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The Washington times., 1936-08-12

Iowa, noted as the section where
the tall corn" likes to grow when
it's not bothered too much by the
drought, is also noted for its pro-
duction Of charming and highly
attractive women. And within the
past three months three Of Iowa'S
fairest products were selected by
the Bureau. Of Engraving and
Printing to join the ranks Of its
personnel in various departments.
Lily Bang, now connected with
the treasury division, is from Fort
Dodge, Iowa, where she attended
Fort Dodge High School and the
Tobin Business College, being a
member of the Tobin Alumnae
Association. Before earning her
present position with Uncle Sam
she won the Hawley Scholarship
for Scholastic Standing in bust
ness college. thus bringing more
than the usual amount Of eff.
cheney and talent to her new ca
reer. She also attended Iowa State
College before coming to Wash
ington.
Her Winning Personality
Miss Bangs winning personality
has already placed her high among
her working associates and has
won her an unusual amount Of
popularity. She finds many oppor-
tunities to indulge in her favorite
sport of swimming and also is an
efficient basketball player as well
as an ardent fan. She has had no
opportunity as yet to see Wash
ington teams in action, but hopes
to go to a number of games during
the coming season.
Among her hobbies she rates
stamp collecting and typing, de-
spite the fact the latter activity
is part of her daily grind" Had
she not entered the Government
service she would have taken up
accounting.
Marilla Driscoll, the second of
the trio from Iowa, is a clerk in
the Engraving Bureau. While her
home town was Usage, Iowa, she
attended high school in the town
of Cresco and the American Insti-
tute Of Business at Des Moines,
later attending the Iowa State
Teachers College at Cedar Falls.
She is a member Of the Alpha Iota
Sorority and the Woman'S Club
at home.
Prior to entering the Govern
ment service Miss Driscoll was
teacher, but had ultimately ex-
pected to become a private secre-
tary in industry. Now, however,
she is content to remain as one
of the Washington army of Fed
eral workers. She has three par
ticular paStimeS which she enjoys,
her favorite being art. Also, how
ever, she is a swimming enthusiast,
as we'll as frequent cyclist around
the roadways Of the Mall here.
She's From Spencer
Spencer, Iowa, contributed the
third Of the trio of Government
The Washington times., 1936-08-12
RULING SAVES
MUITIGRAPH
POSITIONS
BY J. EARLE MOSER

BY j. EARLE MOSEh
Several thousand Government
employees attached to multigraph-
ing and multilithing activities
have very possibly been saved
their jobs by decision Of the Act
ing Comptroller General, it be-
came known today.
The decision, delivered to the
Federal Power Commission and
dated August 3, dealt with the
question of whether or not multi
graphs and similar machines are
devices for printing. Under the
law, Government printing in the
District of Columbia must be done
by the Government Printing Of
flee and cannot be handled in the
office or establishment requiring
such work, nor can it be given to
private plants.
Had the General Accounting
office decided adversely, operators
and assistants throughout Federal
offices in the Capital would have
found themselves a mere surplus,
as all the work would have had to
go to the North Capital Street unit
controlled by A. E. Giegengack.
The cost would have been enor-
nous, but cost is nothing to the
Government when a technicality
is involved.
Acting Comptroller General FL
lott ruled in essence, however,
that multigraphing and similar op-
erationS are okay when the work
they are being used for may be
considered in the duplicating
sense, such as reproducing type
written material that is contained
in official correspondence and Of
flee records that ordinarily would
be reproduced by typewriter very
slowly. Mr.. Elliott said, however:
"Any evidence of the use Of
duplicating machines for work
reasonably to be regarded as
printing in derOgation of the
act of March l, 1919, may re-
quire that the matter be re-
ported to the Congress. and that
credit for all expenditures in
connection with the duplicating
work Of the activity concerned
be denied until the illegal prac.
tice be corrected"
He also stepped on Federal
Power Commissions toes for buy.
ing number Of fonts of "Chelten.
ham" and Gothic" type for multi
graph use, saying:
"It is not understood why
this regular print type was pur-
chased If only permissible du-
plicating work and not printing
or. work in substitution for
printing was not contemplated"
Vouchers for the types pur-
chase were held up until FPC
explains.
The argument over what is
printing and what is duplicating
arose almost 80 years ago when
Interstate Commerce Commission
= wanted to install an old Gam
meter" multigraph in 1907. The
Comptroller Of the Treasury, who
then did the work Of the Comp
troller General, decided similarly
to Mr.. Elliott and gave him his
precedent, but the latter might
conceivably have ruled much more
sharply than he has done, and
thereby caused a great deal Of
grief.
The Washington times., 1936-08-12
Scientists Make Film
Of Inside Of Cow

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. IA
high spot in the Seventy.third
annual meeting Of the American
Veterinary Medical Association is
a moving picture Of the inside of
a COW. The gastronomic epic is
partly in color and took 13 months
to produce. Photo-floodlights
were used for the interior shots.
The Washington times., 1936-08-12
GOLD MEDAL
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Fine for Weak Acid Kidneys
and Bladder Irritation
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STOP GETTING UP NIGHTS

One 35-cent box Of these famous cap.
sules will put healthy activity into your
kidneys and bladder-flush out harm
full waste poisons and acid and prove to
you that at last you have a grand
diuretic and stimulant that will swiftly
cause these troubles to cease.
But be sure and get GOLD MEDAL
HARLEM Oil Capsules-safe and harm
less-the original and genuine-right
from HARLEM in Holland. Millions
have kidney and bladder trouble and
never suspect it-some symptoms be-
sides visits to bathroom at night are
backache, moist palms, puffy eyes and
burns.
The Washington times., 1936-08-12

tubas, are hard to carry around" j"
Although the threesome has
been in the Capital less than 80
days, they all say they have been
inoculated with "the Washington
bug' and desire to remain per-
manently.
The Washington times., 1936-08-12

other disagreeable symptoms, or the middle
aged woman who experiences heat flashes"
should take this Prescription. Mrs. Mary
Hicks of 81 Douglas St, Tonawanda, N. Y,
says: 81 had lost weight and had to force
myself to eat Sick-headacheS and dizzy
spells would keep me in bed two or three
days. Pains in my back taxed my strength.
used DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
and regained my weight and strength"
Buy a your druggist today Tablets S0G
The Washington times., 1936-08-12
R. {. CALLAHAN
TO BE BURIED
TOMORROW

Robert c. Callahan, a former
captain in the Military Intelli.
gence Department during the
World War, who died yesterday
at his home, 5420 Connecticut Ave.
N. W., will be buried with full
military honors in Arlington Ma
tional Cemetery tomorrow after.
noon at 8 o'clock following fune-
raj services at Gawler's chapel,
1850 Pennsylvania Ave. N. w., at
2 D. m.
The Washington times., 1936-08-12
JAMES THOMAS FAHEY

Requiem mass will be celebrated
tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock at
the Church Of the Nativity, 5000
Georgia Ave. N. W., for James
Thomas Fahey, who died Tuesday
in Sibley Memorial Hospital, in
his forty-first year. Burial with
full military honors in Arlington
National Cemetery will follow. The
Holy Name Society of Nativity and
the Legion will hold services to-
night at Hines funeral parlor,
Fourteenth and Harvard Streets
Northwest, where the body is rest
ing.
The Washington times., 1936-08-12
MRS. DAVID BALDWIN

Mrs. David Baldwin, who died
yesterday in Sibley Memorial Hos
pital, will be buried in Middleburg,
Va, tomorrow afternoon at 3
o'clock following services at Hy-
songs Funeral Chapel, 1900 N st.
NJ W., at p. m.
The Washington times., 1936-08-12

At the end of the month five
well-known and popular employees
of the Government Printing Of
flee will shut up shop" for the
last time, bid good-by to friends,
and begin to enjoy a wellearned
rest at Uncle Sans expense.
Leading the list in point of Serv-
ice Is Lizzie A. Schaefer, bindery
operative, who has served 46 years.
Mrs. Florence E. Broadly, bindery
desk helper, served 80 years, while
Thomas T. Ryan, a cylinder press
man, saw two additional seasons.
William T. Burke, laborer, 20
years, and Mrs. Laura R. Wallace,
cleaner, II years, complete the
list.
Except for Mrs. Broadly and Mr..
Ryan, who are leaving optionally,
the remainder are retiring on age,
Anniversary
Monday was the anniversary Of
the Smithsonian Institution, the
ninetieth, according to a state
ment from the unit, and it has
come a long way since August 10,
1846, the statement adds, pointing
out that in 1846 pure science was
almost exclusively a hobby of in
dividuals. The founder of the in
stitution was James Smithson, an
English scientist, who left his en-
tire fortune to the United States
Government, and who said at the
time:
"The best blood Of England
flows in my veins; on my IA
ther'S side I am a NOrthumber.
land, on my mothers I am re-
lated to kings, but this availS
me not. My name shall live in
the memory of man when the
titles of the Northumberland
and the Percys are extinct and
forgotten"
The name still lives.
The Washington times., 1936-08-12
BIRTHS AND MARRIAGES

Beverly Davis, 50. Tidal Basin.
William Hill, so, Gallinger Hospl.
Charles Manly. II. Emergency HospL
Charles Jackson. 40. Gallingsr HospL
Lloyd Bridges, 30, Providence HospL
Bertha Baker, 25, Gallinger Hospl.
Eloise Kelly, "a. Gallinger Hospl.
Eldora Jordan, 7, Freedmen's HospL
Devid Kee, IL days, 612 44th st. N. e
The Washington times., 1936-08-12
ADVERTIsEME EMIT
ADVICE TO WOMEN

ILL women at
some period of
their lives need a
strengthening tom
ic like DR.. Pierce'S
Favorite Prescrip-
tion. The young
woman who suffers
from monthly pains,
3the expectant mother
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ADVERTIsEMENT
The Washington times., 1936-08-12
Funeral Directors

WEDDING Announcements. 1918 up: 2&-hr.
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.NOTE AMERICAM.
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MCKINNEY, JAMES-Suddenly on Tues
day, August IL. 1886, JAMES McKIN.
NEY. Remains resting at the W. W.
Chambers funeral home, 517 Eleventh
Street Southeast.
Notice of funeral later
The Washington times., 1936-08-12

Who has nausea and
Evening star., 1936-12-04

Wool Socks to rnoke outdoor p!oy more fun
More fun beoouse Of the certainty OF warmth
A. Wool onkIets, foney topped, poir--------65c
B. High striped in gay shades, poir---------50t
c. Brushed wool onkIets, Enelish-mode- SOC
oHnDRExs HosnaY. AISLE IT, FIRST Floor
Evening star., 1936-12-04

Young Men take quite bit Of pride in their
new Christmas oqusitions-ties and soorts-
more than they perhaps show, so give them
A. Ruesedor Ties. soc, or Prnts----------75c
B. Wool scorfs, too ore snoppy in stripes or color
full poids, frneed ends to So
The Boys STORE, FOURTH FLOOR.
Evening star., 1936-12-04

Smocks for mothers helpers. Showing one from
q orond seIecton-coIored muslin with Sombrero
pocket and wood beods. Sizes 7 to lo----Sl.65
Or perhaps Leather Coot is in order. The
one we show is in rich red. sizes to u, $7.95.
Sizes IA to ole-----------------------$8.95
Evening star., 1936-12-04

FootnoteS on the gift list might include
A. Junior Misses block potent pumps with medium
heel and bow, sizes 3K to os------------S6.5 50
B. Boys black or brown Norwegian Golf wng-tiP
oxfords, priced according to the size-----S5-S6
c. GoIoshes for the junior, with high or low
heels --------- ---------------$250
cHnparrs saoss FOURTH F1ooa.
Evening star., 1936-08-26
Old Tom Again.

Old Tom, last survivor of the District
OF Columbia's retired fire horses, will be
featured in the Anacostia parade tomor-
row evening. The occasion will be
notable for his participation, if for
nothing else. He symbolizes an era that
is gone-a romantic era which, as it
happens, really was not nearly so color
less as certain critics have imagined.
Now twenty-one years of age, Tom
In his prime was an heroic figure in the
equine department Of Washington his
tory. Not that he ever performed deeds
of daring in his own name, but rather
because of the zeal with which he car
ried professional fire-dghters to scenes
where they could manifest their intrepid
courage. Like his companions, Barney
and Gene, he was galloper whose ears
constantly awaited the signal for duty.
If he were to write or even to dictate
his autobiography, he might say: well,
yes: as a matter of fact, rather en-
5oyed the dash to the blaze. Once the
boys had climbed to their places on the
engine and could smell smoke, lost
no time showing my public what I
could do on an asphalt track. Ny friends
Evening star., 1936-08-26
Gas Company Ownership.

Back In the lush days of frenzied
prosperity the Washington gas COM
panies fell victim to process that later
brought utility holding companies into
Nationwide disrepute; process that
was one OF the actiyating forces behind
passage of the Wheeler -Rayburn holding
company legislation. That process was
for a public utility holding company to
come into town or city, buy up owner
ship and control Of the majority stock
at fancy prices the individual stock
holders could not refuse. and then issue
new securities on the basis of their
operating company holdings. These new
securities were unloaded on John r.
Public, much and many times to his
later grief.
The acquisition Of the majority COM
mon stock of the Washington Gas Light
Co. was marked by buying drive which
sent the local stock from about $50 to
as high as sl2s and $3.50. 1t also stirred
up a hornets nest at the District Build
ing, where William A. Roberts, then an
assistant corporation counsel, later
peoples counsel, made the holding COM
panys stock purchases signal for
fight, based partly on the evasion OF
the terms of the La Toilette anti-merger
act, designed to prevent foreign control
of local utilities. Mr.. Roberts built
fire under the holding companies and
kept 1t burning.
Now comes news that the Washington
Suburban Companies, one OF the last
formed holding companies figuring in the
deal, is to dissolve and proposes to sell
it's gas company stock back to the public,
holdings which comprise about 30 per
cent of the common stock. OF interest
is the fact that somebody must have
lost lot of money in the deal, for the
market price of the steck is now about
$50. The mixers sometimes get MIXED
OF greater interest. however, is the pos
sibility and the probability that owner
ship of the stock will now revert to in
dividuals, where it belongs, and that
most Of them will be Washingtonians,
where the ownership of the gas company
should belong.
The gas company, under competent
management, has been following the
wise policy of plowing back into its
properties about as much money as 1t
has been paying in dividends. Under
local ownership, and local management
responsive to community needs and
community sentiment, it ought to pros
per. AND when it prospers the money
should be distributed in Washington and
not to the outsiders, whose acquisition OF
stock in the first place was in accordance
with a policy designed more for quick
profits than for substantial service to
the community.
Evening star., 1936-08-26

have told me that I struck out brave
lot of sparks as dashed over car tracks,
but of course never personally bothered
to notice q little detail like that. Ger
tain ancestors of mine In their day took
part in great battles, and I doubtless
inherited some of their fighting spirit.
In 1925, when the Fire Department was
motorized, my pals and had last
run, and crowds OF people attended the
ceremony. Since that date have been
living on my pension at Blue Plains.
However, if I should be needed, will
be ready. That's the difference between
q horse and a machine. Trucks, when
they are scrapped, forget: but I re-
member"
His admirers also have healthy
memory. Presumably, in the audience
tomorrow night there will be oldsters
who will bring their grandchildren to
see Old Tom and to applaud those days
when their hearts beat high to behold
him in Gathering, dashing action.
Evening star., 1936-08-26
Member Of the Associated Press.
Automobile Taxes.

From the point of view of the tax
assessor, Mr.. Fred D. Allen may regard
the weight or horsepower tax on auto
mobiles as preferable to the personal
property tax. But Mr.. Allen reveals a
distinct weakness in his advocacy Of
such substitute taxes when he argues
that District automobile taxes are below
the average in the States and should,
therefore, be increased. Is the desidera-
tum the highest taxes. in all the various
fields In which taxes are levied? Or is 1t
the lowest, commensurate with the need?
In Washington Congress has been un-
willing to spend all the money produced
by automobile taxes. AS long as that
attitude persists, where is the need to
increase them? Nor are comparisons
between the yield of specific taxes signi-
ficant in measuring the adequacy OF
tax burden. The comparable figure is
total taxes, not automobile taxes alone.
: Washington ranks high in the payment
of total taxes.
According to study by the Bureau OF
Public Roads, seventeen of the States
which levy high registration taxes, by
weight or horsepower, levy no personal
tax on automobiles. These States ac-
count for 459 per cent OF registered
automobiles, or nearly half. In the
thirty-one States which, with the District
of Columbia, levy personal property
taxes on utomobiles-along with vary
ing registration feeS-the- percentage OF
automobiles on the tax rolls varies from
less than 35 per cent in Illinois to slightly
over 80 per cent in Arizona, Connecticut
and Montana. Only five States and
the District of Columbia place all auto
mobiles subject to the personal property
tax on the assessment rolls. From this
it may be concluded that there is a
fair choice between the personal property
tax and weight or horsepower tax, ana
that in the District, among the jurisdic-
tions choosing the personal property tax,
the assessment is unusually thorough.
There is distinct trend in the States,
however, away from the horsepower ana
weight tax toward fiat registration tax.
It has been demonstrated that high
weight or horsepower taxes discourage
automobile ownership. A nat registra-
ton fee, coupled with personal property
taxes, is the fairer method OF taxing
automobiles. 1t recognizes the depfe-
ciation of automobiles as property with
out discrimination against the autorno-
bile owner as a taxpayer, as the states
and the Federal Government have been
prone to do in levying their burdensome
automobile taxes.
The registration fee in Washington is
low, and rightly so. The automoolie-
owning taxpayer was to be taxed as a
personal property taxpayer and as user
of highly taxed gasoline and the
REGISTRATION fee was intended merely to
cover the cost of the tag and the registra-
ton, and was not regarded as tax.
If Assessor Allen is able to convince
Others as to the advisability now OF au-
tomobile registration as source OF rev.
ehue. the new tax should be substituted
for the personal property tax and not
be levied as an additional and higher
tax. But he must be able to show that
q weight or horsepower tax, In adoition
to being easily collected, is fair and
Just method of taxing the automobile
owner.
Evening star., 1936-08-26
Two Decisive Victories.

Two New Deal Senate stalwarts won
hands down in their contests yesterday.
Senator Byrnes Of South Carolina left
his two opponents far behind. Senator
Pat Harrison Of Mississippi won by
margin over his Bilbo-backed opponent,
former Governor mike" Connor, that
probably surprised the Senator as much
as any one else.
In South Carolina there was no real
threat to Senator Byrnes. His two op-
ponents were both hackers of the Pres
ident and both hackers Of the New Deal.
Their only attack on Senator Byrnes
consisted of differences Of opinion as to
certain New Deal measures and the
Senator's stand on them. The South
Carolina voters indicated that these
were not sources of any worry to them.
Popular Jimmie" Byrnes is as popular
as ever.
In Mississippi the contest was marked
by the feud between Senator Harrison
and his colleague, Senator Bilbo, which
first showed itself In Senator Bilbo's
opposition to Senate confirmation Of
Federal Judge Holmes, son-in-law Of
the late John Sharp Williams and a
Harrison appointee. Judge Holmes had
once put Senator Bilbo in Jail for con-
tempt Of court. Bilbo was able to secure
only four Senate votes in opposition,
however, and he carried his fight into
the primaries in an effort to defeat Har-
rison. It was a warm campaign, and
Senator Harrison felt he had a real
fight on his hands. But the votes have
shown 1t was not such fight after all.
Senator Harrison is now second in
command, as chairman of the Senate
Finance Committee, of administration
forces in the Senate. His victory is a
valuable one for the New Deal. More
than that, it is pleasing to the Senator's
numerous friends in Washington who
have known him for many years. 1t is
good news that he is coming back.
Evening star., 1936-08-26
G.. C.. C.. Trees.

President Roosevelts bitterest critics,
1t seems, credit him with real achieve
ment in at least one enterprise Of his
administration. The c. c. G. Is uni
versally popular, even among uncom-
promising enemies of the New Deal.
Later. perhaps, there may be complaint
as men come to realize that their lives
have been retarded by being isolated
from the normal industrial and social
progress of their times. But they will
not be ashamed of the service which, in
their civilian army, they have given their
country. The alternative, as they under
stand, was enforced idleness for large
number of boys. And it was a useful
programmed boondoggling-tha the
youth OF the Nation was invited to put
into effect.
For example, in New York State alone
during the past three years more than
sixty-two million forest trees have been
planted by G. G. G. workers. The cost
was relatively small, the profit to genera
tions yet unborn immeasurably great.
Conservationists are agreed that more
trees are needed, and the public generally
comprehends the danger Of the policy
Of neglect which gradually was affecting
climate, rainfall, the movement of rivers,
etc., deleteriously. Mr.. Roosevelt de-
serves, commendation for his insistence
on q philosophy of replacement. Only
the other day, an authority on the sub
ject said: His preservation Of our
natural resources will be his monument"
But the G. c. c. personnel-the men
themselves-also are entitled to the
gratitude Of the public. They have
endowed the culture Of America. The