time
to 70 back to the hospital
During the war he was IN X-rAy
operator, and he tried to continue that
aftewaTdA He said that + Vas I'M
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-07-23

possible for him to stand ON his feet
for long hours. He had to pick up some
thing else. He has had many clerical
positions with the Commerce and War
Departments and finally with the Vet
erans' Administration.
Now, he says, not only has his dis
ability allowance been cut from $87 to
So, but he has been advised to apply
for retirement on q pension. It will
cost him between $500 and $500 to as
sure him Q pesion Of $50 per month, the
money he has to put In representing
contributions to the retirement fund
missed during his many periods In hos
pitfalls.
The letter notifying him Of the re-
duction in disability allowance reads:
"Your claim has been carefully re-
viewed In accordance with the pro-
visions Of The act and on the evidence
Of record Id your case 1t has been de-
termined that you are entitled to and
there Is being approved In your favor,
effective July /. 1883, an award Of pen-
sion In the amount Of % monthly on
account Of wartime service-con-
nected disability incurred In combat
with IN enemy q Tie Nn4eed eeAtes."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-07-23
Theater Cashier Is 'ParsOn"
To Passers of Bogus Money
Girl Causes Arrest of
Ten in as Many
Months.

Marva Dean, blonde cashier at the
Fox Theater, Is As sure as the North
west Mounted Police-she always gets
her man.
Ten times In Is many months Marva
has caused the arrest Of alleged counter
felt money passers.
Last night, the latest, Paul Montfort,
30, of the 1000 block Massachusetts, ave-
nue. northeast, was under 5000 bond.
accused of possessing and passing a
counterfeit $50 bill at the Fox box Of
fee Friday night.
Marva's system is simple. When
some one presents a bill that looks
spurious to her, she simply steps on q
button, ringing an alarm in the man
ayers office and summoning assistance.
She did Just that at 1880 o'clock FIJI
day night, when Montfort presented
the $40 note at her window. An assist
ant manager responded and, with the
aid Of an usher, took Montfort to the
managers office. Police and Secret
Service agents were summoned, and
they found another bogus $40 bill IN
the mans pocket, they said.
Montfort admitted passing three other
bills, according to police. Two Of them
were recovered and the third is ex-
pected to be located soon. According
to the story he told Secret Service
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-07-23
'KEECH BRIEF ASKS
.F|VE-CENT CAR FARE.
Peoples Counsel Appeals for
i Reduced Rate on Short
HauIs..

Adoption Of Scent fare on both the
two suburban bus lines and the street
railway line operating from the vicinity
Of Fourteenth and B streets southwest
to the business section was urged In q
brief filed yesterday with the Public
Utilities Commission by Richmond B.
Keech, peoples counsel.
An advocate of a scent fare for
short-trip transportation service. Keech
pointed out that the commission it.
self recently favored the reduced fare
for short haul lines Of the street car
companies.
Results From Petitions.
The case arises from the petitions Of
the Alexandra Bancroft = Washington
Rapid Transit Co. and the Arlington
and Fairfax Motor Transportation Co.
to be permitted to serve passengers at
points on their routes in the District,
from Highway Bridge to Tenth and D
streets.
The Washington Railway & Electric
Co. and the Capital Traction Co. have
vigorously objected to the plan. After
studying all briefs filed in the case the
commission will act, probably this week.
Backs Bus Petition.
Keech not only urged the commission
to grant the petition Of the bus COM
panies, but also declared the commission
should indicate willingness to approve
a loop service on the Washington Rail
way & Electric Co. line between Four
tenth and B streets southwest and
Tenth and G streets. He contended q
scent fare would be equitable and COM
mensurate with the haul and would
benefit the bus and railway companies
as well as the public.
I'm addition, this dual scent fare
would do much to eliminate many of
the taxicabs which ply around this area
during the rush period, tending to con-
gest traffic" he added.
Keech pointed out also that hundreds
of Government workers had signed Pc
titions contending that the railway
company service was not adequate to
meet their needs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-07-23
UNMUZZLED CANNES
WILL BE IMPOUNDED
Nv a stat, correspondent of The Star.

BY q Stan Correspondent OF The Star.
TAKOMA PARK, Md, July pa
warning that all dogs found running 1t
large without muzzles will be impound-
ed and their owners prosecuted was
issued today by Town Clerk j. Wilson
Dodd. Town police regulations provide
that all dogs running at large must be
properly muzzled between June 1 and
September 16.
Dogs found roaming the streets with
out a muzzle Or not under restraint,
even though licensed, will be impound-
ed for period of three days, and, If
not released by that time through the
payment of an impounding fee Of s.,
shall be destroyed. Dodd said.
Failure to comply with the law will
subject the owner or harborer of the
dog to fine not to exceed IS, he de-
clared.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-07-23

dend equitably ratable to every one In
the bank, whether he had drawn out
his S Der cent or q part Of It, or not.
If Offsets are involved In the claims
Of the District National Bank. deposi-
tors will be asked to call at the bank
to file q claim In person:
The other member banks Of the
merger and conservators are as
follows: Potomac Savings Bank,
George w. Offutt, conservator; Wash
ington Savings Bank, Robert A.
Sisson; Northeast Savings Bank, q. r.
Hoover; Neutrality-suspicious. Savings
and Commercial Bank, E. L. Norris;
United States Savings Bank, Wilbur H.
zepp; Seventh Street Savings Bank,
John p. Howard
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-07-23
WAGE SCALE ASKED
FORCOMM0N LABOR
Committee of Workers on
U. S. Projects Here Seeks
Minimum Rate.
Taking a cue from President Roose-

Taking q cue from President Rooee-
velts request to private industry to
introduce q Accent minimum wage for
labor, a committee representing un-
skilled labor on Government projects
here yesterday made a third demand
that the Treasury Department set q
minimum wage for common labor In
the District.
The first two demands were in the
form of petitions signed by common
laborers. asking for the setting Of q
prevailing scale" Of wages for COM
mon labor, under the terms Of the
Bacon-Davis act
The first petition went unanswered.
To the second. L. w. Robert. IT,. as
Sistant secretary OF the Treasury, IN
charge Of the construction program,
wrote:
The matter Of wages paid common
labor has, been given some con-
sideration by representatives Of this de-
partment and 1t Is believed that con-
| tractors ON Government work are pay
| ing higher rate for common labor
/ than Is paid In connection with private
! construction"
Afidavits Promised.
In spite Of this, however, evidence
was recently introduced that one con-
| tractor paid common labor on Dis
trict school project IS cents an hour,
and the contractor admitted that such
scale was paid.
In yesterdays letter, which was
cio hyy Torru Kol1u If OOn n Y1o
an offer Is made to produce af1davits
to the effect that another contractor.
on Federal building job, has dropped
his wages for common labor from IS
to 30 cents per hour.
Kelly's letter says that common labor
has no quarrel with the contractors, but
only with the Government, which has
set scales of pay for all skilled trades
but has left common labor to its own
devices.
Fight Waged Since March.
I'VE wonder" said the letter, IF
this condition was caused by q feeling
that the common laborer is not OF much
importance. and it makes no difference
what they are paid? Or was it be-
cause they were not organized and did
not have Q union man to represent
them?
"Since March we have been trying
to get your ONCE or the Labor Depart
ment to establish q prevailing wage
for the common laborer, as authorized
by the Bacon-Davis act. To date, all
we have Is q statement of what the
wages are, together with numerous
statements that the wage question is to
be handled by some other department.
Since the enactment of this law, our
wages have dropped from IS cents to
Is cents. Yet we have no recourse, be-
cause our Government failed to set a
wage for us. Really, we believe that the
construction laborer in the District is
q most forgotten man"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-07-23
GANN SUED FOR 100000
BY Indemnity CONCERN
Action Over Bond Is Started in
District Supreme Court Against
Curtis Brother-in-Law.

Edward Everett Gam, brother in law
of former Vice President Curtis, was
sued for 100000 In District Supreme
Court yesterday by the Home Indemnity
Co.
The suit alleged Mr.. Gam and the
Hampton Roads Shipbuilding Corpora
ton requested the plaintiff to post .
bond for them, promising In return to
protect them against loss.
The indemnity company said 1t was
sued on the bond, suffering total loss
of approximately $4,000. The suit,
filed through Attorneys Louis M. DENT
and E. C. Brandenburg, asks that Mr..
Gam and the shipbuilding concern be
compelled to reimburse the plaintiff In
accordance with the alleged agreement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-07-23
DIVERS MAKE futile
EFFORT TO find BODY
Crew From Navy Diving School
Make Search for Youth
Drowned Wednesday.
BY Stan Correspondent Of The star.

BY Stan Correspondent Of The Star.
Underwater, Md, July 22.-Two
crack divers were sent here today by
the navy yard authorities to join in
the search for the body of Emmett L.
MCNEIL, jr., but they were unsuccess-
full after q two-hour~ hunt sthrough the
waters Of the Chesapeake & Ohio canal
in which the l8-year-old Washington
youth was drowned Wednesday.
The divers. stationed at the diving
school in the Washington Navy Yard,
arrived here in charge of Lieut.. w. A.
CORY shortly after noon and descended
to the bottom Of the canal as soon as
their equipment was rugged up and
made ready for use.
They made two trips to the canal
bottom but were unable to locate the
body Of the youth, who lived at 1911
Irving street. Huge rocks virtually
covering the canal bed seriously handi-
capped their operations, they reported
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-07-23
Casket Fall, Close Call.

SPOKANE, Wash. (P.-Charles o.
Mccartney, casket company employe,
narrowly escaped serious injury-under
0 coffin. Working in warehouse, ne
attempted to move 400-pound upright
steel coffin. 1t fell and he leaped, but
his right arm was cut.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-07-23

clety OF EJected
Airnen, vulgarly
k n o wn as 1.-THE
Safety Belt Bust
ers."
Lie u t. Gallery,
through the me-
dium Of a powerful
set of leg muscles,
developed as an
a m a t eur Navy
wrestler, was able
to pull himself back
into the cockpit of
his plane, landing
without further in
cident.
He thus escaped
b e C o mi n g tn e
t W e n t v seventh
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-07-23
Fremen Plan Party.

BLADENSBURG, Nd, July ~ (Spe-
cial "A stag party will be given We'd
nesday night by the Bladensburg Vol
unteer Fire Department in the fire
house at 8 O'Clock, at which the other
volunteer f1remen Of Prince Georges
County win be guests. Chief Andrew
Gasch Of the Bladensbrg department
is In charge Of arrangements.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-07-23
SHENANDOAH. AREA RANKS
FIRST IN RURAL SCOUTING
Winchester Man, Chairman Of
Committee, Is Informed Of
Councils Rating.

Special Dispatch to The Star
WINCHESTER, Va, July 22-The
Shenandoah Ares Council of the Boy
Scouts Of America has been ranked
first In the United States In rural Scout
ing, c. Vernon Eddy of Winchester,
chairman Of the rural committee of the
area, has been advised.
The first four rated councils in the
United States with number Of rural
Lone Scouts are: Shenandoah Area
Council, Winchester, 172; Blackwater
Area Council, Rockford. H., 100; Day.
ton-Miami Area Council, Dayton, Ohio,
80; Pony Express Council, st. Joseph,
Mo-, 81.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-07-23
Schools Reopen September 6.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. July 20 Especially =.
Anne Arundel County's schools will
reopen on September 6, which inciden-
Sally Is OH Wednesday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-07-23
Fall Is Fatal to Woman.

Mrs. Sarah Huse. IS, of 619 c street
northeast, died last night in Gallinger
Hospital, where she had been patient
tnce she suffered Q fall In her home
luna n
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-07-23
Elected Airmen Lose Recruit
AS Flyer Regains Seat in Plane
Select Branch of Caterpillar Club Composed of 26
Who Took to 'Chutes After Being
Thrown From Cockpits

w YHEN Lieut.. Daniel v. Gallery,
NA/ jr., hooked his toe under the
w cGwlng Of May Navy fighting h
thrown Friday afternoon
while practicing acrobatics high above
the Anacostia Naval Air Station, he
just missed joining a select branch of
the famous Caterpillar Club-the So
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-07-23
CELEBRATE CENTENARY
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Hillsboro on August Is.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
HILLSBORO. Va, July 22.-The CEN
tenary of Salem Church at Hillsboro
will be celebrated with q home coming
day on August IS. The presiding elder
viii preach at II In, and there will be
q basket picnic lunch, with afternoon
and evening services. The centenary
will be preceded by q Today evai1ge-
1stic meeting, with Rev. K. w. Seay as
the evangelist.
The Omaha guide., 1933-03-18

EVERYBODY will be Pulling for
their Band at the Annual Musicians
Ball. March 9th, at the Dreamland
Hall.
The Omaha guide., 1933-03-18

est degree impressed by your big.
gness or your material as
such. Size is not grandeur; and ter
ritory does not make a nation. The
great issue, about which hangs a true
sublimity and the terror Of a over
hanging fate, is, what are you going
to do with all Of these things? What
IS to be tn end to which these are to
5e the means?"
Now, folks, to speak Of poverty
amidst plenty and alternating days of
feast and famine perhaps hints at
the essential for which we go about
the task Of conquering the damnable
dragon" unemployment.
Writer'S Note: Watch this column
every week and you will read the
truth exposed politically wherever
~~arranted, regardless of political con-
nections.