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Evening star., 1934-06-05
u. S. TAX STRUCTURE
STUDY is PLANNED
Democratic Leaders Prevent Move
to Repeal Coconut Oil
Levy.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
A further study of the Federal tax
structure, including the 3-cent-a-
pound levy on Philippine coconu. oil,
will be undertaken during the Sum-
mer recess by the House Ways and
Means Committee.
This has been decided by Demo-
cratic leaders, thereby closing the
door to any move to repeal the Phil
ippine coconut oil tax this session.
President Roosevelt recently asked
Congress for study with a view to
repeating the coconut oil impoSt.
Chairman Doughton, Democrat, of
North Carolina, of the Ways and
Means Committee, said definitely to-
day that no action would be taken on
the oil tax until next session. I'VE
will study that and the internal rev.
enue structure" he said.
A similar study, made last year by
the committee, resulted in the new
tax act, which closed many loopholes
in tie income tax law by which
wealthy persons had escaped pay
mentS.
Evening star., 1934-06-05
CARPENTERS VOTE
ONPACT TASCREAM
STRIKE IS SETTLED
Bitter Dispute of Laborers
in Federal Triangle Work
Continues.
PLASTERERS REPORTED
READY FOR COURT MOVE
Teamsters Also Agree to Terms
in New Contract With
Manufacturers.
With the ice cream strike settled and

With the ice cream strike settled and
carpenters tentative agreement
ready to be presented to the member
ship for vote, Washington's labor
troubles today were apparently clear
ing up in at least two sectors.
The bitter dispute, however, on
the tliplet buildings in the Federal
triangle, where a general strike has
split the forces of organized labor, con-
tinued today without much prospect
Of an early settlement.
Court Action Seen.
Reports were current that the Oper-
ative Plasterers and Cement Finishers'
International Association, which is on
strike at the triplet buildings, was
preparing to go to court against the
Bricklayers, Masons and Plasterers'
international Union, whose men have
taken over the jobs from which the
Operative Plasterers struck.
The ice cream strike was settled at
negotiations late yesterday afternoon.
Tesmsters, who were not yet on
strike, also agreed to the new con-
tract with ice cream manufacturers.
Both contracts were understood to
be for a year, with the privilege of
reopening the wage scale upon 10
days notice from either side.
Carpenters Vote.
The striking carpenters will meet
soon to vote on the compromise
agreement reached late yesterday in
conference with District Commission
er George e. Allen.
Prospects that this agreement will
be approved by the local carpenters
were described today as good, espe-
cially since one of the negotiators
was William L. Hutchinson of In
dianapolis, president of the United
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Join
ers Of America.
This agreement, designed to increase
employment, provides for S125 an
hour and a 32-hour week for each
man, working four days of eight hours
each. More carpenters thus will be
put on the job, each man will receive
$40 a day and the eight-hour day
will continue.
Meantime, striking plasterers met
this afternoon in conference with the
employing plasterers' association at
the Oyster Building, in an effort to
reach agreement on their differences
over the wage scale.
Evening star., 1934-06-05
LOCAL ROAD FUND
IS CUT TO $468,0OO
Results From Reduction of
Federal Figure to
100000, 1000.

The District will receive only
S468, coo for road work during the
next fiscal year out of the national
recovery act appropriation for the
Bureau of Public Roads. it was ex-
planned today by Capt. H. C. White
hurst. director Of highways This Is
the result of reduction of the public
roads recovery program funds from
the S40o 000, 900 for the current year
to $100, 100000 for the year beginning
July l. Therefore. while the District
received. on a proportional basis.
Sl,9l8.000 this year. its share next
year will be $468 900.
The effect will be, Capt. Whitehurst
said, that some so or 70 construction
workers who were carried on the rolls
through last Winters off season. by
reason of the C. w. A and other Gov
ernment work, may not expect con-
tinued employment next Winter. Capt.
Whitehurst emphasized the employ
ment of men on road construction
normally is seasonal, however.
The District budget for the fiscal
year 1885 does not contain any item
for new District road construction,
since the District was counting on
some work under the recovery pro-
gram and giving allowance for such
work done this year.
Evening star., 1934-06-05
LOCKED UP IN ICE BOX,
GETS 6O-DAY SENTENCE
Caught Taking Hams From Mar
ket, Colored Man Is Trapped
by Merchant.

The weather will be bit warmer
to Frank Spriggs, colored, 80, for the
next so days.
That length Of time was determined
upon by Judge Mcmahon in Police
Court today when Spriggs pleaded
guilty to a charge Of petty larceny.
Henry Wallace, proprietor Of a
stand at the o Street Market, testi-
fed the defendant went into his ice
box at the market yesterday and
picked up two cured hams. As he
started to walk out Wallace discov-
cred him, slammed the ice box door
and called police.
Some time later Oficer John zier
of the second precinct found the
shivering, clattering Spriggs inside
the refrigerator.
Evening star., 1934-06-05
S71O,052 FOR D. c.
RELIEF ALLOTTED
Sum for June Use $4,000
Less Than Estimated
Needs for Month.

A total of $710,O52 was allotted to
the District of Columbia today to meet
all emergency relief purposes during
June.
This amount, it was said at the Fed =
eral emergency relief, was approx
mately $4,000 less than the District
Commissioners had estimated for re-
lief needs this month.
OF the total amount s650,000 was
allocsted for general relief and the
works program. The remaining $60,-
052 will be allocated as follows: $42,-
382 for transient relief; $3.50 for the
students aid program in colleges and
universities and $4,000 for completion
Of the public works of art projects.
Evening star., 1934-06-05
BOYS PAL, FEARING DEMOTION
THAT NEVER CAME, ENDS LIFE

Army had no intention Of issuing.
Had he lived until today he would
still be a sergeant Thursday be will
be buried in Arlington National Gene
terry with full military honors, still a
sergeant.
Walton had served II years in the
Army. He had fought through the
Mexican border campaign and the
World War, finally becoming a SER
geant, a rank of which he was proud.
On his furlough he was constantly in
the company Of his pal, Bunky. But
through some quirk he thought his
sergeancy was going to be taken from
him. He thought when he rejoined
his company today he would be re-
duced to a corporal or even back to
private.
He wrote a note to his wife, Mrs.
Florence Walton, a nurse at George
town Hospital, and turned on the
burners of the gas stove. The note
read:
"It's a tough way out, but I Just
can't take it any longer. You keep
any of our things you want, but give
my gun and the little knickknacks to
Bunky."
Evening star., 1934-06-05
MAN BLEEDS TO DEATH
IN PARKED AUTOMOBILE
Believed to Have Fallen Asleep
and Rammed Leg Through
Window.

Arthur fudge, AZ, of 1912 Alabama
avenue southeast, was found dead
about 6 am. today in an automobile
parked in the rear of public garage
on Good Hope road southeast, near
his home.
fudge, police said, apparently had
fallen asleep in the rear seat of the
car and then rammed his right leg
through a window. There was deep
cash on his ankle, and Coroner A.
Magruder Macdonald expressed the
opinion he had bled to death.
The body was removed to the
morgue, pending an investigation by
homicide squad detectives.
Evening star., 1934-06-05
Bride Thinks Unit Should
Continue Until Congress
Grants Help.
LAUDS COMMISSIONERS
FOR BACKING PROGRAM
La Roe and DR.. Scott Indicate
They Will Take Same Stand
as Chairman.
Although greatly disappointed at

Although greatly disappointed at
the failure of Congress to approve en-
ployment cf additional parole officers,
the three members of the District
Board of Indeterminate Sentences and
Parole indicated today they would
stick to their posts until Congress had
another opportunity to pass upon re-
quests for enlargement of the agency.
RumorS have been current recently
that the present members of the re-
Gently reyamped Parole Board would
resign in protest if Congress failed
to approve a request for the employ
ment of six additional parole officers
and three StenographerS at total
annual cost Of some $4,000. The Dis
trict Commissioners made a fight for
approval of this item and the Senate
inserted it in the District budget for
the next fiscal year. The item was
lost, however, during conferences be-
tween the Senate and House con-
ferees.
Bride Would Continue.
William w. Bride, chairman of the
Parole Board, said today he thought
the board should continue to try to
carry out provisions of the parole law
since the Commissioners had done
their best to obtain approval of the
expansion program. The other two
members, Wilbur LaRoe, jr., lawyer,
and DR.. Emmett ]. Scott, secretary of
Howard University, indicated they
would take the same position, but
stated they would not make final de-
cision until after the Parole Board
met Thursday.
Bride and LaRoe both said point
edly, however, that with only one field
parole officer to handle 200 paroled
prisoners, they would be forced to go
very slowly in granting parole to any
more prisoners until larger staff is
available.
Few Paroles Likely.
This indicates few paroles may be
expected until Congress has enlarged
the staff. Several months ago DR..
Loren 3. T. Johnson, prominent phy-
sician, resigned as chairman of the
Parole Board, declaring the former
Board Of Commissioners had failed
to support a request for employment
of additional parole officers. DR..
johnson said the board was unable
to carry out the functions planned for
1t by Congress and the work it was
able to do was perfectly useless and
perhaps harmful"
The present Parole Board members
recently urged immediate repeal OF
the law creating the parole system un
less an adequate staff was provided
Chairman Bride believes, however,
that since the Commissioners fought
for enlargement of the staff, the Pa
role Board members should not now
desert the city heads. and should car
ry on until the matter again can be
laid before Congress.
Evening star., 1934-06-05
Bunky Campbell's hero is dead.

But Bunky, 4-year-old son OF Mr..
and Mrs. Ralph Campbell, $3.50 T
street, won't believe it. He and his
hero, Sergt. Ernest H. Walton, U. S.
A., 3517 T street, were the closest
pals.
Yesterday Walton ended his life.
fearful he was going to be denoted
today when he was scheduled to end
two-month furlough and report
back to Headquarters Company of the
18th Brigade.
He thought so much of Bunky that
in his farewell note he requested that
his gun and "the little knickknaks"
be turned over to the youngster.
Bunky, when told his hero-pal was
dead, said:
"Aw, he's JUS sick. He'll come
back. We're pals"
But the sergeant won't come back,
Bunky. His body was found by Ralph
Hammann, 3540 T street, about $3.50
pm. yesterday. stretched on the
kitchen floor, all the jets Of the gas
stove turned on.
lie had feared a demotion order the
Evening star., 1934-06-05
NATIONALS TO ATTEND
MEMORIAL SERVICES
Late Thomas T. Flaherty Will
Be Honored Tonight.
Green to Speak.

Manager Joe Cronin and the entire
Washington base ball team will at
tend the memorial services for the
late Thomas F. Flaherty, former sec
retary and treasurer and legislative
representative of the National Fedora
ton Of Post Office Clerks, to be held
at $3.50 o'clock tonight in Harding
Hall, Government Printing Office, it
was announced today.
William Green, president of the
American Federation of Labor, will be
principal speaker. Rev. R. A. Nc
Gowan of the National Catholic We'll
fare Conference, who was an intimate
friend of Mr.. Flaherty. will deliver
the invocation and dedication.
The federation has asked locals all
over the country to hold similar
memorial services.
Evening star., 1934-06-05
TELEPHONE OPEN HOUSE
Columbia and Adams Subscribers
May Inspect Equipment.

Telephone subscribers in the Colum-
bia and Adams central Office areas
will be given a special opportunity to-
night to inspect the telephone equip
ment which supplies their telephone
service. The Chesapeake g. Potomac
Telephone Co. is holding an open
house" at the telephone building, To-
Gated at 1920 Columbia road, tonight,
and will continue these visitations on
Wednesday and Thursday evenings.
The public generally is invited to at
tend.
Evening star., 1934-06-05
WOMAN LEGISLATOR
RESCUES POCKETBOOK
Representative Greenway Con-
fronts Finder as Taxi Driver
Informs Loser.

Representative Isabella Greenway,
Arizona's only member of the House,
was seated in cab yesterday waiting
for traffic lights to change at one OF
the citys busiest intersections when
she noticed a woman drop her purse.
Unknowingly the woman proceeded
across the street, when Mrs. Greenway
saw a man pick it up. At this she
hoped out of the cab, telling the
driver at the same time to catch the
woman, while she tackled the find
ers keepers, losers weepers," believer.
You give that purse back to the
lady who dropped it," she said. Just
then the cab driver. with the woman,
arrived at the scene and the man
turned the pocketbook over to her.
Its what I'd have wanted some one
to do" Mrs. Greenway said as the
cab drove away.
Evening star., 1934-06-05
APPOINTED DIRECTOR
IN PURCHASE OF LAND
c. c. Taylor of Washington
Named Head of Region 4 in Farm
Administration Program.

BY the Associated Press.
Carl c. Taylor of Washington has
been made a gegional director in the
Farm Administrations program of
buying submarginal farm land.
Taylor is director of region 4, TAX
ing in Virginia, West Virginia, Ken
lucky, Tennessee and North Carolina
In making known the appointment
yesterday, Chester G. Davis, farm ad-
ministrator, also announced the desig-
nation of nine regions into which
the country has been divided for the
development of a land use program.
An appropriation of $25,000,O00 for
this purpose was made several months
ago.
Evening star., 1934-06-05
Students to Give Recital.

Flora McGill Keefer will present her
students in a recital tonight in the
Willard Hotel ball room at $3.50. The
sextet number from "Floradora" will
be given in costume as we'll as the
lode TO st. Cecilia" by a double
quartet. Mrs. Dorothy Radde Emery
won this years National Pen Womens
first prize for this number.
Evening star., 1934-06-05
SHOT BY B. & O. POLICE
Charles Grantham Said to Have
Resisted Arrest.

Charles Grantham, %, 5000 block
of D street southeast, was shot in
the right leg last night by Lieut..
Emory E. Nicholson of the B. & o.
Railroad police when be resisted ar
rest. Nicholson, who was on patrol
duty in the yard, reported that Gran
than was breaking the seal on box
car in Benning yard northeast.
The wounded man was treated for a
flesh wound at Casualty Hospital and
booked at No. IL precinct for investi-
CATION.
Evening star., 1934-06-05
FAVORS BLACK BILL
House Rules Group Would Probe
Campaign Expenses.

The Black resolution to create a
committee to investigate congressional
expenditures was approved
today by the House Rules Committee.
A similar committee is created every
two years to determine whether there
have been excessive outlays by candi-
dates for House seats.
Evening star., 1934-06-05
Insurance Convention Planned.

The Actuarial Society will meet in
convention at the Shoreham Hotel
in October, bringing to Washington
presidents and officials of most of
the country's leading life insurance
companies, 1t was announced today.
Evening star., 1934-06-05
Benefit IS CANCELLED
Sigma Kappa Event Prevented

by Closing of Players.
The benefit which Sigma Kappa
Sorority was to have sponsored at the
National Theater next week has been
Cancelled because the National Players
are closing this week.
Steve Cochran has allowed the
sorority to turn their tickets in for
any performance this week.
Evening star., 1934-11-06
halloween PARADE
AWARDS TO BE MADE
Ceremony Will Be Held Friday
in Board Room of District
Building.

The some "A silver cups and other
prizes won by participants in the
Halloween parade sponsored by the
Greater National Capital Committee
will be awarded at a special ceremony
Friday noon in the board room of the
District Building. Commissioner Mel
vim C. Hazen will make the preSenta-
tions, and all prize winners are ex-
pected to be on hand to receive the
awards.
Ben T. Webster, chairman of the
Halloween Celebration Committee. who
announced plans for making the
awards, told of plans already under
way for the affair next year. Miss
Sibyl Baker, supervisor of Fairgrounds,
has sent letters to children represent
ing % Fairgrounds urging them to
think of their entries for the parade
next Halloween, Mr.. Webster said.
Commenting on the playground chill
dren taking part, Miss Baker said:
"The best result of our participa-
ton was the good time which all
the young people had. feel sure that
great fund of enthusiasm for the
wholesome fun of the parade has
been established and that another
year our task will be easier and our
effects more finished and attractive"
Evening star., 1934-11-06
SUIT TO FORCE NEIGHB0R
TO ALLOW VIEW is LOST
High Court Rules Property Own
er Has Right to Install
Screens on Porch.

The Court of Appeals yesterday af-
firmed ruling of the District Supreme
Court in suit brought by Henry F.
Ash, 1413 Thirty-third street, against
a neighbor. Elmer NJ. Tate. The orig
inal suit was for removal of a screen
erected on porch at the Tate home.
Ash a semi-invalid, claimed he often
sat at a side window in his home to
enjoy the view across the porch Of
his neighbor, Tate. A few months
ago Tate installed Slated screens
across both sides of the porch, OBJ
structing the view when the screens
were lowered. In his suit Ash con-
tended the screens also cut off light
and air. He asked for their removal
This the Supreme Court refused to do
and Ash took an appeal.
In upholding the Supreme Courts
decision, the Court of Appeals today
cited the fact that no action may be
maintained by one property owner
against another for cutting off his
view unless such right is given by
statute.
Evening star., 1934-11-06

Election returns will dominate the
air tonight, starting at $50 and con-
tinuing periodically until early morn
ing. Until the late hours. the results
will be sandwiched between sponsored
network broadcastS.
The WMAL schedule follows: $50
to 6:45; $50 to 9:45; 10:15 to 1925:
HOO to 1l:l5; 1900 to 1915; loo
to lis and LAS to 200. WRC will
fill in with two 5-minute broadcasts,
one at 7:1O and the other at TAO.
"Cyrano de Bergerac," a new op-
Evening star., 1934-11-06
WOMEN OF 3 COUNTIES
TO MEET AT SALISBURY
Miss Ke1lar, Maryland Home
Demonstration Agent, of M. q.
Extension Speaker.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
SALISBURY, Md, November g.
The second of a series of tri-county
meetings for Women'S homemaker'S
clubs of Somerset, Worcester and Wi
comico will be held at the Maryland
State Teachers College here Thurs
day
Greetings in the morning will be
extended by Acting Principal T. j..
Carruthers and the speakers will be
Miss Venia M. Keller, State home
demonstration agent of the Univer-
sity of Maryland Extension Service.
and Mrs. Lucy Bennett, librarian Of
the local institution. Music will be
rendered by the Salisbury Choral
Club.
In the afternoon Mrs Evelyn
Tobey, former stylist of Columbia
University, will speak on clothes and
styles. Miss Lucy Walter, home
demonstration agent for Worcester
County, will be in charge of the
parley.
Evening star., 1934-11-06

MERICAS first sample OF
n oviet-produced grand opera,
Il direct from Moscow, will fea-
4 \ ture an international re-
broadcast on N. B. C. Sunday.
The program, one of the exchange
series between N. B. C. and Russian
radio authorities, will consist of
portion of Borodin's prince OF
Igor" The broadcast will come di-
rect from the great Bolshoi Theater,
formerly the Imperial Opera House,
which has been reorganized along
Bolshevistic lines and is the out
standing art institution of the Sovlets.
The exchange radio series started
April Is, after DR.. Max Jordan, N.
B. c. central European representa-
tive, made a special trip to Moscow
to complete arrangements. The pro-
grams from the Soviets have pre-
sented a cross section of traditional
and contemporary Russian music by
that countrys greatest composers.
X x X X
KORE people think they are per-
,M feet impersonators OF Eddie
Cantor than of any other
comedian. Producers of the Forty
Five Minutes in Hollywood" show on
Columbia, found that out when they
began a search for Cantor mimics to
stage his newest picture, Kid Mil
lions" which will be broadcast Thurs
Gay at 10 pm.
More than SO aspirants to go on
the air as the perfect double for Can
tor are lined up for additions to be
held in the Columbia studios to-
morrow.
Chester Morris, versatile Holly
wood star, last seen in Lets Talk
It Over" and Embarrassing Mo-
ments," will be the guest star on the
Thursday night show.
"A COLUMBIA rebroadcast from
~ London Sunday, November ID,
will bring a talk by Sir Arthur
Newsholme, outstanding international
authority on public health and for
merly head of the public health serv-
ice in England.
This broadcast will be one of the
series of discussions on Doctors, Dol
lars and Disease" arranged by the
National Advisory Council on Radio
In Education.
X
"A IL STATIONS in the American
~ Broadcasting System network
will pay tribute to Americas
war dead Sunday (Armistice day. by
remaining silent for one minute. The
period of silence will start at II am.
X X
~ B. c. has arranged to pick up
the address of Dorothy Thomp-
son, noted writer and wife of
Sinclair Lewis, at a meeting of the
alumni of Syracuse University Thurs
day at 8 pm. Why I Left Germany"
Is her topic.
Evening star., 1934-11-06
FOUR Die AS TRAIN
RAMS LOCOMOTIVE
Three Hurt When Freight Hits
Engine Pulling Out on
Main Line.

By the Associated Press.
CLINTON, Mass, November g.
Four men were killed and three were
injured when an 83-car freight train.
drawn by two locomotives, overlook
and crashed into a single locomotive
on the main line of the Boston g.
Maine Railroad here yesterday.
Officials Of the railroad said the in
jured were expected to recover.
The dead:
William H. Moore, engineer, of
Clinton.
Charles s. Winslow, engineer, Of
Lowell.
Alanson T. Mason, fireman, of Hud-
son, N. H.
Allston G. Colby, brakeman, of
Rochester, N. H.
The injured:
Carl Flagg, engineer, of West
Boylston.
William Leighton, fireman, of Con-
cord, N. H.
c. M. Smith, fireman, of Worcester
The accident occurred as the single
locomotive pulled out on the main
line. en- route to the depot to take
water before picking up a passenger
train.
Evening star., 1934-11-06
AD DISTRIBUTION LAW
ENFORCEMENT ORDERED
Inspector L. 7. H. Edwards Sends
Browns instructions to
All Precincts.

Inspector L. I H. Edwards, assistant
superintendent of police, has sent an
order signed by Maj Ernest w. Brown
to all precincts urging metropolitan
police to enforce the law prohibiting
the distribution of advertising mat
ter in the city streets.
"a particular complaint was made
concerning matter advertising show
at one of the local theaterS," Maj.
Browns message read. The promis-
cuous distribution of this matter about
the streets last week was the basis of
the complaint, Maj. Brown declared.
The order directed police captains to
have their commands give special at
tention to the complaint and strictly
enforce the regulation.
Evening star., 1934-11-06

eretta based on the famous play by
Rostand, will be presented by the
Beauty Box Theater players on WRC
at 10.
Little joe Rardin, diminutive "one-
man band" from Ohio University who
stopped nearly every show at the
Century of Progress Exposition, will be
the guest on Ben Bernie's program
on WRC at 9. Bernie's orchestra will
feature "Carioca" and Rain"
Lawrence Tibbett will sing an in
ternational all-request program for