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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-14

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Evening star., 1936-10-24

Of the American Motorists Associa-
ton, pointed out that the District is
the only political subdivision in the
United States not participating IN
Federal highway aid.
Other witnesses included S. E. Katz,
representing w. P. A. Lodge, l39, Of
the American Federation Of Govern
ment Employees; DR.. Llewellyn Jordan
of the Conduit Road Citizens Asso-
citation; H. c. Phillips. representing
the District Congress Of Parents end
Teachers, and Joseph w. Cheyney.
The organizations affiliated with the
Citizens Joint Committee, which SUBJ
mitted the comprehensive argument
for fiscal equity include the Board of
Trade, Federation of Citizens Asso-
Citations, Central Labor Union, Dis
trict Federation OF Women's Clubs,
Voteless District League of Women
Voters, District Bankers Association
District Building and Loan League,
District Bar Association, Women's
Bar Association. Washington Real
Estate Board, Federation of Business
mems Associations, Association of Old
est Inhabitants, Society of Natives Of
the District, Northeast Washington
Citizens Association, Rotary Club,
Kiwanis Club. Cosmopolitan Club,
Soroptimist Club. Representatives of
many of these organizations attended
the hearing and were introduced by
Colladay.
Subject Covered in Brief.
The subject covered in the 264-page
brief include:
THE local taxpayers obligation and
how 1t is being met.
"Taxpaying disabilities of the Wash
| ington community.
Comparison of city tax burdens.
1.-THE National Governments obliga-
ton and how it is being met.
"The obligation of the United States
as an untaxed property owner
THE obligation based on absolute
control.
obligation to protect Nation from
shame.
THE national obligation based upon
payments from local taxes, solely be-
cause Washington is the Capital, in
excess Of what would be paid if WASH
;ngton were the ordinary commercial,
self-supporting community.
THE Washingtonian as a national
taxpayer.
THE obligation to pay heavily for
Capital upbuilding in lieu of the mil
lions distributed among the States In
grants, bounties. ETC., from national
taxes, to which the District contributes
more than half of the States, but in
the distribution Of which the District
IS not treated as a State.
THE equitable principles support
ing the fixed ratio and how those
principles have been violated under
the lump sum.
History and review Of the activities
Of the Citizens Joint Committee.
Streets and highways of the Ma
tional CapitalHhow the burden of a
joint responsibility has been shifted
to the non-controlling partner.
'Water Department..
History Of fiscal relations.
what other Nations do for their
capitals"
The argument was submitted in be-
half Of the Executive Committee Of
the Citizens Joint Committee, by
Theodore w. Noyes, chairman; Col
laday, Carruthers, Robert j. Cottrell.
John Locher. Lodge, B. M. McKelway
and Suter. These constitute the COM
mittee on brief of the joint commit
tee.
Evening star., 1936-10-24
KINGSBURY QUITS W. P. A.
TO SUPPORT ROOSEVELT
Decision Prompted by Backing of
Amos Pinchot for Landon,
Letter Declares.
BY the Associated Press.


ReSigning as administrative con-
sultant to the Works Progress Admins
tration, DR.. John A. Kingsbury advised
Administrator Harry L. Hopkins yes
terday that he wished to be free to
campaign for the reelection of Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
His letter of resignation. made pub
lie by w. p. A., said his decision was
prompted by the action Of Amos Pin
chot, New York attorney and his one
time colleague in the Progressive move
ment, in supporting Gov. ALI M. Lam
don.
when I read the letter of Amos
Pinchot to Secretary Ickes last Mon
day." Kingsbury said, IT decided it was
time for every Progressive In the coun-
try who favors the reelection Of Roose-
velt to line up with the La Follettes,
Senator Norris, Grace Abbott, Frank
walsh. Paul Kellogg and other lead
ers still loyal to the principles Of social
justice which Theodore Roosevelt en-
visaged in 1912. and which Franklin
Roosevelt is rapidly translating into
action"
Evening star., 1936-10-24
Contractor Believed Suicide.

CINCINNATI. October "a R-
Coroner Frank M. Coppock, jr., re-
turned verdict of suicide yesterday
in the death Of Leonidas j. Nelson
36. as plans were made to bury the
former Asheville, N. c., building con-
tractor here. in compliance with .
note he left.
Nelson's body, q bullet hole through
the temple. was found In his hotel
yesterday.
The Washington times., 1936-11-11
u. 5. SUPPORTS
KY. RULING

CINCINNATI. Ohio, Nov. II
G.N.SO The U. S. District Court
of Appeals today returned de-
cision in the National Bank Of
Kentucky case, affirming the de-
cree of the District Court at Louis
vile as to damages due from non
officer directors of the closed bank
on the Norman and Company
loans, but reversing and remand
ing to the lower court for further
proceedings all other awards.
Costs of the appeal were as
sessed 20 per cent against the ap-
pellants, the directors, and 80 per
cent against the respondent, A. M.
Anderson, receiver for the closed
bank.
The litigation was for the re.
coVery of losses sustained by the
bank in consequence of acts of its
officials. The decision of the lower
court awarded the receiver
damages in large sums against the
! officers and non-officer directors,
The latter appealed.
The appellate courts decision
was handed down by Judge Ben
Hicks, Charles Simons and
Florence Allen.
The Washington times., 1936-11-11
CHARGE
OF ASSAULT

Harold L. Berg, 20-year-old song
sheet vender, who alleged he was
struck and sent to Emergency
Hospital last night by Policeman
r. o. Bankert when he failed to
obey the latter'S command to halt,
today refused to prosecute his al
legged adversary after a hearing in
the Assistant District Attorneys
office.
Prior to the hearing, which was
attended by Captain Milton D.
Smith, Bankert's commanding Of
ficer; Attorney Charles E. Ford,
his counsel, and three Assistant
United States Attorneys, Berg had
pleaded guilty to a charge of vend-
ing without a license and was
given a suspended sentence by
Police Court Judge Isaac r. Hit.
The youth was arrested last
night in the 700 block Twelfth st.
N. W., after he had been warned
repeatedly against selling his song
sheets in that neighborhood, &C
cording to police.
Berg's accusation against his
captor was subStantiated at the
time of his arrest by 15-year-old
Robert T. Gibson. of the 400 block
G st. N. w., who said he saw
Bankert strike Berg when he
caught him in an alley after a
chase. Berg was treated at Emer.
gency Hospital for facial bruises
The Washington times., 1936-11-11
INCREASE DUE f
IN PASTURES
International News Service

International News Service
An increased acreage of pastures,
fostered by the AAA program of
crop adjustment and soil con-
servation, and increased paintings
Of grass and legumes, will provide
the usual amount Of pasturage
next year. under favorable weather
conditions, the Bureau of Agricul-
tural Economics said today in a
1887 forecast.
The present hay acreage also is
sufficient to provide an ample crop
if normal weather conditions pre-
vail, despite the severe droughts
of 1884 and 1886, and the resulting
destruction of thousands of acres
of timothy. The 10000, ,000-ton crop
this year was the shortest in 20
years except for the 1884 drought
year.
The quantity of feed and of pas
lures, however, is likely not to be
as good as normal because of the
effects of the severe droughtS,
the bureau reported.
The Washington times., 1936-11-11
OIL MEN PRAISE
TRADE SETUP

CHICAGO, Nov. II. QN.SO.
Satisfaction with the present set
up in the petroleum industry vas
expressed today by oil men in at
tendance at the American Petro-
leum Institute here.
Pointing out that the present
situation is in marked contrast
to that prevealing few year: ago
when over production and disaS-
trous price wars kept the industry
in a constant turmoil, Axtel ].
Byles, president of the institute,
declared the present improvement
is due to an unusually large in
crease in consumptive demand,
liquidation Of crude oil inventories
to a satisfactory extent, discovery
of new petroleum supplies to Off
set the depletion of the period, and
service to the public maintained
at low but steady prices.
Colonel Ernest o. Thompson,
chairman of the Texas Railroad
Commission and of the interstate
oil compact, praised the efforts of
the various State compact com.
missions to control over produc.
tion,
The Washington times., 1936-11-11
Treasury to War
On Ticket
ScQlperS
International News Service

Convinced that ticket scalpers
are cheating the Government out
of substantial revenue, the Treas
ury today adopted drastic regula-
tionS governing issuance of tick
cts by theaters, college athletic
associations and other organiza-
tions.
To assure collection of the 10
per cent admission tax on all
tickets, the Treasury directed
that anyone who sold tickets to
brokers. hotels, clubs, newsstands
and others for resale must keep a
daily record of such transactions.
In many instances, it was ex-
planned. a theater or athletic or,
ganization disposes of large
blocks of tickets to individuals
who resell them at a large profit
without paying the tax.
The Washington times., 1936-11-11
; Students Hobby
Is Hobby Magazine

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 6.-Three
University of Pittsburgh students
interested in journalism since
high school days, are using their
hobby to produce a magazine for
boys and girls interested in hob
bies. Founded in 1885, the maya
zine Careers and Hobbies" has a
circulation of about 10000 copies
in high schools throughout the
country.
The original idea for the publ
cation came to Guy L. Roberts,
a graduate of Southern Illinois
College with an M. A. degree from
Pittsburgh, while teaching at Her
mimic, Pa.
The Washington times., 1936-11-11
; ROBBERS GET
$25O,0OO GEMS

PHILADELP HIA, Nov. II
G.N.SO-Three armed and masked
robbers today held up employees
of a mid-city jewelry firm and
escaped with diamonds and other
gems estimated by police to be
worth nearly $25O,OOO.
The three, kerchiefs shielding
their faces, entered with drawn
pistols and forced Charles B. Die
singer, 40, jeweler, and two em-
ployes Charles Weiss, %, and
Miss Florence White, IS, into sub.
mission while they swiftly emptied
jewel trays.
The thugs then trussed their vic,
TINS with wire and fled down a
rear fire escape.
The Washington times., 1936-11-11
7 Men Feared Lost
On Z Ships in Storm

GLOUCESTER, Mass. Nov. II
G.N.SO.-Three Coast Guard YES
sells. the harbor police boat and a
Coast Guard seaplane from Salem
joined today in a search of the
gale-swept waters outside the har
Dor for two fishing vessels report
ed missing with seven men aboard.
The gill-netter Virginia and
Joan, with a crew of five, and a
20-footer carrying two men were
feared in danger because of the
high wind and below freezing
temperatures.
The Washington times., 1936-11-11
WOMEN BACK
CIVIL SERVICE

Renewed demands that the
Government service be freed from
evils of the Spoils system in favor
of a complete merit system were is
sued yesterday by Miss Marguer-
tie M. Wells, president of the
National League of Women Vot-
erS.
The league, which has con-
sistently Joined with Federal en-
ploye organizations in advocating
the merit system, is now holding
its semi-annual meeting in the
District of Columbia for the
purpose of forming a legislative
program for presentation to
Congress.
Miss Wells, a Minneapolis wom-
an, quoted the merit system
pledge of the Democratic plat
form and declared. that President
Roosevelt's great vote of con
fidence" has given him an "un
precedented opportunity" to full
fill the pledge, saying:
"The President has an i'm
pOrtant responsibility in full
filling the merit system prom
ises he made in accepting the
platform of 1886. He already
has, by executive orders, taken
steps to place all pOStmaSterS
and employees of Hole in the
merit sytem and to improve
the method of transferring ex.
empt employees. He can make
the greatest progress of all time
toward eliminating patronage
and substituting merit in public
appointments.
"The National League Of
Women Voters believes the
American people look to the
Presidents leadership for eff.
fecting a change in the merit
system situation in the Fed
eral Government. They will
watch eagerly for his recon-
mendatiOns affecting the whole
system of public personnel, and
what can, and most certainly
should be done, by a New
Deal dominated Congress"
The Washington times., 1936-11-11
ANDREWS ASKS
4O-H0UR WEEK
International News Service

International News Service
A five-day, 40-hour work week
today was recommended to the
third national conference on labor
legislation by the committee on
hours of labor.
Industrial Commissioner Elmer
F. Andrews of New York, the com
mittee chairman, said that lex
perience has shown that the sound
est features of NRA we're those eS
tabliShing maximum work weeks. u
He added:
"After the notification of
NRA, the work week has tended
to increase and in many indus
tries is again in excess of 40
hours. This lengthening of
hours for those now employed is
shutting out of private employ
ment millions of emplOyable
men and women who are COM
PEELED to remain on the rolls of
relief agencies and WPA."
Commissioner Andrews said the
committee recommended that the
labor legislation conference work
for the establishment of a maxi
mum work week of five days oi
not more than eight hours each
with two days rest in seven, appli
cable to all wage earners "excep
possibly those engaged in agricul
ture and domestic service"
The Washington times., 1936-11-11
BOWLER LOSES
COINS, JEWELS

Personal property including sew
eral rare coins and bowling
medals with a total valuation of
$40 was reported stolen last
night by Geogre C. Schaeffer
from his room in a Washington
hotel. Schaeffer is a well-known
local bowling expert and lost ap-
proXimately $50 worth of cham
pionship gold and bronze medals
in the robbery.
Police had not been able to To-
cate the thug this morning who
is reported to have made away
with a diamond stick pin valued
at $3.50, small diamond pin
worth $50, a Philadelphia Cen.
tennial half dollar, Atlantic FIX
position half dollar, a San Diego
half dollar, and other property
including an electric razor, golf
cuff links, a lodge jewel, white
gold clock, stickpins and fountain
pen.
The Washington times., 1936-11-11
; Killed, , 20 Injured
In Bus-TruCk Crash

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Cal, Nov.
II G.N.SO O.-Three persons were
killed and 20 others injured in a
crash on the highway today be-
tween a Greyhound bus and a
heavy produce truck. Lawrence
Baker, bus driver, and two uniden-
titled women were killed. The
stage was bound north to San
Francisco when the crash occurred.
The Washington times., 1936-11-11
SAVE
! INVALIDS
IN BLAZE
Women Carried Out
As Silver Spring
Home Is Burned

Two invalided women, one in q
wheelchair, we're rescued by fire
men who successfully quenched
a 1000 blaze in home in Silver
Spring, Md, early today.
Those saved from the flames
were Mrs. Frances Murpaugh,
mother of the owner of the home,
and her sister-in-law, Miss Agnes
Murpaugh. One was carried out m
wheelchair, the other on q
stretcher. Neither was injured.
The blaze, which started in a
basket of hot ashes in the base
ment, was principally confined to
the lower portions of the residence,
8710 Georgia Ave. and owned by
Thomas Murpaugh. The latter and
his wife were in the house at the
time the fire started, but were
unhurt,
The Washington times., 1936-11-11
u. 5. RESIDENTS
IN MONGOLIA
WARNED
Foreigners in Danger
As Chinese Troops
Battle Rebels

PEIPING, Nov. II QN.S).
With 10000 Mongols and Man
chukuoans battling Chinese gov
ernment troops in Suiyuan Prov
ince, the Nanking government to-
day warned representatives Of
American and other foreign pow
ers to evacuate their nationals
from the whole of Inner Mon
golia.
Supported by airplanes, tanks,
and armored cars, the Manchu.
Mongol troops swarmed into
Suiyuan from Chahar Province
for the second time in week.
They were forced into a partial
retreat after a fierce battle with
loyalist Chinese troops, but more
trouble is feared.
The planes were supplied by
Japan and some of the military
leaders of the invading forces
were Japanese, according to Chi
neSe charges.
The Washington times., 1936-11-11
Narrow Escape

NEW YORK G.N.SO. - A six
year-old girl, struck by a trolley
here, is thankful for the miracle"
that saved her life. At least that's
what hardened policemen of an
emergency squad termed it as they
lacked up the trolley and removed
the girl from under the front
wheels-unhurt except for lacera-
tions of the left arm.
The Washington times., 1936-11-11
Peace Efforts in West
Delayed by Holiday

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. II G.N.
SO.-EffortS to bring shippers and
representatives of $1,000 striking
West Coast marine workers to-
gether in a peace conference were
temporarily shelved today by AS
Sistant Secretary of Labor Edward
F. McGrady because of Armistice
Day.
McGra6y discovered most of the
shippers were out of the city for
the holiday.
He was confident negotiations
will soon get underway. He said:
81 have been holding confer.
enceS with the gentlemen on
both sides hoping to be able to
clear away some Of the Obstruc-
tiOnS before another conference
is called for the purpose Of fur
ther negotiations"
Meanwhile, Admiral Harry G.
Hamlet, representative Of the Fed
eral Maritime Commission, an
nounced his fact-finding investi-
CATION into the causes of the strike
which was called at midnight Oc-
tober 20, will be resumed tomor-
row.
Mass Meeting Tonight
Maritime strikers planned a
mass meeting tonight, inviting
the public to hear the truth
about the waterfront strike. -
HandbillS read:
"There are reasons, for this
strike and good ones. 1t is the
duty of everyone to aCquaint
himself with the facts behind
this situation"
In large type on the bottom OF
the handbillS was this:
$4,000 maritime workers are
on strike in America today"
The handbills we're issued by
the joint maritime strike commit
tee.
Stranded In Honolulu
The International LongShore-
mems Union, one of the seven
striking maritime unions, refused
definitely to work periShable
cargoeS aboard vessels strikebound
in San Francisco.
Gables from Honolulu advised
the strike situation in the islands
was still "deadlocked." Two of
the seven vessels tied up there
are big passenger liners. Approx
mately $40 persons who had
booked passage for the mainland
two weeks ago are stranded in
Honolulu, many without funds, as
Q result Of the shipping tieup.
The Washington times., 1936-11-11

STOCKHOLM, Nov. II G.N.SO
Two Americans, Eugene O'NeilI,
the playwright, and DR.. Carl
David Anderson, young physicist,
are strong possibilities for Nobel
prizes this year, circles close to
the committee of award reported
today. Prize recipients are to be
announced tomorrow.
Author of Strange Interlude, %
Anna Christie" THE Hairy
Ape" and other famous plays,
O'Neill is a native of New York
now living in Georgia.
DR.. Anderson is the diScoverer
of positron, the positively charged
particle of the electron. He is now
connected with the California In
Stitute of Technology at Pasa-
dena.
The Washington times., 1936-11-11
Avoid Next War,
Chicago S KEYNOTE

CHICAGO, Nov. II G.N.SO.-A
determination that America must
avoid the next world war was the
keynote of Chicago'S observance
of the eighteenth anniversary of
Armistice Day today.
Schools, banks, public buildings
and the Security and Commodity
exchanges were closed for the day
as the city paid homage to its war
heroes. ParadeS and ceremonies
were held throughout the city,
with the entire city facing East
and bowling in a moment of silence
at II o'clock.
The Washington times., 1936-11-11
Grey Timber Wolf
Appears in Maine

OLDTOWN, Me-, Nov. IL
G.N.SD Like ghos+ CT the past
when caribou roamed the wilder
ness of Maine, a gray timber wolf
was shot down and brought here
today by Ross McKenney, OldtoWn
hunter. Wolves of any kind have
been unknown in Maine since the
disappearance of caribou more
than half a century ago.
The Washington times., 1936-11-11
Six Shot in Battle
Over Road Project

BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Nov. II
G.N.S0.-SiX men received minor
gunshot wounds when union and
nonunion workmen clashed on
Whitehall Road project near here
yesterday. The flare-up came
when union men threw a picket
line about the road project four
miles west of here and were at
tackled by nonunion men, authori
ties said.
The Washington times., 1936-11-11
Ko|ker Society Here
To Give Benefit PartV

The third annual charity ball
of the Kolker Progressive Society
will be held Thanksgiving night
at Almas Temple, 1915 K st. N. w.
David Ehrlick is chairman of the
ball committee. Proceeds will go
to the Hebrew Orphans Home.
Officers of the society are Samuel
Kolker, president; Mrs. j. Daregol.
secretary, and B. Bronstein, treas.
urer.
The Washington times., 1936-11-11
141 WALK OFF
GRACE LINER
IN N. Y.
Peace Efforts in West
Are Held Up Because
OF Armistice Day

NEW YORK, Nov. II G.N.SJ.
Striking seamen were claiming
further successes today in tying
up American ships in New York
harbor, although some vessels,
using emergency crews, were able
to get away, if somewhat behind
schedule.
Joseph Curran, strike leader,
was especially jubilant over the
strike aboard the Grace liner
Santa Maria upon its arrival here
from Valparaiso. When the ship
docked, 141 seamen and a dozen
stewardeSses walked off.
Although officials of the steam
ship owners association insisted
that all of Curran's figures were
exaggerated, the latter claimed
that 73 ships had been tied up
here. affecting 1900 men, and that
approximately 10000 men had
joined the strike in Atlantic and
Gulf ports.
10 Ships Held Up
The steamship owners aSsocia-
ton said that only ten ships
had been held up here by the
strike, although % were in dry
dock and two more were out
of service for repairs or because
of lack of cargo.
Since the strike began, 142
ships manned by 9402 men have
sailed from New York harbor,
the association said, with IA
ships, manned by 825 men, clear
ing the port yesterday.
Appeal To Crews
Strikers concentrated their ef-
forts to prevent sailing of two
vessels, the export liner Exc
chorda for Mediterranean ports,
and the Clyde-Mallory liner Iro-
quoiS for Charleston and Jack
sonville, but both ships were able
to obtain the necessary crews.
Today, the strikers were trying
to persuade the crew of the
American merchant liner Ameri-
can Farmer, just in from Lon
don, to join the walkout.
The Washington times., 1936-03-28
Romance Will
Find Way

Norma Bates and Tessie Lane,
from the country, get jobs together
in a department store. Norma is
in the book department and Tessie
in cosmetics. The placing is well
done.
TeSSie was bewildered at first as
to how many "K's" there are in
cosmetics, but she knew right off
all about what makeup every movie
star in Hollywood used.
Norma, with high school edu-
cation and two years at normal be-
hind her, did know something
about books.
Don Barlow arrives at the book
department with money to burn
and the story really gets started.
TesSie gets a little jealous of
Norma's popularity and, to make
things even more complicated,
Fred Price imagineS he's in love
with Norma.
It is from this situation that
Peter Marsh, author Of "Tear
Stains" has woven 1.-THE Leaves
Unfold" now appearing on the
book stands.
1.-THE Leaves Unfold" by Peter
Marsh, published by Arcadia.