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The Washington times., 1934-03-28

single night. Whenever I re-
turned late I used to see them
standing together in the shad-
ows. It struck me as tragic.
I'd hate to be madly in love
with a man for three whole
years and see him every night
with no hope of every marry
ing him. I'd go crazy"
IT think Elaine is half crazy
at times"
Elaine's Affair
eyes, and she worries for
fear he'll grow tired Of her.
She used to get distracted and
talk recklessly."
Women in love generally do.
Don't you imagine, Pippin, that
the subterfuge and lies and
everlasting concealment neces-
The Washington times., 1934-03-28

sary in an affair like that would
be ghastly? I do. No one should
have to outrage love like that.
It's nearly two. Well have to
be going"
But Vivian stood with her
back to the tree, her arms
folded and her white face with
the dark almond eyes beauti.
full in the moonlight.
The sky cleaned blue like
Sapphires. Eastward a silver
gauze floated over the hills.
Diablo looked like a Mist Noun
tain.
Pippin sat with her arms
wrapped about her hunched
knees. Strange to be sitting on
a hill in the middle of the
might've girls talking of love.
Vivian said:
II love to see the moon dip
ping down beyond the hills. I
think the night has a soul. You
can almost feel it touch you.
I wish I could stand here for
ever just as I am and this mo-
ment would become the Always" I"
Pippin thought:
IT wished the same thing the
night he kissed me-"
She said:
1--WE should be able to keep it
beautiful like the dream"
I think so, too"
Pippin wrote to Kevin-a wild
outpournig about Vivian and
her love.
I'VE stood on the hilltop in
the middle of the glorious
night and, oh, Kevin, how
beautiful it was. Vivian has a
mouth that a thousand men in
the long gone centuries must
have kissed. There's something
ageless about her-the kind Of
person who was alive at the
beginning of the world and will
be alive at it's end.
"She's in love-magnificent-
ly and overwhe elmingly in love.
I'm going to love like that!"
1t was the right way; the
piercing beautiful way; the
The Washington times., 1934-03-28
TAX GUT ASKED
FOR BUDGET

Scheduled to begin marking up
the 1885 District appropriations
bills today, the House D. c. ap-
preparations subcommittee had an
unusual request before it, a re-
quetS from a civic body not to
increase expenditures.
Although scores Of local organi-
nations have already asked for
additional appropriations tn
Washington Taxpayers Protective
Association has urged Congress
not to admit any more items to
the budget. Instead a tax reduc'
ton Is sought.
In a letter to Congress, Rufus
Lusk, executive secretary Of the
taxpayers groups, says:
"While there may be many
meritOriOuS items that ought to
be included, the need Of q tax
cut is much more important
than the need Of this or that
improvement.
"Real estate incomes have
dropped 30 or 40 per cent since
1929, but real estate taxes have
dropped only 11.6 per cent"
The Washington times., 1934-03-28
RIOTS
IN KANSAS CITY
FATAL TOFOUR

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, March %
u.N.SO.-Four dead, one critically
shot, and 10 slugged and beaten.
So stood the toll today of Kansas
City's most turbulent municipal
election, in which the incumbent
Democratic organization polled a
majority of $4,000 votes to retain
control.
The reign of violence in which
automobile loads of gunner and
thugs roamed the city, started
shortly after the polls opened and
continued until the voting places
closed and the ballot counting
began last night.
Deputy Sheriff Slain
The dead:
Lee Flacy, deputy sheriff, shot.
William Finley, Negro Demo-
cratic precinct captain, shot.
Larry Coppo, an occupant of
one of the cars that carried the
slayers of Flacy, shot.
p. w. Oldham, hardware mer-
chant, a bystander, shot by the
Slayers of Flacy.
Finley was shot and killed by a
group of armed men who invaded
the polling place where he was
stationed.
Shoots AS He Dies
He returned the fire before he
Aumped to the floor dead and it
was believed he had wounded one
Of his assailants. Shortly after
ward Charles Casciola, shot in the
stomach, appeared at General
Hospital. His condition is critical.
Deputy Flacy was singled out
by the gunmen at a cafe near a
polling place. Mortally wounded
he whipped out his gun and fired
back at his assailants, wounding
Cappo, who was left behind by
his escaping companions. Cappo
died at General Hospital.
Mr.. Oldham was struck by wild
bullets from the guns of Mr..
Flacy's slayerS as he was locking
the door of his hardware store.
He died at General Hospital this
morning.
The Washington times., 1934-03-28
Nurses Are limited
To Convention Here

All Seventh Day Adventist
nurses have been invited to at
tend the biennial meeting Of the
American Nurses Association, to
be held in Washington, April %
to ~. In addition to this meet
ing, a three-day institute will be
held at Takoma Park, the general
conference headquarters Of the
Adventists, for all nurses of the
denomination, from April % to
May !.
From April 18 to %, a meet
ing Of the council of Seventh Day
Adventist superintendentS of
nurses will be held in Takoma
Park, at which all of the Advent
ist nurses are cordially invited to
attend.
The Washington times., 1934-03-28
Chickie' s Daughter
VNians Absorption in Her Love
Inspires Pippin in Resolve
To Love MasnificentIy
CHAPTER XVII

Vivian leaned against the tree and gazed into the star
strewn sky.
II wonder if any Of those planets inhabited and if
they regulate life better than do here. Pippn do
you suppose mothers really oved2 Do you think
they alive in the way we're aliveY
Pippin answered softly "They loved. They alive.
I'm sure of it,
'"Then why, in heavens name, do they let bunder
along the way doH If they remember ALL they must
know that girl awake at 90 I've been in love for
year. My mother guesses it. Why she bland about
itf Why have parents made it practically impossible for
to marry until we're oderR No support wife
before he's thirty"
Your not going to blame parents for thatY That's
economics. It was true in their day, too.'
The Washington times., 1934-03-28
Negro Health Week
Starts Next MOndQu

National Negro Health Week
will be observed beginning Mon
day with daily programs. Spe-
cial tribute will be paid to Booker
T. washington, who sponsored
the first health week program.
Bulletins and literature have
been sent to colored schools,
churches, fraternal and civic or.
ganiZations throughout the coun-
try.
The Washington times., 1934-03-28
LICENSED TO WED

One marriage license was is
sued in Rockville yesterday. San
ford w. Reedy, Is, and Rosa B.
Duffy, 81, both Of washington,
received it.
The Washington times., 1934-03-28
CLUB PLANS SUPPER

An informal supper will be
given by the Business and Pro-
fessional Women's Club of WASH
ington, April /, at the clubhouse
of the American Association Of
University Women.
Evening star., 1934-03-09
exemption from Federal and other
taxation was essential In order to per.

exemption from Federal and other
taxation was essential In order to per-
nit the Government to obtain money
at reasonable or low interest rates
If 1t had been more difiicult In the
past for the Federal. State and num-
cipal governments to obtain money
by borrowing, the people of this coun-
try would probably be better on.
Fewer millions-billions, to be more
exact-would have been saddled on
the backs Of the American taxpayers
for improvements, some of which were
entirely unnecessary. undertaken to
obtain votes and for self-aggrandise-
ment.
Mr.. Morgenthau told the House
Committee that the Federal revenue
from this source would be In the
neighborhood Of $l45,O0O,OO II the
constitutional amendment he proposed
were adopted. 1t is easy to understand
that If this large segment of the
wealth Of the country which now
escapes these taxes continues to
escape, the $l45, ,OOo, 900 will have to
be met by the rest Of the wealth of
the Nation. And why should one part
Of the wealth of the country 60 scot
free and the other be taxed?
The Government, If it continues
sound. will have no difficulty borrow
ing the money it needs whether its
bonds are taxed or not. The present
administration has a vast amount of
financing and refinancing ahead Of 1t.
Mr.. Morgenthau is to be congratulated
that he has not permitted the old
bugaboo, raised so often in the past
in defense of exemption of Govern
ment bonds from taxation, to scare
him away from this present proposal.
Evening star., 1934-03-09
Veteran Figures Out His
Interest on Bonus Loans
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
have read your able editorial in
recent issue Of The Star. and I wish
to quote one sentence from it:
Furthermore. to pay the veterans
in greenbacks with a deprecated value
would be an unfair way Of dealing with
the veterans themselves"
I wonder If you have been misin-
formed as to the actual conditions in
regard to the so-called bonus. II you
will permit me, l will cite my own case.
My bonus" policy is for $1,1es. I
first borrowed from a local bank $108,
paying interest of per cent Then,
in January, 1929. I made another loan
at interest Of per cent. In January,
1881, another loan at "a per cent. On
March s. 1881. under the act of Con-
gress authorizing loan Of so per cent,
I gave q note for $59950 at A per
cent.
then sat myself down and figured
the compound interest at AZ per cent
until 1945. the maturity date of the
bonus policy. I found that in 1e45
would receive just $121 for the balance
of $59950. the rest having gone to
the United States Government for in
tereSt. In other words, If we veterans
exercise Christian patience we will find
that we have contributed the entire
amount Of our bonus to the Govern
ment-if we live to see that day.
I believe the interest rate has been
somewhat reduced, 50 that the ulti-
mate value of the policy may be some
what more than the figure I have
arrived at. However. if were offered
81 bill for mine today, believe I
could accept 1t and be ahead Of the
game.
CHARLES M. SHEPPERSON.
Evening star., 1934-03-09

contention. Japan is notoriously anx-
ious over the Soviet's mobilization Of
aviation strength in Siberia. and now
Toxic is questioning the allegedly
heavy purchase Of American aircraft
by the Chinese. It was recently
claimed in the japanese Diet that the
United States had agreed to assist
China in developing an air force-a
charge promptly and officially denied
at Washington.
Be all these things as they may, 1t
is apparent that the air is about to
become the same sort of arena of COM
petition in armaments that the sea so
long has been. While 1t is satisfying
to the American people to know that
their defensive necessities aloft are
being carefully safeguarded, 1t would
b; no less gratifying If 1t were found
possible and practicable for the ma
tions to reach agreements that Danish
the necessity for a costly race in the
weapons Of the air.
Evening star., 1934-03-09
Threat of Censorship Seen
In Communications Control

il. as prerequisite to obtaining
license. telegraph or telephone COM
pany were abliged to accept the entire
act and all its legal implications In
advance, thus signing away its con-
stitutional rights. the conditions for
enforcing censorship would then be
ironbound."
With a vigorous attack upon Gov
ernment regulation in general, the
Chicago Tribune remarks: "Communi-
cations embracing telephones. tele
graph and cable are by no means free
from Government regulation of one
sort or another, but they have been
sufficiently free to develop Services
have been extended and improved. In
vestments have been protected. Di-
vidends are paid The user is con-
stantly and pleasantly surprised by
the facility with which his needs are
satisfied and his convenience served.
These communications are in perfect
contrast to the Government-regulated
railroads. The statement is made that
the Interstae Commerce Commission
is too busy with the railroads to have
the other communications brought
within its operations. Another COM
mission must be created The I. c. C.
might not have the time to reduce the
other communications quickly to the
condition of the railroads. Have these
other communications attracted Gov
ernment suspicion because they are
solvent, successful and progressive? Is
it to be held unthinkable that private
enterprise should be successful?"
The Buffalo Evening News feels that
many will look with misgivings on
the proposal to consolidate control
over all means of communication.
The Lowell Courier Citizen thinks the
bill threatens to embarrass the radio
companies somewhat without prom1s-
ing much in the way Of actual accom-
plishment" The Rockford Register
Republic sees "a desire to control the
sources of public information" The
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern Is sure
that what the public would like to
see in place of the creation Of new
commissions and bureaus that seem
to grow up like mushrooms would be
the elimination Of a number Of such
bodies that could be discharged for
the sake Of economy and without dam
age to Federal service"
Evening star., 1934-03-09
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

New Deal.
We're patiently waiting
For Winters abating,
We're tired of the beautiful snow.
We're hoping for showers
And bloSsoming bowers
The spots where sweet violets grow.
The earth and the cloud land
Have promised a proud land
TO welcome the fruit and the grain
With Time in collusion
They promise profusion.
We're starting all over again.
No butterflies hover.
The snow makes a cover
Where splendor so TRANQUILITY sleeps
We don't know the reasons
Why games of the seasons
Bring losses-but never for keeps.
With jaunty red robin
Well soon be hobnobbin,
He tells in a gallant refrain
Good Luck is still leading,
The play is proceeding.
We're starting all over again!
Evening star., 1934-03-09
Protect Schools and Churches.

The local community may assume
with confidence that the Liquor Con-
troll Board and the Commissioners will
so construe the liquor control law as
to give a maximum of protection
against dangers and evils incident to
the liquor traffic to those persons and
those places which concededly most
need this protection. 1t may also be
safely assumed that the Commission
ers will so exercise their powers to
proclaim general policies of regula-
ton and to enact supplementary reg
ulations on certain lines as to accom-
plish the same end of a maximum of
protection to those who most need it.
Congress may have so worded our
liquor control law as to make it i'm
possible to prevent the return of the
saloon in new guise to the Capital,
though that prevention was promised
by party leaders and partisan plat
forms. 1t may also be impossible to
construe the words of the law in such
fashion as to crafty President Roose-
velt's desire that there shall be no bar
rooms whatever in the, Capital.
But it should not be and is not i'm
possible for our capable and public
spirited Commissioners and Board of
Control, loyal both to the President
and their home community, to make
such use of their powers under the
law as to give this needed protection
to places where the young habitu-
ally congregate as to schools and
public libraries and to the church, the
house Of God
Evening star., 1934-03-09
Peoples Counsel Keech
Is Praised by a Citizen
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
For the past two weeks I have
anxiously searched the columns Of
your worthy paper for some public an
nouncement Of the future status OF Mr.
Richmond Keech, past peoples coun-
sci Of the District
I believe that I am expressing the
feeling Of every honest official as well
as of thousands of Washington resi-
dents when state that the treatment
accorded Mr.. Keech Is astounding, to
say the least. A Washingtonian Mr..
Keech was educated here and received
public position Of trust because of his
recognized ability and qualifications.
He executed his duties in a manner
that has been a source Of pride to the
District people and to our local utility
companies. Not only his public. but
his personal life has been worthy of
imitation by much older and more ex-
perienced public men.
II upon the expiration of his term,
such a man, after years OF conscient-
ious and beneficial service to our city.
is permitted to turn the key in his
desk without single word as to his
future standing. it is high time that
We in Washington raise our voices in
strong protest.
What has happened to the ideals ex-
pounded by our eminent American
statesmen who sought to keep our
Nations Capital unsullied by corrupt
policies? How long will We tolerate
disfranchisement. taxation and dicta-
ton by those whose interest in the
welfare Of our city has become a toy?
1t is hard to believe that President
Roosevelt, who is the personification
of justice, will allow such unfairness
to continue.
The people Of Washington need and
want their counsel Richmond Keech.
ANNE ALPHER.
Evening star., 1934-03-09
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

with the bill for regulation Of stock
exchanges, but one of Senator
Fletcher's real hobbies Is the estab-
lishment Of a national conservatory
Of music and art He introduced a
bill providing for it in the Sixty-sixth
Congress, IS years ago. Exhaustive
hearings were held. and although the
music and art leaders of the country
enthusiastically supported the project.
nothing ever came of it. Senator
F1etcher's proposal contemplated five
Conservatives, to be located in the
District of Columbia and in New York,
Illinois, Florioa and California. each
to serve the territory tributary to it.
Last month Senator Copeland. Demo-
crat, of New York. revived the
scheme in a new bill providing for
creation in washington Of the Ma
tional Conservatory Of Music of
America" Representative James w.
Wadsworth, Republican. of New York
is interested in the Copeland pro-
posal.
Since the approval of the Federal
CCdGuCC oAI julie 6[, loOZ.
the division of investigation at the
Department Of Justice has handled "a
kidnapping cases; obtained conviction
Of So persons; has in custody IL per-
sons awaiting trial, and had the salts
faction of seeing the following SEN
tences imposed: Two, death: IL, life,
and an aggregate of 784 years i'm
prisonment. On March l the Investiga-
ion Division, of which j. Edgar Hoover
is director, had on file 4,159 1888 finger
print records. The division is receiv-
ing daily average of 1900 fingerprint
records from more than $500 law
enforcement officials and agencies
throughout the world. In January 476
fugitiveS from justice throughout the
United States we're located by finger
print identification. In February $50
were caught by the same method.
Recently, to supplement regular finger
print files, a file was initiated con-
tanning single fingerprint impressions
of known kidnapers, racketeers and
gangsters.
In the REFLECT Reed" pamphlet
distributed on behalf of Senator David
A. Reed, Republican, in his campaign
for denomination in Pennsylvania it's
disclosed how the Pittsburgher ar
rived in Washington for the first
time. With a quarter in his pocket,
it Is proudly set forth, Reed
"bummed" his way from Princeton to
the National Capital on a freight
train, to witness the inauguration of
President william Mckinley on March
4, 1897, when young Dave was Is
year -old freshman. His penchant for
politics dates from that experience.
Long before alphabet soup was
popular in Washington, devotees and
former comrades of Herbert Hoover
formed the A. r. A.-the initials
stand for American Relief Association,
which consists Of men connected with
the former Presidents relief activi-
ties in Europe during and after the
war. The A. r. A. will hold its an
nual get-together in New York to-
morrow at the call Of the president,
Rev. Dr. Edmund A. Walsh of WASH
ington, who was a Hoover relief man
in Russia. Among nominees for the
board Of management is Lawrence
Richey, one Of Mr.. Hoover's White
House aides and now his personal rep
resentative in Washington.
(Copyright. 1934.)
Evening star., 1934-03-09
Answers Mr.. Shaw as
To Working Wives
To the Editor Of The Stai

To the Editor Of The Star:
The letter of John Arthur Shaw,
In which he assumes the role Of de-
fender and protector of the working
married woman, should not 60 with
out an answer to his plea that the
present condition Of more than one
bread winner In Q household be con-
tinued and encouraged. Mr.. Shaw, in
support Of his contention, tries to
point to F. D. Roosevelt and our
leaders as an excuse for the Gov
ernment supporting rank favoritism.
Well, We cannot all be F. D. Roose-
veltS, Fords or Edisons or John Ar
thur Shaws. Most Of US must be
content to be the run of the mine"
type of citizen. Now II Mr.. Shaw
would do q little investigating he
would find that the husband-and-
wife-working doesn't set so we'll with
some people. For example, the city
it. the Baltimore & Ohio r. r., dur
Ing the big lay-off Of 1882, started
with married women, and likewise
that institution of efficiency, the
Standard Oil Co., did not take the
opinion Of Mr.. Shaw.
wonder If Mr.. Shaw ever studied
the N. r. A. Well, for his informa-
tion the N. r. A. was made to spread
work and eliminate unfair compe-
tition.
This married woman working while
her husband has job isn't simply
case Of being competent or not.
but q case Of greed and selfishness
In q lot of cases. There are numer-
Gus cases, I venture to say, where
the husband can support his family
on the salary he makes without hts
wife being on the United States pay
roll and. on the other hand. there
are many cases right in this city
that no member Of the household
Is bringing in any money and the
family is dependent on charity for
its bread and butter. yet are capable
Of holding down some of these jobs
held by married women. In these
times. when jobs are scarce and so
many people are dependent on char
ity for even something to eat. the
system that segregates wealth into
the hands of the few must be elimi-
mated. and I would advise Mr.. Shaw
to give little more study to this
question before he speaks again.
HARRY H. WILHELM.