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Evening star., 1934-02-11
ROAD LANDSCAPE
WORK WILL BEGIN
ITO Miles of Virginia High.
way on Program of Un-
usual Scope.
BY r. L. C. BARRET.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
RICHMOND, Va, February 10
A beginning was made this week by
the Virginia State Highway Depart
ment on the most extensive land
scaping program which has ever been
connected with the highways Of the
State. The months program covers
approximately ITO miles of highways.
The work will include the planting
of trees and shrubs and the removal
of unsightly roadside features. At
various points where the State has
land or can purchase it cheaply, small
parks will be established. Most of
the money for this landscaping work
comes from Federal sources, and each
project must have Federal approval
before work can be started on it.
In the Virginia General Assembly,
now in session, the chief battle has
been, and is likely to continue to be
for some weeks, over Gov. Peery's bill
to increase taxes approximately
Sl,661 900. The schools, backed by
the Governor, are calling for more
and more money, but economy advo-
Gates in both House and Senate are
firm in their opposition to new taxa
ton, and at present seem to have
the whip hand.
Opposition to increased appropria-
tions to schools beyond the increase
recommended by Gov Pollard in his
retiring message declare that any
shortening of school terms in the To-
calities has been due to failure Of
the localities themselves to put up
their proper share of school funds.
Evening star., 1934-02-11
CITY MANAGER
PLAN GROWING
IN WILMINGTON
ReuisiOn of City
Government Gets
Impetus.
BY c. E. GRAY.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

SpeCldl DlSpdtCu 70 4He Guar
WILMINGTON. Del, February 10
The movement for city-manager type
of government for Wilmington, long
urged by civic organizations, has taken
on added impetus However, the plan,
that of Mayor William H. Speer, which
Is now under study, will apparently
have to undergo drastic revision to
have chance of adoption.
Speer's proposal, varying widely
from the usual set-up of CITY,
manager type Of government, would
have the city manager elected by a
popular vote. The city manager would
appoint to each municipal commission
one member from each of the two
major political parties, sitting himself
as the third member of each board.
This tentative set-up also eliminates
one of the two present municipal tax
collectors, pools all city funds under
the treasurer and provides a city pur-
chasing department. Estimates Of
the savings possible under this plan
60 as high as $500,000 year.
City officials and civic leaders who
have met to consider the proposal
clearly indicate their doubts that it is
feasible. The principal objection is
that the election at large of the city
manager would place him under po-
itical obligation to whatever faction
supported his candidacy and that
politics would be an even greater evil
under 1t than in the present mayor
council form of government. The plan
was also seen as a possible opening
for a municipal dictator.
Sentiment among those consulted
by Speer was that an elected COM
mission should pick a manager, pos
sibly from another locality to avoid
any tie-up with a political machine.
Those who conferred with Speer will
now be asked to reply to question:
naire on the subject from which the
mayor plans to draw up proposal to
represent the consensus of opinion.
The two major political parties in
the State are preparing to launch their
campaigns for the Fall elections. The
Democrats will seek to have Post
master General James Farley come
here in March for Jackson day din
ner, which will be the Democratic call
to the campaign.
Evening star., 1934-02-11
Tourists ThrOng
Florida Resorts
Setting Records
Peak OF Season Finds
CrO,uds Coming From
All Points.
BY GEORGE HOYT SMITH.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, February
1o.-Florida is fairly running over
with tourists and Winter visitors and
regularly the through trains from the
North and West, the coastwise steam
ship companies, the air routes and
the highways are adding to the
throngs.
At several and various places IN the
State Winter sports are at a high
point of activity. Miami and Miami
Beach hotels are filled and the two
great race tracks nearby are scenes
of gayety and excitement every day.
In practically all of the many resort
cities there is an unusual crowd OF
visitors. One of the rail lines re-
ported last week 5000 passengers
southbound. into Florida, In the eight
days preceding.
Fair Attracts Many.
At Tampa all of the week and
closing Saturday the South Florida
fair has been attracting great crowds
of people, the visitors coming from
everywhere and finding an exposition
of the products and manufactures OF
the State in the fair grounds. Mon
day, Gasparilla day, the carnival an
nually held just a little ahead of
Lent, and resembling in some fea-
lures the Mardi Gras celebrations OF
New Orleans, brought throngs to
Tampa-more than 100000 people
entered the fair grounds, and the
festivities, which included crowning
of the queen and the Gasparilla ball,
were brilliant events.
January in Jacksonville found
everybody busy and things going
ahead at most lively pace. In vari-
GUS ways the months reports indi-
Gated increased activity. Bank clear
ings were millions greater than for
December and than those Of January,
1898. The receipts at the post office
indicated q big increase In business.
The city building commissioner re-
ported permits for January with a
total of S282,519 estimated costs.
More than ITO ships entered and
cleared from the Port Of Jackson
vile, with thousands Of passengers
and cargoes for foreign and coastwise
ports. Jacksonville sees many Of the
Winter tourists, on their way further
south and when returning north. The
hotels are well filed.
Building Activity In Miami.
In Miami building permits issued In
January passed the half million mark
for the first time in several years.
The previous high record was during
boom" times, when the figure Of
$415, 900 was reached, IN January.
1926.
Evening star., 1934-02-11
U. S. Seen Largest
Farm Tenant ir,
alabama IL, 1884
Government to Find It,
self Renter of 40 Per
CentCOttOn Acreage.

Special Dispatch to The Star
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, February 10.
Uncle Sam will be the biggest farm
tenant in Alabama in 1884, according
to reports in the cotton acreage re-
6uction campaign.
Regardless of whether the cotton
production is cut by limiting the
number of bales or by limitation OF
acreage, 1t is certain that the Fed
eral Government by the deadline OF
February Is will find itself the renter
of 40 per cent of the average acreage
planted to cotton in the State in the
last five years.
1894 Cotton Quota.
Alabama's quota in the 1884 cot
ton campaign was 100000 acres. The
latest report Of DR.. L. w. Duncan,
Auburn, extension service director,
was that 1,138,457 acres had been
pledged by 1o1 ,6ss farmers and that
the State would certainly go beyond
its quota.
On this basis only 2,o5o,000 acres
will be devoted to cotton in Alabama
this year. In 1888, all acreage de-
voted in Alabama to cultivated crops
totaled only 7,772,000 acres. While
farmers are permitted to use the land
leased to the Government in produc-
ton of other crops and as pasture, 1t
is considered probable, DR.. Duncan
said, that much Of it will be allowed
to lie fallow.
Evening star., 1934-02-11
MAINE POLICEMEN
LAUDED IN ARRESTS
Accuse Three High School Stu
dents of Writing Extor-
tion Letters.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
AUGUSTA, Me, February 10-It
isn't often that counsel for the re-
spondents in a serious criminal case
publicly commend the officers who
brought their clients into court. but
it occurred this week in the Augusta
Municipal Court. Three students OF
Cony High School, Robert Brown, 16;
Merle Hughes, IS, and Frederick
Towle, 16, were charged with writing
an extortion letter to William P.
Viles of this city, threatening the lives
of him and his children if he did
not pay them $4,000. Capt. Joseph
Young of the State police, after weeks
of investigation, traced the letters to
the three young men and they con-
fessed.
At the preliminary hearing Judge
Arthur Tiffin said he wished to pub
licly commend Capt. Young for q fine
piece of detective work, and to call
the attention of the public to the
cfnrscs,cv of the department.
Evening star., 1934-02-11
p R. R. NEW YORK-WAST1INGTON
ELECTRIC LINE READY IN 1885
President Atterbury Reveals Progress Newark
improvements Involving New Union Sta
ton Not Complete Before 1885,

line to Asbury Park and shore points,
and freight yards at Jersey City, New
York and other points.
The Pennsylvania has received q
loan Of $77,000,000 from the Federal
Government and $45,O00,000 of this
will be used for the Wilmington
Washington electrification, first step
in the program. The Newark i'm
provements and some others will be
made with the railroads own funds.
Completion Of the Newark improve
ments will speed the schedule on all
main trains that now are delayed by
the three-track bottle neck" through
Newark. This bottle neck ties up all
trains to Philadelphia, Wilmington
and the West when there Is the
slightest interruption of traffic In the
Newark area.
IS to 80 Miles an Hour.
Gen. Atterbury said electric loco
motives now attain speeds Of rs to 80
miles an hour in regular traffic and
this will be increased to 100 miles
per hour when grades and curves are
changed. Use Of electric freight loco
motives, he declared, viii speed this
branch Of the service considerably.
Aside from the Wilmington-Was
ton electrification, the Federal funds
have been aIlocated as follows: ST.
O0,000 for 1000 freight cars and
similar equipment; $15,000,0 for SO
electric freight locomotives, 28 elec-
trio passenger engines and IA electric
switch engines.
An increase Of IS to 80 per cent In
traffic this year was predicted by
Gen. Atterbury. Most Of the gains,
he believes, win be in freight. Reduc-
lConfirued o,a SeYeuth PaRel
Evening star., 1934-02-11
PennsylraniaIHe
Reduced 10000
Since Last March
Recovery, Shorter Hours
and C.W.A. Projects
Helping State.
By WALTER ID. ROOS.

Special Dispatch to The Star
HARRISBURG, Pa, February TO-
Industrial recovery, shorter work
hours under N. R. A. codes and en-
ployment on Civil Works Administra-
ton projects, are providing pay rolls
for almost 100000 Pennsylvanians
who had neither jobs nor incomes
year ago.
Pennsylvania's unemployed reached
its peak. 1879, ,351, last March
Preliminary estimates indicate the
number without some kind of gainful
work now is approximately 100000
State labor statistics show that in De-
cember $4,000 were classed as indus
trially unemployed. Since that time
the G. w. A. has absorbed many of
these jobless. 296, ,440 being on c. w.
A. pay rolls January 81. Allowing for
increases in seasonal, mercantile and
trading unemployment since Christ
mas, the preliminary figures indicate
that 100000 to 100000 more persons
are on pay rolls than year ago.
Surplus Food Question.
Because of the reduction of the
number Of persons dependent solely
upon relief grants. Harry L. Hopkins,
Federal relief administrator, has been
Informed by the State Relief Board
that 1t will refuse to distribute Fed
eral food surpluSes after February %
unless the Federal Relief Administra-
tton agrees to permit the board to
make corresponding reductions in the
-
ployed. When the first surplus foods
were assigned Pennsylvania, the State
Board was warned grants of money
for food would not be reduced because
of participation in distribution of food
itself The monthly sums have de-
creased only slightly, although the
number of relief cases declined
sharply.
A number Of political innovations
seem in prospect in the State CAM
paign, which opens next Wednesday,
when candidates may begin gathering
signatures to petitions to have their
names placed on primary ballots.
Accustomed for years to such lop-
sided Republican majorities that
Democratic candidates. were a mat
ter Of jest the State is startled to
find the Republican regulars mark
ing time this year until the Demo-
cratic situation has crystallized. Upon
the choice of Democratic candidates
and the certainty of whether that
party will have harmony or the usual
factional fights, probably will depend
whether the Republican organization's
choice for Governor is a liberal or
conservative, man from rural dis
tricts or Q big city.
Evening star., 1934-02-11
LEGISLATORS STUDY
new SCHOOL CODE
South Carolina Assembly Ex-
pected to Increase Compulsory
Attendance Age.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

COLUMBIA, S. c., February 10
The General Assembly of South Caro-
lima is engaged principally in consid-
ering q more effective school COM
pulsory attendance law and increas-
ing the age limits for compulsory at
tendance from z to 16 from the pres
ent requirement Of from 8 to IA,
with Indifferent enforcement; how to
provide liquor laws since the repeal
Of the eighteenth amendment; the
consideration Of the $4,000, 900
Santee Cooper River hydroelectric
and navigation project.
So far as the latter is concerned a
uuietus has been given 1t by the Fed
eral authorities, probably in refusing
to consider 1t as a Federal project.
and recommending that it be under
taken as a State project. It still has
enthusiastic supporters, but 1t is too
large an undertaking for the State,
with complications which enter.
Evening star., 1934-02-11
100000 RECEIVING PAY
WERE IDLE A YEAR AGO
Gov. Lehman and Farley Back Mayor
La Guardia's Plan Now Held
Up in Legislature.

ocratic leaders and cooperate in the
passage of Mayor La Guardia's econo-
my bill. The passage Of this measure
would make it possible for the mayor
to balance the city's budget by reduc-
ing salaries of city employees, eliminat-
ing useless jobs and reorganizing
many city departments.
As soon as the budget Is balanced
millions of dollars will be forthcoming
from the Public Works Administration
for numerous city projects. Among
these are the expenditure Of $25,O0O,-
900 in construction of model housing
developments and the completion of
the city's subway system at cost OF
$23,500,00O
Evening star., 1934-02-11
BY THOMAS COMPERE.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

BptClal DlSpdCpu W Inc OldI
n YEW YORK, February 10.-The
M increase in buying power due
VI to the N. R. A. and the c.
L Y w. A now is from S55 100000
to S7O,O00.o0o a month, and
there now are nearly 100000 persons
receiving regular pay checks in this
State who a year ago were unem-
ployed and dependent on inadequate
community, State and Federal relief
funds. These estimates were made
from an analysis of official reports
based on surveys conducted by vari-
Gus departments of the national re-
covery organization here.
The number of persons re-en-
ployed in Manhattan alone as a re-
suit of the N R. A. is approximately
201 900, and these workers receive a
total annual pay of Sl9O. 100000, ac-
cording to a report released by Nathan
Straus, jr., State director of the Ma
tional Emergency Council. Figuring
conservatively for the other four
boroughs of the city, for which there
now are no complete figures avail
able, it is estimated that the total
for New York City would exceed $780,
the G. w. A. workers, and total in
crease in pay rolls of more than $780,
100000 annually. Since business and
manufacturing organizations are con-
centreted in Manhattan. it is logical
that the greatest increase in re-em-
ployment would come from that
borough.
100000 Are Re- Employed.
The employment gain for the State,
outside of New York City, has been
1920, making a total Of approximate
ly 100000 persons who have been re-
employed in New York as result OF
the N R. A. The c. w. A. quota for
the State was 100000 and it nearly is
Allied, which would bring the total
number of persons re-employed due to
the Federal recovery program to ap-
proximately 100000.
This tremendous rise in buying
power, which also has been augmented
by general advances in wage scales,
has been reflected in better business
in virtually every line. Newspaper ad-
vertising in the metropolitan area is
running well ahead of last year; re-
tail sales are on the upgrade; car sales
are increasing sharply, and whole
salers of nearly every kind are report
ing improved business conditions.
Retail organizations constitute II
per cent Of the entire number of busi-
ness houses in Manhattan, and these
firms have re-employed SO, 100 persons
and added S43,0O0,000 to their pay
rolls since last August, according to
the Emergency Councils report. The
wholesale houses in Manhattan in
creased their employees by $4,000 and
raised their pay rolls 80 per cent,
while the manufacturing concerns
added 145,000 to their personnel.
Obstruction To Be Removed.
The most serious obstruction now
delaying the expenditure of more than
$60,000,00o of Federal money in pub
Lie works here will be removed early
this week if the recalcitrant Demo-
cratic members of the Legislature
obey the suggestions of national DEM
Evening star., 1934-02-11

Pennsylvania
will completed by according to W. W. Atterbry
$770000
the This will greatly speed train service between the two cities
this
creased 100 miles hour when grades and curves changed At the
Washington Beneath this frame
work on the PENNSYLVANIA Station in Newark At the left steam
electric like the shown at the right In the bottom picture
sbaion installing
1Ome intervals will control
to be
Evening star., 1934-02-11

Continued On Seventh PageO
Evening star., 1934-02-11
BY j. ii. GALBRAITH.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
~OLUMBUS, Ohio, February
1 10.-There will be at least
three contestants for the
~ Democratic nomination for
Governor. Former Represent
ative Martin l. Davey of Kent an
nounced his candidacy Monday. In
his formal announcemet he said Moth
ing about replies from party leaders
10 his sounding out" letter Of 10 days
ago Presumably they we're favorable.
This probably completes the list.
If former Gov. Donahey returns to
politics this year it will be as candi-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-20

Boys like these dressy
comfortable oXfordS
and how they do
stand the h ard
knocks. Calfskin, well
lin e d, rubber or
leather heels. Sizes l
to 513.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-20
MEDICAL STAFF
OF |. u. PLANS
CAPITAL VISIT
Attaches viii Leave for
Sessions at Washington
Tomorrow.

Staff members OF the Indiana
university medical center on West
Michigan street will go to Wash
ington tomorrow for the biennial
national meetings Of the American
Nurses Association, the League of
Nursing Education and the Amer
lean Association Of Public Health
Nursing The joint sessions will be
held in Washington during the week
starting Sunday,
Members of the Indiana univer-
sity staff who will attend include:
Cordeia Hoeflin, director Of the
training school of nurses; Mary
Hechard, superintendent of nurses,
Riley hospital, Elizabeth Candy, SUI
perintendent of nurses, Robert w.
Long hospital; Beulah Mccoy, head
nurse, William H. Coleman hospital;
Wanetta Hubble, assistant superin-
tendent Of nurses, Coleman hospit-
al; Florence Horn, supervisor of OPP
Grating room, Riley hospital; Wilma
Watt. assistant head nurse, Riley
hospital; Viola Hackerd, head nurse,
Riley hospital; Mrs. Marjorie Loud
ermilk, head nurse, first floor, Long
hospital; Crystal Halstead, head
nurse, third floor. Long hospital;
Mabel Wharton, head nurse, first
floor, Coleman hospital; Delight
Stephens, Rotary conValescent
home; DR.. c. G. Culbertson, director
of central laboratory; Mrs. Ger
trude Muench, physiotherapist, Long
hospital, and Josephine Doup, head
nurse. orthopedic ward, Riley hos
pital
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-20
THEATER PARTY SLATED
Girl Scouts to Be Guests of Eliza
bethans for Film Showing.

The Elizabethans of All Souls
Unitarian church will have fifty
Girl Scouts as their guests at this
afternoons performance of the
Youth Movies Association selected
programs.
The movies will be Janet Gaynor
and Warner Baxter in Daddy Long
Legs" a Silly Symphony, and an
animated cartoon Performances
this week will be at the Ritz and
Uptown theater.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-20
John Reed Club to Meet

Arthur Zinkin will speak on THE
New Morality before the John
Reed club at its regular open forum
at tonight at Delaware and Ohio
streets.
Evening star., 1934-08-11
Who Are You?
Romance of Your Name
BIZ RUBY HAsKINs ELLIS.

flying valley. II was the custom Of
the times when names came into use
for q family 10 choose some peculiar
ity Of location, or whatnot, for his
family cognomen. so Il was In this
case that John of Blackthorn Valley
became known to his friends as John
Sloe Combe.
One Of the first Of the American
settlers bearing this name was An
thony Slocombe, who I'm 1897 was
one OF the 46 first and ancient pur-
chasers'' Of land in New Plymouth,
which is now Taunton, Mass. His son,
Giles. was the common ancestor Of
all the Slocums IN America. He was
born in Somersetshire, England. and
settled in Portsmouth. r. l., In 1888,
and died there in 1882.
Ebene1er Slocum. one Of the nine
children of Giles. settled In James
town, r. T., where he became a prom
inent minister in the Society of
Friends, and was a civic leader. He
served IL terms as o member Of the
Rhode Island Legislature, and for one
term as Speaker of the House. His
IL children are responsible for q
numerous race of Slocum descendants
now scattered into almost every local
ity in the United States.
(Copyright, I034)
Evening star., 1934-08-11
tCopyriEht. 1o34.)
Little Benny.
BY LEE PAPE.

CUNDAY afternoon me and pop
started TO take wawk, ma saying
10 pop. willyum you better get some
thing for that horse throat of yours
when you pass a drug store, and pop
saying, In this enlightened age it's a
hunderd to one shot that I'll pass
drug store, and werd to the wise Is
gutiicient.
Meening he would. wich he did the
ferst drug store we came to, saying to
the man, A package Of Testers Lister
ated Lozengers please.
Yes sir, have you ever tried Sewers
Esofagls Soothers2 the man said, and
pop said. No. and very likely I never
shall. This is a small werld. as we so
often hear 1t said, and yet our ac-
quaintance with its manifold ramifica-
tons is even smaller, which ony
proves once more, / sippose, that
everything is relative and nothing is
really small when seen through the
unprejudiced eye Of q microscope, he
said.
ony meant to say. Sewers Esofagus
0OOLllCTN are one OF UuI Ucot SClIrLo,
the drug store man said. and pop said,
That raises another intristing ques-
ton. Is wide dissemination alone a
proof of comparative superiority? Does
a man who has his picture reproduced
10 million times in newspapers there
by become an outstanding enviable
caracter, even though his news value
depends solely on the scientifically
unimportant fact that he spanked his
wife in the public square? Personly
am inclined to doubt it, although
millions of people take the affirmative
side of the question, pop said. Did
you say you have Testers Liserated
1ozengers in stock. or did I nlisun-
derstand you? he said.
o. yes sir. surely. sir glad to serve
you, sir, the drug store man said. And
he gave pop package looking as If
he wished he had did it in the ferst
place.
Being a little drug store man with
at least 2 gold teeth and maybe more.