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Evening star., 1935-12-27
MAKER OF BOILERS
WILL SELL TO U. S,
Manufacturer Capitulates After
Opposing Federal Competition
in Quoddy Project.

By the Associated Press.
BOSTON, December PA Boston
manufacturer of boiler parts capitu-
lated today and agreed to sell his
products to the Government for the
Quoddy tidal power project in Maine,
after refusing since October because
Quoddy, he said, was "a ludicrous and
asinine idea"
The manufacturer, George StetSon,
who believed the project would be in
competition with private utility COM
panies, yielded to the plea of con-
tractor whose contract for Quoddy
work specified Stetson's products.
Stetson refused to accept any profit
on the sale, however, explaining in a
letter to the contractor he was giving
a 20 per cent discount, which would
wipe out the profit margin for his COM
pany.
st hated to give in," Stetson said,
"but what was I going to do?
I've done business for years with
this contractor and he couldn't get
the specifications changed. I'll tell
you why I don't want to sell regula-
tors to the Government I've
been making my living in the power
game selling equipment to the utility
companies . I'm not going to aid
in their destruction by selling some
thing to the Government which will
enable it to enter competition unfair
to these companies"
Evening star., 1935-12-27

the practice of universal suffrage, in
tegrated into q world society"
Subsequent investigation, he added,
showed this author was member Of
the Commission on Social Studies,
which was engaged in preparing con-
clusions and recommendations for
teaching social studies. This group, he
continued, had a Special Advisory
Committee on Objectives, including as
q member the author of two of the
text books in use here to which the fed
Grafton had objected.
The latter author, he said, also is the
social studies editor of study maya
zine used in high schools in various
parts of the country, including those
In the District.
This study magazine, he concluded,
carries an apparently never-ending
series of articles and editorials favor
able to the Soviet government, and
other articles discountenancing pa
triotism on the part of students. In
one issue of this magazine patriotism
is derided as a tricky lie May !
suggest that an alert, enlightened and
fearless citizenship is more needed to-
day than ever before since the founda-
ton Of our great republic"
Evening star., 1935-12-27
MESSAGE KEEPING
PRESIDENT BUSY
Certain Bad Practices in
Commodity Exchanges
Given Attention.

President Roosevelt expects to be so
busily engaged completing the 1867
budget and writing his annual message
to Congress between now and the first
of the year that he will have time for
little else.
This was the impression he gave
correspondents at his press conference
today, when he indicated he had little
news to discuss and doubted that he
would have any until the messages are
completed.
He did make known at the con-
ference that he is giving his attention
to what he terms certain bad practices
on the commodity exchanges, but de-
clined to commit himself on the
possibility of legislation affecting the
commodity markets.
Confers With Chicagoan.
The Chief Executive said he con-
ferred last week with Robert Boylan
of the Chicago Board of Trade. He
described the conference as in the ma
ture of sitting around the table and
trying to iron out problems.
The President has not yet decided
whether he will go to the Capitol per-
sonally to read his message or send
the documents by White House mes
senger.
At the Capitol, however, Speaker
Byrns picked Friday for delivery of
the message and predicted the Presi-
dent would deliver it in person. But
he said final arrangements awaited
arrival of Senator Robinson, the Demo-
cratic leader.
Should the annual message reach
the Capitol Friday. Byrns said the
budget message probably would be re-
ceived Monday.
The Speaker was willing to wager
the Presidents message would no
touch the controversial bonus issue.
Byrns said he had it from higl
authority that there would be "nt
necessity for more general tax legis
lation." and that he personally ex
pected there would be no type of ia,
measure tossed into the congressional
mill in the coming session
Senator Harrison, Democrat, o
Mississippi. chairman of the Senat
Finance Committee, made a simila
statement yesterday.
Works in Private Study.
President Roosevelt remained at hi
desk in the executive office only fol
an hour in the forenoon, preferring Il
go to his private study on the seconC
floor of the White House to resume hi
message writing. The President ha
found it difficult to concentrate in hi
Office, at least for any length of time
because of frequent interruptions.
1t was noticeable. too, that tn,
President had slight cold, an all
ment to which he is very susceptible
He arranged to have luncheon con
ference with Aubrey williams, heat
of the National Youth Administration
and to have his weekly cabinet meet
ing in his study this afternoon, rathe
than in the cabinet conference room
Evening star., 1935-12-27
Sc DEFICIT IS SET
At S1,7S5,ODO,O()D
Receipts Far Behind Expen.
ditures for First Half
of Fiscal Year.
By the Associated Press.

6y the ASSoCldLed freSS.
The Treasury announced a deficit OF
s1,7S5, 900, 900 today as 1t approached
the midpoint Of the 1886 fiscal year,
with receipts tagging far behind in.
creasing governmental expenditures.
For every dollar collected in taxes
and other revenues since the financial
year began July /, S195 had heen
spent. OF the latter, $l.1O ~>nt for
the regular general expenditures of de.
partments and bureaus and s5 cents
was for relief and other emergency
purposes. These factors, coupled with
prospective expenditures, caused an
increase in the gross Federal public
debt of 81 ,843 100000. The debt rose
from s28, Zoo, ,000,0 900 last July 1, to
$50, ,543 000, 900 December %, the last
date reported by the Treasury.
For the same period. all categories
of receipts, except processing taxes,
showed increases over year ago. To-
tai receipts were $1,865, 100000 COM
pared with Sl811 100000 in the same
period Of the 1885 fiscal year. which
was the last half Of the 1884 calendar
year.
Income Tax Gains.
Among the major categories, income
tax collections were S551 900 900,
compared with S4l6 900 900 last year;
miscellaneous internal revenues, S949..
00O, 900 this year. and 1927 ,OOO, 900 last,
and customs receipts Sl84 1000, 900,
against sl62,000 900 last year.
Processing taxes on farm products,
by which the agricultural benefit pay
ments are financed, dropped from
s264,000, 600 to $65,00O,O00 Large
sums have been impounded by the
courts this year. pending determina-
ton Of the constitutionality of the tax.
General expenditures were listed at
$2,052 100000 so far this year and ST.
5000, 900 last year, while outlays for
recovery and relief aggregated 81 ,5e9,-
100000 for the period and sl,791 ,oo0,.
900 year ago.
Against the public debt total the
Treasury had balance of So ,29l ,0O0.-
900 in cash on hand, which included
sl43, ,000, 900 of its gold profits result
ing from the revaluation Of the dollar
and $252 100000 from seignorage
charges on the coinage of newly mined
silver.
The working balance totaled ST..
895, 100000, much larger than usual
because week ago some 5000, ,oO0,O 900
was borrowed to meet the Wintertime
costs of the relief and recovery pro-
grams. Since the fiscal year began
the general fund balance had in.
creased $3.50. 100000.
Financing Active.
An active six months of Federal
financing found a total of Sl0.42l,-
000,0 900 flowing into or out of the
Treasury as the result of the issuance
and redemption of Government Sc
curities and the borrowing of new
money.
Securities to the extent of $685.
000, 900 were issued. Retirem-nts ag.
gregated S4.289, 100000, which was
81 ,843, 100000 less than the issuances.
That difference measures also the in
crease in the public debt for the
period involved.
in the same period Of 1894 S5,651.-
0O0, ,0G0 IN new securities were issued
and s4,22l 900 900 retired, with an ex-
cess of s1,43l .0oO, 900 in iSsuances ana
a corresponding Jump in the public
debt.
Evening star., 1935-12-27

defense nitrate project. which was at
least an argument for T. v. A.
But T. v. A. is the only one Of the
various projects started on that ground.
Feminine Tact.
A feminine Federal official who re-
Gently visited Kansas will not be sent
out there again next year as CAM
paign speaker. 1t was not SO much
what she said in her speech, but her
"of the record" remarks that Stayed.
or at least bruised, the local newspaper
editors.
A girl student of journalism, inter-
viewing the F. F. O., asked about her
daughter, and quoted her as replying:
my daughter is none of your business.
Because am before the public is no
reason she should be-"
A teachers college dean gaze
luncheon and asked wtlat the
F. F. o. thought about home
economics. The published reply
uds: "A girls mother should be
able to teach her the difference be
t,Oeen handmade and machine
made lace Without a tour-year
course in college" Which wds
hardly Dhat the host expected.
But the bonniest mot of all was when
the F. F. o. turned to a group OF
Kansas ladies and asked:
Who is your governor"
Amplified Error.
1t probably Is not true. but good
story anyway-the one about the
eminent public speaker who improved
his style in an effective way.
He really did not know why he failed
to drive his points home before an
audience. A friend decided to show
him. 1t was arranged for the speaker
to deliver a speech exactly as he
wanted to, in his own style, but prl-
vately into recording device. Then
the record was run off on an amplifier,
which let the speaker know how bad
it sounded. Not only that, but his
friendly tutor was thus enabled to
point out in detail each error as 1t
developed.
The idea will be broadcast in hopes
that some of the current crop Of radio
barkers will follow suit, although it
would be cruel punishment for some
of them to have to listen to their own
speeches.
Evening star., 1935-12-27
PHILIPPINE TIME
CUT FOUR HOURS
Clipper Completes S,000-Mile
Flight From Manila in 5s
Hours SO Minutes.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ALAMEDA, Calf, December a.
More than four hours were Topped Of
the flying time between the Philip
pines and the United States by the
Philippine Clipper which arrived yes
terday with the second load of ocean
airmail.
Ending a 2,400-mile flight from
Honolulu in II hours 81 minutes, the
big flying boat completed the 5000
miles from Manila in So hours 50 min.
utes. The 16,00-mile round-trip re.
quired lib hours 56 minutes.
The China Clipper, which completed
the inaugural ocean airmail trip De-
cember 6, few from Manila in 63
hours % minutes and made the round.
trip in 123 hours is minutes.
Tail winds sped the Philippine Cli-
per eastward at an average speed Of
135 miles an hour.
Evening star., 1935-12-27

foreigner who up until now has not
figured in the plot at all.
But today, in skimming through, I
came across a root-word which 1t
seems has produced certain sig
nificant offspring, as follows: Taxare
meaning to touch sharply; Taxi
cab-use of this runs into money:
taxidermy-the art Of skinning and
cleaning; taximeter-a device for
adding up sums rapidly and produc-
ing large totals; taxis-reduction by
manipulation; taxodium-a plant
which is so often stripped as to be
naked most Of the time.
You've guessed it. The parent
word Is tax. So don't ever come
around again telling me our legis-
lators aren't up on some Of the more
subtle stuff In that book.
(Copyrirht. 1885. by the North AmertcaA
Newspaper Alliance. Ine0
Evening star., 1935-12-27
What's What
Behind News
In Capital
u. S. Counsel Admits
T. A. Yardstick Is
Unconstitutional.
BY PAUL MALLON.

vt WAS not apparent on the surface
of the recent T. v. A. arguments
before the Supreme Court, but the
Il New Deal power program was
jockeyed further back into an embar-
RAISING technical position.
To an outsider 1t may be amazing,
but Government counsel had to con-
cede that all the Federal "yardstick"
power projects are unconstitutional. as
such. Both Solicitor Reed and Special
Counsel O'Brian admitted the projects
must be for the purposes of navigation,
national defense or flood control, else
they are illegal. The development OF
power can be only incidental.
This puts the shoe on the oppo-
site foot. MesSrs. Roosevelt, Norris
and Congress haze been bearing
domn on the other one publicly.
Their statements haze placed great
est lCetght on the po,0er angle, with
incidental pressure, if any, upon
navigation, national defense and
flood control.
This misfit of the right foot In the
left shoe, and vice versa, may not
cause much legal toe torture as far as
the r. v. A. is concerned. but the New
Deal lawyers are wondering what they
will say when some of the other Fed
eral power projects come before the
court.
In the T. v. A. case, the Government
was able to show that Muscle Shoals
was built during the war as national
Evening star., 1935-12-27

Out in Kansas, a new recipe has
developed for Landon cocktail. In
gradients: 2 parts Coolidge, / part
Hoover, / part F. D. Roosevelt / part
Borah, parts Landon.
Instructions: Add a dash Of soil.
Shake we'll. Strain out the taxes.
1t sounds as if Gov. Landon must
have employed publicity man after
all.
Cleaning up T. v. A.
Another unnoticed bit of news hid
den in the T. v. A. arguments is that
r. v. A. Counselor O'Brian is Clean
ing up" within that organization. He
told the court that the electric home
and farm authority had been trans
ferred out of the T. v. A. That is,
the bureau formed to finance sale of
appliances to farmers in the T. v. A.
area. O'Brian clearly indicated that
the movement was Of doubtful con-
stitutionality and that he did not ap-
prove of 1t.
Incidentally, also, the unrelated
brothers Morgan OF the T. v. A.
also haze curtdiled to some ertent
their T. v. A. experiments, includ-
ing chicken raising.
The younger Roosevelts gave mo
dance at the White House this year.
The reason for abandoning this fam
ciest of the home me-from-college delights
apparently was that 1t was getting to
be too fancy. That is, collegians
started pulling political wires last 4th
of July to get Invitations, etc.
Also, once in bygone days q couple
Of bottles of beer were served, where
upon a prohibition politician began
making speeches about beer kegs roll
ing around the East Room.
(Copyright. 1880
Evening star., 1935-12-27
HOUSING SUIT FILED

OKLAHOMA CITY, December 81
GA suit challenging constitution
ality Of the Federal low-cost housing
program was fled In District Court
yesterday by Harold Bradburn, real
estate dealer, in an effort to halt con-
struction Of q housing unit here.
Defendants named included Secre-
tary Ickes, Harry Hopkins, Federal
Relief administrator, and A. r. Clas,
Federal Housing administrator.
Bradburn alleged the Government
paid $1O9,746 for land valued at s29,-
2e5, and asserted the Oklahoma City
project will result In o "glorifed
slln."
Evening star., 1935-12-27
OIL FIRE PERILS
OKLAHOMA CITY
Blaze in Well Near Governors
Mansion Is Quickly
Extinguished.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Oklahoma CITY, December q.
An oil well fire and drilling acci-
dent furcefully reminded Oklahoma
City today of the dangers of the oil
field which has reached to within a
block of the Governors Mansion in
the exclusive Lincoln Terrace resi-
dentia- district.
Fire in a separator at the No. !
Piersol we'll quickly was extinguished.
A driller's arm was broken when a
crown block crashed through q
derrick.
Orval Mosier, city manager, ordered
field inspectors into the area, de-
claring:
1--WE have pleaded with the oil
companies in that sector to protect
city property with the erection Of
dam to impound oil field refuse.
One good rain will ruin Northeast
Lake, which is city property. The
city will fight to protect its park
property If it's necessary to tie up
all the oil production in the country"
Evening star., 1935-12-27
DISTILLERY DENIED
F. A. A. INJUNCTION
Court Holds Act of Congress Is
Entitled to Presumption
of Validity.
BY the Associated Press.

6y the Associated freSS.
PEORIA, ILL.,, December 27-Federal
Judge Charles S. Briggle yesterday
denied an injunction to Fort Clark
Distilleries, Peoria, which sought to
restrain enforcement of certain pro-
visions of the Federal alcohol admins
tration act. .
Although not passing directly on the
constitutionality of the act, the court
stated:
"An act of Congress is entitled to
the presumption of validity and should
not be declared unconstitutional unless
the court is compelled to do so for the
most convincing reasons"
Judge Briggle held the distilleries
were not affected by some sections Of
the act and had no, right in inviting
the judgment OF the court.
Counsel for the corporation had at
tackled the act on the ground 1t vio-
lated States rights over intrastate
business and deprived the concern Of
due process Of law.
The alcohol administration closed
the distilleries last month on the
ground no basis permit was held by
the corporation at the time the old
code was outlawed by the United
States Supreme Court.
Evening star., 1935-12-27
FRENCH ACTOR DIES

NEW YORK, December 27 Dr.
Edouard La Roche, 56, an actor who
appeared in several Broadway hits,
was found dead in his room late yes
terday. Death was the result OF
natural causes.
La Roche appeared in ''The Roof,
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" Il Loved
You Wednesday" "The Foreign
Legion" Cafe" and "Legionnaire.
He was decorated twice by the
French government for bravery dur
ing q seven-year enlistment In the
French Foreign Legion.
Evening star., 1935-12-27
CUTTEN RALLIES

CHICAGO, December 81 (R).-Arthur
W. Cutten. wealthy grain speculator
under treatment for o heart ailment,
was reported feeling much better"
today by his physician, DR.. Arthur F.
Byield.
Returned to his Gold Coast apart
ment three days ago after a month
in a hospital, Cutten suffered a slight
relapse yesterday and oxygen was ad-
ministered.
Evening star., 1935-12-27
ADVANCE ON NANKING' HALTED.
Troops Threaten Chinese Students
Who Communicated Train.

VINO AOkukUAu0CCtC0 AIdAus
SHANGHAI, December 27 (P.-Two
thousand Chinese students halted their
advance on Nanking" in COM
mandeered train when they were 10
miles from their goal today.
Threatened by the government with
stern measures, they gave up their at
tempt to reach the capital which was
planned as a protest against Japanese
aggression" and the movement for
North China autonomy.
Many started for Shanghai in bitter
weather which sent scores back TO
their homes suffering from exposure.
Their decision ended a five-day rail-
way tie-up, which the government had
attempted to terminate by sending 500
soldiers to block the commandeered
train.
Railway communications through
out Honan Province had been dis
rupted when another student body
rushed railroad stations in Kaifeng,
demanding free transportation TO Nam
king.
Evening star., 1935-12-27
Recipe for 1885 Prosperity.

MEMPHIS. Tenn. tP).-Hog jowl
and black-eyed peas-that's what Mrs.
Page M. Baker says you need for good
luck In 1885.
"I'd be afraid to start the new year
without it," she said. And don't for
get to leave q few peas on the plate
II you'd like q lot of money during the
year"
Evening star., 1935-12-27
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TOXIC, December PA Govern
ment spokesman said today japanese
consular reports reaching the foreign
Office charged that missionary schools
under American and British influence
were taking a leading part in the
present Chinese student agitation
against Japan.
This was a noteworthy feature of
the current wave Of anti-Japanism in
China, the spokesman asserted, be-
cause mission schools had remained
passive in previous student agitation.
The spokesman declined to name the
schools allegedly involved, but Jap
anese press dispatches from China
charged that an unidentified Ameris
can official Of Yenching University,
Peiping, was a prominent instigator.
The spokesman also declined to
discuss any possible Japanese gov
eminent action over the charges.
ADVANCE ON NANKING' HALTED.
Evening star., 1935-12-27
TENANT FARMERS SLAIN
Two Carolinians Reported Killed
in Duel of Unknown Origin.

SPARTANBURG, s. c., December
~ P.-Two tenant farmers were
shot to death Is miles north Of here
yesterday in what Sheriff Sam M.
Henry described as duel, the cause
Of which was obscure.
Robert Eugene Masters and Fred
Berry, residents Of the Gramlin sec
ton, were the victims The shooting
took place at Masters home.
Sheriff Henry said he was informed
Berry broke down a door in the Mas
ters' home and began firing with a
pistol, which brought answering fire
from shotgun in Masters hands.
Evening star., 1935-12-27

reading AS Bill
Nye pointed out,
the style is
jumpy and the
narrative not
well sustained.
I've always a fig
ured W m e n
didn't care for it
because you can't
turn to the last
chapter and see
how the love
story comes out.
Instead, you run
into a character
called Zythum,
- 4
Evening star., 1935-12-27
TOXIC BLAMES j. S.
MISSIONS IN RIOTS.
British Influence Also
Charged in Chinese Student
Agitation Against Japan.
B1CKCROUND-

BACkGROUND-
Successful seueral years ago in
sponsoring independence" OF Man
churia and Jehol and establishing
autonomous state OF Manchukuo,
Japan initiated netU program Of att
tonomy last month by backing
similar plans for fpe North China
provinces.
Later, concentrating movement
In Hopeh and Chahar, agreement"
tpas reached tOith central Chinese
government granting DirtuaI "iude-
pendence" to area most desired By
Japanese.
Sudden outbreak OF student DEM
onstrations in Shanghai and other
centers blocked immediate and
peaceful elimination OF japanese
program.
Evening star., 1935-12-27
Storm in Spain Kills IA.

MADRID, December ~ CP.-Four-
teen persons we're dead today In
Northern and Central Spain as the
result Of violent wind and rain
storm. Property damages ware high.
Evening star., 1935-12-27
RADIO PHONE RECORD

o6U CaIIs Are Made over Christ
mas Day.
NEW YORK, December 27 (P.-
The American Telephone & Telegraph
Co. reported last night that It's radio
telephone service did a record over
seas and round-the-world business on
Christmas day with $50 conversations
between the United States and vari-
Gus points on the globe.
The previous high for radio tele-
phone overseas service was in 1888,
when 284 calls went through. The
day before Christmas likewise set
record this year with lab calls.
Evening star., 1935-12-27
Three Lost When Boat Sinks.

CADIZ. Spain, December a R.-
The 323-ton fishing boat Santa
cristixna, out Of Barcelona, sank In
a Mediterranean gale yesterday. Three
OF the creW of IL ware lost.
Evening star., 1935-12-27
Irwin s. Cobb
Says:
Dictionary Is Heavy
Reading. Take Tax,
For Example.

HOLLYWOOD. Calf, December
27.-Had a profitable hour with the
unabridged dictionary. Many people
don't favor the dictionary for light
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-24
IMPERIAL VALLEY DAY SCORES
DECIDED HIT AT EXPOSITION
Near Record Crowd Drawn Through Gates By De-
sire To See Exceptionally Fine Program Pre-.
sented By Valley Talent

1t started here in the valley early
Saturday morning of course, but
the real start of Imperial Valleys
big day at the California-Pacific
International exposition came
shortly after o'clock yesterday af-
ternoon when the Holtville girls
drill team, headed by Harry Wood
bury, and led by the FIT. Yuma In
dian band started from the east
gate of the exposition for the pa
rade to the organ pavilion to take
part in the valleys program.
The Indians, in flaming red
shirts, dark trousers and tribal
headgear, swung into a snappy
march and the parade was on. Pre-
ceding them was a police escort
and Immediately behind them came
the national colors, carried and es-
corted by members of the drill
team. Then came the main body
of the drill team-28 attractive
looking youngsters, with gold-plated
helmets, blue military capes with
yellow Innings, yellow skirts, white
shoes and stockings, marching
along like a section of that old
picked regiment from the A. E. F.