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Evening star., 1935-11-14
HAzEN TO APPEAL
FORLUMP SUM- Of
$,317,5()D IN 1887
Special Plea Will Be Made
for Budget Bureau Aid
in Drive.
HEARING ON DISTRICT
NEEDS TO BE ASKED
New Series of Meetings Called for
Study of Readjustments in
Taxation System.

Commissioner Melvin c. Haze1
planned today to make a special plea
to the Budget Bureau in support OF
Federal payment Of s8,3l7,500 toward
the National Capital in the 1887 bud
get now being considered at the Fed
eral agency.
While appearing before Federal bud
get officials, he was to ask that the
Commissioners be given special hear
ing on this and other major needs in
the District budget proposals at the
conclusion Of the regular survey OF re-
quested estimates.
The Budget Bureau is expected to
conclude its routine consideration OF
the District budget by the middle OF
next week.
Outlines Special Needs.
Aside from stressing the justice CT
the proposed increase in the Federal
payment. Commissioner Iazen wishes
to outline generally special needs for
increasing the force of the Police DE-
partment and requested appropriations
for the Fire Department in recapitu-
lation of budget arguments.
The current Federal payment toward
expenses of the Capital Is $500, 900.
Last year the Commissioners proposed
to increase this to S8.3l7,000. but the
Budget Bureau reduced 1t to a gross OF
IS, zoe, 900 since that figure had been
adopted by Congress the previous year.
~
Budget Bureau has the right to
recommend an increase as we'll as to
propose a decrease in District requests.
The Senate last year approved the
increased Federal payment, but 1t was
knocked out in the House.
The s8.3l7,50o figure is an average
of Federal payments over the past 10
years.
New Meetings Called For.
Meanwhile. District officials pre-
pared to pick up the series Of confer
ences on proposed readjustment of the
District tax system. Corporation
Counsel E. Barrett Prettyman. chair
man of the Special Tax Committee.
has called for a new series of meet
ings beginning next Wednesday.
Expectations that some increased
taxes and notifications of the present
tax system are being voiced. Oflcials
explained that maintenance and OPP
Grating expenses have been increasing
at the rate of about 81 .o00,0 q year.
while sums available for capital i'm
provements have been decreasing in
recent years.
Evening star., 1935-11-14
MISSING PERSON
SEARCH IMPEDED
Lack of Personnel Blocks Crea.
ton of Special Squad,
Saws Brown.

Lack of adequate police strength has
blocked creation of a special police
SQUAD to aid the Woman's Bureau In
searching for missing persons, 1t was
learned today.
Police Supt. Ernest w. Brown re-
vealed he has been considering such a
plan for more than year. but has
not been able to put it into operation
because the large number Of police
men which this work would require
have not been available.
Mai. Brown said he feels this spe-
cial squad would require large num-
ber of men If the work was to be done
satisfactorily. Members of this squad
would be assigned exclusively the task
of tracing persons reported missing.
Meanwhile, only one person was
added to the missing list since yester-
day and a number of persons recently
reported missing have been located by
the Woman's Bureau. The latest case
is that of 13-year-old Beverly Wal.
ters, 705 Kentucky avenue southeast.
who has not been seen since she left
her home last night to spend the night
at the German Orphan Home. 2100
Good Hope road southeast, where she
was formerly an inmate.
Among the persons located by the
Woman's Bureau are Raymond Vidi.
is. of 213 e street: Roy 1rby. IA. Of
462 G street southwest. and q num-
Der of QUITO town cases.
The Woman's Bureau reported they
have broadcast SO lookouts for miss
ing persons since November l. . In
several cases. lookouts were sent out
for the same person more than once.
Forty-six of these approximately 80
cases have been cleared up. leaving
some 4o-odd cases unsolved.
Evening star., 1935-11-14
BY JOHN c. HENRY.

Two Army officers, who have been
higher above the earth than any other
human beings, were still up in the
air" today as they reached Washington
preparatory to making study Of
records of their flight.
Faced with a battery of newsreel
and newspaper cameramen, plus about
score of reporters. Capt. A. w.
Stevens and Capt. Orvil A. Anderson.
who Monday made a balloon flight Of
some IA miles into the stratosphere,
received the congratulations of Dr.
Gilbert Grosvenor, president Of the
National Geographic Society, which
was sponsor of the flight.
More accustomed to flying than to
acting, they spent more than an hou.
in posing and speechmaking for the
cameras. With this ordeal out the way,
the two officers and Capt Randolph P.
Williams. weather officer for the
epochal fight. proceeded to the War
Department to pay their respects 70
their service superiors. For the next
few days. however, virtually all of their
llHlt Will NC Spcilt III dSSOl Jllls dtlQ
studying the photographs and records
Of the trip.
Capts. Stevens and Anderson later
were complimented by President
Roosevelt. The flyers were accom-
panied to the White House by As
sistant Secretary of War Woodring.
Gen. Malin Craig, chief of staff of
the Army. and Brig. Gen. Oscar West
over. acting chief Of the Army Air
Corps.
Meteorograph Guarded.
Meanwhile the meteorograph OIL
which the exact altitude Is registered
Is being guarded jealousy by DR.. w.
G. Brombacher, physicist at the Bu-
reau of Standards, who was designated
by the National Aeronautical Associa-
ton to represent it at the scene.
Sealed in the presence of a notary
public before being placed in the bal
loon, the meteorograph was brought
to the Office of the National Geographic
Society this morning, and later in the
day it was taken to the Bureau OF
Standards. 1t is expected to show an
Evening star., 1935-11-14

altitude of about $4,000 feet, or about
IA miles.
Although no major mishaps attended
the flight the ballooning captains re-
ported a few slight "embarrassments''
during the trip. First of these, de-
scribed by Capt. Anderson. the pilot,
occurred at the take.off.
I'VE had cleared the 450-ft. rim of
the bowl from which we took of, u
Capt. Anderson said, when we sud-
denly encountered down-current of
air that was forcing us back. We
threw off $50 pounds of ballast right
away and it started us up again"
Ballast In Form of Dust.
The ballast used was lead dust,
about $500 pounds of it being car
ried m bags on the outside of the
gondola. The dust form was used In.
stead of solid lead in order TO guard
against injury to persons on the
ground. When the landing was made
Monday afternoon about 480 pounds
were still unused.
A mystlfying and startling incident
was noted at one period near the CELL
ing of their flight when clouds of
smoke-like vapor were seen rising from
the sides of the gondola.
THE air was perfectly clear around
US" Capt Stevens explained, but at
irregular intervals near the peak OF
the ascension these clouds of vapor
could be seen through the windows of
the car. It looked like smoke, but We
knew it couldn't be because the whole
structure was fireproof. We still don't
know the full explanation Of it."
Capt. Anderson also reported some
disappointment resulting from at
tempts to have lunch. Reaching the
ceiling, where they rested for about
an hour, the captain reached for q
sandwich which had been supplied as
part Of q prepared lunch. 1t was so
cold. however, that it was nearly
frozen and was inedible. Outside, he
added, the recorded temperature was
about 80 degrees Fahrenheit below
zero.
In a skillful landing, the balloon
was brought down without disturbing
a single one Of the scientific instru-
Evening star., 1935-11-14
EDUCATION STAND
LAUDED IN LETTER
Representative HiIdebrandt
Gives View on Commu-
nism Question. \

Representative Hildebrandt, Demo-
crat, of South Dakota has addressed a
letter to the Board Of Education COM
mending it and Corporation Counsel
E. Barrett Prettyman on their recent
action declaring factual teaching of
Communism in the public schools
legal and banning advocacy of the
same doctrine.
THE proposal to ban mention Of
minority opinions in the schools" Hill
debrandt wrote, is directly contrary
to the spirit of the Bill of Rights Of
our Constitution, the Declaration Of
independence and the principles of
the two most outstanding Americans
in our history. Thomas Jefferson and
Abraham Lincoln.
Reason Combats Error.
Jefferson we'll said. Error is HARM
less when reason is left free to COM
bat it. Lincoln was no less emphatic
in defending free speech than Jeffer-
son.
ut would be both tyrannical and
absurd to command the teachers of
the District of Columbia to refrain
from speaking in class rooms Of any
political or economic philosophy.
whether advocated by a large or a
small group.
"On the other hand. any attempt
by a teacher to conduct propaganda
in favor of or against any political
or economic philosophy should result
in prompt punishment.
Corner Stone of Republic.
Certainly in the twentieth century,
in a land where broad and compre-
hensive education is a corner stone Of
the Republic, we must not permit those
who are bigoted and those who suffer
from intellectual filters to shackle
teachers to such an extent that they
can teach practically nothing except
such generally accepted facts as that
the earth is round (Which was once a
minority opinion, too), as the multi
plication table, and as the actual dates
of leading events in American his
tory.
II am very gratified at the rational
and sane stand taken by your board
and by Mr.. Prettyman, and believe
my opinion is shared by the over
whelming majority of Washington
citizens"
Evening star., 1935-11-14
W.P.A. CONSIDERS
HEALTH PROJECT
Permanent tuberculosis
Camp Facilities
Approved.

An important new link in District
facilities for combating the tubercu.
losis problem may be established un-
der a project for giving employment
to persons on the relief roster.
Federal Works Progress officials
had before them today a proposal
from Commissioner Allen to build a
permanent Summer health camp for
tuberculosis patients.
The camp would be operated in
conjunction with the Children S
tuberculosis SanatoriunH at Glenn
Dale, Md. The Districts only pre-
ventorium" is a small camp at the
old tuberculosis Hospital grounds at
Fourteenth and Upshur streets. where
60 children have been given care.
Has ID. c. Board o. X.
The project would cost $4,000 and
give work to SO persons on the Dis
trict relief list. The project was
adopted late yesterday by the District
Works Projects Board, headed by Maj
Daniel j. Donovan, District auditor
and including William C. Cleary, as
sistant deputy works administrator,
and Ross Haworth, administrative
assistant to Commissioner Allen.
1t was forwarded to the Federal
w. p. A. with the fd1l approval OF
Allen, District works administrator
1t bears the support of Mrs. Ernest r
Grant, managing director Of the Dis
trict tuberculosis Association, who
aided in development of the plan.
When the Glenn Dale Sanatoria de.
velopment is completed, there will be
700 beds for children and adults, said
Mrs. Grant. But we should have
more than a children's hospital she
added. MANY children can be Saved
entirely from active tuberculosis II
they are given proper care before the
disease progresses"
Free Cases Increase.
Registrations for the free X-ray
tests offered by the District Health
Department in its tuberculosis case
finding campaign have increased to
3,289, it was announced meanwhile by
Mrs. Winifred M. Schepler, director
of the project.
The registrations so far are d.
vided about equally as to the three
sections Of the city which were marked
of for purposes Of the survey. In
each Of these areas the number OF
deaths from tuberculosis last year
numbered 200.
The first district includes the area
from Massachusetts, avenue north to
Iowa avenue and from North Capitol
street to Sixteenth street. The Sec
ond district embraces the section in
the northwest to the west of Sixteenth
street and south Of Massachusetts,
avenue. The third area includes all
Of the northeast and southeast Sec
tons of the city. Each district Is
in charge of an assistant and stan of
field workers.
Evening star., 1935-11-14
"A. p. Photo.

ments, although no ground crew was
at the spot. Because of this good
fortune the officers and others inter-
ested are expecting some very con-
elusive data from the fight.
Paying high tribute to their balloon,
Explorer II, both officers claimed an
even greater altitude could be reached
by the use Of hydrogen instead OF
helium. Capt. Stevens estimated a
change of gas would mean an addi-
tional mile of elevation if other con-
ditions remained the same. He ex-
pressed doubt, however, that man ever
will be able to go above 10000 feet
while carrying scientific instruments.
All readings OF the many inStru-
ments were photographed frequently
during the trip, thus providing a
check on manual tabulations. In ad-
dition TO recordings of the meteoro-
graph, altitude was checked by two
paragraphs on the outside OF the
gondola and by vertical photographs
which were taken every 90 seconds
from beneath the craft. Capt. Stevens
an ace air photographer with the
Army during the World War, is plan
ing to develop these important pic
lures himself.
Gondola to Be Exhibited.
The gondola of Explorer II Is now
on its way to Washington for exhioi'
ton at the National Geographic Build.
ing.
The flight makes successful clima'
to efforts of the society for about two
years to have the stratosphere explored
In 1894, Explorer I made an ascen
and few months ago Explorer II va
scheduled for one. On the latter oc
casion. however, the huge bag ripped
and the flight was deferred until thi
week.
The official world record for such &
flight is held by Comdr. Settle ane
Maj. Fordney, established in 1888 al
about 11.6 miles. More recently, g
Russian crew made an ascent and q
record Of more than l3 miles subse.
quently was claimed. The Russian
crew. however. was killed when theil
craft crashed. and the records have
not been accepted as official.
Evening star., 1935-11-14
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Mrs. Benjamin Harrison, whose late
husband left the White House AZ
years ago, yesterday renewed &C
uuaintance with the Capital.
In q firm, large hand, she wrote her
name in the registry of the rare book
room of the Library of Congress. "Mrs,
Benjamin Harrison. New York" She
visited the new Folger Shakespeare
Library, and viewed the marble ex-
terror Of the new Supreme Court
Building.
But the real object of her visit, and
the place where she fingered longest,
was the manuscript division Of the
Congressional Library, where her hus-
bands papers are.
They are being bound, and Mrs
Harrison looked over the 80 volumes
already done and the 30 in process OF
binding. When all are completed
there will be about 300 Harrison vol
umes.
Evening star., 1935-11-14

Nearly 90 per cent of the kindergar-
zen and first grade pupils in the WASH
ington public schools have some phys
ical defect, according to medical ex-
animation results for the year ended
June 80, which are included in the an
nual report of Health Officer George
c. Rutland.
Complete physical examinations
were given 1902 first grade and kim
dergarten pupils during the past fiscal
year, Dr.. Ruhland told the Commits
sioners. Among these groups, only
1923 per cent were found to have no
recognizable defects.
District medical inspectors exam
ined $3.50 pupils in grades higher
than the kindergarten and first grade
1t was found that among all children
examined there was an average of 2.07
defects per pupil.
Not counting voluntary absences
from school, medical inspectors or
dered 4.409 exclusions from classes
during the past fiscal year due to ILL
ness. OF this total, 877, were for i'm
petigo and 651 because of colds.
Many Dental Defects.
The Districts four school dental
inspectors examined 26.9so pupils last
year and found 77.2 per cent had
dental defects.
DR.. Rutland again cited in the an
nual report, the first he has SUBJ
mitted to the Commissioners, the
prevalence Of tuberculosis in the Dis
trict and the fact the National Cap
ital has the second highest tubercu-
losis death rate for comparable cities.
Its rate Is twice as high as that for
the United States as a whole.
There were five fewer deaths from
tuberculosis during 1884 (the calendar
year, than during the previous year,
but the rate of 1913 per 100000 popu-
lation remains far too high," he said.
Furthermore. there appears to be
a definite trend upward, not only in
the number of cases occurring over
the five-year period lending with
1934), but the death rate has def
nitely increased during the past three
years over 1880 and 1881.
"At present, the death rate due to
tuberculosis is higher than any other
city of Its size. except San Antonio,
Tex, and twice as high as for the
United States as a whole"
l,139 Cases In 1884.
During the calendar year 1884, DR..
Ruhland reported, 1,139 cases and
500 deaths were reported due to
tuberculosis, while during 1888 there
were 1,l00 cases and 6l4 deaths. with
fatality rates of 53.5 and 53.S. re-
spectively. These figures referred to
pulmonary and other communicable
forms Of the disease.
Evening star., 1935-11-14
5000 HAIL ORCHESTRA

DR.. Hans Kinder. conductor, and
the National Symphony Orchestra,
row on a Southern tour, were given
an ovation by an audience Of 5000 in
Atlanta last night, c. c. Cappel, man
ager of the orchestra, reported to Cor
coran Tnom. president of the Ma
tlonal Symphony Orchestra Associa-
ton, in a telegram today.
"Dr. Kinder won the hearts OF q
like number of Atlanta children
Wednesday afternoon with one Of his
typical student concerts" Cappel
wired.
DR.. Kinder and his men play in
Memphis, Tenn, tonight.
Evening star., 1935-11-14
c.
PLANS ADVANCED.
President Approves Four
Projects Which Will Cost
S1,138,593.

Under the egis Of the Federal Gov
ernment in the program for giving
steady work to the unemployed on
relief. the District government soon
will embark on projects for improve
ment and extension of its sewerage
system. at total cost of $1.138,593.
President Roosevelt has stamped
his approval on four projects pre-
viously recommended by Public Works
Administrator Ickes and Works Prog
reSS Administrator Hopkins. The
programs have one more hurdle to
cross. the necessary approval of Con-
troller General McCarl. AS soon as
that is given Treasury agents are ex-
pected to give Commissioner Allen
word Of the allotment of funds.
District Will Give s310,591.
OF the grand total cost of the prof.
ects the District would supply $780,
SOL. either in cash or In kind.
Word of the presidential approval
settles an issue which some weeks ago
caused dispute between Hopkins and
Ickes over which one should have
Jurisdiction over the projects. This
was ironed out by resubmission of
some of the items so that part of them
remained with Hopkins and others
went to Ickes.
More than 1000 men would be given
work under the program under Hop
kins and this would raise the total
engaged under the banner of the
w. P. A. to about 5000.
The President approved the pro-
posed grant of $88.500 for extension
of the sanitary sewer system in Luzon
Valley, north of Walter Reed Hospital,
which is designed to greater reduce
pollution of Rock Creek now occurring
during heavy rains. For this project
the District would advance S108, 900,
making the total cost S196,500.
Three Other Projects.
The three other projects would be
under the w. P. A. One is for con-
struction of number of service sewers,
costing a total of 1881 1918, of which
the District would advance s57.634.
Another, is for construction of storm
water sewers, trunk sewers and re-
placement of old lines at total Gust
of $514,743, of which the District
would pay $132,957.
The other project is mosquito con-
troll program to cost $45,372, with the
District providing $4,000 of this sum-
The White House previously had dis
played an interest in the need for mos
quito control.
Evening star., 1935-11-14

bility of the medical profession to
adopt more widely the methods Of pre-
ventive practice and to work out
methods whereby these services can be
offered to the mass of the people at
a cost that the average man can afford
to pay. Along these lines it would
seem that private practice and public
health can develop without conflict
and for the general good Of the public
that must be served"
Evening star., 1935-11-14

BY staff Correspondent of The Star.
A RLINGTON COURT HOUSE,
~ Va, November l4.-Life as
~ the wife of clown is not
much of a circus, according
to Mrs. Elva Lee Chew Portillo. who
filed suit yesterday in Arlington
County Circuit Court for limited
divorce from Francisco Portillo of 81
K street northeast, Washington.
Once a performer beneath the big
tops of Ringing Brothers, Barnum
e. Bailey, Sells Floto and other famous
circuses. Portillo, now employed at
the Government Printing Office. has
brought laughter to thousands of
Washington youngsters with his
painted face, silly costumes and
Glowing antics. To them he is
funny Francisco the Clown"
According to Mrs. Portillo's COM
plant, filed through her attorney,
Arthur C. Stickley. her domestic life
Evening star., 1935-11-14

m a ke medical
service available
to the average
man at a reason
able cost. "
The statement
was contained in
an address he de-
livered last night
to $50 members
of the District
Medical Society
on the subject
1.-THE Newer Pub
lie Health" 1t
was the third BIZ
ennial Davidson
Evening star., 1935-11-14
Would License Dog Owners.

SEATTLE, Wash, November IA uP>.
Licenses for dog owners as well as
their pets are sought by Mrs. Mabel
v. McGill, Humane Society secretary.
She urged the City Council to require
owners to present testimony Of their
intention to be patient and kind" to
their doeA
Evening star., 1935-11-14
Club Will Give Play.

The University Club will present the
three-act comedy Apron Strings" at
the club hall next Thursday evening
at $50 o'clock. The cast is under the
direction of M. Forney Reese.
Evening star., 1935-11-14
MEDICAL WORLD
GIVEN CHALLENGE
BY DR.. RUTLAND
Policy of Service to All Held
Vital in Talk to D. C..
Society.
SICKNESS HELD BEYOND
MERE INDIVIDUAL STATUS
state" Medicine Question Raised
but Dismissed by Health
Officer.

Health Oficer George c. Rutland
has thrown out challenge to the
medical world to work out "a reason
able and constructive policy that will
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-22
DOYLE-BAER
BAT TIE SET
FOR TONIGHT

NEW YORK, Aug. %. U.P)-A
handsome young Irisher named
Jack Doyle who came over to the
states year ago and admitted he
could thrash your Mister Max
Baer, meets Makes younger but
bigger brother. Buddy, tonight.
The fight constitutes the largest
amount of fistic unimportance New
York has known this busy ring
season and yet a sizeable congre-
cation is expected to press through
the garden bowl turnstiles.
Raer and Doyle are highly un-
proven boxers. Baer's principal
claim to fame is that he is the
brother Of the eccentric Make. who
held the world championship until
he met Jim Braddock. Doyle, who
came from County Cork (all Irish
sporting imports come from Coun-
ty Cork ostensibly to fight, re-
malned to try his luck at singing
and in the movies. His luck turned
out to be as bad as Babe Ruth's as
tournament golf player, so there
was nothing left but boxing.
Doyle enjoys a considerable rep
utation on the other side. He is
expected to spot Buddy some 80
pounds-205 against 235-and Baer
has the longer reach, by 84% inch
es to 1872.
The fight will be limited to six
rounds, because of a New York rule
which prohibits minors fighting
more than that number. Buddy is
only 20.