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and thereby imposing q processing
tax?
we find no definite, ineligible
standard. set up IN the act for de-
termining when the secretary shall
pay rental or benefit payments In
order 70 reduce production Of any
particular commodity except In his
own Judgment as 70 what will ef-
fectuate the purpose Of the act.
The declaration Of the emergency
IN the agricultural act contains no
such standard for the secretary OF
agriculture TO follow In entering into
restrictive agreement with produc.
ers Of agricultural productA It Ia
merely q statement Of conditions.
which In the iudRment CT CONGRESS
warranted legislative action. ssS
without requiring any findings
70 warrant his action. ccnRress has
empowered him. IN conjunction with
the producers, TO determine when q
reduction OF acreage OF production
Of anv one Of the Agricultural COM
rnodities which it has termed basis
-hould be resorted 70 70 a~cconolish
the act when rental OK benefit pay
ments are 70 be made and In what
amounts. and thereby 70 determine
through the imitation CT the bene-
TT payments or rentals the eonse-
qu~ut imposition OF q TAX.
The secretary inside no findings
NJ facts as 70 why ne selected the
first list q basis commodities for
reducing acreage or production. and
was not required 20 DO 90. Re simulv
made a proclamation: rental and or
benefit uavYnents are TO Be made
with respect 10 cotton: and O pro-
cess'ns tax automatically follow
ed. zee
, 1935-07-16
ENT
IS Help Wanted-Male

WANTED Combination cook and
sandwich man. West 9Th a.
Elizabeth. Phone 81. M-63
, 1935-07-16

WASHINGTON. July 16 TIP
Prompt appeal to the supreme court
OF the adverse ruling on the con-
stitutionality Of processing taxes by
n Circuit court Of apoeals &C Boston
was promised Tuesday by Justice
DEPARTMENT lawyers
Pending an opportunity 20 study
the decision. AAA officials declined
comment. Previously government at
torneys had said the case would be
appealed regardless Of the ruling.
md that q final decision on con-
stitutionality Of the AAA and the
processing taxes was expected be-
fore Christmas"
Attorney General Cummings and
lawyers In his tax division eaid the
Hoosac case probably would con-
troll more than $50 other suits now
on file IN various federal courts az.
lacking the processing taxes and
asking refunds and injunctions
against payments.
They had predicted there would
be little activity on these cases pend
ing the supreme court ruling.
Benefit payments to millions Of
farmers and nearly a billion dollars
In collected taxes are involved.
, 1935-07-16

Miller Meek Rites
Read Monday In
Weslaco Q h u { h
(special 10 me HeraIdl

especial 20 q heraidl
wESLACO. July 15.-Miss Hen
rietta Meek, daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs. A. L. Meek became the bride
of Mr.. Verne Miller. son OF Mrs.
George Miller. Of McAllen. Mon
day afternoon. July Q NJ l:S0 o'clock
IN the afternoon IN the First Bap-
tist church In weslaco. Rev. Co.'S,
pastor OF the church. officiated nc
the ceremcny.
The bride wore n dress Of brown
net with white accessories.
The young couple left immediate
ly after the ceremony FOR Houston,
Galveston and Crockett. In the lat
ter place they will visit with the
brides sister, Mrs. w. T. Turner.
Upon their return they viii make
their home IN McAllen.
Swiss people eat four times. and
English people twice. a. much
cheese per capita as Americans.
, 1935-07-16

1t has been estimated that no.
100000 people speak German
, 1935-07-16
FIGHT TO BE
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or production for market sufficient
tc increase the current average
price Of such products TO that elu-
sive point where the returns to the
farmer from the production Of such
commodities viii purchase under
present conditions the same amount
o. industrial products that the re-
turns 10 the farmer from the same
products would buy In the five-year
pre-war period from July 1903 70
August 1914.
~The power Of congress 10 reg.
ulate interstate commerce does not
authorize &c to do so by taxing
products either Of agriculture or
industry before they enter inter-
state commerce, or otherwise 10
control their production merely be-
cause their production may indirect.
" affect interstate commerce.
Y THE issue 10 not. as the gov
Aernment contends, whether con-
Fgress ~ appropriate funds raised
( BY general taxation for any pur-
pose deemed by congress IN further
ance OF the general welfare but
V.hether congress has any power 20
control or regulate matters left TO
the states and lay o special tax for
that purpose
Not Administration
The court also set forth that the
m~--~ - A~-~A ~A g. fmas
shall be. what property shall be af-
fected by taxation. or regulation.
and what standards shall govern
the administrative officers IN ad-
ministering acts OF congress, has
never been held 70 be an admins
trative function.
The power to impose q tax and
Y 20 determine what property shall
! bear a tax can only be determined
BY the legislative department Of the
government. II congress under
takes to lay down q guide for an
administrative officer TO follow In
carrying out its mandates, It must
be by an ineligible and a reason
ably definite standard.
THE balance between production
and consumption Of certain COM
modities or the equalizing Of the
purchasing power thereof between
certain widely separated periods
alone ferns no such standard"
IF congress has the power to con-
troll or regulate the production Of
agricultural products within the sew
eral states, and issues Q tax on their
processing or sale fer that purpose,
1t Is obviously legislative in char
ncter. Query then has congress set
8up any definite standard for the
eecretary's action in making rental
or benefit payments TO producers
, 1935-07-16
Mr.. and Mrs. Brack
Have Guests From
w a o, Palestine

fsr~ci.i 70 rns Heraiul
SAN BENITO. July l6.-Mr. and
Mrs @. III. Brack have aS their
guests Mrs. Brack's mother. Mrs. j..
s. Haws, Miss Lola Fay Haws. Mrs
Wesley Tullis. all OF Waco. and Mrs
J. H. Krause and daughter, Mary
Grace Krause. Of Palestine. The
grests are much pleased with the
Valley.
, 1935-07-16
UNION BUS LINES

Fast bonded Busee Leaving Ear
lingen $50 O IN and 3 p N daily
Arrives San Antonio lis p m and
i0:i5 o n. San Antonio $3.50
Dallas sS90-Abilane e8S5-AuEtin
s~5l0-Chicago S7l.40 - 81 Louis
$3.50 Madison Hotel. phone eos,
Harrington: Miller hotel Browns
VILE; Edinburg Hotel. phone 222,
Edinburg; McAllen. phone 81; San
Benito. phone asa; R~aymondville,
phore Q.
, 1935-07-16

FOR SALE: Lot on Elizabeth street
tS50O0. Good nelghborhood. Phone
"a. M-48
, 1935-07-16
herald CLASSIFIED ada do Dc

Jobs for little money Phone
l6~ and place your offer before
thousands or Valley bargain hunt
erS
, 1935-07-16
30 Help Wanted Female

LADY WANTED for local coffee
route. Earnings Up to s3250 q
week. I send everything; nc
money risk. Automobile given
producer. Albert Mills, 775i
Monmouth. Cincinnati, o. MAJ
, 1935-07-16
-. tsPeclal % IT Herald

eAN HENrTO. July ie.-McMur-
~ Richey. theological student,
preached Sunday &C the First Meth
odist church IN the absence Of the
pastor, Rev. 8. e. Dunn who Is con-
Quoting q revival series n Fort
Worth. Next Sunday, Rev. ID.
Grant Wagner, retired minister.
viii preach and the following Sun
day. Bishop II. A. Boax will I'LL the
pulpit.
, 1935-07-16
Bust. CHANCES


FOR sALE-wholesaIe and retail
business Doing $4,000 business
a year. Good stock OF merchar-
disc on hand. Clear Of debt.
$500 cash BOX M-34 Herald.
M-34
Evening star., 1935-09-22

so suited to wavering seats, blinking
lights and the mysterious splash Of
darkened water. just as roadside and
little theaters and the movies began
to revive them.
Those Of us who are lucky enough
to be at the landing when q show
boat is playing are frequently dis
appointed not to find the dear. fearful
old melodramas, where virtue still
achieves its just reward in the third
act and vice gets it in the neck when
the curtain falls.
However, few epic lines from one
of these earlier successes are still re-
peated in certain Chesapeake Bay
circles.
When Mr.. Adams first launched the
original floating theater % years ago
he had to watch his step pretty closely
in the matter Of entertainment. Puri-
Evening star., 1935-09-22

enough to attract the competition Of
Sol Smith, well-known ador, for
whom Sol Smith Russell was named.
Everything but grand opera has been
played on show boats, including medi-
cine shows, freaks and menageries,
circuses and minstrels many Keith
Orpheum circuit has introduced q
polished-up show boat skit, and even
Ophelia is reputed to have trailed
her daisy chain down the Ohio lit
toral once. long ago. Many Broadway
hits of the Civil War period made
their debut to show boat audiences.
The old programs have progressed
from Ten Nights in a Bar Room"
From Rags to Riches" Why She
Went Wrong" and East Lynne" up
through the "Pollyanna" variety to
modern comedies. Show boats cast
aside the old favorites. which seemed
Evening star., 1935-09-22

receive the favor of the next per-
Torrance.
THE very beginning of show-boat
history goes back to the early
years of American control of the
Mississippi Basin. Soon after Jeffer-
son bought Louisiana from Napoleon
strolling players drifted over the
mountains in the wake of the first
tide of Yankee emigration, and, in lieu
of anything better. performed on keel
boats and RATS. In 1917 an actor
named Ludlow crossed the Blue Ridge
to the headwaterS Of the Cumber-
land, where he built rude shelter
on a keel boat and drifted down the
Cumberland, the Ohio and Mississippi
with a show that passed muster on
the frontier. His was the first re-
corded show boat and was successful
Evening star., 1935-09-22

tanism was still rampant in the Old
Dominion, and even in parts of cavalier
Maryland.
AS tights we're frowned upon in the
best tidewater circles, the heroine in
THE Balloon Girl" circus per-
former, found it necessary to arrange
a semi-ballet skirt in lieu of tights.
But her lines, when the abaShed
bachelor parson offers her his bath
robe to cover her exposed limbs" re-
manned undisguised.
Evening star., 1935-09-22

The American Museum Of Natural
History, New York City, which has
sent expeditions into jungles, deserts
and mountains Of foreign countries to
gather animals for museum groups.
plans to collect specimens in the
United States to round out State ex-
hibits
Evening star., 1935-09-22
Photoplays in Washington Theaters This Week
Tuesday

Betty Furness in
"McFadden's Flats
Chick Chandler. Cir
cumstantial Evidence"
Claudette Colbert
in
Evening star., 1935-06-07
U. S. TO FIGHT CLAIMS

Attorney General Cummings said
yesterday the Government probably
will assign large group of lawyers to
resist the damage suits of 10 airlines,
amounting to $10.314,O87, which re-
suited from the annulment of airmail
contracts by Postmaster General Far
ley.
The airtnes have until June II to
file the suits in the Court of Claims
and then we have 40 days to answer"
the Attorney General said.
The Washington times., 1935-09-12
STOCK MARKET
IRREGULAR
AND DULL
BY LESLIE GOULD

NEW YORK, Sept. IL Q.N.S0.
The stock market turned dull and
irregular today as profit-taking
The Washington times., 1935-09-12
Commissioners Notices


COMMISSIONERS. D. c., Washington, Sep
TENDER 10. 1895. ORDERED: That the
Police Regulations and Traffic Regulations
of the District of Columbia be and the
same are hereby amended insofar as they
are inconsistent with the following order
No. 1924 of the Public Utilities Commits
sion Of the District of Columbia: Public
Utilities Commission of the District of CO.
lumbia. Order No. 1924. September 8,
1885. IN THE MATTER OF Regulations
governing the operation of passenger We
hicles for hire having q seating capacity
OF less than eight (S) passengers. P. u.
C.. No. 3013/14. AMENDING ORDERS
NOS. 1859 and 1877. By the Commits
sion: Under and in accordance with the
provisions of Paragraph 81 Id of the Act
approved July 1. 1882, entitled IAN Act
to amend Section 7 of an Act entitled An
Act making appropriations to provide for
the government of the District of Column
bla for the fiscal year ending June 80,
1908. and for other purposes approved
July 1, 1902. and for other purposes"
and such authority as 10 conferred by law,
1T is ORDERED: Section l. That the de-
scription of taxicab stand No. 95 be
changed to read as follows: No. 95.
North side Of Pennsylvania Avenue, North
line of 9th Street t25 #. west of fire
cabs. Section 2. That this order take eff
feet Immediately. By the Commission:
E. J. MILLIGAN, Acting Executive Secre-
tary. By the Board of Commissioners of
the District of Columbia: ROLAND M.
BRENNAN, Secretary to the Board. An
proved by the Joint Board: DAN I. SUI
TAN Chairman,
The Washington times., 1935-09-12
TOMORROW
Transatlantic

AMERICAN MERCHANT american
Merchant, Plymouth, september % and
teenth street,. malls close noon (sup-
Elementary mails . p. M, sails p. m.
Mails for Alden. Austria, Belgium. Brit
ish India, Cape Verde Islands, Ceylon'
tonia, Finland. Great Britain, Hungary,
Iran, Latvia. Lithuania. Luxembourg
Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway,
Poland. Rumania, Sweden and U. s. S.
r.: parcel post for Great Britain and
EMPRESS OF BRITAIN canadian
Pacific, from Quebec to Cherbourg and
Southampton. September 10. Mails close
s p. m. and go by rail to Quebec thence
and West Asia Except Canary Islands
French Guinea, Gibraltar Gold Coast,
Ivory Cost. Liberia. Portugal, Senegal
and Sierra Leone) and HAden, british
India, "Ceylon, Cyprus, egypt "rak and
LAcoNIA (Cunard White starr. Cobb.
September 81 and Liverpool, %. via Bos'
ton; Pier IS, N. r. west Fourteenth
street,. No mails carried on this voy-
PENNLAND 1Red starr. Southampton,
September % and Antwerp, %; Pier B.
Hoboken (Second Street). No mails car
Fe VEST IS th iSD SHEsse Latin HaS a%EEIcA
ACADIA eastern s. 81, Yarmouth
September IA Pier 10, N. r. Murray
Street,. Mails close 1870 a. M; sails
1880 a. m. Mails for Nova Scotia lex
cept registered maiD; parcel post.
COTTICA (Royal Netherlands), In
aqua September II, Port au Prince 10,
Curacao 81. Maracaibo %, etc; Pier -,
Brooklyn (near Montague Street. Mails
close 1880 p. m.: sails p. M. Mails
for Caripito, Ciudad Bolivar and Cura-
Gao Except Aruba). Haiti Except Cape
Haiti Gonaives. Port de Paix and st.
Marc), Inagua in Bahamas, Guiana,
Trinidad and Venezuela; parcel post.
LUNA (Royal Netherlands), Turks
Island September IS, Cape Haiti 1S. St.
Marc 20: Pier IL, Brooklyn (near Mon
tague Street). Mails close 80 p. M;
sails p. m. Mails for Cape Haiti.
Gonaives, Port de Paix. st. Marc and
Turks Island; parcel post for Turks
Island.
PAN BOLIVAR (R. L. Hague), Aruba
September 10; Pier 6, Constable Hook.
N. ]. Mails close s a. m. Mails for
Aruba: parcel post.
TACHIRA (American Caribbean), St.
Thomas September 10, Dominica %. etc,
to Grenada 20, ETC.; Pier as, E. R.
(Catharine Street). Mails close ! p. m.
(supp. mails 2 p. m.). Mails for An
tigua, Barbados Caripito. Ciudad Boil
var, Dominica. Grenada, Gudelope, Mar
Unique. Montserrat, Nevis, Saba, St.
Croix, st. Eustatius, st. kits, st. Lucia,
St. Martin, st. Thomas, st. Vincent and
Trinidad; parcel post
The Washington times., 1935-09-12
Monumenta

MONUMENTS-Big reduction. The best
of granite used. Beware of agents and
fake salesmen. Granite Monuments, $50
up. James R. Durity. RIadengburT I'd,
opp. Sears d Roebuck.
The Washington times., 1935-09-12
Metal Markets

NEW YORK. Sept. IL (I.Ns.).-cop-
per buying abroad today IL in good
volume with price equivalent to $500
$685. cents a pound elf European base
ports. This compares with yesterdays
range of S.25 to S.2S5. Although it g
still said that a great part of the
foreign buying Is for war purposes
considerable tonnage are being taken
for industrial and building consump-
ton.
Domestic copper buying was reported
In fairly good volume today with the
market firm at Sh cents Sales Of
copper on Tuesday spurted to ALTO, 900
pounds, from 1900 pounds on Mon
day. Most OF the demand came from
the fabricators with practically all
orders for December shipment. Total
sales for this month SO far approx
mate 14514,000 pounds.
The domestic market was more active
With leading sellers reporting satisfac-
tory volume. The briskness of bus
mess in the past two days suggest
that there may be an advance in the
lead prices, before long. Lead prices
today are unchanged at ABS cents a
pound, New York, and 4.20 cents =
pound, East St. Louis.
The Washington times., 1935-09-12

Miss Floods Private Kindergarten and
School Of Dancing, 1929 Mass. Ave.
n W., re-openS Sept. IS. SIS week. 81
The Washington times., 1935-09-12
Bids and Proposals

D. c.. Washington. Sep
TENDER 10th, 1885; Sealed proposals
Building. until o'clock P. M. e. 9: t.
September oath. 1885. and then publicly
opened for widening. paving and repaving
the roadway of 10th Street. n. W. from
Constitution Avenue to Pennsylvania, Ave:
nue. with about $500 square yards Of
cement concrete base and about $500
square yards of sheet asphalt pavement
Plans and specifications may be obtained
at Room 427. District Building. The at.
tenti9n Of bidders is directed to the Special
the contract and to the use of Domestic
Materials. The minimum wage paid to al all
shall be not less than one dollar Isl .OOl
per hour. The minimum wage paid to all
intermediate labor employed on this con-
tract shall be not less than sixty $50. 60l
cents per hour. The minimum wage paid
to all unskilled labor employed on this
contract shall be not less than forty
(S04Ol cents per hour The Director Of
Unemployment for the District Of Column
bia is Mr.. Edgar B. Young, $50 Indiana
Avenue. N. W., Washington, d. c.
The Washington times., 1935-09-12
Mail Ship Sai|ings

The following table shows the
names of ships, the lines Oper-
ating them. their time Of sail
ing from New York, and when
their regular and supplementary
mails close. Time shown is
daylight saving time. Dates
after names of ports indicate
scheduled dates Of arrival. ~
Indicates mails must be eSpe-
ciaIIy addressed by this steamer.
~ Indicates supplementary
mails will be accepted on pier
up to 10 minutes before sailing
time.
The Washington times., 1935-09-12

NEW. COAL PRICEs-order todayl R. e.
N. W. North 9072.
The Washington times., 1935-09-12

and the start
Of the probe
into the rise of
the ira t ion
3 h ar eS dam
pened Specula-
tive e n t hu ST.
Rsm.
In the utility
shares, N o rth
American, Co
lumbia Gas and
American Wa
ter w ork S
sc ore frac-
tional 6 a | n S.
ION sol idated
Gas, tn GU g h,
The Washington times., 1935-09-12

= EXdlVidend.
t25 cents extra (f-flat).
The Washington times., 1935-09-12

Traction issues were unsettled
by the fears over the stock ex-
change quiz which is being held
at the behest of City Chamber
lain Berle. marlborough Rapid
Transit and Manhattan Railway
lost more than a point each,
while Brooklyn Manhattan Tran
sit suffered a fractional loss.
The Washington times., 1935-09-12

Optional cash. (bI Parity extra 0ol Extra
aud Gd Extra stock m On account
: (ml special (n( P@ia ID
1884 (rC this with warranta G1Wl WITH
warrantA 90 Ex dividend. ~ Ex riEhta
Dividend dollars in pGrenhosOO. (NotS) ezra
Years hgh and carried proviouS Soca
dividends published through regular dividend period
The Washington times., 1935-09-12

Money to Loan on Automobiles So
Evening star., 1935-11-16
WEATHER IS CURB
TO CONSTRUCTION
Building Permits Drop Off
Sharply in Valuation
During Week.

Due largely to inclement weather,
private construction, as gauged by
building permits issued, dropped off
sharply in valuation during the past
week Figures in the office of Build
ing Inspector John w. Oehmann re-
vealed that permits carrying total
valuation for future construction of
S275,765 were granted during the
period.
The weeks list of permits included
10 one-family dwellings and nine
small apartments. The number of
dwellings was approximately the same
as last week, but contemplated erec
ton of apartments showed a large
decrease.
The largest permit of the week was
issued to Max Gorin, Tower Building,
for erection of two-story brick
apartment at 101 Concord avenue, to
cost about $4,000. J. G. Herbert was
listed as architect.
Cooley Bros, also located in the
Tower Building, obtained permit to
build four apartments in the 5000
block of w street, at cost estimated
at S32,500. George T. Santmyers was
named architect for the project.
More important permits of the week
are as follows:
Max Gorin, Tower Building, owner
and builder: j. G. Herbert, architect;
to erect one 2-story brick apartment.
1o1 Concord avenue, to cost $4,000.
Cooley Bros, Tower Building. own
ers and builders: George T SAINT
myers, architect; to erect four 2-story
brick apartments, 39O7-3929 W street,
to cost S32,500.
Norman P. Scala. 918 South Caro-
lima avenue southeast, owner; L. w.
Giles, architect; w. B. Avery, 629 F
street, builder; to erect one 2-story
brick fat. 1913 A street southeast; to
cost $4,000.
Edward A. Hyde, 1913 Second place,
owner and builder; Evan j. Conner,
designer; to erect one and one l1a
story brick and frame dwellings. 1921
(See BUILDING, Page D.
Evening star., 1935-11-16
ONLY 10 STORE
VACANCIES FOUND
Survey Covered 622 Places
in Concentrated Down.
town Area.

There are cnly 10 vacancies out of
622 downtown Washington store prop
critics, according to a survey of the
100 per cent shopping area just COM
pleted by Rufus S. Lusk. The survey
covered the north side of E street to
the north side of G street between
Fifteenth and Seventh streets. The
latter street was covered from Market
place to Mt. Vernon place
Lusk has just had published a map
of the shopping area showing the pro-
prietors and kinds of business of every
store in the section. In commenting
on the survey and map, Lusk stated
Eighty of these stores sell women's
wear exclusively, while SO feature
mems clothing and haberdashery.
Women must wear more shoes than
men since there are only 20 mems
shoe stores to 80 for women.
43 Restaurants.
ITO feed the people in this area
are 43 restaurants. not counting drug
store lunch counters, etc, and to
supply packaged liquors are II stores.
There are half dozen places to buy
flowers and 80 jewelry shops.
"Out-o chains predominant
(See VACANCIES, Page g.