davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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WANTFD-Chef white: permanent Job.
Good salary TO right man German pre-
Ierred German American Restaurant. 6l;'
Pa ave
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SILK PRESSERS. experienced; piece work;
must be fast; references. Apply 1853
Evening star., 1935-04-27

FORD 1880 coupe: dandy motor. clean
interior. five fine tires. Priced low for
quick sale. Sli0; only $50 down. bal. easy
weekly payments. Owens Motor Co.. 1913
Georgia ave
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HELP-,IEN AND WOMEN.
WANTED-SALESMEN.

COOK-Good: must be quick and ex-
perlcnced; none other need apply. Park
Lane Inn. "0.:S Eye ST. NV.
Evening star., 1935-04-27

sHoRT-ORDER COOK. white; also TWO
Eirls, neat and attractive, for counter ana
,urh Seryico Su0l Georgia ave NV.
Evening star., 1935-04-27

PATENT ATTORNEY in Philadelphia dis
trict desires assistant with experience IN
preparation and prosecution. Of applcs.
tons and know ledge of chemistry. Reply
Stating age experience eduCalon. salary
and enclose small photo if possible Ad-
nfE
Evening star., 1935-04-27
SALE-AUTOMOBILES.

CHEVROLET 1929 sedan. 500; runs and
looks good; act quickly. bargain. Lee
D. Butler. Inc Remember our new ad-
dress. 1l36 Conn. ave. District 12lS.
Evening star., 1935-04-27

CHRYSLER 1898 Imperial convertible
coupe; this is surely a clean car; every
thing, about it Will please you; including
a real price of S621 c. c. c: Guarantee.
lalc Co l2,,., ..,nd st. NV. National 33oo:
CHRYSLER 1881 IS" sedan; retiniShed IN
beautifulsstan. motor. Just ,overhauled;
spotlesS upholstery. excellent rubber; priced
to move S2g9 Lee ID. Butler. Inc.
Re member our new address. 1l36 Conn.
ave Phone District l"lS.
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COOKING. general house ework needed; com
petent servant housekeeper. German; Sbt
upstairs rm. Address Box 1907. Star offlc'
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FORD late 1894 VS. coupe: equipped with
rumble seat; equal to new in every respect.
Only $3.50. See this real bargain; very
easy terms. WaShingtons largest used-car
Evening star., 1935-04-27

CHEVROLET 1888 master sedan; operates
like a new car; the upholstery is clean:
finished in kings royal blue. with red
wheels and trim; flve practically brand
new airf1ow tires: the free wheeling makes
with fine tone Philco radio. Priced spe-
cial. S395. Metro Motors. 1925 14th ST.
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1iSna IH'l sfn ssHaT HLotot 49, nlIsn ~,
is Honestly Priced at only S195; liberal
terms. Owens Motor Co.. 6323 Georgia ave.
FORD 1894 de luxe convertible coupe:
rif1ce. S425. Phone North 4764-J, ewes.
FORD 1892 Fordor sedan-Before buying
Ford elsewhere. it would be well to see
this one; has beautiful new finish. quiet.
powerful motor. excellent tires. clean in
terror. Honestly Priced at S275. and it is
worth the money: liberal terms. Owens
Motor Co.. R}23 Georgia ave.
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CHRY SLER 1881 de luxe sedan: absolutely
perfect. very clean. tires like new all
around special S:,l5 E-Z terms: open
late Reliable Motor Sales. 1889 l4th ST..
u w LRememner next door to FiSk.l
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CHEVROLET 1929 sedan. 500; runs and
looks good; act quickly. bargain. Lee
d. Butler. Inc. Remember our new ad-
dress. 1876 Conn. ave. Phone District 1918
CHEVROLET late 1880 model sport road
Ster-ThiS little car is fully equipped. in
Guiding rumble seat; excellent condition
throughout only SI39: very easy terms
Washington's Largest Used-Car Lot. 646
Penna ave Sc
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FORD 1892 VS. Tudor; black finish. tires
like new interior clean. motor perfect. A
real value for only S215: easy terms. Po-
hanka Service. 1925 goth ST. NV. Phone
District ll41
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Lost and Found Advertisements
may be found on page 40.
HELP-MEN.

AUTOMOBILE service salesman and me-
chanics; only those experienced with De
Soto and Plymouth line need apply; also
combination metal worker and painter.
Evans Palmer, Inc. 14th & L SITS. NV
See Mr. RlIri at | I'm. Sunday.
Evening star., 1935-02-19

There are only $4,000 people in
this country who use electricity for
all power In their homes. Only q
million use power for cooking, five
million for refrigeration, and thirteen
million homes have electric lights.
The Federal Power Commission has
dug up this data to push the agitation
for cheaper electrical rates. It is
furnishing strong inspiration on the
inside for fulfillment of the Roosevelt
power policy. The New Dealers be-
lieve it shows that the field Is wide
open for vast expansion in the use
of electricity by cheapening it.
Code Changed Thirty Times.
If the Senate ever tries to conduct
real investigation Of the N. r. A.,
it will take years. The original
codifying is not hard to fathom. but
it is the recodifying that counts.
Strangest example is the lumber
code. The N. r. A. publicity division
has never announced it, but the
lumber code has been changed
exactly 80 times. Even its own papa,
Johnson, the general, would not
recognize his lumber child now. Just
to list the changes, plus the original
code provisions, would require this
whole column. The most important
change was knocking out the price
control feature.
Some ballyhooed code provisions
have never been put into effect while
others have been so altered as to
change their meaning entirely. This
situation, plus lax law enforcement,
Evening star., 1935-02-19
SCARLET TO FIGHT
ANNULMENT SUIT
Former Chauffeur to Brand
Charges of socialite Bride as
False and Plans Action.

The annulment sought by his bride
of a few weeks will be contested IN
court BY George S. Scarlet, Sd, 21-
year-old former chauffeur for Mrs.
Howard de Walden Cooke, Scarlett's
mother-in-law.
The former Jane Cook, 19, filed suit
In District Supreme Court yesterday,
charging Scarlet threatened her life
unless she married him, and that he
nisrepresented his financial standing.
Claude A. Thompson, Scarlett's at
torney, said today the allegations
would be denied as false. He said his
client would contest the annulment
in order to keep the record clear"
Scarlet is in winston Salem, N. c.,
at the home of his parents. He and
the former Miss Jane Cooke eloped in
James automobile after cutting the
telephone wires at the Cooke resi-
dence.
Scarlet later was arrested on
charges of making of, with Mrs.
Cookies jewelry, but the warrant was
dismissed at a preliminary hearing In
Rockville. Md, Police Court.
Evening star., 1935-02-19
D. c. MAN ACCUSED
OF PAINTING FRAUD.
Sale of Cleveland Portrait
to Ex-PreSident'S Son
Is Involved.

Accused Of using the mails to de-
fraud in a scheme involving the sale
of a portrait of former President
Cleveland to his son. Richard F.
Cleveland of Baltimore, George j.
Shepard, 81, of the $500 block Of
Thirteenth street, is under $4,000
bond for preliminary hearing Mon
day before United States Comnis-
sioner Needham c. Turnage.
Shepard was arrested at his home
yesterday afternoon by Deputy United
States Marshals c. Graves and F. E.
OFT, and pleaded not guilty when ar
raigned before Turnage, terming the
matter a mistake. He was jailed
until he could make bond.
Aliases Are Admitted.
Authorities say the scheme lay in
misrepresenting paintings as certain
works. Postal Inspector M. w. P.
Zantzinger, who worked on the case,
lOlQ SOIIlLIllSSEOllcI III AdSC tAlob
Shepard. who admits using the aliases
of DR.. F. D. Vernon and John j.
Hughes, had operated extensively" !"
The complaint, which names only
Cleveland as a victim, also alleges
there were others.
Cleveland. general counsel for the
Public Service Commission in Balti-
more, bought the portrait Of his
father for $3.50, In 1882. it is ex-
planned, on the understanding it had
been painted by Paul Bersch. who
lived in Baltimore some 40 years ago.
Authenticity Questioned.
At the time of the sale. Shepard
was said to have been going under
the name of Vernon. The authenticity
of the painting later was questioned,
and when Shepard. using his own
name, reputedly offered Cleveland a
portrait of Charles Carroll OF Carroll
ton as work of Rembrandt Peale,
recently the son of the former Presi-
dent reported the matter to authori-
ties.
The basis of the complaint Is in let
ters the man is said to have written
Cleveland and others.
Shepard, who says he is a physi-
clan, told officials he is suffering from
an incurable disease.
Evening star., 1935-02-19
SHEPPARD BACKS
DEFENSE PROGRAM
Favors Increase in Army and
Training for 10000 Reserve
Officers.

Senator Morris Sheppard Of Texas
chairman of the Senate Military At
fairs Committee, and other dis
tinguished speakers last night dis
cussed plans for a balanced national
defense before a banquet given by
the National Council of the Reserve
officers Association at the Mayflower
Hotel.
Senator Sheppard said he favored a
Regular Army in peace time of at
least $4,000 officers and l65 900 en-
listed men. He added that active
duty should be provided for not less
than 10000 Reserve officers annually,
and for $4,000 men in the citizens
military training camps.
Further cooperation was pledged
the War Department in its efforts to
build up national defense by Repre-
sentative John ]. McSwain. chairman
OF the House Military Affairs COM
mittee, and Representative Tillman
B. Parks, chairman of the House sub
committee on War Department Ap-
preparations.
Another speaker was Harry H.
Woodring, Assistant Secretary of War,
who characterized the country's Re-
serve officers as one of the most i'm
portant units of national defense and
urged the officers to keep their organ
ization at the highest point of ef-
f1ciency. Brig. Gen. Charles D. Her.
ron, executive for Reserve affairs in
the War Department, also addressed
the meeting. presided over by Lieut..
Col. Frank E. Lowe of Portland. Me-,
president of the Reserve Officers As
sociation.
DR.. Thomas H. Heally, chairman of
the National Defense Committee,
American Legion. served as toast
master. Twelve Senators, 81 Repre-
sentatives, 10 general officers and
more than 100 members of the coun-
Gil attended the dinner. More than
40 States were represented.
The council, which meets between
conventions of the association, will
adjourn tomorrow morning follow
ing a three-day session.
Evening star., 1935-02-19

most gratifying not only to the Smith
Sonian Institution, but to all lovers Of
art In our country. 1t appeals to those
interested in our Capital and TO every
patriotic American who desires to see
here a Mecca for all that is good in
the culture of our great Nation.
That Mr.. MELONS collection in
cludes canvaseS Of the highest i'm
portance Is Scant expression of the
case. His paintings have been gath
cred with discrimination and come
from the best that has been available.
His gift will be not only one of tram
scendent importance in itself, but will
inevitably lead other public-spirited
patrons of art to make this city the
permanent home of their treasures.
The plan in general for the per-
manent establishment of Mr.. Melons
collection here has been known to the
Smithsonian Institution for some time
While I have not seen the text that is
the basis for the public announcement
Of yesterday, the outline as presented
in the press is exceedingly gratifying.
The value of Mr. Melons great
benefaction to the people of America
cannot be overeStimated."
Evening star., 1935-02-19

American Museum Of Natural History
contributes a fascinating scientific
article, and there are other short fea-
lures. Even Ed Wynn is on deck to
tell you how to entertain company at
home.
But to get back to Grace Moore
Believe 1t or not, according TO MISS
McMein, Miss Moore wanted to be a
missionary and was preparing her
self for this role when Mary Garden.
the opera diva, came to the school
where Grace was a l4-year -old stu
dent. Once she heard Mary's voice,
Grace forgot ell about miSsionaryine.
She wanted to have a vairc Ike that
and sing in opera. Miss McM2in tells
you what a fight-and what work,
work and more work-it meant before
the ambition was realized. Cities
agree that Grace has an even better
voice than Mary Garden. But what
she did before she became the success
she is today, and what qualities that
success demanded Neyso McMein VII
tell YOU in This Week, out with The
Sunday Star, Sunday, February "a.
Evening star., 1935-02-19

makes Mr.. Roosevelt's proposed re-
organization essential.
The White House is still hdUing
trouble 1Dith too many SpokeSmen
uho do not seem to agree. One
such spokesman recently told
State Legislature that Mr.. Roosevelt
Dds not behind the child labor
amendment.
The naming of Advising and Plan
ming Counsellor Wood (Sears, Roe
buck) as relief adviser is generally
interpreted as rejecting Commerce
Secretary Roper's recently enlarged
influence at the White House.
The White House is keeping mum
about it as yet, but Mr.. Roosevelt
plans to 60 fishing aboard the
Nourmahal down South in a few
weeks. probably leaving here around
March %.
Most famous dog in Washington is
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau's
Jimmie. a cocker spaniel. Mr.. Nor
genthau walks Jimmie to his Treas
ury Office on pleasant days and sends
him home In limousine about II am.
tCopyrishk 1e36J
Evening star., 1935-02-19
ELEVATOR STRIKE
IN GOTHAM ENDS
18-Hour Conference HaIts
Threat to Entire City.
Concessions Made.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. February l9-Mavor
La Guardia announced early today
that the possibility of an elevator
strike throughout the city had been
averted in an l8-hour conference be.
tween representatives of the Building
Employees Union ard he Real Estate
Board of New York Both sides made
concessions and service was restored
today where yesterday the strike was
in effect.
Their accord applies only where
building managements had signed a
previous arbitration agreement, but
James j. Bambrick, union president,
said there would be no immediate
strike action against other structures.
There will be lull," he said. while
the union intenSities It's drive for a
closed shop throughout the city. He
described the real estate men as
licked"
1t was dissatisfaction with the
awards under the arbitration agree
ment. reached last November. which
prompted the strike call Union lead
ers said the concessions assured them
of victory.
The Realty Advisory Board prom
ised to recommend to Office and loft
building owners that the arbitration
award be made effective for six
months. instead of a year, and that
in the meanwhile study will be made
of these buildings and their employees
with view to recommending rea-
Sonable minimum wages"
Edward c. McGrad,y, Assistant Sec
retary Of Labor, Joined in the nego-
tiations. For long time McGrady
ran back and forth as a messenger
boy between the rival forces, which
sat In separate rooms.
A police survey showed that so
buildings in Manhattan were
affected yesterday. The union had
put the number at 200. But the num-
Der of persons left without service
ran high in the thousands, a single
building sometimes housing as high
as 10000 persons during business
hours.
Evening star., 1935-02-19
COLLISION DENIED |
ON SHIP BIDDING.
Ferguson Tells Probers
General Talk" Indicated
AIIocating Work.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
General talk" Of allocating the
1888 naval construction program
among shipyards was reported today
to the Senate Munitions Committee BY
Homer L. Ferguson, president Of the
Newport News Shipbuilding a. Dry
dock Co.. but he asserted there was
no discussion OF fixing prices.
Il heard this work was 10 be al
locatci." he said, referring TO the
$238C 900 public works ship pro-
gram. but insisted he understood there
was no curtailment OF free bidding.
Il told them" he said, referring TO
officials of other yards, that we were
going to bid the list" He described
the list" as the entire program"
Evidence Shows Big Profit.
His assertion came after the COM
mittee had presented evidence that he
had raised his cruiser contract bids in
1888 in spite Of having made IS per
| cent profit on previous cruiser Jobs at
lower bid.
That was on account of physical
differences in the ships" he ex-
planned.
1t was common talk" the ship
builder testified, waving aside commit
tee efforts to interrupt him. that this
work was to be allocated to the people
who could do the work.
mo responsible officer OF the Navy
Department told me We would be
allowed certain jobs" he emphasized.
but added
1T was general talk that under the
p. w. A. the President had the power
to place this work where it would
carry out the purposes of N. r. A. and
spread employment.
Says Loss Feared.
"I was perfectly willing to take the
work at cost" Ferguson continued, ex-
planning there was little work in the
yards and I'VE faced the loss of mer-
chant vessel work that evaporated
when talk of increasing costs and
labor arose with N. r. A
He said when the proposals to the
yards came from the Navy Depart
ment in June, 1888. there was no
intimation that ALLEGATION was in
prospect.
For that reason, he declared, his
company prepared to bid on the en-
tire list of ships to be put under con-
tract including cruisers and de-
StroyerS.
| Il had heard the statement made
previously" he said, that the Navy
expected us to bid only on the work
We wanted, but when these proposals
came out, considered the matter was
cleared up"
Ferguson declared there was no COL
fusion among the builders on bidding
for the 1888 program. although he
conceded there were many conferences
among the builders Immediately be-
forehand. These we're for the most
part in connection with drafting a
code.
Stephen Raushenbush, committee
counsel, introduced a letter written
from the New York office of the COM
pany saying it had closed" in ad-
vance deal for metal furniture for
two airplane carriers the company
later was awarded from the 1893 pro-
gram.
Evening star., 1935-02-19
W0MEN'S BRAVERY e..
IN SCAFF0LD DEATHS
AMAZING TO NAZIS
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Continued From First Page)
beauties, met her death likewise with
out sign of any emotion according
to the informant He described her as
AN extremely good looking person
about 35 years Old
What impressed us most of the
two women's behavior during their
last minutes of life he said, was
that neither one of them even mur-
INJURED single word"
The informant, who heard the pros
ecutor reading the verdict In which
the women's former occupation was
given. said that both were employed
at the foreign Office and not at the
Reichswehr ministry, as previously had
been reported.
AS a revelation of some of the back
ground of the history of the two
women. the Associated Press was told
that the two candidates for death
we're taken to Ploetzenses Prison about
6 pm. last Saturday, "one hour after
the death verdict was passed" They
were put Immediately into the death
cell and were constantly watched by
two prison wardens.
Nobody ever dreamed they would be
decapitated so soon," said the in
formant.
Not until Sunday night did We
learn that the beheading would take
place Monday" said the witness THE
executioner and his assistants ar
rived late Sunday night and the scaf-
fold was erected during the night"
The two women spent their last
hours Of Sunday night and early
Monday drinking wine and coffee and
smoking "uncountable expensive Gig
arettes."
The condemned in German prisons
are allowed to spend 100 marks-abous
SIN making their last hours more
pleasant.
They cannot get drunk, however" 4"
said the informant, because there are
regulations which provide that their
beverages shall not contain more than
l8 per cent alcohol"
The women were unable to sleep if.
for no other reason, than that they
received visits from the prison Gi-
rector, a Protestant pastor, and war
dens of the prison.
The two women who had been
known in Berlin society for their gor-
geous gowns and furs, went to their
deaths dressed in blue prison gar
ments.
But" said the witness, they had
to wear short, heavy, woolen socks for
men because the prison had no wom-
ems wear"
AS soon as the headless bodies were
placed in the coff1ns, the black boxes
were sealed there in the prison court
yard. Then they were taken out of
the prison Immediately.
Evening star., 1935-02-19

These deductions did not require
the services of a diplomatic Sherlock
Holmes. The only thing worth having
in Ethiopia is the central mountain
range
However. MuSsolini is likely to have
his hands full if he tries to get it. The
last time Italy tried to invade the
hinterland, the Ethiopians slaughtered
nearly 10000 Italians. The troops will
have to cross Sweltering, fever ridden
jungle lowlands in which modern
weapons of warfare are less effective
than the Indian warfare tactics of the
fanaticale Ethiopian tribesmen.
Furthermore. the Ethiopians, who
for centuries have been successful in
repelling foreign invaders, especially
the Italians, are spelling for fight.
Diplomatic Morale Drops.
The morale of American diplomats
in Europe has dropped considerably,
if it has not collapsed entirely, since
the Senate blocked American adher-
ence to the World Court.
One OF the foremost ambassadors
made an of-the-record speech
about it recently tDhtch Superiors
in the State Department Uould
just as soon forget. There WiH
certainly be trouble il the Senate
eper finds out about 1t. This am
bdssador has described himself as
''Uery unhappy and don't care
Uho knowS it,"
Others have been embarrassed in
their relations with European states
men because they were certain the
Court resolution would be adopted
and, of course, made promises and
predictions which now cannot be full
filled.
The Senate action seems to have
caused a much greater stir in
European diplomatic circles than it
did here. Some of our diplomats
have a feeling that they might as
well come home now and do some
Spring planting in the back yard.
Their situation in European capitals
is about as congenial as that of the
Ethiopian Minister in Rome.
Evening star., 1935-02-19
Your Income Tax

Bad Debts-Year in Which Deductible.
To be allowed as a deduction from
gross income, bad debt must have
been determined by the taxpayer to be
worthless within the taxable year for
which it is claimed and, where books
are kept. it also must have been
charged of within the same year.
The necessity for this provision is OBJ
vious If a debt could be deducted
without the requirement that it be
charged of the taxpayers books, the
certainty of its WorthlesSness would
be open to question. Neither the tax
payer nor the Government could be
certain that a debt would not bs
claimed more than once.
If bad debt we're allowed as de-
duction, without regard to the year
when it became worthless. such
charges could be accumulated to be
deducted in a year when there was
large income.
The burden is upon the taxpayer 70
show that a debt claimed as a deduc-
ton was without value during the
taxable year. A statement should be
attached to the return showing the
propriety of any deductions for bad
debts, If in the exercise Of sound
business judgment a taxpayer con-
cludes, after making every reasonable
effort to determine whether there Is
likelihood of recovery, that the debt is
of no value. deduction for such debt
is allowable. Court action as proof
that the debt is worthless is not es-
sential.
1t is optional with the taxpayer, in
a year prior to that in which a debt
becomes wholly worthless, to take a
deduction for partial loss if partial
worthlesSneSs occurs. If 1t can be
shown that upon maturity of bond,
mortgage, or note evidencing a debt
it will not be paid in full, the partial
loss is deductible.
Evening star., 1935-02-19

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Mellon-one Of the finest private COL
lections in the world-would be an
asset Of immense value to national
capital.
This famous group. each item of
which is Of the finest quality, in addi-
ton to what we already have here,
would go a long way toward making
Washington one of the art centers of
the earth.
The more We have in this city Of
such outstanding treasures. the better
it will be for the Nations Capital and
for the country at large"
DR.. Alexander Wetmore. assistant
secretary Smithsonian Institution.
said: The announcement that the
magnificent art collection of Mr.. Mel
lon is to come to Washington is one