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Evening star., 1934-02-03

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birth of the Re-
public more than
a century and a
half ago. The
entire economic
and social well
fare of Our peo-
pie has under
gone e grea t
changes and be-
fore a complete
readjustment Is
a t t e C t e d, un-
doubtedly fur
ther. and per-
hang oven moro
Evening star., 1934-02-03
Police Are Instructed.

Instruction as to the meaning of
various clauses of the liquor bill was
given today by Assistant Corporation
Counsel Vernon E. West to high
ranking officials Of the Police Depart
ment, who will cooperate with the
staff of the Liquor Board in enforce
nlent of the provisions of the law and
regulations
The group, headed by Maj Ernest
w. Brown, superintendent of police,
included the inspectors. captains and
lieutenants of the department
Taking issue with Attorney General
Cummings and Director Choate of the
Federal Alcoholic Control Admins.
tration. Chairman King of the Senate
District Committee told the Senate
yesterday afternoon he sees no nec-
essity for the changes in the law sug-
gested by those Federal officials. The
amendments proposed by Cummings
Evening star., 1934-02-03
H Wealth Of Splendid Features in
The Stars Magazine Tomorrow

intensely interesting story
Of John Edgar Hoover Washington and his remarkable
Government Bureau of Investigation
MAKE ME BEAuT1Fu1."-rhree a great
IF STREET, ONE OF EARLIEST HIGHWAYS'-John Cagett
Proctor's story this great business thoroughfare.
MYSTIC VISION THAT CREATED SAINT."-The remarkable
faith of the recently canonized Bernadete soubirous.
other features include fiction by Josephine Bentham Wear
Holbrook Pitzer; Reviews Of New Books and Art
Lights History, Mansfelds Those Were
Happy Days. Childrens Page crossword puzzles
In TOm0rr0w's Star
Evening star., 1934-02-03
D. c. LIQUOR BOARD
WORN|NTO0FF|CE|
Offutt Announces Blanks
= Distribution to Start
on Tuesday.
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received. legal notices to be published
in the press. once a week, over pc
riod of two weeks, will be prepared
and published.
The board cannot take action on
issuance of licenses until after the
two-Week period. except in the case
of solicitors. drug stores selling on
prescription, and permits for special
occasions.
Commissioner HaZen announced to-
day that the staff OF the Liquor Board
would not be announced until Mon
day, because Commissioner George
E Allen was still confined to his
residence today by cold. 1t was ex-
pected he would be at work again
Monday
The Commissioners today received
an outspoken protest from the Whole
sale Liquor Distributors Association
against the new regulation adopted
this week requiring that in some cases
applications for wholesalers licenses
must be subject to the two weeks
legal notice IN the press.
The regulation required that such
notice be published IN cases where a
majority of the real property within
a radius of 600 feet of the premises
for which a license is asked, by a
manufacturer or wholesaler. is classed
in the zoning regulations fo- reslden-
tial use.
Charges Discrimination.
Irving Moskowitz, secretary of the
association. protested that this rule
was unfair and unnecessary" and
was discriminatory He argued that
1t would cause tWo-week delay in
the case of wholesalers whose places
of business happened to be surround
ed by residential property, but would
of licenses to other wholesalers whose
places of business happened to be
located in large commercial areas
He contended that this would give an
unfair advantage in business to the
wholesaler who got his license two
weeks ahead Of his competitors.
The letter was acknowledged by the
Commissioners and will be turned over
to the liquor board, but since the
new regulation now is being published
it appeared doubtful today if any
change would be considered Legal
officials pointed out the other day
they believed the new regulation was
in keeping with the intent of Con-
gress in enacting the liquor law
The Liquor Control Board arranged
late yesterday to assume their duties
this morning after President Roose-
welt late yesterday had placed his
signature on the joint resolution OF
Congress providing a sum of $26,667
for the operation of the board dur
ing the remainder of the current
fiscal year.
Evening star., 1934-02-03

The House Merchant Marine Com
i mittee has started talking more or
less mysteriously about reporting a
bill permitting the President to seize
all American merchant vessels in
event of war. That probably is a good
, idea whether Far Eastern conflict
is in the offing or not. 1t would
strengthen minute preparedness ar
| rangements already made.
Much Of the evidence on the War
and Navy Department appropriation
bills is being kept confidential by the
House Appropriations Committee.
There is nothing particularly unusual
about that. 1t is customary to sup
press such intimate details of War
and Navy needs for fear of stirring
international enmites
Most OF this confidential testi-
mony concerns matters you already
kno1O about il you read the neWs-
papers closely. 1t affords erciting
conversation tor luncheOnS and
dinners, but is not good for much
Otheruise
For instance. at one luncheon re-
! Gently our naval plans were discussed
| ~ tAiooS AL "a POo4Sioii W hiiOn NOlloId-
cradle about them. 1t is revealing no
secret to discuss them publicly. be-
cause every foreign intelligence bureau
/ knows what they are.
Defensive War Outlined.
Most of the interest centered around
what is called war plan No q" 1t
i calls for a defensive war in the Pa
cific. Under it. the Philippines would
be surrendered without much of a
struggle and defense would be set up
around Hawaii.
In every naval test that has been
made, the foreign foe has been unable
to conquer Hawaii inside of two years.
In all the war games, the invader
has been beaten off One reason is
that coral reefs extending miles out
into the ocean are a natural obstacle
to landing any strong invading force
Another is that the mountains by the
sea and our strong air forces in
Hawaii offer insurmountable hazards
to any ambitious foe.
War plan No. is supposed to pro-
vide for an offensive war in the Pa
cific. 1t is based on the idea that the
oil supply of any foreign fleet can be
cut off readily.
Evening star., 1934-02-03
ROOSEVELT TELLS
RELIEF DIRECTORS
TO GUST POLITICS

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b. S. DOLLAR GAIN
BY DEVALUATION
is $2,805,512,O60

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Evening star., 1934-08-31
ERECTING STANDS
FORLAB0RPARADE
Final Arrangements Being
Made for Demonstration
Here Monday.

With the big stand for Labor day
ceremonies already erected near Con-
stitution avenue between Fifteenth
and Seventeenth streets and many
more to be built within the next "a
hours to accommodate spectators along
Pennsylvania avenue, plans for the big
Labor day parade and celebration,
under auspices Of the Central Labor
Union, today progressed rapidly.
In many parts of the city floats were
being decorated, and beginning to-
morrow night scores of automobiles
and trucks will be turned over to ar
tiStic hands to convert them into gor-
geous spectacleS for the parade Mon
day morning.
Sixteen silver cups were placed on
display in an F street shop today,
prizes which will be awarded to win
ners in the parade competition.
The parade is scheduled to start
promptly at 10 O'Clock, will move up
Pennsylvania avenue to Fifteenth
street, to Constitution avenue, past the
reviewing stand to Seventeenth street.
Speakers at the stand will be Ed
ward Keating. editor of Labor, and
Calvin G. LAUDER, fire marshal of the
District. Miss Esther Melick, soprano,
will sing 1.-The Star Spangled Banner" !"
accompanied by Miss Melissa Mclean
Thousands will participate In the
parade, including groups of labor,
firemen, fraternal and patriotic organ
izations. There will be many bands
and numerous floats.
Evening star., 1934-08-31
COURT OF APPEALS
TO RULE ON LIQUOR
Will Decide on 0'Donoghue's
Ruling to Free Dry Law
Offenders.

The question Of whether passage Of
the twenty-first amendment auto
matically freed all prohibition law
vlolators, decided in the affirmative
last March by Justice Daniel w.
Donoghue, in District Supreme Court,
went to the District Court of Appeals
today for review.
In a formal brief, United States
Attorney Leslie c. Garnett and his
assistant, Harry L. Underwood, asked
the appellate body to reverse Justice
ODonoghues ruling.
The cases involved are habeaS
corpus proceedings freeing Jack E.
O'Hearne, Harry T. johnson and
George Dodson.
In his precedent setting decision
last March, Justice ODonoghue held
that all Federal prohibition laws were
wiped out, both as to the past and to
the future by enactment of the twen-
ty-f1rst amendment December 5, and
consequently there existed no author
ity for keeping prohibition violators
in jail.
The brief filed today presents to
the Court Of Appeals this argument:
''The twenty-frst amendment Is not
retroactive, but prospective. Imme-
diately upon its ratification, no fur
ther powers could be exercised which
were dependent solely upon authority
given by the eighteenth amendment
or the national prohibition law, but it
did not make innocent past acts,
which were crimes when committed,
nor pardon those who had committed
them, but merely made acts of such
character non-criminal in the fu-
ture"
Evening star., 1934-08-31
Country Club for Policemen
is Proposed by Maj. Brown

Police supt. Brown revealed today
he is seriously considering founding
a real country club for members of
his force-a place where cops of
duty, can go and swim and fish and
play, and do other things that men
do at country clubs.
Maj. Brown has discussed the idea
with other officials of the department
and they think it swell" The puz-
zling problem, and the most import
ant one, however, Is how to finance
such a project. The department has
no country club building fund and
there is a serious doubt whether men
on the force could club together and
raise the necessary amount.
Fees Seen Sufficient.
At any rate, Mai. Brown is conf
dent of one thing-if the club is
established it would be self sustaining
on a small membership fee basis.
Maj. Brown conceived the coun-
try club idea while visiting Camp
Calvert, near Leonardtown, Md,
where the Police Boys Club is having
its first annual encampment. He saw
the youngsters having SO much fun
and getting such Esal benefit on q
Evening star., 1934-08-31
POLICEMAN Is HELD
IN FUGITIVE'S DEATH
G. E. Kimmel Detained Pending
Coroner's Inquest in Shoot
ing Of Colored Youth.

Policeman G. E. Kimmel Of the
second precinct was detained today
in the custody of Capt. Joseph Pier
son, his commanding officer, pending
the coroner's inquest into the fatal
shooting Of Robert Strange, colored,
IT, early Tuesday in an effort to
escape police who pursued his speed
ing automobile.
Strange, fugitive from the In
dustrial Home School at Blue Plains,
died last night of gunshot wound
inflicted by Policeman Kimmel. Ac-
cording to police reports, Policemen
Kimmel and j. D. Wood, cruising in a
scout car, began chase of car op-
Grated by Strange at Second and
Bryant streets. Tine officers followed
the speeding car and attempted to
shoot the tires and gasoline tank.
Several blocks away. Strange's car
collided with another machine, wreck
ing both cars and injuring the occu-
pants. Policeman Kimmel jumped
out of the scout car, with a warn
ing:
IF you make bad move, I viii
shoot"
Strange, who was driving, tried to
run around the back of his car, and
Kimmel fired a single shot, striking
the colored boy in the back.
With Strange was Herbert john
son, l6-year-old colored boy. Occu-
pants of the second car in the COL
lision were Louis Ratio, IL, Of Seat
Pleasant, Nd, and Frank Manlanaro.
Evening star., 1934-08-31
Carrier Boys
Put Out Fire
Under Porch
Probably Saued Home
Since OlUners Are
A,Uay.

A fire that might have destroyed a
house whose owners were away on va
cation was put out early today by two
newspaper carrier boys, who found it
smouldering in an ash can behind the
home Of E. l.. Harris, at 3193 Porter
street.
Charles Dorr, IS, of 1918 Thirty
fifth street, who was delivering papers
on the block at about $50 am, told
the story.
II smelt smoke as I was going by
the house and wondered what it was.
Then I delivered couple more papers
and decided to 60 back and see. I
traced the smoke around to the back
of the house. It was coming from a
big ash can under the porch. Right
above it was a basket full of news
papers, sitting on the steps. The can
was full of lot of old rags and papers
When pulled wad of it out it burst
into flame.
"I ran around front and called Gill
bert Tolstoi, who was delivering papers
at the end of the block. He came, and
we turned the can upside down and
tried to stomp the fire out. Then we
saw piece of hose and attached it to
a spigot under the porch and squirted
water on it"
Both the Harris house and the one
adjoining were vacant. Mr.. and Mrs.
Harris are due to return from q vaca-
ton in New York tomorrow, and no
one had been living in the house for a
week or so.
Evening star., 1934-08-31

involved in making the CONTRACT for
this project as are involved in the
other.
Study Bacon Davis Act.
Lawyers of the P. w. A. mean
while have been weeks trying to in
terpretate the Bacon-Davis act and
its possible conflicts with the regula-
tions governing the P. w. A. scale of
wages as applied in the District of
Columbia. The Bacon-Davis act fixes
the prevailing wage for work on Gov
ernment construction jobs and the P
w. A. rate applies the prevailing union
scale of wages. The question of which
set of regulations shall apply has not
been determined.
Because there is no precedent for
the loaning of p w. A. funds to the
District of Columbia, troubles of in
terpreting the act of Congress has
arisen. The allotment itself is different
from the usual allotment to munic-
ipalities, it was pointed out. In such
cases, P. w. A. makes a grant of 80
per cent of the cost of labor and ma
terials. In the case of the District
the procedure is different. The act
says the District shall repay 10 per
cent of the total loan. The remaining
80 per cent. in the nature of Fed
eral grant. may or may not exceed
80 per cent of the cost Of labor anc
materials. 1t is simply 80 per cent
of the face of the loan from which
! p. w. A. can expect no return.
Evening star., 1934-08-31
TROLLEY WRECKED
BY TRUCK, 3 HURT
Street Car, Hurting Down
Hill, Is Stopped by Use
of Mandrake.

A street car motorman and two
passengers were recovering today from
injuries received late yesterday, when
the trolley car and loaded coal truck
collided at Connecticut avenue and
Davenport street. The street car,
thrown out of control by the accident,
hurtled down the hill to Albermarle
street before it was brought to a stop.
Motorman Frederick Winstead, "a,
of 1850 Fourth street southwest, was
knocked unconscious when the front
of his car was demolished by the
heavy truck. He also suffered severe
lacerations. o- e.
Two colored passengers. Augusta
Scott, AZ, Of the 1900 block Church
street, and Annie Green, 18, of the
1900 block Eighteenth street, were
bruised and cut by flying glass. All
three of the injured persons were
treated at Emergency Hospital
The truck, driven by Edward A.
Brooks, colored, %, of the first block
Myrtle street northeast, was undam-
aged except for a fat tire, and the
driver was unhurt. The collision oc-
CURED just as the street car came
over the hill between Ellicott and
Davenport streets. 1t was the height
of the rush hour.
Coal was strewn from curb to curb
over the avenue. The street car, with
no one at the controls, rushed down
the tracks toward Albermarle street,
its passengers screaming in fright.
Conductor Albert Mitchell, 80, of 618
Seventh street, finally applied the rear
hand brake and brought the vehicle
to stop.
Evening star., 1934-08-31
.L|TT[EPAGE HEADS
F. H. AS CAMPAIGN
OF BETTER HOMES
Selection Announced After
Civic Leaders Confer With
Housing Director.
NEW GENERAL CHAIRMAN
WILL BE IN CITY TUESDAY
Community Work, Although Late
in Starting, Expected to Be
Model Set-Up.

Thomas P. Littlepage will be gen.
eral chairman of the home improve
ment campaign to be opened ins the
District next week under sponsorship
of the Federal Housing AdminiStra-
ton.
Announcement of Mr.. Littlepage's
selection was made at the F. H. A.
this morning, after group of civic,
business and banking leaders had
conferred with w. D. Flanders, di-
rector of field organization for the
housing agency.
The new chairman, who is out Of
the city and will not return until
Tuesday, will guide a community
campaign in Washington which, al
though it is being started later than
many others over the country, Is ex-
pected to serve as a model set-up.
Meeting Next Week.
An organization meeting will be
held, probably late next week, at
which all civic organizations and
other interested groups will be rep
resented, and at which the complete
program will be mapped, committees
named, and other organization steps
taken.
Robert ]. Cottrell, secretary of the
Washington Board of Trade, will serve
as acting secretary of the local set-up
in making arrangements for the meet
ing.
The Washington Better Housing
Campaign will follow many sugges-
tions outlined in one of the F. H. AS
earliest publications, Community
Campaign" Its chief purpose will
be to interest property owners in i'm
proving their holdings by taking ad-
vantage of the Federally guaranteed
home moderniZation loans and will
be carried on by an organization Of
some 5000 volunteer workers, Cottrell
estimated today.
Mr.. Littlepage, Washington attor4
ney, is chairman of the Board Of
Trade Committee on Industrial In
terests, past president of the former
Washington Chamber of Commerce
and member of the N. r. A. Board
of Compliance for the District. He
has been an active leader in Washing
ton civic affairs for number of years
and headed the civic committee which
brought about the merger of street
railway lines here.
Job Plans Put Aside.
The Jobs for Washington Campaign
Committee, at meeting yesterday
decided to stand aside with its drive
to get $4,000 year-long jobs for Wash
ington unemployed and throw its
force behind the housing campaign,
which will, its members believe, aid in
accomplishing the same purpose.
Elwood Street, director of public
welfare and member Of the commit
tee, said the "give-a-job" campaign
would be overshadowed by the inten-
sive F. H. A. drive under the local
committee.
The announcement of Littlepage as
chairman of the group today put a
stop to rumors that Flanders would
head the District campaign. The
latter said today. however, that he
is interested in the Washington cam
paign, since it is in the Nations Cap
ital, but that it will be handled
through the committee of Washing
tonians the same as other community
drives over the country.
Evening star., 1934-08-31
MILK PRICE BOOST
RUMOREDF D. c.
Mrs. Boyle Appeals to Sen
ator King to Help Pre-.
vent Increase.

Chairman King of the Senate Dis
trict Committee was asked today by
Mrs. John Boyle, jr., chairman of the
Consumers Council of Washington, to
help prevent distributors from raising
retail prices for milk.
Milk distributors in Washington
are reported planning to raise price
of milk / cent a quart" she tele-
graphed Senator King. This is be-
cause producers are asking / cent
a quart more because Of higher pro-
duction costs due to drought and other
factors.
Huge profits Of distributors revealed
by your investigation enable distrib-
utors to absorb the extra cent and still
make handsome profits. May we count
on your aid in combating this new
move by greedy distributors again to
plunder consumers?"
Mrs. Boyle's telegram followed a
radio speech last night in which she
said the price Of milk was to be ad-
vaneed tomorrow. From other reliable
sources The Star was informed yes
terday the price increase will not come
before October !.
Evening star., 1934-08-31

diet of sunshine and recreation, he
thought similar tonic for his force
might reap similar benefits.
What Maj. Brown has in mind
is a quet place in the country not
more than 40 or so miles from WASH
ngton, preferably adjacent to The
water, where the cops could fish and
swim, in season, and even shoot ducks
when that is allowed. A rolling ter
race would be desirable for a golf
course for the golf-playing cops. The
club house would not have to be pre-
tentious, but comfortable and invit-
ing, something like hunting lodge.
Dream May Come True.
Maj. Brown sees many potentialities
in such a country club. He said it
could be used at times as vacation
spot for members of the police spon-
sored boys clubs, and the department
would not have to call on public spir-
tied citizens for contributions to send
the boys away in the Summer
This country club idea is not Mid
summers day dream by any means.
Maj. Brown Is club minded and he
usually gets what he goes after. His
first exhibit is the Police Boys Club
at No. 5.
Evening star., 1934-08-31
TEXAS RANGERS ARRIVE
TO RETURN DESPERATE
Youthful Jailbreaker Has Prom
ised to Leave Peacefully
With Favorite officer.

Two Texas Rangers arrived In
Washington this morning to return
youthful desperate captured here
Saturday night with two companions
and a small arsenal while on an at
tempted invasion of the East.
Robert Lanier Anderson, 81, alias
Hubert Hulen, confessed jailbreaker
and bank robber, is going back with
the Rangers, who professed little in
terest in Anderson's pals, Lendon
Floyd Boyle, 20, of Fort Worth, and
Roy Jay Moreland, Is, of Cleburne,
Tex.
Anderson himself asked that one
Of the Rangers, Capt. Leon Hannah,
come East for him after Washington
detectives beat him to the draw and
took his outfit to headquarters from
their room in a boarding house here.
If Capt. Hannah comes for me-"
Anderson said, "I'n go back without
a fight"
Evening star., 1934-08-31
AUTO MISHAP FATAL
TO REED S. WALKER
Chemist in Agriculture Depart
ment Dies in Sterling (Colo.)
Hospital.

Reed S. Walker, %, a chemist In
the Agriculture Department, was ia
tally injured in an automobile acci-
dent near Sterling, Colo, yesterday,
according to an Associated Press dis
patch.
Walker, who lived at 623 Tewkesbury
place, died in a Sterling hospital last
night from fractured skull and other
injuries.
Walker, his wife and their two chill
dren and Miss Helen Holbrook, IT, of
Provo, Utah, were en- route to Wash
ington from Murray, Utah. Miss Hol-
brook lost control of the car and it
went into a ditch, overturning twice,
officers who investigated said.
June Walker, l8 months old, and
her mother suffered minor cuts and
bruises. Reed Walker, jr., 3, was un-
hurt.
Evening star., 1934-08-31
HAMILTON HOTEL
SOLD TO MANGER
"SOmething Less Than ST..
600, 600" Said to Be Con-
Siderati0n Involved.

Sale of the Hamilton Hotel, Four
teenth and K streets, at a price
something less than $1,000, ,000," was
announced today by the Committee
for the Protection of Holders of
Bonds sold through the F. H. Smith
Co. George E. Roosevelt is president
Of the committee.
The purchaser Is the Hamilton
Realty Corp, organized by Julius
Manger of New York City for
the purpose of taking title. Manger
Is said to have a controlling interest
in the corporation.
Manger, according to the an
nouncement, operates hotels in New
York, Boston and Chicago. The con-
tract of sale was signed Wednesday
and title will pass about November /.
The Hamilton has 800 rooms and
occupies a plot containing 14,s45
square feet.