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Evening star., 1935-03-21
CADET DR|LLSSET
FOR JUNE 10 To 4
Competitions Announced by
Board viii Be Held in
Griffith Stadium.

Washington high school cadets will
stage their annual competitive drills
at Griffith Stadium June 10 to IA, in
elusive, it was decided yesterday by
the Board of Education.
Cadets from the white schools will
drill June 10, II and IL and from the
coloied schools the next two days.
The dates are the latest for the annual
drills ever. set by the board. the de-
lay being made necessary by changes
In the schedule of the Washington
base ball club. A number of games
have been scheduled here early in
June because of the Shriners' con-
clave. crowding out the cadets from
the usual dates early in the month.
Teacher Named Examiner.
Mrs. H. H. Bolton. teacher in the
Park View School. yesterday was ap-
pointed member of the Board OF
Examiners for the city's white schools.
She succeeds Mrs. c. j. Schaeffer,
who resigned because of extra duties
in connection with the character edu-
cation experiment.
The board voted to cancel the an
nual group B" examinations for
teachers because of lack of funds to
carry out the promotions which would
mean annual raises in salary of Sl0O
to each successful teacher. The can
collation., however, was conditioned
upon the action of Congress in passing
the District appropriation bill A total
Of e6 nm had heen asked for tho rfr0.
motions, but the item was stricken out
before the bill passed the House.
Boards Means Exhausted.
DR.. Frank w. Ballou. superintend-
ent, said there is nothing the board
can do now to have the sum restored.
He pointed out. however, that citizens
groups or the Teachers Union may be
able to have the appropriation recon-
sidered if they appear in its behalf
before the Senate subcommittee now
handling the bill.
The corporation counsel will be
asked for an opinion on the retirement
Of attendance officers employed by the
school system. The school retirement
act makes no provision for them, and
DR.. Charles H. Houston suggested
they may be taken care of by the Fed
eral retirement act. DR.. Ballou was
instructed to take the matter up with
Corporation Counsel E. Barrett
Prettyman.
Evening star., 1935-03-21
bANKHEAD SCORED.
ON MERIT SYSTEM.
Luther c. Steward Accuses
Senator of Drawing
Red Herring.

Senator Bankhead, Democrat. of
Alabama, who used about IA pages of
the Congressional Record Monday to
defend non-civil service appointments
in the Agricultural Adjustment Ad-
ministration. has drawn a pointed
reply from Luther C. Steward. presi-
dent of the National Federation OF
Federal employees, who accuses the
Alabaman of "endeavoring to draw
q red herring across the merit system
trail" .,..,
Bankhead. warning against going
too far" in the efforts now under
way to extend civil service to emer-
gency agencies, inserted in the Record
the names Of 1904 patronage ap-
pointees of the A. A. A. at salaries
from $840 to $4,000. together with
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their job qualifications as evidenced
by the college degrees they hold.
Urges Open Positions.
He called upon his colleagues to
bear in mind that policy forming po-
sions should be open and free fol- ap-
pointment, so hat the appointing pow
er may appoint to such positions In.
dividuals who are responsive to the
will of the people as expressed at the
polls" He expressed conviction after
giving the matter considerable thought,
that the present administration as ad-
herring to very high standards in fl
ing positions IN the branches of the
service excepted from the civil service
rules and regulations-in some in.
stance higher than those required by
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the Civil Service Commission ITSELF"
BY listing this group. Steward re-
piled. Bankhead 'is attempting to in
dicate that the qualifications of these
employees are as high, If not higher,
than they would have been If the
appointments had been made under
civil service rules and regulations.
This is grossly unfair. as well as
palpably unsound position"
Concluding. he says:
1T seems to the National Federation
of Federal Employees that Senator
Bankhead, professed supporter of
the merit system. could do much more
Evening star., 1935-03-21

toward the furthering of that system
by taking Arm stand in behalf of
one or more Of the civil service extern
sion bills which have been introduced
than by printing in the Congressional
Record his lame and unconvincing
apology for the administrator fail
ure to utilize the merit system"
Evening star., 1935-03-21
Find Metals in Caves.

Russian scientists who have exam
ined the rocks in one of the world S
largest caves in mountains of Turk
estan report that they contain huge
quantities of silver, lead and manga
neSe
Evening star., 1935-03-21
1,O0 in Oratorio Cast.

The spectacular pageant production
OF Elijah" Mendelssohn's oratorio. in
London recently, included a cast of
1000.
Evening star., 1935-03-21
BY HENRY A. LYON.

ITY washington p0IIcemen VINO
l. are required to distinguish
between legal and illegal 1884
L auto tags.
Seven States still honor
last year" automobile license plates
and tourists from these States are
f1ocking in increasing numbers to
visit the Capital.
This leaves the traffic officer in a
quandry. He's got to do some fast
thinking before he barks that order
to pull over to the curb
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-05

grand! Fine sandwiches, and pie
and cake. Potato salad, to-
Don't eat, now, tots, until you
burst. Some one get water for our
thirst. I know we'll want to drink
a lot of it before we're through. -
Their friend, the farmer, standing
near, said, Il will bring some fine
drinks here. What flavor pop would
you all like? Shout out your orders
now"
One answered, Lemon" One
cried, Lime" The farmer shouted,
Take your time. You'll mix me up
and put some worry wrinkles on my
brow"
My, what sight, when all was
set. You all will eat too much,
I'll bet exclaimed the farmer,
with smile. L guess I'll eat a
bit"
why, surely" Colby loudly
cried. Come here and sit right by
my side" The farmer did, and soon
he, also, was enjoying it.
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READ THE STORY. THEN COLOR THE PICTURE,

Wee Dotty thanked The woman
who had given them the lunch.
Gee, you are very, very kind" said
she. But, now, what will you eat?
You brought this for your meal
today, and now you're giving it
away. Say, maybe you would join
in, for big share of this treat"
"Oh, not I've lost my appetite. +"
the woman said. It's quite all
right My jam has won a first prize
and I'm much too thrilled to dine.
Just dig right in and eat your
fill. I'll gladly wait nearby until
you've finished with my basket. I
hope everything is fine"
All right, as long as you don't
mind" said Dotty. Now well run
and find a table that is big enough
to scat our happy bunch"
Then Scouty broke right in and
said, Il see a table, just ahead.
Let's hurry up and spread things
out. I'm hungry for some lunch"
They opened up the basket and
one Of the TIMES cried, How
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-05

His noStrilS aquiver, his eyes darling aertly
Tarzan once more picked up Jerrys trail, greatly
to Tomnly'S establishment. But when he came
to the dssure that Jerry had entered, he stopped
short. He went through here" he said gravely;
and lion followed him!"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-05

At last ne emerged into the Crater of Canaan
His flying feet took him to the Baalte village and
on to the temple There the wild walls and the
strange light dictated caution. Swiftly silently he
scaled the cliff that overlooked the Court of the
Fiery Pillar
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Ahern

Tommy gasped as the ape-nan continued: II
must hurry. You stay here Get some sleep on
that ledge. If I am not back by dawn, you may
follow Tarzan hurried on. He was relieved when
he read evidences of the lions retreat but now he
determined to find Jerry.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-05

deserved in The
ment aircraft disappointment
after another. airship
ended disaster
before the Wright brothers made fame Kitty Hawk
NEXTn what Legislature
tWo
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-09-06

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Evening star., 1935-01-19
Building Now Home
Of General Staff of Army

the object of bitter public attacks.
He died, young and broken-hearted
man.
That his tragic name should be
linked to building which houses the
| general staff of the Army has its
dramatic aspect Gen. Winder's sacri-
| flee vas due to the lack of trained
troops and the lack Of an adequate
War Department staff. vested with the
responsibility for national defense
plans. The "Bladensburg races" ex-
emplify the weakness OF the early
military system.
Gen. Winder, in the days before the
battle, travelled alone and necessarily
| by boat or on horseback to the stra.
tegic points of the Maryland country
| side, in an effort to mobilize troops
and anticipate the enemy's approach.
At night he stabbed his spent horse,
then wrote longhand reports to the
three neighboring governors, the Sec
retary of War, and to President Madi-
son. He correspondent with Militia
officers and tradesmen who were to
furnish supplies. On the day before
the fighting he wore out three mounts,
| then walked the remaining miles to
the Navy Yard TO deliver his in
structions.
Contrast this picture with that of
World War general, whose staff
consisted of a cozen able officers.
Clerks pounded out orders on port
able typewriters, while telephone, radio
and motor cycle waited to transmit
commands. Supporting the general
was a central staff aware of his re-
sources and sharing his responsibility.
The creation of a general staff is
considered by experts the most revo-
lutionary change effected in the
American military organization. Its
purpose is to plan for defense in times
of peace, and mobilization Of troops
in case of war.
In earlier times each army was
raised independently and acted as d
separate unit. 1t is only since 1908
that the United States has had CO.
ordinated policy of defense, which is
constantly being studied by specially
trained men.
Washington Policies Discarded.
! Although George Washington ear
nestly recommended the formation of
general staff and a regular army,
his sound policies were discarded two
years after his death. The term gen
eral staff" was used intermittently
during the last century, but with only
shadow of its present significance.
In 1881 Gen. Emery Upton, bril-
liant American officer, after research
abroad, published an extensive study
of foreign military systems. He urged
the formation of a central, guiding
staff in this country. Gen. Upton died
before his study was completed and
his work, like its writer, eventually
became a dusty memory.
Early in the twentieth century,
America was fortunate in having for
its Secretary of War Elihu B. Root,
who, after studying Gen. Upton's
manuscript, secured on February IA,
1903, the necessary legislation for a
general staff. A few months later the
Army War College at Washington
Barracks was dedicated to the training
of officers for the duties of such a
staff. From George Washington to
Evening star., 1935-01-19
Gen. Upton and from Gen. Upton to

Secretary Root century,
The American general staff grew
with the World War. 1t was faced
with the task of training. equipping
and transporting across the sea an
army of unprecedented size. It
emerged with a vast fund of practical
experience and changed ideas of or
ganiZation.
The general staff Is headed by the
chief Of staff. Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur, appointed by the President.
1t consists of five dvisions-Person-
mel GID, Military Intelligence (G-2),
Operations and Training (G-3), Sup
ply (G-4 and the War Plans Divi-
sion (W. P. d..
Its purpose is solely to formulate
military policies. prepare necessary
plans for emergency needs. 1t must
direct relief, by means Of disciplined
men and supplies, In fire and flood
disasters. It has shown itself to be
a united body of experts from whom
the President and a changing Con-
gress can at any time obtain facts
and figures pertaining to national de-
fenSe.
And so, on Tuesday, the olive-drab
trucks of the Army Quartermaster
Corps will remove the tons and tons
of records, maps and plans of the gen.
eral staff from the Barr Building to
the Winder Building. the old walls of
which have guarded military secrets
from the Civil War to the World War,
and will continue to house the Ma
tion's plans for defense in case Of a
future conflict.
Evening star., 1935-01-19
SALVATION ARMY
| OPENS HOME SOON
New Social Service Center
Building to Be Finished
by March /.

The new building Of the social
service center of the Salvation Army,
which has been under construction at
First and r streets for some time, II
expected to be completed by March
l, according to the present rate Of
construction.
The three-story building will house
sleeping rooms for IS men. recreation
rooms for men and women, admins
trative of1ices and incidental space,
including a room in which articles
donated to the center for renovation
will be sold.
At the present time the ofiices and
sleeping quarters supplied by the
center for its employees and INDECENT
transients are scattered In that sec
ton of the city. while the executive
offices are at $40 New Jersey avenue.
The center's work Of collecting dis
carded articles of all kinds from con-
tributors in the District and reno
waiting them for resale to needy fami-
lies at low cost has been more sue
cessful than ever before during the
past few months. despite the in
creased drain on the resources OF the
organization to care for more persons.
However, Brig. John MCGEE. who
Is in charge of the work. said yester-
day that discarded furniture or
clothing-especially clothing and
shoes for children-were in great
demand and issued an appeal for any
OF these articles. Center employees
are sent to collect such articles. while
others are at work in the shops"
repairing the donations.
Evening star., 1935-01-19
i. s. S0C|ETYP[ANS.
APPRAISAL POLICY.
New National Group Seeks
Standard Basis for Set
ting Values.
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lem of arriving at an equitable ap-
praisal for borrowers properties, 1t
was pointed out, and this basis of un-
derstanding can be used as start
toward more accurate judgments in
pricing residential real estate, es-
pecially as 1t comes In small parcels.
While O large portion Of the charter
memberships Of the society will be
drawn from the building and loan
ranks, where practically the only Sc
curity for loans is residential prop
erty, it is expected that savings oank
and life insurance companies, the
next largest institutional lenders on
homes, will develop an increasing in
terest in the project.
Information on matters affecting
residential appraising is largely dis
organized and undeveloped," Mr..
Bodfish continues. while greater
part Of the real estate In this country
consists Of one-family homes, and
while there are probably as many
appraisals per year concerned with
this type of property as with any
other, neither academic nor practical
attention has been given to this phase
Of property valuation In proportion
to its Importance. The Society Of
Residential Appraisers will attempt
to correct that defect.
Appraisers who do the job for
lending institutions, especially those
which make 10 and Is year loans,
should have a different point of view
from that now held by appraisers
concerned with the immediate sale Of
the property. Up to now professional
appraisers have gotten their idea Of
value from constant contact with the
booms and depressions of the market
and, therefore, their judgment as to
the correct market value is apt to be
biased. The brokerage-minded ap-
praiser is inclined to get too optimis-
tic when real estate Is booming and
too pessimistic when 1t is stagnant.
THE valuation of a house for a
loan which is to run for 10 or Is
years should take into consideration
many other factors besides the cur
rent optimism or pessimism If bor-
rover and lender on the property are
to get Q square deal. The Society OF
Residential Appraisers is going to
study the factors which really deter
mine residential values over the long
term period, and stimulate the in
stitutional appraisers in every part
of the country to regard those funda-
mentals."
Early plans for the formation of
the society were made last Fall when
the United States Building and Loan
League met In New Orleans at its
annual convention. The appraisal
division of the league at that time
Evening star., 1935-01-19

adopted bylaws for the society, pro-
Hding for three different classes Of
membership depending upon the ex-
perience and aims Of the applicant:
Cd Junior memberships open to all
people interested in residential ap-
praising; 90 associate memberships
open to all actively engaged in ap-
praising for an institutional home
lender who have completed courses
in appraisal offered by the American
Savings. Building and Loan Institute
or by some other educational body ap-
proved by the society's board; (3)
senior memberships open to people
over Is years old with five years ex-
perience in appraising homes for an
institutional lender. The bylaws also
provide for a board Of IS governors,
those serving the initial year Of its
existence to be appointed by the
president Of the United States Build
ing and Loan League.
Evening star., 1935-01-19
BALTIMOREANS SEEK
LIMIT FOR REALTY TAX
Real Estate Board and Taxpayers
League in Drive for Only %
Per 800 Assessment.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, January ls.-Spon-
sored by the Real Estate Board and
the Taxpayers League. . drive will
be made for an amendment to the
city charter, limiting the taxes which
may be imposed upon real estate.
The figure mentioned as the limit
is So per 500 Of assessed valuation.
Charter amendments may be pro-
posed in two ways. One is by ordi-
nance of the City Council, the other
by petition signed by not fewer than
10000 voters.
In either case the proposed amend
ment goes on the ballot for approval
or rejection Of the Baltimore voters.
A drive for an amendment limiting
the taxes on real estate could be COM
pleted in time to have the amendment
submitted to the voters at the mu-
nicipal election next May.
Evening star., 1935-01-19
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tCUIlllIlueu FTOIIl ruSL HdBSJ
Three expert examiners had previously
appraised it at $l98, 600, exclusive of
the lot. Their individual estimates
varied no more than $500.
Time has weathered this old land
mark, but changed it little. The
original hot-water furnace has given
way to service from the central heat
ing plant. An electric elevator in
1928 replaced the earlier hydraulic
car. Within the last five years, new
floors have been laid, modern lighting
installed and a new Stag roof and
strong window frames added.
War Tragedy Recalled.
The original owner was but a
namesake, probably nephew, of Gen.
William H. Winder. However, the
Winder Building will always signify to
Washingtonians the personality of
that Inflated general who wore the
sackcloth and ashes Of the shameful
American route at Bladensburg in
1914.
1t has been revealed that Gen.
Winder was but the victim of an in
adequate military system, which left
its bitter stamp upon his life. He
was a Baltimore lawyer, when hastily
appointed a brigadier general in 1913
He was captured by the British at
Fort Niagara, and kept prisoner for
a year. Soon after his release he was
charged with the responsibility OF
defending Washington. British troops
were already at the mouth of the
Patuxent River, threatening the
Capital. Gen. Winder had neither
military experience nor a staff OF
trained assistants. He had no troops
at his command!
Secretary of War Armstrong re-
fused to summon the militia until the
last possible moment
Men will fight better if not called
until the day of battle" he said.
The British troops drew nearer
Washington was panic stricken. With
incalculable labor, Gen. Winder as
sembled 5000 troops on hill above
the Bladensburg crossroads. One Balti-
more regiment arrived less than an
IlOuE DSlOIc Ille lllSI SllOI Wdo 4AC
A Virginia regiment arrived without
guns. As the enemy advanced, the
Americans-save alone Comdr. Bar
ney's famous sailors-turned and fed
Because of this ignominious flight, the
battle" became known as the
"Bladensburg races" That night the
sky was bright with the flames OF
burning Washington.
Gen. Winder was court-martialed.
The findings of the court were read
by Gen. Winfield Scott, and even now
its stately verdict stirs our senses:
Members of this court deeply
lament the capture of the Capital, and
they regard with no ordinary indigna-
tion the spoilation of its edif1ces, but
amidst these sensations, they deem it
their duty to separate the individual
from the calamities surrounding him,
and to declare that upon this officer
no censure is attributable. On the
contrary before the action, he
exhibited industry, zeal and talent,
and during its continuation, coolneSs
promptitude and a personal valor
worthy of a better fate"
Although vindicated by these COM
petent judges, Gen. Winder remained