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Evening star., 1934-01-26
Security Storage Reports Growth.

In the twenty eighth annual report
Of the Security Storage Co. President
Clarence A. Aspinwall stated that earn
tngs during 1888 were slightly lower
than in 1882, not being quite sufficient
to cover the regular dividend. The
usual dividend was paid, however, the
extra amount of cash being taken from
reserves and undivided profits built up
during more prosperous years.
The official pointed with pride to the
fact that during the entire depression
no employe OF the Security Storage
Co. has been furloughed or discharged.
other than for cause. Every regula:
employe has had his job Mr.. AspinWall
said, and those becoming incapacitated
have been retired on pension. During
the year the company also enlarged its
business horizon by van shipments to
many foreign countries. The financial
report, as Of December 80, 1888, shows:
Evening star., 1934-06-17

by Canon william 8. Chase, leader OF
the International Reform Federation
who declared it was "crammed full OF
weasel words meant to deceive the
drys and fool the public"
Declares Sheppard Mistaken.
He declared Senator Sheppard Is
mistaken when he says that the
amendment proposed will reinstate
the eighteenth amendment. The
Sheppard amendment does not rein
state the eighteenth amendment for
the reason that his amendment gives
power to Congress to restrict or pro-
hibit the liquor traffic. The power to
restrict is to license and therefore his
amendment, which gives Congress the
power to license, repeals the eight
eenth amendment, which is the prin-
cipal purpose of his bill"
Senator Sheppard, however, coupled
a vigorous defense to his amendment.
He said it was more flexible than the
previous one in that it would give
Congress discretion to restrict, pro-
hibit or do nothing, If it desired, about
the liquor traff1c.
The six months that have passed
since the repeal Of the eighteenth
amendment" he said, have shown
beyond question that the liquor prob
lem is a national one requiring the
cooperation of the Federal and State
governments for its most effective
solution.
Arrests Have Increased.
ARRESTS for public intoxication and
traffic accidents attributed to drinking
have rapidly increased. Many of the
Evening star., 1934-06-17
OPINIONS DIFFER
ON LIQUOR PLAN
Sheppard Proposal Brings
Wide Division in Pro-
hibition Circles.

From the reaction in certain pro-
hibition circles, it appeared today
there is a wide division on the effects
of the constitutional amendment pro-
posed Friday by Senator Sheppard OF
Texas for a new effort in Congress
for Federal regulation and restriction
of the liquor traffic.
The co-author of the eighteenth
amendment told the Senate he was
submitting his proposed amendment
''in order that it may be in shape for
discussion and action in connection
with the coming elections" Contend
ing conditions since repeal have
proved the States cannot handle the
liquor problem, Sheppard proposed to
restore to Congress the right to regu-
late or prohibit alcoholic beverages.
A broadside against the Sheppard
amendment was delivered yesterday
Evening star., 1934-06-17

make q united effort to reinstate or
re-enact the eighteenth amendment
and then insist that none but It's
friends administer its supporting
laws"
Mr.. Hammond declared the States
cannot confer powers upon the Gov
ernment to regulate" the liquor traf-
nc, and at the same time retain their
authority to prohibit" it. IF the
proposed amendment Is so drafted as
to permit the several States to regu-
late or prohibit the liquor trafic, in
dependent of the general Government,
1t has added nothing to the powers
or the privileges of the State, as it
possesses these powers and privileges
now, not having. surrendered them"
he added. IF the proposed amend
ment be adopted without change, the
State gains nothing and loses her
power to protect her people"
Mr.. Hammond attacked the Anti
saloon League for its support of Sen
ator Sheppards enabling amendment
Evening star., 1934-06-17
THE SUNDAY STAR WASHINGTON D. c. 1ss4-PART

to prohibit or regulate the traf1ic In
their areas.
"In short" he said, 'if Congress
legislated, the States could not pro-
hibit."
John B. Hammond, legal research
secretary of the National Civic League,
also declared the Sheppard proposal
would not reinstate the eighteenth
amendment and joined with Canon
Chase in charging that the repeal Of
prohibition was brought about by cor
ruption, collusion and fraud.
Should Seek Re-enactment.
"Under the false banner of an EN-
abling amendment he said, mo
campaign can be prosecuted and
claim the advances made in sobriety
and the general public welfare, under
the eighteenth amendment To aban-
don the eighteenth amendment is to
abandon every claim for the great ac-
complishments realized under 1t.
"The prohibition forces should now
Evening star., 1934-06-17

States have not barred the saloon, "a
was promised when repeal ives pro-
posed. Bootlegging has not been re-
duced. The Federal Government has
been compelled TO increase the appro-
priation for It's suppression"
Canon Chase further declared the
Sheppard amendment to be "a dis
astrous surrender to the liquor traf-
f1c."
It pretends to restore the eighteenth
amendment, he said, by declaring that
it repeals the twenty-first amendment
which repealed the prohibition
amendment. Section of the Shep-
pard amendment, Canon Chase point
ed out, actually repeals the eighteenth
amendment, when 1t confers power
upon Congress to enact uniform laws
restricting or prohibiting traffic in
alcoholic beverages.
Everywhere" he said, "the laws
may be uniform-the same license
laws in Kansas as in New York-i1
Congress says SO. Kansas would thus
lose its prohibition law. Only If Con.
gress fails to enact any law, can the
States, by the Sheppard amendment
retain their power to enact q STATE
prohibition law"
The Sheppard amendment, in real
ity, he contended, would be a trans
fer by the several States, Of theil
sovereign rights to regulate or prohibit
alcoholic beverages to the Fedora
Government. The subterfuge nature
OF the amendment, he explained, il
exposed by the fact that in the abb
sence of legislation by Congress" fl
reserves to the States plenary power
Evening star., 1934-06-17

all the other contestants. Being o
member Of the 9Th Marine Reserves,
however, he also took the competitive
examination OF that organization a
month ago. Again he was first, al
though there were 1T competitors.
He decided TO take his appointment
through the Marine Reserves.
Tucker lives with his parents at
SIS Eighth street southwest. He at
tended elementary school here and
Eastern High School, where he was
n first lieutenant in the cadet COM
pany which won the high school COM
petttive drill In 1882. He then en-
tered Maryland University, but after
a year there decided on a naval ca
reey. The past year was devoted tS
Eudy at Dewitt In preparation for his
exams.
Evening star., 1934-06-17
CLUB MEMBERS TO VISIT
Washington Reciprocity Group to
Go to Philadelphia.

About 20 members Of the Wash
ington Reciprocity Club, comprised Of
business men, have accepted the In
vitation of the Philadelphia Reci-
procity Club to attend its two-day
meeting next Saturday and Sunday
at the South Mountain Manor at
Wernersville, Pa.
and families, will leave here in time
to arrive in Wernersville for the after
noon program on Saturday. There
will be short addresses on this pro-
gram by several members of the
Washington club, including Arthur
Clarendon Smith, second national vice
president. Outdoor sports viii be a
feature of the entertainment.
Evening star., 1934-06-17
D. c. BOY WINS IN TWO
TESTS FOR ANNAPOLIS
Joseph q. Tucker, Jr., Gets First
Place in Examinations for
Naval Academy.

First place in two competitive en-
trance examinations. is the unusual
distinction Joseph r. Tucker, jr.,
1s-year-old Dewitt Preparatory School
student, will carry with him when he
enters the Naval Academy June 2S.
When the District Commissioners
gave examinations for Annapolis last
January, Tucker came out ahead Of
Evening star., 1934-06-17

and declared It was the leagues sub
servient attitude" that was "respon-
sible for the greatest disaster ever
suffered by q great moral cause
Evening star., 1934-06-17

Cigarette Prices Fixed.
Germany has fixed uniform prices
for cigarettes.
The Washington times., 1934-04-16
CHURCH SUPPER

Ladies of st. Mary's Chapel,
Aspen Hill, Md, will serve a
chicken supper in the Parish
Hall, April 26, from S to Z p. m.
The Washington times., 1934-04-16
White COLLAR
JOBS LISTED

All white collar workers report.
ing with work cards to local
Emergency Works authorities will
be given work, said Capt. Howard
F. Clark, chairman Of the work
planning committee of the local
Emergency Works Administration,
today in answer to charges that
the local EVA makes inadequate
provision for white collar work
erS.
Captain Clark said there are
ample jobs for white collar en-
ployes in the District. Projects
have been mapped in the offiHe of
the Recorder Of Deeds, the Traf-
fic Director. and others, he said.
On the other hand, it was ad-
mitted that a number of clerical
projects now being carried on as
Federal projects under an ex.
tension of the Civil Works pro-
gram, will be abandoned, al
though they are but partly COM
pleted.
The Washington times., 1934-04-16
HAND
SEEN IN PARIS
UPR|S|NGS
Russian Exile Found Living 40
Miles From French Capital;
Police Guard Home

PARIS, April 16 UN.S0.-The
theory that Leon Trotzky may
have had a guiding hand in Com
munist participation in the recent
Paris anti-government riots was
investigated by police today, fol-
lowing discovery that the noted
Russian BolShevist exile had been
living secretly within 40 miles Of
Paris for the past three months.
In surprise" raid which
turned out to be more of a sur
prise to the police than anyone
else, officials found Trotzky hard
at work plotting new revolutions
in a villa at Barbizon, on the edge
of the forest of FontainbIeaus.
They had raided his cottage ex-
pecting to find a spies nest.
Trotzky and his wife left the
Villa at Barbizon at 6 o'clock this
morning in a closed automobile
and did not reveal their destina-
ton. Only the servants remained
at the villa.
Leade~ Sought
Police Immediately sought to
learn whether the 'Trotzkyist"
faction of the French Communists,
which is opposed to the present
Soviet dictator. Josef Stain, had
been led by Trotzky himself lately,
This anti-Stalin faction was
known to have been influential
in persuading the French Com
munists to take a leading role in
the recent bloody Paris riots,
despite the fact that the Soviet
embassy intervened in an at
tempt to dissuade participation
in the antigovernment demon
strationS.
House Guarded
Trotzky's own guards today
refused to allow visitors to enter
his Barbizon villa, and French
police stationed a strong guard
about the place in view of Trotz-
ky's claim he had been hiding
to protect himself from murder
at the hands of White Russians
seeking vengeance.
The French foreign office said
it was not contemplating taking
any action against Trotzky, since
the ministry of the interior had
formally granted him permission
to live anywhere he desired in
the Department Of Seine-et-
Marine.
Although Trotzky had this
proper permit, virtually no one in
France knew 1t. Trotzky diSap-
peared several months ago after
coming to France to go to Cor
sica.
The Washington times., 1934-04-16
NORMA MIL LEN WEEPS IN CELL AS HUSBAND GOES ON TRl/
Cohan Is Slated
ForOuerHere'
Honor Medal
Bv International News Service

By International News Service
Believing George M. Cohan
has made important contribu-
tions to American patriotism in
writing "Over There" and cts
a Grand Old Flag" the House
Library Committee today pre-
pared to ask Congress to award
him a special medal Of honor.
Representative Peyser CD
of New York has introduced a
bill calling for the award, and
Committee Chairman Keller
CD of Illinois said the ma
jority of his committee favored
the plan.
Mr.. Peyser contended that the
martial strains of "Over There"
which led American doughboys
to battle, constituted an impor-
tant factor in this country's
victories in the World War. He
said:
even the War Department
recognizes this fact. The Origi-
nal manuscript of the song is
now a priced possession of the
departments archives. In my
opinion, the average person is
better acquainted with the
words of this song than with
the Star Spangled Banner
The Washington times., 1934-04-16
NRA CHIEFS DUE
TOMORROW

Gen. Hugh S. Johnson, admin.
istrator, and Donald r. Richberg,
general counsel of the NRA, are
expected to return to Washington
tomorrow.
General johnson has been at
White Sulphur Springs over the
weekend. Recurrent rumors that
he would quit the NRA post, pos
sibly 70 take over the handling
Of the projected housing scheme,
were regarded as premature, at
least, there being no expectation
that he would leave NRA for any
reason until after adjournment
Of Congress.
The Washington times., 1934-04-16

tickets to the bah to be held Sat
urday night at the Mayflower
Hotel. Mrs. Franklin D. Roose-
velt is scheduled to be present at
this affair.
Final plans for the fireworks
display are being perfected by
Edgar Morris, chairman Of this
committee. Tickets for this dis
play are on sale at the leading
hotels as well as at the regular
ticket office, 1419 G st. N. w.
In response to his request that
the public itself, rather than a
commercial house, pay for the ex-
penses Of a float for the "Queen"
Of the festival, Gen. Amos A. Fries
stated today that contributions
are coming in rapidly. He ex-
pressed confidence the $40O needed
for the float will be raised with
out difficulty.
Buds Are Strong
AS the rain continued during
the day, park officials said that
only few petals had been
knocked off. They explained that
The Washington times., 1934-04-16
oil Burner Singe'
Sets Feline StHLe

Trix, prominent member Of
the smart alley cat set, has gone
in for nudiSm.
The experiment was not in
territorial, however, Trix was
snoozing in her favorite boudoir,
an oil furnace in the basement
of the International Building, in
the 1900 block of F st. N. w.
Milton Noyes, superintendent of
the building, lit the burner.
Trix let out a yell, and headed
for the tall timber. All her fur
had been removed, but otherwise
she was not badly hurt.
The Washington times., 1934-04-16
D. c. HEADS MAP
WORKS PLAN

Park officials will meet with the
District Commissioners tomorrow
to work out a plan under which
the local government can under
take its proposed 18-million-dollar
public works program.
The program, as tentatively out
lined, would provide for $4,000, 900
for a sewerage disposal plant,
$4,000, 900 for school improvements,
$4,000, 900 for new tuberculosis
hospital, $5,O00,000 for the first
unit of the Municipal Center, and
the balance for miscellaneous
projects.
The plan first advanced would
have involved the obtaining of a
loan of $12,500,000 from the Pub
lie Works Administration, the re-
naming 80 per cent to be an out
right grant to the District from
the PWA.
Repayment of the $12,500, 900
under this plan would have been
accomplished by new legislation
diverting the $1,00O.p00 a year
which the District pays the Fed
eral Government under the Cram
ton act to repaying the PWA loan.
This plan, however, failed to
meet approval Of parks authorities
and the plan now under consider
alton calls for a modification of
the Cramton act to provide that
payments under that act and the
PWA loan shall aggregate $1,000
900 year, apportioned according
to expenditures under the Cram
ton act.
The Washington times., 1934-04-16
Sunday Visitors Set
at 10000; Festival
to Draw $4,000

Rain today helped to bring the
cherry blossoms to full maturity
and did no damage, park officials
declared today after a survey.
The soft warm rain will help
bring the buds to full bloom in
time for the opening of the first
Cherry Blossom Festival next
Thursday, they said.
Yesterday, a perfect spring day
saw close to 100000 Capital resi-.
park around the Tidal Basin to
view the blossoms.
10000 Touring Cars
The Capital was swamped with
visitors, and it is impossible to
determine just how many came.
drawn by perfect week-e n d
weather.
More than 10000 automobiles
from other States came into the
District, according to a survey by
the American Automobile Asocia-
tion.
From 8 a. m. to 8 p. m. yester.
day $4,000 cars passed around the
Tidal Basin, Capt. P. j. Carroll
Of the Park Police reported. He
had 40 men on duty to keep traf-
fic moving, but the traffic jam
was great.
Motorists were in a good humor,
however, despite the delays.
Hotels Jammed
Every hotel in the city was
packed and hundreds of persons
were turned away and forced to
seek accommodations in apart
mentS and rooming houses.
Every highway leading into the
District was lined with cars yes
terday. Trains were crowded and
air lines were forced to run extra
planes to accommodate the crowds
River boats reported greater
crowds than usual.
Estimates of visitors over the
weekend ranged from 100000 to
100000, and it is expected that
250,000 more will come for the
festival which will start Thursday
and continue through Saturday
night.
Queens Growing Thursday
The fete will open at 6 a. m
Thursday when a japanese cere-
mony will be held at the Tidal
Basin in recognition of the fact
that the trees were a gift of the
Japanese people.
Queen Eleanor Roosevelt will be
crowned at an elaborate ceremony
in the afternoon and the festival
will be in full swing.
The program includes a horse
show, concerts, parades, fireworks,
and a reception and ball Saturday
night at the Mayflower Hotel to
bring the festival to close.
Thirty-five floats have been en-.
tered in the parade and it is ex-
pected that close to 100 will be
in the line of march when the
parade starts.
To harmonic the floats. each
will be required to fly a flag is
sued by the committee and carry
pictures showing the trees in
bloom around the Tidal Basin,
with the Washington Monument
as a background.
There will be a night parade
of the floats around the basin
Saturday night.
Friday night the Capital will
witness the greatest fireworks
display ever set off here.
There is a great demand for
The Washington times., 1934-04-16
WRIT RECEIVES
JAIL CHARGE
APOLOGY
Rep. BuIWinkIe Confesses He
Was Misinformed; Probe
Near End
BY International News Services

ny lnteFnat1Ona1 news service
Representative Alfred L. Bul-
winkle Cd Of North Carolina,
chairman Of the House committee
named to investigate the charges
Of DR.. william A. Writ, Gary edu-
Gator, today apologized to DR.. Writ
for having said he was confined to
jail during the World War for
prot German activities.
Representative Bulwinkle told
the House that he had been mis-
informed from what he considered
reliable sources.
Record Changed
After his remarks were chal-
lenged, Representative Bulwinkle
changed them in the Congress
sional Record to read that if he
were prosecuting DR.. Writ he
would have asked him whether
or not" he was confined to jail.
He said he would let the revision
stand. Representative Bulwinkle
said:
"After q thorough inveStiga-
tion Of the report, which came to
me, by what any one would con.
slider reliable sources, I am con-
vinced that the report is not
true, and therefore as q man
and q member Of this House,
and in order that no injustice
might be done to DIR. Writ, it 10
my duty to correct my state
ment."
81 make this statemnt here
today for the purpose also Of
showing that the committee was
not prosecuting DIR. Writ. It was
simply investigating whether or
not the statements made by DR..
Writ, and read to the Committee
on Interstate and Foreign Com
merce, by Mr.. Rand, were true
or not"
Ends Tomorrow
The Investigation is slated to
end tomorrow, with Republican
vigorously protesting.
The six persons who attended
the dinner party given by Miss
Alice Barrows in Virginia last
September / were expected to ap.
pear and deny that they made
revolutionary Statesments to the
Gary educator.
The request of the six that they
be allowed to appear voluntarily
instead Of being subpoenaed was
expected to be granted. All have
publicly denied DR.. Wirt'S report
Of the after-dinner conversation.
The Republican minority Of tha
committee. however, was ready
to demand a far more exhaustive
investigation.
Representative McGugin (RG
Of Kansas said:
'"The Democratic majority OF
the committee wants to end it
with calling of six persons. DR..
Writ named 10 persons, all Of
whom ought to be called"
Representative McGugin said
the most damaging statement
was that credited to Frederic c.
Howe, consumers counsel in the
NRA. Mr.. Howe was said to
have exclaimed to another per-
son that the Administration
should stop feeding people so
that plan, presumably radical
plans, could be carried out more
rapidly.
The Washington times., 1934-04-16

the blossoms are so strong that
they can withstand a severe
storm with little damage.
Many Of the buds have not
come out as yet, and the rain will
bring these to maturity, resulting
in full bloom when the festival
opens.
The Washington times., 1934-04-16
UTILITIES Meeting OFF

Meeting Of the subcommittee on
Public Utilities of the House Dis
trict Committee, scheduled to be
held tonight has been postponed
until tomorrow night at 8 o'clock,
it was announced today.