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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-08-17

gone into the manufacture of
Anthony Adverse" My copy, l
am convinced, had more than
its share of potatoes in it.
Just what the potatoes were
for, don't know. Possibly they
went into the "siZing," or stiff
fening-up of the leaves. The
leaves in my book were so stiff
that I could hardly turn them.
In fact, 1 stopped turning them,
finally.
Possibly Mr.. Allen, the author,
ate all those potatoes while he
was working on the book, or
threw them at people who inter
rupted him. In a book that size,
the ratio of interruption must
be enormous. Not quite enor-
nous enough, evidently.
At any rate, there you have
an acre of potatoes in Anthony
Adverse" which may explain
why you were unable to finish
it.
The preparation of potatoes
for book manufacture is quite
an art in itself. The farmers
who raise them constitute the
literary set of the agricultural
districts, and call themselves
"The Book of the Month Club"
In September they hare a
special exhibit at the UariouS
State fairs, shouting the biggest
books groUn during the year.
This season it looks as it An
thong Adverse" might hare to
be put in the stall hitherto re-
Served for the prize bull.
After the potatoes are dug, or
picked, or whatever it is that the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-08-17

gone days. But charm and
mystery surround you, inspire
you, just as for two hundred
years it has inspired artists OF
the brush and the pen.
Here was a wonder city, if
there ever was one; first French,
then Spanish, then French again
and finally American.
In it's simple way, it was the
first American city to turn
night into day. The lighting OF
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-08-17

reform is not something that
has developed since the de-
preston years following the
latest economic crisis began.
When Calvin Coolidge en-
tered the White House after
the death of President Hard
ing the question of reducing
Federal taxes was the first to
which he addressed himself.
He had made great progress in
that direction by the time he
became President in his own
right and in his Inaugural Ad-
dress he returned to this all
important question.
After reminding his country
men that the Government no
longer needed wartime revenue
for its support the newly-elected
President said in his Inaugural
Address on March 4, 1925:
"The collection of any taxes
which are not absolutely re-
quired, which do not beyond
reasonable doubt contribute to
the public welfare is only
species of legalized larceny.
"Under the republic the re.
wards of industry belong to
those who earn them. The only
constitutional tax is the tax
which ministers to public neces-
sity.
"The time is arriving when
we can have further tax reduc-
ton, when unless we wish to
hamper the people in their
right to earn a living, we must
have tax reform.
"The method of raising reve-
nue. ought not to impede other
transactions of business, it
ought to encourage it.
81 am opposed to extremely
high rates, because they pro.
duce little or no revenue, be-
cause they are bad for the
country and, finally, because
they are wrong.
Correct Course
eve cannot finance the coun-
try, we cannot improve social
conditions, through any system
of injustice, even if we attempt
to infIict it uDOn the rich. Those
who suffer the most harm will
be the poor.
"The wise and correct course
to follow in taxation and all
other economic legislation is
not to destroy those who have
already secured success but to
create conditions under which
every one will have a better
chance to be successful"
These maxims might we'll be
carried in letters of stone on
every State House. County Court
House, and Town Hall in the
Union.
These warning words of Calvin
Coolidge express the sentiments
today of all sorts and conditions
of honest Americans who are
packing the burden of unjust
and exorbitant taxes piled on
them by the political spoilsmen
of both parties.
Copyright. 1894. The Washington Times,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-08-17

by the beautiful baroness were
of the most imposing type of
the day. They are still stand
ing, with wrought iron verandas
of wonderful workmanship, ex-
tending entirely over the side
walks and resting upon iron pill
lars from the street.
Today the masonry peels
from the walls, and cobwebs veil
the windows, just as time wells
the memory of those long by
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-08-17

W h a t they
portray.
It. S whiS-
pered- around
the town that
from ICkeS' de-
partment two
m e n W e n t
+ or t h some
weeks ago to
get m o t i o n
pic t ur eS of
P w A a n d
CCC camps.
TIL ey re-
turned loaded
down with
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-08-17
Closed Bank Assets
Should Be Sold Now

The announcement by Chairman Jesse Jones that the
Reconstruction Finance Corporation is ready to exercise
the authority granted by the Mcleod steagan bill to
PURCHASE the assets of closed banks should lead to
rapid curtament of the receivership system.
1T WILL LEAD TO THAT CURTAILMENT IF THE
TREASURY DEPARTMENT AND THE INDIVIDUAL
RECEIVERS WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE
POSSIBILITIES OPENED TO HIM BY THE ATTI-
tube OF THE RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE COR
P0RATIoN.
Chairman Jones' of course cannot go out and compel
receivers to sell to the corporation the assets which are
now being eaten up in part by recevership costs.
All he can do is to announce his willingness to consider
purchase of the assets when they offered for SALE
Mr. Jones has already done this He has announced
that the corporation is prepared to put into effect the
provisions of the act passed by the last session of Con-
gress.
The lack of aggressiveness the part of the Treas
ury Department and of the receivers in this matter is
amazing.
They profess to believe that it is advantageous
to the depostors of the closed banks to either hold the
assets or BORROW upon them from the Finance Corpo
ration.
This might be understandable if the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation under obligation to bargain for
the assets and to pare down the price
But that is not the case The Mcleod Steaga act is
explicit on the matter of selling the assets to the cor
poration.
The act Declares
"In making any purchase of loan assets of any
closed bank the Corporation shall appaise such assets
J~kso..
of years. rather than the basis of forced selling
Uolues in a period of business depression"
It is impossible to see how the Treasury Department
or the receivers hope get for the by hold
ing them in the banks for number of years than by
selling them at once the Reconstruction Finance Cor
poration.
The Corporation in purchasing the assets, is bound
under the law appraise them in anticipation of the
expected rise in prices
Certainly the private purchaser would not make a
liberal appraisal and certainly the Corporation
would make it's appraisal liberal enough to give to the
closed banks price at least equal to anything which,
they can get their assets in the next few years.
The assets are going to have to be sold eventually
IF AS GOOD PRICE CAN BE OBTAINED FOR
THEM NOW WHY SHOULD THEY NOT BE SOLD
AT ONCE RATHER THAN HELD FOR PERIOD OF
YEARS AND THEN EVENTUALLY SOLD FOR A
PRICE WHICH IS MORE ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE
REAL OWNERS OF THE ASSETS, THE DEPosI-
TORS.
The distribution of the value of these assets NOW
among the millions of depositors would be tremendous
aid to business recovery and would be matter Of ee
mental justice the citizens who displayed their faith
in the integrity of the banking system at time when
the use of that system urged upon them by their
Government
Treasure Hunting
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Tax Reform Is Urgent Need
By James T. Williams, Jr

What was once said of the
potentates of Europe can be
said with equal truth of the
government Of politicians, by
politicians, for politicians which
the American people are get
ting today from the Spoilsmen
of politics on the pay roll of
their Federal, State, county and
local governments.
There is one passage in
Scripture to which the Spoils-
men all seem to have given
their unanimous consent and
appreciation, and to have
studied SO thoroughly as to
have it quite at their fingers
ends:
There went out a decree in
the days of Claudius Caesar,
that all the world should be
taxed"
Tragic Spectacle
There is one tragic. spectacle
which these depression years
have brought to every corner
of the country, to every State
in the Union, to every county
in every state. 1t is wildly
described by citizen of Penn
sylvania in a letter to a
Washington newspaper in which
he says:
"Throughout this part of the
country tax sales are being
held, and aged couples, widows
with small children are being
turned out and having their
homes sold. Many of these are
farm homes where the owners
could maintain themselves, but
could not, under present con-
ditiOnS, pay taxes. In many
cases it is pitiful in the
extreme and the average
amount of overdue taxes is
less than S1OO.
at the same time we read
in recent issue of the Satur-
day Evening Post that society,
through our present Admins
tratiOn, is spending as much as
$500 each in subsistence homes
at Reedsville, w. Va, these to
be turned over to deserving
citizens and paid for at some
future time.
SIS there not something
amisS with society which
turns one good citizen out of
his home, in which he has a
considerable investment, for a
paltry sum of less than 500 in
overdue taxes, while another
citizen is provided with a home
at a cost of $500 in which
he has not one nickel in
vested?"
This question has yet to be
answered by government. In
fact the whole problem of in
creaSing taxation seems more
and more to be lodged by the
politicians who seek office and
the politicians who feed them
selves and their heelers at the
public trough.
The urgent necessity for tax
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-08-17

The news has just come in
from the publishers that a mil
lion pounds of paper and an
acre of potatoes have already
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-08-17

When Secretary of the Interior
Harold Ickes' boys go after pic
lures they get 'em-regardleSs Of
Evening star., 1934-02-21

ReEularly S9c and 81
each. All-wool or part
wool; pull-over style
sport sweaters. sizes
% to "a. Perfect and
sliEht irreEulars.-
Main Floor.
Evening star., 1934-02-21
alton that any nation has ever de-

alton that any nation has ever de-
veloped.
Uncle Sam has Jared well thus far
as a collector, except on crop and seed
loans. The banks and railroads and
Insurance companies have made an
excellent record on repayments. It
remains to be seen how the Govern
ment will collect from people who owe
money to closed banks and those who
owe on notes which have been reds
counted with the r. F. G.
lNThen, too, there will come the ques-
tion of foreclosures on mortgages
when the citizen cannot pay his in
terest. Will Uncle Sam then become
the hard-hearted creditor or will the
politicians some day introduce legis-
iation to postpone payment and afford
"relief" to those who profess inca
pacity to pay? But when the war
debts were repudiated, the taxpayers
as a whole were compelled to take up
the burden. So in the future what
ever losses Uncle Sam sustains on
these private credits will be charged
up against the taxpayers in one form
or another. With business revival
however, the percentage OF loss to
the Government might be consider
ably reduced. If 80 cents on the dol
lar is repaid, 1t would mean loss OF
Evening star., 1934-02-21

money to finance export sales to Rus
sia, but it is believed this will be ex-
tended soon to other countries ana
broadened to stimulate foreign trade
as a whole.
About $4,000, 900, 900 of Govern
ment credit has been made available
In all these different credit operations,
but only about $4,000. 900, 900 has been
used.
A new type OF credit is shortly to
be set up in what are known as in
termediate credits for business
something between the short-term
loans made for go or 80 days by
commercial banks and the 10-year
loans usually hoated by investment
bankers. The intermediate loans
would be for three or five years and
would be guaranteed by the Govern
ment up to certain per cent Of each
loan, varying from so per cent to 80
per cent, but the commercial bank
would have to take the risk on the
remainder.
The control Of the lender over the
fortune of mans business has been
apparent through all stages of hu-
man hiStroy. But the Federal Gov
ernment today exercises the most con-
centrated control over credit and has
the largest machinery for credit oper-
Evening star., 1934-02-21
EXAMINATION SET
FOR STUDENT NURSES

Student nurses are needed at st.
Elizabeth's Hospital, and the Civil
Service Commission will hold an ex-
animation, for which applications will
be received until March 8.
Age limits, except for those with
veterans preference, are 1880, and
a high school education or its equiv
alent is required.
The course is three years. one OF
which Is spent in an afflliated general
hospital. The pay is $288. and quar-
ters, subsistence, laundry and medical
attention is furnished. This pay rate
may change while students are in
the affiliated hospitals. Those COM
pleting the course are eligible for pro-
motion to the post Of graduate nurse
at 81 800.
Full details are available at the
commission, Seventh and F streets.
Evening star., 1934-02-21
NEEDY TO RECEIVE
SURPLUS ORANGES
District Will Receive Portion of
Several Million Bags to
Be Bought.

In order to improve and balance the
diets Of families on relief rolls In the
District Of Columbia, the Federal Sur
plus Relief Corporation announced
yesterday q supply Of oranges will be
distributed here during March. April
and May.
Harry L. Hopkins, relief admins
traitor, announced that the Florida
Citrus Control Committee has ar
ranged a donation of between two and
three million bags of surplus orange:
for needy families.
The fruit will be distributed in al
| States east of the Mississippi River
including Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri
Arkansas, Louisiana and the District
The Surplus Relief Corporation vii
Evening star., 1934-02-21

get the oranges simply for the cost Of
packing and shipping. Beginning
March S, they will be distributed at
the rate of $4,000 bags daily. Just
what proportion will come to the Dis
trict has not yet been determined.
District school ofi1cials for some time
have sought an allotment Of fruit, to
be used as q part Of the diet Of school
children who are now being given one
free meal daily. It was explained at
Hopkins office. however, that these
oranges are intended for families and
not for the schools. Only those chill
dren, therefore, who live In homes re-
ceiving relief will be benefited by this
gift.
Evening star., 1934-02-21
FORMER RESIDENT DIES

Word has Just been received here
Of the death Of George Peter Van
Wyck. former resident of the Capital,
at Clifton Springs, N. Y, February 4.
Mr.. Van Wyck, q native Of Atlanta,
Evening star., 1934-02-21

Ca, formerly resided at 1901 New
Hampshire avenue. He was the son
Of Rev. George p. and Octavia Bur-
leigh Van Wyck.
He Is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Nina Van Wyck.
Burial was In the family plot at
Milford, Pa.
Evening star., 1934-02-21

only about 42.50o, ,0o0, 900, which In
these days Of vast lending Isn't sup
posed to be much.
(Copyright, 1p34,)
Evening star., 1934-02-21
$4,000, ,ooO, 900 Credit Available.

(8) People who want to finance ex-
ports to countries all over the world
will shortly have credit made available
to them. For the moment an export
bank set-up by Uncle Sam will lend
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-10-26

She kept on hesitating. She asked II
I was giving the invitation for any one
else. I said no, that I was the lady Of
the house and that Daddy expected me
to ask any friends Of mine there any
time I liked. At last Miss Spencer said
she would come, but she looked queer
and thoughtful. I didn't mind that.
Miss Spencer am to supper at Just
z o'clock, which was the time I said.
I wish I could say that the occasion was
a success, but I can't, for it wasn't. The
supper was all right, for I had seen
Katie, u cook, as SOC as I got home
and I had asked her to put her best
foot forward, as Daddy says. Kate did,
too, and w had all Daddy's favorite
dishes. The service was all right, for I
had talked to Maggie, our waitress, and
she did her best. I wore my new green
dancing dress and green slippers and
earrings, and We had flowers on the
table. But I had made n fatal error.
I had invited Uncle George to supper
That was another stupid thing I did.
Uncle George Is my darling moth
er's twin brother, and I love him next
best to Daddy. He is two years younger
than Daddy, and he is a lawyer and an
old bachelor and he lives by himself.
That is, he lives at the Country Club
and spends most of his time in our
house.
To Be Continued)
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-10-26
Bsstte's Registered
Voters List Is Cut

Thre has been q decrease in the reg
istered List Of voters In Silver Bow
county since 1882. according to figures
obtained from the office Of John Hol-
hnd. oleek and recorder. The official
figures show that there are 1910 fewer
voters registered in the county at the
present time than at the general cleo
ton in 1854. d.
The total number Of registered voters
n the country for each general election
Once 1923 follows: 1928, 26,138; 1890,
a6y076: 1854. 27,105, and 1894, 25,795.
The registered total at the primary
election this year was 24,793.
In 1oeo the total vote cast was %, 1893:
in 1880, 1880, and in 1882, 23,220..
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-10-26

FREE PAMPHLET FOR STOCKMEN
Write to Department G, Anaconda
Copper Mining Company for FREE
PAMPHLET on the ravages OF phos-
phorous deficiency in cattle and how
they can be cheaply and best corrected.
Write today.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-10-26

SCHOOL BUILDING DIsMANTLED
A ticket booth erected at the public
schools stadium at Billings was built
Of bricks from the Lincoln school build
ing, the first brick structure Of its ma
ture In Billings. That building now Is
being dismantled.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-10-26

A contract was let recently at Fort
Benton by Mrs. J. Kaulbach for the
erection Of a new residence which will
be located just south Of the public IL
heafy.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-10-26
WILL OPEN SKATING RINK

Joe Merz and John Oberfoell we're at
Wolf Point from Scranton, N. D., a few
days ago with large and first class
roller skating equipment. They have
rented the Coliseum and will open a
rink in the near future.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-10-26

Fossil coral reefs can be found in
the Hamalayas which were formed in
the ancient "Tethys sea-" 100000, 900
years ago.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-10-26

A 24-story apartment building to be
erected tn Shanghai, China, by Ameri-
cans, will have 200 apartments and q
tower 200 feet high.
Evening star., 1934-06-19

Miss Susan Sheppard, daughter of
Senator and Mrs. Morris Sheppard of
Texas. will be married tomorrow to
Cornelius McGillicuddy, jr., son Of
Connie Mack" manager of the
Philadelphia Athletics. The ceremony
will be performed at noon at the Sen
ator's home, 1914 Nineteenth street.
The wedding, the result of a school
romance at Duke University. where
both have been students and from
which Miss Sheppard has just been
graduated, is the second in the Shep-
pard family this month Miss Janet
Sheppard was married June to
Richard Lewis Arnold of TeXarkana,
Tex, and they now are on an automo-
bile honeymoon trip to Texas, where
they will make their home.
There was no formal announcement
of the engagement of Miss Sheppard
to Connie Mack, jr," as the bride
groom is known to his friends, but
Evening star., 1934-06-19
HUNTER WILL FACE
MURDER CHARGES
Indicted in ArIington-Hos-
pitaI Report Forbids
Early Trial.
BY a STAFF Correspondent OF The Star.

ARLINGTON COURT HOUSE,
Va, June 19.-Indicted yesterday by
the grand jury at the opening of the
June term of Circuit Court here, j.
Francis Hunter of Virginia Highlands
will be tried on two charges Of muir
der as soon as his physical condition
permits. Hunter was among num-
Der indicted yesterday on various
charges. most of the defendants later
pleading guilty and being sentenced,
One of the indictments was against
Emlous Barnett, Washington po-
liceman, and charged that he was
maintaining a nuisance by keeping
from IL to 13 dogs at ISL Arlington
ridge, one of the foremost residential
sections of the county.
Suicide Attempt Alleged.
Hunter was indicted on charges Of
having murdered his wife, Mrs. Ann
Delmas Hunter. and Henry E. Cor
coran. a friend of his wife's, in the
Hunter home on May Z, following
which he is alleged to have attempted
suicide by firing a charge from a
shotgun into his chin.
Taken first to Emergency Hospital,
Washington, Hunter received treat
ment which included the insertion OF
metal plate in his chin and was
finally released for an extradition
hearing in Washington Police Court.
There he was sent to Gallinger Hos
pital for further treatment and it
was reported yesterday that an infec-
Evening star., 1934-06-19

ton has developed which would pro-
hibit his early trial.
Barnett was not present at the time
of his indictment and it was an
nounced that he will not be required
to appear in court If he gets rid of
the dogs. II he does not abate the
alleged nuisance, 1t was stated by
Sheriff Howard B. Fields. he will be
required to stand trial.
This indictment followed numerous
complaints about the noise made at
night by the dogs, nefghbors inform
ing the grand jury that they are un-
able to sleep because of the continued
barking. A resolution was recently
Evening star., 1934-06-19

last night Senator and Mrs Sheppard
issued the following statement:
Senator and Mrs. Morris Sheppard
announced today that on Wednesday,
June 90 their daughter, Miss Susan
Sheppard, would be married in Wash
ington to Mr.. Cornelius McGillicuddy.
jr.. of Philadelphia.
The young couple met at Duke Uni
versity two years ago, where McGilli-
cuddy has been an outstanding ath-
lete He has not yet graduated. Miss
Sheppard was chosen May Queen at
the annual Duke University festival
last month and was one Of the several
beauty queens selected there each
year. She formerly attended Custom
Hall, here.
The couple will go to Philadelphia
next Fall where it is understood Nc
Gillicuddy is planning to go into busi-
ness.
The wedding is to be private, with
only members OF the families and a
few close friends present.
Evening star., 1934-06-19

youth of our country in filth and de-
gradation"
Speaking at the 4lst commencement
exercises of Drexel Institute, the
Congregational clergyman commended
the action of the Catholic Church in
banning motion pictures. He added
The root of all evil is covetousness
and the motion pictures in their greed
for money by pandering to the baser
instincts are presenting the foulest OF
all forms OF covetousness.
The pictures being turned out to
the present generation. and reaching
greater numbers of them than any
other force. exploit sex in its most
disgusting phases and surround crime
with a strange and weird halo"
Evening star., 1934-06-19

passed by the Arlington Ridge Civic
Association asking the County Board
to adopt an ordinance limiting the
number of dogs that can be kept by
any one person in any residential
community in the county.
Inspector L. I. II. Edwards. person.
mel officer of the Washington Police
Department, stated today that COM
plants had been received by him re-
garding the dogs, but that he was
without authority to act In Virginia.
II Barnett is arrested on the Arling-
ton County charge, Inspector Edwards
stated. he will be suspended pending
final disposition of the case.