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Evening star., 1936-01-27
ECKERT ADVOCATES
SINGLE-TAX LAW
Pennsylvania Says It Is Solution
to Economic Security
and War.

Representative Charles r. Eckert OF
Pennsylvania told the District Of Co.
lumbia Federation Of Women's Clubs
today that the solution of two age-old
problems-economic security, or how
to make living. and war--is to be
found in the passage OF so-called
single-tax legislation.
Unfair, unjust distribution Of the
products of labor is the basis Of eco
nomic trouble IN this country. Mr.
Eckert said, as he addressed approx
imately 100 women under the auspices
of the Single Tax Club The single
tax. he continued, is levy which
would remove the incidence of taxa
ton from the products OF labor and
industry to public utility franchises
land title franchises and other Gov
ernment concessions.
Three legislative measures now be-
fore Congress were discussed by Mrs
E. Morgan Pryse-the small loan bill
the 40-kour week law for women
and the bill to regulate beauty shops
The federation approved reso-
luton to indorse the provision in the
District of Columbia budget for a
Petworth branch Of the Public Lii
brary.
Following a luncheon meeting at l
O'Clock, the Federation was scheduled
to hear from Mrs Jesse C. Adkins,
wife of the District Of Columbia Su-
preme Court justice, on the proposed
model Juvenile Court law, and also
to act on resolutions in the Edith
Maxwell case and in support Of the
equal rights amendment.
Evening star., 1936-01-27
ARMY REDCR0SS
UNIT RE0RCAN|zED
First Reserve Nurses List Is
Redistributed to Nine
Corps Areas.

In reorganization Of the American
more perfectly with the preparedness
plan" of the War Department, the
registration list of $4,000 nurses on
the first reserve list" has been re-
distributed to the nine corps areas Of
the Army throughout the country, in
stead Of being concentrated here at
Washington, it was learned today.
No change has been made in the
status of $4,000 Red Cross nurses in
the so-called second reserve list
whose names still are on file at ma
tional headquarters of the Red Cross
here
Service Remains Voluntary.
In decentralizing the files of the
$4,000 available nurses of the first
reserve to the nine corps area COM
manders, the Red Cross, it was en-
phasized by officials. has not made
any change in the volunteer" nature
of the service
misunderstanding Of the orders has
brought into Red Cross headquarters
here already thousands of letters from
nurses asking if their change in as
signment has in any way brought
them under compulsory orders of the
War Department.
To clear this up, it was stated en-
phatically by Red Cross officials that
the decentralization in no way affects
the volunteer nature Of a Red Cross
nurses service. The new plan is de-
signed to assist the War Department
in its long-range plan Of preparedness.
Corps area commanders thus will have
on file in their own offices the names
and addresses of the Red Cross nurses
who can be called as volunteers" for
immediate service in case of emer-
gency.
Distinction Among Nurses.
There is a distinction between the
nurses in the first reserve, whose names
have been decentralized to the corps
area commanders, and those in the
second reserve.
The first reserve consists of unmar-
ried nurses under 40. while the second
reserve list includes those over 40 or
married, or who for some other reason
are not available for immediate service.
Evening star., 1936-01-27
|R[UMMER BO0MED|
IN SIXTH DISTRICT |! !
ke 70
Friends Ask Former Mont
qomery Sheriff to Run
AGAINST Lewis

Henry Clay Plummer, Montgomery
County. Nd, dairy proprietor and
Gaithersburg bondsman. may seek the
congressional seat which Representa-
tive David J. Lewis Of Cumberland has
held for six years.
Plummer said today he Is consider
ing seriously filing for the Democratic
nomination to Congress from the sixth
Maryland district, although he has not
yet made q definite decision.
He has been approached in this con-
nection by several American Legion
colleagues and by friends In all
counties of the district-Montgomery
Allegany, Garrett, Washington and
Frederick.
The American Legion is planning tc
fight Lewis denomination because OF
his unfavorable vote on the bonus. il
was said. Lewis voted against the baby
bond bonus payment plan before II
was submitted to President Roosevelt
He did not vote at all on the question
of overriding the Presidents veto.
A native and lifelong resident oi
Montgomery County. Plummer was
county sheriff from 1924 to 1927 and
has been identified with the Fusion
administration.
Evening star., 1936-01-27
j. NJ. ". TO GATHER
TOASK 6-HOURDAY
Five-Day Week in Both Soft
and Hard Coal Fields Is
Sought.

Inauguration of the six-hour day
and five-day WorkWeek in both an
thracite and bituminous fields stood
out today as the principal demand to
come from the Thirty-fourth Conven-
ton OF the United Mine Workers Of
America, which gets under way at 10
o'clock tomorrow morning in Consti-
tuition Hall
Long an objective of the miners Of
the Nation, the convention will be
called upon to indorse the 30-hour
scale already decided upon by anthia-
cite workers. whose five-year contract
expires March 81, next. and to formu-
late policy for the bituminous miners
whose contract has until March 81,
1887, to run officials were certain
that the bituminous demands also
would call for the 30-hour week
At present, anthracite workers are
on an eight-hour six-day week. They
start negotiations with the operators
in New York next month on the new
proposal on which they decided at a
conference in December.
The bituminous workers, who ne
gotiated their present scale under the
N. r. A., are on sevenhour, five
day week
Along with the demands for shorter
hours, the miners are attempting to
hold their present pay. In the case
of the anthracite men, this is $3.50
q day; in the bituminous fields OF
the North. the scale is $3.50, and in
the South. $50
Nearly 1000 delegates are expected
to be on hand tomorrow morning
when the opening gavel falls, special
trains bringing large groups.
John Locher, president of Central
Labor Union of Washington, will be
the temporary presiding officer, and
turn the convention over to Presi-
dent John L. Lewis after the Gus
tomary formalities Commissioner
Melvin C. Hazen will welcome the
visitors. Right Rev. James E. Free
man, Bishop of Washington, and Most
Rev. John NJ. Mcnamara. Auxiliary
Bishop of Baltimore, will offer prayer.
Evening star., 1936-01-27
Comment on Smiths Speech
Most Newspaper Editors See Telling Attack on
.- New Deal Record, but Voice Some
M .. Criticism of Source.
y the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Editorial comment on Alfred E.
Smiths speech before the American
Liberty League dinner here Saturday
night follows: ..---
New York Times independent
Democratic) Others have pointed out
the contrast between the solemn
promises of 1882 and tine performance
that followed But no one had
played upon the theme as did Mr..
Smith. He made the familiar stuff
glow with new color. Taking one
pledge to the people after another,
singing out the tell-tale contradic-
tions even in language, he made the
whole thing seem uncommonly lu-
dicrous.
New York Herald Tribune IRE
publican)-To this huge assemblage
of self-respecting, uncomplaining, am
bilious men and women Mr.. Smith
made his plea, and he made it with
q simplicity and clarity that no one
else can equal. He made it in his
straight American talk, his shrewd
HllldSCS, Allo 6OOA- GU WV 0AVAAle
thrusts. Because OF what he
had been and had accomplished, he
could speak as he did.
New York Sun independent Re-
publican)- He told the truth. and the
truth was painful to the satellites OF
President Roosevelt. But
| what hurt the New Dealers most was
the fact that the most convincing Pc
iitical orator in America was broad
casting into millions OF eager ears the
| story of his party's shame. Right al
| the door of Franklin Roosevelt he
placed the guilt of the great betrayal
Baltimore Sun independent Demo-
craft 1T is disappointing that AL Smith
should mar good speech with Fourth
of July closing. The comir /
months are certain to be filled with
talk and debate. and it is pity that
man of AL Smiths gifts and prestige
should intrude a hobgoblin where real
ism and discrimination and compre'
hensive issue are urgently required.
Cincinnati Times-Star (Republican)
"A historic protest has been formu-
lated by voice that will carry far.
Buffalo New York; Evening New.
(Republican) Bold and blunt was Mr.
Smiths castigation of the record com
Evening star., 1936-01-27
.L|GGETT DAUGHTER
MAY TAKE STAND.
Hidden Away. by Mother,
Girl Expected to Testify
at Murder Trial.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MINNEAPOLIS, January 81
Whether 10-year-old Marda Liggett
will be called as a State witness re-
manned in doubt as the second week
Of the trial Of Isadore (Kid Cann)
Blumenfeld, charged with the murder
Of Walter w. Liggett, weekly news
paper publisher, opened today.
Since the staying of her father De-
cember 9 the child has been at the
home of friends Of her mother. Mrs.
Edith Liggett. who has refused to dis
close where the friends live.
While States attorneys sought to
have the girl brought into court as a
prosecution eyewitness to the murder.
Mrs. Liggett has refused to allow her
to be drawn into the trial.
However, 1t was reported. the mother
recently told prosecuting attorneys
she might permit Marda to 60 on the
stand IN an effort to obtain a con-
viction OF Blumenfeld.
Marda sat with her mother in the
back seat Of the Liggett family car as
her father. standing beside the ma
chine, was shot down by man riding
in an automobile through the alley
in the rear OF the Liggett apartment
house.
She, like Mrs. Liggett. was thought
to have had clear view OF the face
of the killer as he peered from the
right front window Of the passing car
Attorneys today resumed the task
Of selecting jury. of which three
members remained to be picked. Be-
cause of cold weather, the nine jurors
already chosen stayed within the con-
fines Of the Hennepin County Court
House throughout the week end.
Witnesses in the case we're instruct
ed to appear in court again Tuesday
when 1t was expected taking of testi-
mony would begin.
Evening star., 1936-01-27
TWO BURN TO DEATH

PLEASANT VALLEY, Iowa, Janu-
ary ~ (P).-Two children were burned
to death and three other persons seri-
ously burned in a fire that destroyed
the farm home of Charles Clifton yes
terday. Eight other children were
rescued.
Jason Clifton. 7, and Ed Hill. jr., 5,
were the victims. Mrs. Hill, %: Mrs.
Clifton, IS, and her son. Billy. IS.
were burned about the face and body.
Fire followed explosion Of q can
of motor oil placed On the stove to
thaw.
Evening star., 1936-01-27

public today by
the Navy Depart
Ment.
Airshjps Of the
dirigible type are
practica BILE q n d
useful, in the
opinion Of MEM
hers of the COM
mrtee, headed by
DR.. w. T.Durand,
professor emeritus
of mechanical en-
Hneering at STAN
ford University.
In the report.
based on a year
nf study. the com.
Evening star., 1936-01-27
STREET CAR IS SECOND
LOST IN MINNEAPOLIS
"Fill-1n" Operator Makes Two.
Hour Tour Before Returning
to Barn.
8y the Associated Press.

3y the Associated Press.
MINNEAPOLIS, January 27.-Foz
the second time in recent weeks, q
street car was lost in Minneapolis.
A car, skippered by "fill-in" oper-
Ator, made two-hour tour of South
Minneapolis before it was returned
anally to the barns.
Carrying a full load of passengers,
the car was piloted through the LOOP
but on Lowry Hill the operate. failed
to make the proper turn.
Passengers grumbled, but the oper-
ator insisted he wasn't lost.
Many Of the passengers obtained
emergency transfers, but a score re-
manned aboard for the 75-block de-
tour.
The operator said q switch on the
hill did not function properly.
Evening star., 1936-01-27
New U. S. Embassy Started.

REQ DE JANEIRO LP)+-Work has
started in Transforming the palatial
former residence of Sir Henry Lynch.
British banker, into permanent
home for Ambassadors of the United
States
Evening star., 1936-01-27
DELEGATION FOR BORAH
PLANNED IN NEW YORK

Former G. o. P. State Treasurer
Announces Slate for Convention
To Be Put in Field.
BY the Associated Press.
BUFFALO. N. Y. January 27.-A
weekend development in the Repub-
lican presidential situation in New
York State was announcement by
William E. Ziegler, that a slate Of
candidates for contention delegates
definitely pledged to Senator William
E. Borah, would be entered in the
primaries.
Ziegler is former treasurer Of the
G. O. P. State Committee.
Evening star., 1936-01-27
SC|ENT|STSURGE
A|RSH|PSFORNAW
Advisory Group Proposes
Era of Tests-NaW
Studies Report.

Continued airship development by
the Navy is urged by special scien-
tific advisory committee appointed oy
Secretary Swanson in q report MADE
Evening star., 1936-01-27
SPECIAL NOTICES.

ALBUMS FOR MATCH COVERS. HOLD
2l6. Both sides show. No paste. Pairs. 81 !;
etn9les 60c, postpaid. Matchless Album.
pAILY TRIPS MOVING LOADS AND PART
{oads e. and from 9alto. Phila and New
York kTeauent trips to other Eastern
sss' % pAy}soS ss5T1fs snsf sroRSos
CO. phone Decatur 260Q
Evening star., 1936-01-27
POLICE CHIEF WOUNDED

11S Rioters Arrested in Puerto
Rican Disorders.
PONCE, Puerto Rico, January ~ Qp,.
Police Chief Francisco Velez Ortiz
and a policeman were wounded today
breaking up fight between National
lists and Liberals.
After the chief and Patrolman
Manuel Barrios Plaza went down,
other police arrested 118 rioters.
Evening star., 1936-01-27
FIRE ESCAPES

DESIGNED AND INSTALLED TO
MEET DISTRICT REQUIREMENTS
FRED g. GIchNER IRON WORKS.
1914 Gath st NV West 242O
The Washington times., 1936-10-10
Automobiles for Sale

PONTIAC 1885 DEMONSTRATORS Hin
son Motor. 1852 Florida Ave. N. E.
NEW AND USED FoRDs Billhimer 3
Palmer. z Spencer ST. HysttSville Nd
MOST SATISFACTORY USED CAR IN
town. skinker Motor. 1915 goth N. ".
ANY DEMONSTRATION
L P. STEUART. INC. 1928 14th st.
The Washington times., 1936-10-10

Drive . Carter Renewed Car
Parkway Motor Co. 304o N St. N. ".
LOWEST TERMS ON USED CARS
Handley Motor. $3.50 Georgia Ave. N ",
USED OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 1 TRUCKS
The Washington times., 1936-10-10

TT cifTS">> 1SSS >Rdf;1T6 a 0S
down, $1197 per month. O1CO
salaried employees, with good credit
need no signers or furniture liens.
GARDNER-STUART MOTORS
S04 Bladensburx Rd. n. #. Line. 1888
The Washington times., 1936-10-10
Automobiles for Sale

USED CARS that are "better BY compari.
SON." Warfield Motor Co.. 1928 Sherman
Ava N "
The Washington times., 1936-10-10

Plymouth 1882 p. b. Sedan-POGE
SIS down. 1859 per month. OAUO
Salaried employees, with good credit,
need no signers or furniture liens.
GARDNER-STUART MOTORS
8O4 Bladensburg Rd. N. K. Line. 813S
The Washington times., 1936-10-10

Packard 1882 Sedan-9OO series, Ch7E
finished in apple green, has Ot -
had the best Of care and IL above the
average in every respect; mileage 10
low, tires show no wear. Emerson &
Orme guarantees II.
EMERSON b ORME
II & NJ st. N. w. Dist. 800
The Washington times., 1936-10-10

Plymouth 1882 sedan-Finishsd p0AE
in tan; excellent mechanical OAtO
condition and clean as can be; only $l1
down, balance IL months; bargain.
HANDLEY MOTOR co.
1880 Ga. Ave. n. w. Adams 6O62
The Washington times., 1936-10-10
CHEVROLET

MANDELL CHEVROLET
18th & Good Hope Rd. s. f. AT. 400
The Washington times., 1936-10-10

Chevrolet 1929 COupe-Runs good; COO
looks good; all tires o. X; lots CDCO
of TRANSFORMATION al carfare terms.
STOHLMAN CHEVROLET
1907 NJ st. n. w. WESt l646
The Washington times., 1936-10-10
PLYMOUTH

PACKARD USED CARS ARE THE BEST.
PACKARD. Kalorams at 18th.
The Washington times., 1936-10-10

Chevrolet 1896 Master 2.DOOr Trunk
Sedan-Gun metal finish; spot light
and many other extras; car is in best
of condition throughout. Cali Mr..
Tubbs Potomac 22s0.
The Washington times., 1936-10-07

-S-ut. aluminium kettles in
the popular Windsor shape
with thermoplaX no-burn
knob on self -basting cover
and cold-steel bail handle.
The Washington times., 1936-10-07
DIVER HUNTING
GIRLS TORSO
IN HARB0R

BOSTON, Oct. 7 GN.S0.-A
deep-sea diver today prepared to
descend to the bottom of Boston
harbor, there to seek in submarine
darkness the torso, head and arms
OF a murdered girl whose mutt
lated legs, encased in separate bur-
lap wrappings, were found float
+ ing on the surface Monday.
Fred Wallace, noted deep7Sea
p diver, was expected to drop below
the surface this morning in an at
tempt to locate the missing limbs.
BY strange coincidence, Wal
lace'S father 80 years ago success
fully engaged in a similar quest,
locating on the harbor bed the
diSSected remains of Susan Geary,
victim Of New England's most
notorious dissection murder.
GrueSOme Search
- An added touch of the grueSome
crime was impaired to the inveS-
tigation when a police harbor boat
spun out into the harbor in search
OF q ShapeleSs bundle floating on
the surface about which, it was
reported, sea gullS we're circling
ceaSeleSSly.
Police meanwhile sought to es-
tabliSh identity of the victim.
- Their first step being a hypo-'
thetical reconstruction Of her
probable physical appearance.
Her feet were small, we'll shaped
and well cared for, the toenailS
manicured and the legs muscular
but Shapely, leading to the belief
she might have been a dancer.
Bone structure revealed by X-ray
examination indicated she was IS
to 80 years old.
Check Missing
. Checking missing persons rec
ords,, police said they had found
that an unnamed young matron
who, eStranged from her husband,
had been keeping company with
another man, had not been seen
recently.
: Her admirer was believed to be
q chef and, in this connection,
: police sought to determine whether
the manner in which the legs had
been severed from the trunk
might point to a semiprofessional
touch by the murderer.
Authorities pointed out that
while the person who welded the
knife did so with ostensibly crud-
ity, it might have been the work
Of a hand desperately anxious to
conceal its skill.
VOTE AMERICAN-
The Washington times., 1936-10-07
.P.:|. WORKERS
MAKE APPEAL

TILE, Wash, Oct. z
G.NS3.-Six hundred employees
of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer,
thrown out Of work by a strike
of "a editorial employees, today be-
gan a battle for their means Of
livelihood.
- In a public statement, which
was published on the front page
Of the Seattle Times, representa-
tives of the non-Striking employees,
who are not members of the union
lied mechanical department de-
manded by what right 4 per cent
of the acknowledgements en-
ployes can keep the other So per
cent from their jobs"
The Post-Intelligencer has not
published since August 10 when
strike Of two dozen editorial de-
partment workers accompanies by
the picketing Of the newspaper
plant by longshoremen, teamsterS
and loggers forced suspension Of
publication. The statement asked:
Glow much longer will small
minority of editorial strikers
"a or rs out Of "a employed in
that department-be permitted
to keep nearly 600 other en-
ployeS out Of their jobs? The sit
uation daily becomes more in
tolerabIe. We are family heads.
We have wives, children, moth
ArS Ia SunnOrk
1--WE number nearly 800 as
against "a or Is editorial de-
partment employees who struck.
BY the continued refusal Of this
handful of malc0ntents to come
back to work we are deprived
Of q right to work, a right as
fully sacred as their right not to
work."
VOTE AMERICAN-
Get football results the day
the game is played. Read late
editions of The Washington
Times every Saturday through
out the season.
The Washington times., 1936-10-07

-rrregulars; originally $3.50 to $7.sa!
White enameled bases with white
or colored decorated tops. Sizes
22x27 and 25x20.
Evening star., 1936-11-22

to keep the car to a safe course until
it can be brought to standstill. The
trick is to take q firm grip on the
steering wheel, SO that the car will
continue going straight ahead, in spite
of its desire to swerve in the direction
Of the fiat tire. The best way to hold
the wheel firmly is to wrap your arms
around it, allowing your body to rest
against the wheel as further means
of holding it. Meanwhile, experiment
a little with the brakes, making sure
that you have steering under control
first. This is the way it is done on the
proving grounds, where made-to-order
blowouts are produced safely up to
speeds in excess of a mile a minute.
If the street is spotted with ice there
is more chance of a skid than If the
surface were glare ice. This is due to
the fact that all four tires do not have
the same traction. or the same lack OF
it. The effect is the same as If one or
two brakes we're not equalized.
Evening star., 1936-11-22
YOU AND YOUR CAR
AIDED BY RUSSELL
Excessive Tire Wear Held
Often Indicative of High
Speed, Driving.
BY FREDERICK c. RUSSELL.

As usual. great many peoples
motoring continues to be dreamlined.
Tires as Telltales.
Your service man, If well posted,
can tell whether or not you have
been stepping on the gas too freely.
Some of these days probably the
police also will be able to look at
your tires and tell you just how you've
been behaving yourself as a driver
Meanwhile, don't be misled into think
ing that heel-and-toe wear on the
front tire treads (that peculiar cupped
wear) necessarily is evidence Of some
faulty condition of alignment. The
latest survey of tires shows that such
wear is more likely to indicate high
speed driving or excessive use of the
brakes. They can eliminate the matter
of the brakes by looking for evidence
of lining wear and warped drums.
Consider This in Starting.
If the engine has not been started
for some time, there is a possibility
that its refusal to go into action
Is due to the carburetor float being
stuck. This float mechanism gets
rusty like any other working part
when it is allowed to lapse into disuse.
The result is that when the engine
calls for large supply of fuel, the
float may stick at the high position
and shut off the flow of fuel to the
bowl. There is good reason to suspect
that if you crank a while. raise the
hood and fail to see or smell any
evidences of flooding. Usually if
the carburetor bowl is struck lightly,
things are returned to normal again.
For that Show Room Look.
When the body of the car fails to
take what you think Is a bright wax
ing, the reason is usually found in
failure to clean the surface thoroughly
before applying the wax. I am not
strongly in favor Of using abrasive
cleaners. as they do have a tendency
to remove lacquer and certainly play
havoc with stripes. Preferable are
cleaners which rely upon chemical
action to get rid of the film, tar, road
oil and spots which mar the finish.
1t is not enough to go over the body
once with such cleansers. If the
Evening star., 1936-11-22

finish has been neglected for some
time. 60 over it at least twice.
After thorough cleaning and wax
ing, it should not be necessary to
clean again, If plenty Of wax is kept
on the surface. Ordinary dirt can be
taken of with water and chamois.
Mechanic Joe Speaking"
Strange as it may seem. owners
are saving themselves a lot of money
by tring to do fewer mechanical jobs
on their cars. I know no better illus
tration of this than the situation with
the fan belt, where conditions have
improved materially since owners
stopped fussing with this part of the
engines anatomy.
Before the use Of V-belts and
double belts owners were forever try
ing to tighten up the belt whenever
the engine ran hot. This cramped
the fan bearing, actually made the fan
slow down and raised hob with the
belt itself. While it is true that the
newer belts are less troublesome. the
engineers themselves will have to
admit that we have less trouble with