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Evening star., 1935-11-17
Mrs. Roosevelt
And ENJOY Owen
Au0id Gift Rush
Solve Yule Shopping
Problem by Buying
Months Ahead.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Two women who do their Christ
mas shopping early, Mrs. Franklin D.
Roosevelt and Minister Ruth Bryan
Owen. sat side by side on a White
House divan yesterday with serene
smiles at Yule thoughts.
Separately they have arrived at the
same system of picking up appealing
gifts as they meet them throughout
the year.
Mrs. Roosevelt said she had her
Christmas shopping almost all done.
Mrs. Owen described the Christmas
ship" on which she will sail Decem-
Der 8. arriving at her Copenhagen
post December 10 or 20, and said she
already had composed poem for her
Christmas card.
She went to Copenhagen on the
Christmas boat last year, too, and her
poem told how it felt to come sailing
In on q boat with q Christmas tree
ut the masthead and a Christmas band
playing On the wharf.
Evening star., 1935-11-17

by March 81, 1886. when the President
must modify or cancel existing con-
tracts, is booked as one of the first
tasks.
The Senate-approved Walsh, Demo-
crat, of Massachusetts measure would
impose the equivalent of old N. R. A.
requirements upon persons and firms
dealing with the Government. That is,
any one bidding on Government work
or supplies would have to observe
maximum wage. minimum hour. child
labor and other regulations.
The legislation was left tied up in
the House Judiciary Committee. where
objection arose that it was too broad.
1t applies to subcontractors and bor-
rowers from the Government and some
contended it would reach virtually as
far as the invalidated N. r. A.
Another Senate measure loaded with
potential fireworks was left snarled in
the House Judiciary Committee It Is
the Black bill to require detailed reg
istration by all lobbyists. The Amer
ican Bar Association called the legis-
lation so broad it would put a cloud
upon all lawyers with legitimate prac-
tice that carried them before Con-
gress. The measure calls for a list Of
salaries and other compensation.
source of employment. nature of work
and full details.
Food and Drugs Measure.
The proposed new food and drugs
law, passed by the Senate, is scheduled
for early session action by the House
Commerce Committee. The chief fight
has been whether the Secretary of
Agriculture or the Federal Trade
Evening star., 1935-11-17

Commission should enforce the false
advertising sections Of the bill. The
measure also would bring cosmetics
under the scope Of the food and drugs
act.
Already held up once in heated
Senate debate is the House-approved
flood control bill. 1t carried authori-
zation for some $500, ,O00, 900 of prof.
ects. The Senate Commerce Commit
tee added about that much to it.
There were cries of pork barrel"
when it reached the Senate floor.
The Senate-approved measure
amending the copyright laws was
left last session in the House Patents
Committee. 1t includes provision for
making automatic in other countries
a copyright obtained in one country.
Already passed by the House twice
but strongly opposed in the Senate,
is the Jones, Democrat, of Texas bill
to regulate speculative futures trad
ing on the grain and cotton markets,
and outlaw such practices as wash
sales" and indemnity buying. Whether
it will emerge from the Senate Agri-
culture Committee is yet to be
demonstrated.
Evening star., 1935-11-17
THREE MESSAGES
OPEN TRADE PROBE
Roosevelt, Hull and Roper Send
Letters to Joint c. of C.
Carnegie Committee.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS. November 16.-Messages
from President Roosevelt, Secretary of
State Cordell Hull and Secretary of
Commerce Daniel C. Roper were read
today at the opening session of the
mixed committee representing the In
ternational Chamber of Commerce
and the Carnegie Foundation to
Study International Commercial Re-
lations and International Finances.
The messages from the Unite
States officials expressed keen inter-
est in the work of the committee and
hopes that their efforts would meet
with success.
The two organizations recently de-
cided to collaborate in an attempt to
find the source of international eco
nomic difficulties and possible rem
edies.
Evening star., 1935-11-17
SUIT |SSET
AGAINST MITCHELL
CurtiSs-Wright Case on
Alexandria Court Docket
for December.
BY a star Correspondent of Tn. Star.

BY staf Correspondent of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, November Is.
The much-delayed suit Of the Cur
tiss-Wright Corp. against Brig. Gen.
William Mitchell, former head Of the
Army Air Corps, for 5000, 900 damages
for alleged libel, and two other dam
age suits, for $25, 200 each, are sched-
uled on the next docket of the United
States District Court here, which con-
venes December 2. A total Of 81
cases are on the docket.
In fourth suit, the Washington
Fuel Oil Engine Co. against the Ma
tional Bank Of Fairfax, the company
asks Judgment against the bank in the
sum of S1l,400 on the grounds that
the bank allegedly permitted George
B. Robey, Fairfax attorney, to indorse
and deposit to his personal account
l8 company checks in that amount,
without authority and consent of the
company.
Slander Charged.
Gen. Mitchell is charged with hav-
ing made slanderous remarks about
the Curtiss- Wright Corp. in a speech
entitled "Profteering in Prepared
ness" delivered on March 3, 1884, in
New York before public luncheon of
the Foreign Policy Association, Inc,
in briefs filed by attorneys for the
corporation. Briefs of defense attor-
neys state that the former Air Corps
heads remarks were not specific and
included the entire field of aviation
The suit of Mrs. Myrtle Burke Of
Arlington County against the Postal
Telegraph Co., Inc, asks $25, 900 dam
ages for injuries alleged to have been
received in an automobile accident in
June, 1884. Mrs. Burke claims to
have been injured when an automo-
ollie driven by her husband, William
E. Burke. in which she was a pas
senger, and an automobile Of the
telegraph company collided on Mill
tary road near the Washington Air
port.
War Risk Claims.
Four war risk insurance cases and
four smaller suits under the Hurt
act also are scheduled to be heard.
Another damage suit, that of Mrs.
Sophia M. Fair of Quebec, Canada,
for s25,0O0 damages, against Mrs.
Ethel c. Anderson, Mrs. Frances An
derson Nelson and the town of War
renton for injuries said to have been
sustained when she slipped on ice in
front Of property jointly owned by
the two women in Warrenton last
February. was added to the docket
this week.,
Evening star., 1935-11-17
BARBER CONTEST
OPENS FOOD Show
Mrs. Florence A. Hoover
Wins Because She Nicked
Husband the Least.

Five men with nicked faces walked
from the contest platform at the OPEN
ing of the District Grocery Stores
food show last night convinced bar
bering is no profession. for women.
They were the subjects in a contest
to determine the champion woman
barber. Even Eli L. Hoover of 7o2
Sligo avenue, Silver Spring, on whose
bewhiskered face the winner per-
formed, swore he would never do it
again.
BY applause of the audience, Hoo
ver's wife, Mrs. Florence A. Hoover,
who weighs close to 200 pounds, was
declared the winner.
Some 1.500 persons visited the exhi-
bition. held in the Calvert Exhibit
Hall, opposite the Shoreham Hotel,
despite the cold rain which fell
throughout the evening.
Five Couples Compete.
The barbering contest began at $50
pm. with five couples competing for
the cash prize. The women were
given their selection Of straight or
safety razors. and two of them selected
the straight kind.
Although time was not an element
Of the competition, cuts were many
and styptic pencils frequently were
used.
Mrs. Hoover was adjudged the win
ner because there were fewer hicks on
the face of her husband than any of
the other men. She had no previous
experience, she said. She is employed
as a bookkeeper in the Loans and
Currency Division of the Treasury
Department. Her husband explained
that she is good bookkeeper.
The major prize of the evening, a
vacuum cleaner, went to Mrs. w. r.
Stevens, 112 Allegheny avenue, Ia
koma Park, Md.
Due to the pressure of business
Jack Dempsey. former heavyweight
boxing champion. who was to have
made a personal appearance, was un-
able to be present.
20 Booths Open.
oOulc ~ ucCOldGCu UOOIIlS OH tIle
floor of the hall had on display a
wide display of food and household
articles. Instructive and interesting
discourses and demonstrations held
the attention of the visitors through
out the evening.
Food was distributed at 8 and
o'clock and larger gifts we're pre-
sented at the end of the contest.
The first matinee will be held to-
morrow, beginning at pm. Half an
hour later food will be given away.
and again at $3.50 pm. visitors will
be asked to help themselves
Baby contests will be held every
afternoon at o'clock. Cash prizes
will be given each winner, to be Sc
lected by applause of the crowd.
An automobile will be given away
at the close Of the contest Saturday
night.
Evening star., 1935-11-17
BUSINESS MEN WANT
HOUSING CLARIFIED

Asking prompt clarification of the
Governments housing program, IS
trade associations which participated
in the Building Materials Industry
Conference have united in sending a
letter to President Roosevelt emphasiz-
ing difficulties to business men as a
result of present confusion.
The excessive number and conflict
ing and competitive character of the
Government agencies having to do
with housing. the letter states. is oper-
ating in industry to dam up the flow
of funds and materials which are
needed to overcome the present hous-
ing shortage.
Evening star., 1935-11-17
DIOGENES' QUEST ENDS

Diogenes could have thrown away
his lantern if he had happened along
c street at John Marshall place yester-
day afternoon!
Lloyd Wicks, colored messenger for
Justice Daniel w. O'Donoghue of the
District Supreme Court, was in a park
ing lot when he found brief case
containing negotiable bonds valued at
$4,000. He took them to police head
quarters and Prof Francis C. Stetson
of the Georgetown University Law
School. who lost them Friday night
gave Wicks a $50 reward for returning
them.
Evening star., 1935-11-17
Amateur Hawkshaw Disappointed

ST. LOUIS R.-Emmanuel Bron-
stein. 20, thought he had captured
two burglars, but wound up charged
with disturbing the peace. He saw
two men in the hallway entrance
to his fiat and covered them with
shotgun until police arrived. 1t
turned out the men were about to
cal socially on another tenant.
Evening star., 1935-11-17
Requiem Mass for Alumnae.

The annual requiem high mass for
deceased alumnae will be celebrated
at 8 am. Friday at the chapel of
Georgetown Visitation Convent. Rev.
David Ross Druhan, S. j., will con-
duct the services. The Junior college
choir of the convent, under direction
q Hester Smithey. will sing.
Evening star., 1935-11-17
Bulgarian Minister Quits.

SOFIA, Bulgaria, November Is [P.
-Marko Riaskoff resigned today as
minister of finance on account of ILL
ness. The post will be filled tempo
rarily by Stoitcho Mochanoff, minis
ter of commerce.
Evening star., 1935-06-03

rendering its opinions. is bound by the
written terms of the Constitution.
Second that Congress alone. under
the Constitution as it now stands
possesses the legislative power of the
National Government.
Third that the States alone may
legislate touching on matters wholly
within the State"
Holds Doctrine Old.
Borah said that ''in rejecting the
doctrine that An emergency juStif1es
a disregard of the plain terms of the
Constitution. the Supreme Court an
nounced no new doctrine"
He described as 'riotous" the power
given the President under N. r. A. and
said the people had no knowledge of
5000 laws promulgated by the recov-
cry unit. He blamed Congress for the
growth OF this 'tyrannical practice"
that subjected the people to "a species
OF annoyance that is almost unbear-
able"
Borah said that unless the court had
made its decision. N. r. A. would have
been brought TO ruin sooner or later"
Evening star., 1935-06-03
NATIONS RELIEF
ROLLS DECREASE
Hopkins, However, An.
nounces Cost of Admins
trati0n Has Increased.

A decline Of 3.6 per cent in the
Nations relief burden during April
was reported today by Administrator
Harry L. Hopkins. The April total
was given as 4,260,423 families, as
compared to 4 4,419 500 in March.
Despite this drop, emergency relief
costs gained nearly per cent between
the two months. The April Hcst was
s1ss. .295. .2o4. against $lss.o4s,4Sl for
March.
In the District OF Columbia there
was a drop of per cent in the April
relief rolls. while the administrative
cost declined 39 per cent.
Decrease In New Mexico.
Leading the parade Of States In
percentage decreases was New Mexico.
where relief families dropped from
%, ,s82 in March to 22,916 in April-a
drop Of 20.7 per cent.
Mississippi. with 81 ,054 families on
relief in March and 1881 in April,
was second, with decrease Of Ill
per cent. Other States to show relief
declines greater than 10 per cent were
South Carolina, with 52,760 families
in March and 46.l87 in April, a de-
crease of 1874 per cent; Texas. with
22s,076 families in March and 203 .932
in April. drop Of IL per cent, and
Oklahoma. with 1856 900 in March and
l22,332 in April, a decrease Of l01
per cent.
States Showing Gains.
Ten States showed gains in fam
lilies on relief.
They were Alabama. s3 per cent;
Virginia, per cent: New Hampshire,
48 per cent: Maine. 81 per cent {:
Massachusetts. 33 per cent; Tennes-
see. % per cent: Kentucky, 2 per
cent; Louisiana, l.6 per cent: Idaho,
009 per cent, and North Carolina, O.6
per cent.
New York State. with the greatest
number Of families on relief. showed
a decrease Of from 483 6S5 in March
to 46l 200 in April, a drop Of as per
cent
Pennsylvania relief families de-
creased from 403.667 to 399, ,636, or
per cent in the month: Illinois from
321 .001 to 3l3,960. or ~ per cent. and
California's from 19s,33s to l91,1e9
or 3.6 per cent.
Evening star., 1935-06-03
LOSE TRACE OF SEDAN.
Police Seek Car In Area Where Kick :
man Was Caught.

.
man Was Caught.
BY the Associated Press
PENDLETON, Ore. June s.
Spreading net over the same ter
ritory where the climax OF another
great kidnap manhunt was reached
seven years ago, State and county
officers hoped today to find abductors
Of young George Weyerhaeuser. the
Tacoma lumber heir, who was re-
turned Saturday morning.
Two nights and a day OF search
and vigil brought no further trace
Of tan sedan which thundered over
the Wallulah cutoff late Saturday.
out6istancing Stale police cars which
were travelling as fast as 81 miles
an hour.
The intensity Of the drive TO trap
the kidnapers reminded OregCnians
of the tracking down of William Ed
ward Hickman, who kidnapped Marion
Parker in Los Angeles December IS.
1927. delivered her bloody torso to
her father two days later and then
fed into the Pacific Northwest. Hick-
man was caught Ave days later at
Echo 20 miles west of here. by
Chief of Police Tom GGrdane OF Pen
dletor and State Highway Patrol
man C. L. Buck" Lieuallen.
TAN SEDAN FOUND.
Evening star., 1935-06-03
SHR|NERS' PARADE
HOLIDAY. IS GIVEN
D.. c. Employees to See
Opening March of I'M
periaI ConCIave.

EMPLOYEES Of the District Of Colum-
bia Government will have a holiday
TUESDAY morning next week in order
to see the first great Shrine parade
of the Imperial Conclave and VIII not
report for work until after the parade
is over. probably some time in the
early afternoon.
This fact was reported TODAY by
Capt. Howard F. Clark Assistant En-
gineer Commissioner. in his capacity
as chairman Of the Government Ac-
tivities Committee for the Shrine
Convention.
In making his report to Robert P.
Smith. director general of the Shrine
Convention Committee, Capt. Clark
said that so far as he knows this is
the first and only Government activity
to date which has officially released
employees to witness the Shrine parade.
It was not known early today whether
the other Government Departments
are to release their workers. but there
were indications that the question is
under consideration.
Escort Professional
The Tuesday morning parade Is the
official escort professional that opens
the annual meeting here of the I'M
perial Council, Ancient Arabic Order
Of Mobiles of the Mystic Shrine.
II will be the only daylight parade
Of the big show the other two big
parades being scheduled for Wednes-
day night and Thursday night.
No official time was fixed for the
District employees to return to their
stations, but they will be expected to
report for duty as soon as possible
after the parade is over.
Capt. Clark also reported he had
been instrumental in obtaining the
official permit for the amplif1cation
system on the PENNSYLVANIA avenue
route of the parade. This amplitiCa-
ton system which now is being in
stalled will have a crew of 35 operat-
ing men and Is announcers, one an
nouncer for each of the 13 segmentS
into which the parade route is di-
Vided. G. r. Wilhelm. chairman of
the Subcommittee on Sound Amplifi-
cation, reported to Smith today that
rapid progress was being made in
the installation of this system, which
1tV ilJcl dClCIlEcu d. tIt lSSSb dllNi
most elaborate ever installed with
f1exibility in the various segments.
In addition to the l3 regional an
nouncers in as many segments of the
parade, the other three announcers
will be available at various places. in
Guiding the ampliflcation headquar-
ters at Fifteenth street and PennSyl-
vania avenue. and for portable broad
casting work
The Department Of Justice, II was
announced by Capt. Clark, is plan
ming to hold open house for the
Shriners in its new building and will
have guides to conduct visitors
through the building. The Shriners
have been invited by J. Edgar Hoover.
head of the Bureau of Investigation.
to visit the Governments famous
crime laboratory and museum.
Evening star., 1935-06-03

deserve protection and that the
haunting fear of poverty should be
driven from among u.s." he told the
seniors.
1T NAV be that there are some who
fearing competition in life. wish for
assurance from Government of rou-
tine job where they advance by poll
teal favor or seniority and get a
pension at the end
There are some who really need
that sheltered life and should have
it, But that sort of people did not
make Iowa or make America"
Asserting, Il am going to try and
give YOU a little encouragement and
to remark on something to look out
for" Hoover compared Iowa farm life
today with conditions during the first
10 years of his life spent on Cedar
County farm:
The farm was a place OF constant
new wonders, new manufacturing
processes were disclosed with every
changing season and small boy was
needed as part of the directing staff
in all of them he said.
The codes had not vet arrived and
his hours Of the day were designed to
give food. sleep, chores, school and
recreation.
IF there was depression or a
business cycle either present. or COM
ing or going. nobody told us, so that
nobody sat up nights with the radio
worrying about that"
Price changes in Chicago or Liver
pool markets affected only 20 per cent
Of the farm income. the speaker de
clared, land therefore social justice
was only imperiled small bit"
The index number of relative in
dustrial and farm prices and the
ratio of corn and hog prices did not
come over the radio every day to give
us anxieties about the whole 100 per
cent of our standard of living"
Hoover asserted
That economic system avoided
strikes. lockouts. industrial clashes,
class conflicts, labor boards, arbitra-
tion." he said.
Your special education and your
opportunities must bring you and the
State of Iowa something more than
increased economic efficiency" he
told the graduating students TT
should bring you the art of happy
living and the joy of cooperation
with your fellows outside your eco
nomic Job"
Evening star., 1935-06-03
WEST END CITIZENS
SIGN BROWN PETITION

After the West End Citizens Asso-
citation voted some time ago to table
resolution asking for the retention
OF Mai. Ernest w. Brown as superin-
tendent of police. Almon C. Barber.
an officer of the association. began the
circulation Of a petition in Mai
Browns behalf in the territory of the
association.
The petition was presented to busi-
ness men Of that area for the first
time Saturday. and Almon reported
today that more than 100 signatures
have been obtained.
Several other citizens associations
voted confidence in Maj. Brown after
the special House Crime Committee
had recommended his retirement.
Evening star., 1935-06-03
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Evening star., 1935-06-03
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