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Evening star., 1935-12-24
Santa to Receive Keys to City
At Welcome Ceremony Tonight
C. Commissioner Hazen Viii Officiate
at Official Greeting Arranged by
The Star, Warner Bros. and N. B. C..

hung at Children's, Santa will visit
one Of the neighboring houses-four
people who would not have anything
this year were 1t not for the good
folks Of Washington. In this humble
home, he will distribute gifts. This
joyous work will be broadcast over
station WRC. SO that contributors to
The Star toy fund may capture some
Of the reflected glory Of their own
giving. It will give them an idea,
also, of the happiness they have
spread this Christmas eve.
VIII Gallop All Over Town.
Santa Claus will, naturally, be gal
Looping all over the town-as fast as
his reindeer can carry him-but the
National Broadcasting Co., through
Kenneth Berkeley, program manager,
has made ample arrangements to
catch up with the visitor at many
points. Microphones already are sta
toned at Eighteenth street and Co
lumbia road, at Fourteenth street and
Park road, at Fourteenth and F
streets and at other points-so that
the sleigh bells may be heard over the
radio. .
There also will be broadcast from
the community tree in front OF the
White House, where carolers are to
sing for Santa.
Hazen to Give Welcome.
According to last-minute arrange
ments made today, Santa Claus will
visit his old friend, Commissioner
Hazen, to receive the welcome of
Washingtonians officially. Then the
keys of the city will be turned over
to the visitor. Though he has been
coming here for years, this is the first
time Santa will have been given such
an honor.
Toy Heaven will close its doors just
about the time Santa arrives. From
933 G street the final flash will go
over the radio at the departure of the
last truckload of toys to be distributed
to underprivileged boys and girls.
All who have had anything to do
with The Stars toy campaign will
meet tonight In the studios Of Sta
ton wRC. in the National Press
Building. and join in the festivities.
Carols viii be sung By famous sinssrs.
Evening star., 1935-12-24
ROOSEVELT |SSEEN.
YIELDING ON BONUS
Byrns "Has Hopes" Bill Ac-
ceptabIe to President
Will Develop.
BY the Associated Press.


Speaker Byrns said today he saw q
possibility" that q compromise bonus
bill might be worked out which would
be acceptable to the administration. "
He would not go so far as to say
there was probability" however.
IT really have hopes" he told re-
porters, land possibly 1t can be done
If some of those advocating some Of
these bills are in compromising
spirit. But If every man holds out
for his bill don't know" ,..
Byrns repeated hope that the
bonus would be disposed Of early to
smooth the path for other legislation
and adjournment in May.
Expects Routine Matters"
So far as he knows, he said, the
Presidents promise Of a breathing
spell' stills holds and no major leg
islation not already in sight will be
suggested.
"Of course" Byrns said. "we never
know what might be placed in our
laps. But I shall be very much dis
appointed If there is anything else
besides routine matters"
The Speaker. who had lunch with
President Roosevelt last Saturday,
said he did not know whether the
President would veto any type Of bo-
nus bill that might pass Congress.
Il think from the attitude of the
President he would be inclined to wait
onl san vuhat Hnparnas doa. u,ha :
kind of bill it puts on his desk"
That some effort Is being made by
leading Democrats TO develop a bill
that would be acceptable to the ad-
ministration Byrns readily conceded
Meanwhile, Representative Bank
head of Alabama returned to the Cap
itol to take over his job as House
Democratic leader, and made two
forecasts to newsmen:
/. The House will vote the cash
bonus even over q veto.
2. The Townsend old-age pension
plan probably will not come to a
vote in the session beginning Janu-
ary 3.
The Alabaman said he anticipated
the bonus would be brought up in
the same manner it was last session
That would mean vote January
l3 on the Patman bill to pay the
bonus in new currency.
Session to Be Snappy.
Asked whether the session would be
Short and snappy." Bankhead re-
Piled
ITS going to be snappy. I don't
know about short. It's a presidential
year and our friend, the enemy, Is
going to be on the alert to try To
make inroads. Our side is going to
be just as aggressive
Il expect every Democrat to be
prepared to answer Republicans as
saults I think we have the brains
and the facts"
will you be leading the defense?"
reporter asked.
NO" the leader roared. "1'll be
leading the assault. We haven't any
thing to defend"
Evening star., 1935-12-24
SHIP TIE-UP CONTINUES
AS PEACE EFFORTS FAIL
% Pacific Coast Freighters Are
Kept in Port Another 4S
Hours in Strike.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, December "a
Postponement of peace efforts until
after Christmas assured tie-up of 90
Pacific coast freighters at least an
other 48 hours today.
Hearings of two Labor Relations
Boards were adjourned until Decen-
ber 26.
Nineteen coastwise steam schooners
lost their crews last week in disputes
over length of the work day and over
time pay. The Eureka, in San Pedro,
and Horace X. Baxter, in Alameda,
were idle because operators refused
to grant winch drivers demands for a
pay increase.
In San Francisco the Maui and Dia-
mond Head remained wharfbound on
seamen'S refusal to perform tasks they
insist should be donesby ship scalers.
Evening star., 1935-12-24

Melvin c. Hazen, president OF the
Board of Commissioners, will present
the keys of the city to Santa Claus
tonight in an official welcome staged
by The Star, the Warner Bros the
aters and the National Broadcasting
Co. This ceremony, part of an ex-
tensive broadcast over Station WRC
from 7:30 to 8 o'clock tonight. marks
the close of The Star toy campaign.
This first and only four-ply welcome
ever extended to Santa Claus in the
Capital comes as an appreciation from
Washingtonians, through their city
government, The Star, the II Warner
Bros theaters and the two National
Broadcasting Co, stations here, WRC
and WMAL.
Elaborate Ceremony Planned.
An elaborate welcome ceremony has
been arranged for Santa. 1t will start
the moment he enters the city-just
as the shades of night have fallen
over the cribs of little children. The
old gentleman is scheduled to arrive
In Washington promptly at 1880. AS
yet, no one knows his exact point of
entry-whether it will be Union Sta
ton, the Washington Airport, river
landing or over one Of the automobile
routes.
With snow on the ground-the first
white Christmas" in years-the prob
ability is that Santa Claus and his
reindeer will come in through the
northern gate.
Wherever he is at 7:30 the broad
casters will hook him up. All day
long expert engineers, under the di-
rection of Albert E. johnson, were
busy placing microphones at various
points around town.
VIII Go to Hospital.
One of the first ports of call for
Santa will be Children's Hospital
There Miss Matte Gibson, superin-
tendent, has everything in readiness
for q grand welcome. Some sick-a-bed
children are going to be permitted TO
remain awake just long enough to
hear part Of the broadcast from their
own wards. They will see the light
ing of a Christmas tree-and the
placing Of the toys.
After all the stockings have besn
Evening star., 1935-12-24

not because 1t was a brilliant defense
of the administration, not because 1t
refuted the arguments of the Presi-
dents critics.
"It was notable because it was ap-
parently designed to create class pref
udices, to arouse class hatreds, to fan
the flame of class antagonisms. In
so far as I am aware, no other Presi-
dent of the United States ever re-
sorted to such methods in the attempt
to further his political fortunes"
Quotes Chicago Remarks.
Shouse said that 10 days later, the
President, speaking before the Ameri-
can Farm Bureau Federation at Chi
cago, asserted "he and his associates
are the only people who are working
toward the destruction OF class an
.agonism and malice and, by infer
ence at least, that those who oppose
the socialistic policies, the impossible
experiments, the gigantic waste, the
huge bureaucracy of his administra-
ton are guilty Of arraying class
against class"
The Liberty League President also
said Mr.. Roosevelt timed his Chicago
speech so as to coincide with the
opening of arguments in the Supreme
Court on the constitutionality Of the
agricultural adjustment act and put
behind this measure all of the power
of the presidential Office"
Hitting the Jackson day dinner
here. at which Mr.. Roosevelt will
speak, and the price will be $50 a
plate. Shouse charged many holders
OF high Office. including Republicans,
had been invited by registered mail so
receipt of the invitations becomes a
matter of record"
Cites Ban on Solicitations.
Shouse cited a section of the law
making it unlawful for any Govern
ment employe to solicit funds from
other Federal employees for political
purposes, and asked:
did Postmaster General Farley
have anything to do with the sending
out of these campaign fund invita-
tions, which were sent out by the
committee Democratic National Com
mittee) of which he is chairman? II
he did, what about the law? If he did
not, what is he going to do about this
brazen attempt of his committee to
hold up Government employeS?"
Saying the A. A. A. embodies the
very basis" of the New Deal philos-
ophy, Shouse asserted that, under
the guise of benefits to the farmers,
the effort is being made to regiment
and to regulate the whole life Of the
American people He also questioned
the fairness of the recent corn-hog
referendum.
Fortunately" he concluded, each
day, more and more, all of us, of what
ever class and wherever situated, are
realizing that the Constitution is our
safeguard and our defense against op-
preston"
Evening star., 1935-12-24
ILLINOIS NEWSPAPER
EXECUTIVE SUCCUMBS
Streptococci Infection Is Fatal
for Managing Editor of Ster-
ling Daily Gazette.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
STERLING, Ill, December "a
George Grandon, 81, managing editor
of the Sterling Daily Gazette and vice
president of the Sterling Gazette Co.,
died at hospital today of a strepto-
cocci infection.
He was the son of D. w. Grandon,
veteran Illinois newspaper man and
publisher Of the Sterling Daily Gazette,
the La Sale, Ill, Post Tribune and the
Carroll County Free-Press of Milledge-
vile, Ill. The younger Grandon was a
director of the latter two papers.
He is survived by his widow, daugh-
ter. virginia. IS; his parents. a brother,
Preston F. Grandon. publisher Of the
La Sale Post Tribune, and four sisters,
Mrs. C. w. westerman, Milwaukee;
Mrs. w. r. Roberts, Flint. Mich. and
Mrs. L. B. Wilcox and Mrs. j. Brad
ley Bull of Sterling.
Funeral arrangements have not yet
been made,
Evening star., 1935-12-24

Mrs. Lewis and three Of her children
had to sleep, clothed, in one bed. But
that was before Mrs. Schall came with
the blankets and money for the win
dow pane.
Noela is "on leave" from the hos
pital where she must remain three
years. 1t wouldn't have been very
exciting to spend Christmas at home
if Washington hadn't opened its heart
to this family. But Noela is so ex-
cited with the hundreds of toys and
dresses which have been brought to
her and her brothers and sisters that
she's suffering from what her con-
temporaries describe as cats got her
tongue" Her eyes get wider in pro-
portion to the number of boxes and
bundles received.
Johnny is more articulate. It's
ooh, boy!" this and "Oh, boy!" that
for each visitor tramping up to the
door with a supply of toys. Johnny's
father-he died two months ACCUSED
to call him "Pancho," Pancho Villa.
He has dark skin and black eyes
and hair, like the notorious Mexican.
1t made Johnny mad, but he wishes
his father could see him now. with
three toy pistols slung around his
waist. and cowboy pants. Villa was
never so heavily armed.
Embassies Respond.
Not myrrh and frankincense, but
money, milk, food, clothing. the
Lewises' visitors brought. At the
Cuban Embassy they read that Mrs.
Lewis was a native of Cuba. A limou-
sine went out with a fat bundle.
There were gifts from other embas-
sizes. too. Mrs. Lewis was quite daZ-
zled by all the sleek limousines with
diplomatic" license plates. Two
Washington policemen came one night
with a basket of food. A man with
a broken leg sent clothes and toys.
Arrangements have been made to sup
ply milk for the rest of the winter.
Good Samaritans, Inc, offered to
house the entire family.
Twenty young women in the Vet
erans' Administration Personnel Divi-
sion have given a crib and COM
plete layette for the baby Mrs. Lewis
is to have next month. They have
given toys for all the children and
clothes for all-sweaters. wind jacket
for John. a coat and dress for Mrs.
Lewis. shoes for the little girls, a
complete Christmas dinner with all
the trimmings, including chicken
Is there Santa Claus? Ask Esther
Lewis and her children.
Evening star., 1935-12-24
DR.. PETER ]. DUNCAN,
DRUGGIST, EXPIRES
Proprietor of Local Store Had
Been in Business Here More
Than 20 Years.

DR.. Peter j. Duncan, SO. druggist
and proprietor of drug store at First
and K streets, died today after a
short illness.
DR.. Duncan had been in the drug
business here for more than 20 years
and resident Of Washington for more
than 40 years. He received a degree
In pharmacy from George Washing
ton University.
Funeral services will be held Thurs
day at 10 am. at st. Aloysius Catholic
Church after a brief service at the
home. of his daughter, Mrs. Paul A.
Sullivan, $3.50 Tennyson street. Burial
will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery.
DR.. Duncan is survived by two
daughters, Mrs. Sullivan and Miss
Edith Duncan, and a sister, Mrs. H.
G. Welton.
Evening star., 1935-12-24

Senators are drafting new resolu-
ton which is a combination Of Senate
joint resolutions Nos. SO, 100 and 120.
This is not satisfactory to Mr.. Roose-
welt. They are trying to get together.
The chances are they will not. and a
fight will develop. The conflict, how
ever, is solely matter of technicalities.
Stronger neutrality legislation is
assured.
Townsend Plan to Fail.
The Townsend plan will not pass
1t will, however. be extensively de-
bated and investigated This will ad-
vertise its economic futility and prob
ably offset the sledge- hammer politi-
cal campaign which has bumped many
members of Congress lately. A tricky
way may be found to let members of
the House vote for the McGroarty bill
with the understanding that it will
not go through the Senate. Mr.. Roose-
welt would veto it, but Democratic
leaders will not let it get that far.
The $500, 900, 900 public Uorks
program 1UiH be passed, after mem
bers OF Congress add te,r more pet
projects. Any reasonable request for
relief money mill be adopted. but
only after an entertaining Repub-
licdn Investigation into relief op-
erations. The Canadian treaty trill
be subjected to much fuss, but no
af
Siluer purchase act is real prob
ability. although it can be accom-
pltShed only oUer the PROSTATE
forms of couple OF siluer Send
tors. iDho are nearly PROSTATE nolU.
Permanent establishment OF the
C. C. C. 1Uill undoubtedly be voted
oUer Republican protests.
A few amendments to the securities
and exchange act will be recommended
and probably enacted to correct tech
nical defects developed from expert
ences with the present law. The rail-
road financing investigation will fur.
nish headlines and some recommen-
dations for legislation which will not
OC SCI4OuSIy NOLloldCICO OCIOIc 1SO J..
A committee to investigate presidential
expenditures will be author
lied and appointed. The Black 30
hour week bill will be a major subject
of discussion, but the chances are
strongly against 1t being passed.
May Restrict Relief.
Influential Republican members of
Congress are planning a heavy fight
against Federal relief methods. on
The basis of Mr. Hoover's st. Louis
speech. Some restrictions may be
but not the Hoover program.
The Canadian treaty trouble Is
being worked out off stage in another
way. Mr.. Roosevelt is secretly sound
ng out Canada for modification Of
,he Ottawa agreement to open British
lumber markets for American pro-
1ucers, also to stagger Canadian
lumber importations or a monthly
quota basis,
Senator Wagner has in his sleeve a
new low cost housing bill. 1t will be
introduced under Official or unofficial
New Deal auspices, but probably will
not pass. The bill is supposed to have
originated with certain low cost
promotion societies in New
York and will suggest q six. seven or
eight billion dollar program.
Evening star., 1935-12-24


Santa this time (the other name being
Jim Farley bringing sugar plums to
those who've been good little Demo-
Gratis. Those naughty Republicans
over on Poverty Row deserve nothing,
and that's what they'll get. Well
learn 'em.
I think Of other Christmas ewes, no
tably the one when Washington crossed
the Delaware. Some say the future
father of his country must have been
full of eggnogg that night or he
wouldn't have crossed river full OF
ice standing up in a rowboat. II no
had to do it over. I'm wondering
whether he wouldn't hand the country
back to the British and tell 'em to keep
it. and he'd be satisfied with the apple
jack concession.
I'm wondering. too, whether Gov.
Landon is going to be happy or other
wise Christmas morning-waking up
to And w. r. Hearst in his stocking.
(Copyrieht. 1898. BY the North American
EewgpapeT Alliance. IneJ
Evening star., 1935-12-24
GEN. W. |. TAYLOR DIES

NEW YORK, December "a (B.-
Brig. Gen. Washington Irving Taylor,
II, who was a retired New York Ma
tional Guard officer and for more
than As years a practicing lawyer
here. died yesterday of heart attack
at his home.
In 40 years of National Guard serv-
ice he rose from private to brigadier
general and was retired in 1928. He
was q graduate of Columbia Law
School
During the World War he was
executive officer at Fort Hancock,
N. J.
Evening star., 1935-12-24
Imbibing Santa
In Advertisement
Brings Ban Urge
Boston Legislator Files
Bill to Prepent Sho,U.
ing of Such Pictures.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BOSTON, December 24.-Liquor
advertising depicting Santa Claus
drinking whisky today resulted in the
filing of a bill designed to halt the
use in advertising of pictures showing
any person or character drinking
liquor.
Representative Roland D. Sawyer
Of Ware filed the bill with the clerk
of the Massachusetts, House of Repre-
sentatives.
Explaining his reason, Ware said:
Here we have Santa Claus, the chill
dren's admired friend and idol, per-
haps next to religious character the
most loved character the children
know, yet the papers, Statewide, are
exploiting a certain brand of whisky
as the brand Santa Claus drinks and
show Santa in various poses drinking
the whisky"
Evening star., 1935-12-24

In q radio ad-
dress last night
that the Presi-
dent apparently"
W as attempting
to arouse class
hatred.
"At Atlanta on
N owe m b er 80
last" Shouse said,
President Roose-
welt made h e
opening speech of
his campaign for
denomination and
reelection. The
speech W i'll b e
notable in history,
Evening star., 1935-12-24

any, viii be necessary CA. A. A.,
T.V. A., Wagner Labor Board, etc.).
This makes guessing the probable
adjournment date wholly matter
Of personal opinion. If you want a
guess on that basis, 1t Is that ad-
journment will come a few days be-
fore the Republican convention meets
at Cleveland June 9. and not April !,
or even May i, as now being ad-
vertised.
tcopyrisht. 1850
Evening star., 1935-12-24
CURFEW IS SUSPENDED
Michigan New Year Revelers
May Be Out All Night.

DETROIT. December "a [P).---
The liquor law curfew will not ring
IN Michigan New Year eve.
The State Liquor Control Commits
sion voted yesterday to suspend clos
ing hours so revelers may spend the
entire night welcoming 1896 if they
desire. Closing hours ordinarily are
am. for Detroit and l am. for the
remainder Of the State.
Evening star., 1935-12-24

Mrs. William B.
Mason, member
Of the Alcohol
Beverage Control
Board, and DR..
Mason, and Miss
Dorothy Willing
Randolph, "a. Of
Upperville. Va,
will be married
at noon Thurs
day in the May
flower Hotel.
Miss Randolph
is the daughter
of DR.. and Mrs.
Archibald Cary
Randolph of Up
Evening star., 1935-12-24

perville. She was educated at the
fashionable Foxcroft School. Middle
burg, Va. and at Miss Spence's School.
New York. Young Mason graduated
from Episcopal High School, Alexan-
dria, and the University Of North
Carolina.
After a short honeymoon the couple
will make their home in Washington.
Evening star., 1935-12-24
Retired British Admiral Dead.

WEYMOUTH, England. December
"a R).-Rear Admiral Peter w. e.
HILL, 50, retired, one of the umpires
in the Wimbledon championship ten
MS matches for the last IL years. died
last night. He suppressed gun run
fing in the Persian Gulf from 1911
to 1914.
Evening star., 1935-12-24
PRISONER SUFFOCATES
Texas Murder Suspect Discovered
Under Burning Mattress.

FORT WORTH. Tex, December "a
(Ry.-B. r. Harrell, SO. charged with
the Staying Of Miss Gladys Rodden
August ~. was found suffocated under
his burning mattress In county Jail
cell today.
The shooting for which he faced
murder charges, occurred at a ROOM
ing house. Miss Rodden, "a. was IA
tally wounded by a bullet fred from
the front porch through 9 screen door
Evening star., 1935-12-24
II FALSE ALARMS
Two Brothers Are Held for Cues
tioning in Oakland.

OAKLAND. Calf. December "a
(P).-Two brothers named Arson were
held incommunicado today while Fire
Chief G. w. Lutke questioned them
about 81 false alarms which kept "a
pieces Of apparatus roaring through
the streets.
Chief Lutke said the brothers,
Joseph, 20, and Melvin Arson, 81, were
apprehended after police set traps.
The prank cost the city s1.050 in
responding to the false alarms.
Evening star., 1935-12-24
Irwin S. Cobb
Says:
California May Put
Santa Claus in Palm
Beach Suit.

HOLLYWOOD, Calf, December "a
Back East folks don't have to imagine
they're neck deep in snow driftS-they
probably are. But in California we
get our typical Christmas weather cut
Evening star., 1935-12-24
BONUS FOR EMPLOYEES
Lansburgh & Bro. Gives Christmas
Present Of Days Pay.

Employees Of Lansburgh & Bro. re-
ceived a Christmas present of one
days pay from the company today,
it was announced by firm officials.
The bonus will be given to each Of
the stores 1,750 employees, and is the
same as was given last year, officials
said.
Evening star., 1935-12-24

of the weather
report. which is
disappointing, but
keeps down coal
bills and the sniff
1es.
It's sort of hard,
though, to work
up the real holi-
day spirit when
you're liable to
sunstroke. Some
how I can't think
of Santa wearing
a palm beach suit.
By the way,
we'll have a
Rm mnnth-faced
Evening star., 1935-12-24
WILLIAM MASON, JR.,
WILL WE'D VIRGINIAN
A. B. C. Board Members Son to
Marry Miss Dorothy W. Ran
dolph Of Upperville.

At a ceremony attended only by
members of the couples families and
small group of close friends, VIII
liam Beverley Mason, jr., 27. son of
Evening star., 1935-12-24
CITY TO BE REBUILT

Quetta Had Been Destroyed by
Indian Earthquake.
NEW DELHI. India, December "a
IP.-The city of Quetta, destroyed by
earthquake last May, will be rebuilt
on the same site, the Indian govern
ment has announced.
The cost is estimated at $50 900 600.
"Earthquake-proof" buildings will be
erected for permanent employees of the
government and the military base will
be re-established.
Evening star., 1935-12-24
Christmas Seals
DIR. George C. Rutland
Lauds Symbol of Fight
on Tuberculosis.
on Tuberculosis.

I on IubercuI0sIs.
"The tuberculosis Christmas seal is
a symbol. 1t symbolizes the determi-
nation of millions of public-spirited
persons to wipe out tuberculosis in
the United States and throughout the
world"
(Signed.)
DIR. GEORGE c. RUTLAND,
Health officer Of the
District Of Columbia
Evening star., 1935-12-24
COMED!ENNE ARRIVES

Trudi Schoop Makes q. S. Debut
Next Friday.
NEW YORK, December "a [P.-
Trudi Schoop, somber Swiss COM
ediene who has tickled European fun
nybones for the past five years, ar
rived on the Isle de France yesterday
for her first glimpse of America and
her debut on this side of the Atlantic
next Friday.
She never speaks on the stage. It's
all done in pantomine.