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Evening star., 1936-08-24
FEDERAL LIABILITY
TOD.C.|SWE|CHED
|NF|RST TMIALKS
Data Already Gathered Hint
Serious Consideration
Will Be Given.
U. S. AREAS LEVY.ExEMPT
PLACED UNDER SCRUTINY
Mass of Figures and Reports Are
Nucleus of Study Yet to
Be Made.

Data already gathered by J. L
Jacobs, Chicago efficiency engineer
and tax expert appointed by Presi-
dent Roosevelt to direct the fiscal re-
lations study here, indicate serious
consideration is to be given to the
liability of the United States toward
the cost of operation and maintenance
Of Washington.
Although reticent. Jacobs has i'm
pressed District officials with whom
he has talked in the past several
weeks with his interest in factors that
have proved costly to District tax
payers because of the efforts to make
Washington the most beautiful city
In the world.
Jacobs, it was said, has been i'm
pressed with the esthetic features OF
Washington, such as the excess OF
park areas, the width Of streets, the
numerous circles and the costly orna-
mental bridges-an factors which
have added to the expense Of the
municipal government.
Liability Weighed in 1928.
The liability Of the Federal Gov
ernment on account Of extraordinary
expenditures occasioned by the fact
that Washington is the Nations Cap
ital, as well as its liability on ac-
count of the loss in revenue to the
District from taX-eXempt Government
property. were elements considered by
the defunct Bureau of Efficiency in
its comprehensive fiscal relations
study in 1928.
Jacobs has copy Of that report as
well as all other reports resulting from
fiscal relations surveys in the past
These include the report Of a House
group some years ago under the di-
rection of Representative Mapes, Re-
publican, of Michigan
In addition. District officials have
turned over to Jacobs a mass of sta
tistical data relating to taxation and
assessments, as well as the annual re-
port for number of years of Mai.
Daniel j. Donovan, auditor and budget
officer.
Procedure to Be Mapped.
All this information. it has been
indicated, will serve as a nucleus for
the far-reaching study Jacobs and his
Advisory Committee are to make. As
soon as the necessary material is as
sembled, Jacobs plans to meet with
the Advisory Committee and map out
q program Of procedure.
The 1887 District appropriation act
which authorized appointment of the
Special Fiscal Relations Committee
directs that its report be completed
in time to submit to Congress when
1t conveneS in January.
The Advisory Committee is COM
posed of George McAneny, president
of the Title Guarantee Trust Co. of
New York City: James w. Martin,
chairman Of the Kentucky State Tax
Commission. and Clarence A. Dykstra,
city manager of Cincinnati.
Evening star., 1936-08-24
F0NDAHL AGAIN WINS
WARBURTON TROPHY
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CAMP ALBERT C. RITCHIE,
CASCADE, Md, August 24.-First
Lieut.. John e. Fondahl, ordnance and
range officer of the 5th Battalion
Fleet, Marine Corps Reserve, in camp
here for IS days field training, re-
peated his 1885 performance by win
ming the Warburton High Target
Trophy for the highest commissioned
officers .30-caliber rifle score.
Fondahl's score was 233, to beat
out Capt. Charles B. Nerrien, COM
manding Company G, who turned in
229. Fondahl. who is police lieuten-
ant attached to the first precinct, has
been active in Washington Marine
Corps Reserve units since 1929, win
ming individual rifle honors each year.
Evening star., 1936-08-24
WOMAN HIT BY CAR
ON LAWN SUCCUMBS
Death Of Mrs. Mary Mcguire, 70,
to Be Probed to Determine
Link With Accident.

Mrs. Mary Mcguire, 70. who was
struck on July while moving the
lawn at her home, 800 Tenth street
northeast, by an automobile which
ran across the sidewalk, died today,
police were notified.
The District coroner's ONCE Is in
vestigating to determine whether
death was due to the accident. Should
it be established that this was the
case, her death will be recorded as
the fifty-fourth trafic fatality Of the
year here.
Twelfth precinct police arrested
Louis r. Lombardy, 43, 901 jackson
street northeast, said to have been
operator Of the automobile, but re-
leased him In custody of his attorney
to await the outcome Of the coroners
investigation.
Evening star., 1936-08-24
WATER POLLUTION
BILLS ARE PUSHED
lonergan Predicts Passage
of Measures for Poto-
mac Basin.

Passage by the next Congress Of q
Federal water pollution control law,
which will enable the Government to
60 ahead with the contemplated ex-
perimental projects in the Potomac
River Basin as recommended by the
National Resources Committee, was
predicted today by Senator Lonergan,
Democrat, of Connecticut. who for
three years has been actively spon-
soring pollution legislation.
At least four bills will be ready for
the Senate, Lonergan said. soon after
Congress convenes. All were favor
ably reported from the Senate Com
merce Committee in the closing days
of the last session.
Senator Lonergan expressed regret
that the Potomac Basin project had
been held up because of its relation
to the problem of Federal water pol
luton control as q whole He ex-
planned that it had been necessary
for him to block. by personal objec-
ton, the only bills that had some
chance of passage In the last session
because Congress did not have time
to give them full consideration in con-
nection with other remedial legisla-
ton. The measures to- which he re-
ferred were designed to create . divi-
sion Of stream pollution control in the
Public Health Service
These measures" the Senator said,
like q bill also introduced by Senator
Copeland, have definite merits which
will, no doubt. be consolidated with
water pollution laws when finally
enacted. In many respects they en-
body the principles of my own bills,
which also were favorably reported
and were ready for Senate action in
the closing days of the last Congress.
Need for Federal Assistance.
"All of these measures recognize the
growing need for some Federal assist
ance in preventing and abating water
pollution. but they differ with respect
to what Federal organizations shall be
charged with responsibility for execut-
ing the program, and the extent to
which the Government will 60 in CO.
operating with or requiring States,
municipalities and industries to abate
pollution after loans and grants and
other assistance has been offered to
them by the Federal Government.
My own measures represent almost
three years of study by experts who
were called here in conference with
the Secretary of War, and by con-
organizations and leaders in
health activities throughout the coun-
try. A subcommittee of the Senate
also devoted much time to q study Of
the problem by compiling reports from
industries and others opposing a Fed
eral control plan, as well as those
the legislation.
Senator Lonergan pointed out that
the Potomac watershed experiments
would fit admirably into any Federal
control legislation that may be adopt
ed. Whether the Public Health Serv-
ice, the War Department, the National
Resources Committee, or some inde-
pendent board is ultimately author
lied to administer the program, such
authority will. no doubt, be able, he
said, to institute the program of ex-
periments and to make loans and
grants to States, towns and industries
in q cooperative effort to abate pol
luton.
Evening star., 1936-08-24

! reputation they give him in Texas,
he can't be classed as perishable
goods. He is supposed to exist for
scores of years. sealed in an air-tight
space, without food. water or light.
Any number of Texans will tell you
that a horned toad was found alive
in a corner stone after he had been
enclosed by masonry for more than
half century.
This toad" which is short-tailed.
desert lizard. with toadlike posture
in repoSe, Is related to the big family
of iguanas He likes nothing so much
as hot weather, the hotter the better.
and only stirs himself in the heat Of
the day. He burrows into the burn
ing sand to nap in temperatures
which would bake a less sturdy
creature.
An Australian lizard, which Is an
almost exact duplicate of the horned
toad" has q peculiar and unex-
planned habit Of squirting blood from
his eyes when under the stress of
some violent emotion.
Tomorrow: The eland, largest
of dntelopeS.
Evening star., 1936-08-24
COMPANY LAWYER DIES

NEW YORK, August "a Hp.-Wil-
liam George Hamilton, general coun-
sci of the Loose -Wiles Biscuit Co.
since 1888 and representative for a
number of years Of several other large
corporations, died Unexpectedly at his
home yesterday. He was So.
A graduate Of the University OF
Wisconsin, Mr.. Hamilton practiced law
in Chicago for . decade before coming
to New York In 1919.
Evening star., 1936-08-24
BY w. H. SHIPPEN, JR.

BY w. H. SHIPPEN, JR.
S6N 70. THANK you, I don't care
nj for any horned toads to-
Zoo Director William
Mann has enough horned toads to
last long time; maybe a hundred
years or so.
A sort Of gentle rain of horned
toads has been falling in the East
since the Texas Centennial took up
the toad business and made it hum.
High-pressure salesmen out there
have been hawking them for months
now to visiting firemen at two bits
each. with shipping box thrown in
"just fill in the address. and give some
friend back East the surprise Of his
life!"
Quite few people in these parts
are inexperienced horned toad keep
ers. They don't know what to feed
them, if anything. or how to put them
up for the night. So they have an
original" idea and send them to the
Zoo.
If the horned toad" (horned lizard
is the geological name) lives up to the
Evening star., 1936-08-24
CRASH KILLS DEPUTY.

LEXINGTON, Va, August "a OP.-
x. L. Dove, Montgomery County
deputy police chief, who was injured
in an automobile collision S miles
north of here late yesterday, died at
5 am. yesterday in the Lexington
Hospital.
Evening star., 1936-08-24
Sunday School Leader Dies.

CHICAGO. August "a R9.-Mrs.
Phene Underwood Curtiss. 80, former
resident Of Cleveland, Ohio, and a
nationally known leader In Sunday
school work, died yesterday at the
home Of her daughter. Miss Mabel
Curtiss.
Evening star., 1936-08-24
RADIO PUT IN PLANE
Merrill Now Expects to Start
Wednesday for London.

Wednesday for London.
NEWARK, N. j., August "a R,.-
An Eastern Air Lines ground crew to-
day completed the radio installation
of Lady Peace, the monoplane in
which Dick Merrill, veteran pilot, and
Harry Richman, singer, hope to make
q round-trip flight to London.
Merrill said he expected they would
take OF Wednesday afternoon for
London. He said they might fly up
the Eastern coast and back tomorrow
in order to test the engine and the
radio.
Evening star., 1936-08-24
DR.. w. H. MAYER DIES

Was Former Head Of Pennsyl-
vania Medical Society.
PITTSBURGH. August "a R.-Dr.
William H. Mayer, 46-year-old former
president Of the Pennsylvania Medical
Association, died yesterday after q
weeks illness.
DR.. Mayors physicians said an in
jury to his back received while play
ing foot ball in his youth was indi-
rectly the cause Of death.
DR.. Mayer was born In suburban
Knoxville. His parents came from
Richmond, Va
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-06-25
DISCUSS MATTERS
OF LOCAL CLINIC
DRS. RICE AND GOOGE MEET
WITH COUNTY CON-
MISSIONERS

DR.. W. p. Rice and DR.. ]. I.
Googe, OF the state BOARD of
health, are this afternoon meet
ing with the county commission
ers, local physicians and men,
bers of the. Key, West clinic, to
discuss matters relative to the
clinic now being operated here.
1t is Understood that DR.. Rice
and DIR. Googe will announce that
the free clinic is to be maintain
ed in Key West by the state board
of health with a resident health
officer, DR.. Rice, two nurses and
a sanitary officer.
The local social welfare organ
iation and other units are to take
active parts in the organization
and its maintenance.
Conrad Van Hyning, head of the
board of social welfare and FERA
activities, is said to have been an
active worker in the cause of the
clinic, and used his influence to
have an appropriation made to
insure its continuance.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-06-25
FLORIDA BRINGS
Is PASSENGERS
VESSEL ALSO BRINGS EIGHT
TONS OF FREIGHT
FOR KEY WEST

Steamship Florida, of the P.
and o. S. S. company, arrived
from Tampa this morning with
six first class and five second
class passengers for Key West; Is
first and one second class passen-
ger for Havana.
Arrivals at Key West were: j.
L. Latch, H. H. Plowgh, Mrs. C.
ID. Harrington, w. W. Lauben-
fels, w. ". Fruesein. M. Menen-
dez, Rosa Frau, ID. w. Roadway,
Annie Valdez, Adj Saunders, An
nil Saundecs.
The Florida also brought eight
tons of freight and IL sacks of
mail for Key West; three tons
of freight and 224 So KS of mail
for Havana.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-06-25
CAPT. HARRISON
NOW UNDER BOND
TO BE GIVEN HEARING on
CHARGE OF ALLEGED DIS
CHARGING OF FIREARMS

Captain VI. K. Harrison VA
placed under bond o. So vester-
day afternoon by L. \ CommiS-
sioner c. Rodney Gwynn- Tor ~
appearance in Key Vest o. July
: to answer n . preliminary
hearing before the c0mm-ssioner
on a charge ef having firearms IN
his possession and dischargIuE
same within the area Of the Na-
tiOnal Monument a. TOrtuEas-
The char rs we're preferred by
Fred Eberhardt- custodian AZ For
jefferson. who c0nfiscated. on
Monday. a number Of guns from
Troop ~. Bo, Scouts o. Man
Who were II command OF Captalr
Harrison and were vacationing a.
Fort jefferson
The scouts and their CON
handing officer. Captain Harri-
son. returned yesterday or the
Tug Petrel. and left over the
highway this morning for Man
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-06-25
STEAMER FLORIDA
MAKES LAST TRIP
WILL BE REPLACED b. CUBA
WHICH WILL kRRINE
HERE TOMORROW

As far as can be learned, the
trip to Cuca Of the Flori la today
is the last the ressel expects to
make fer some time. When the
ship sailed this morning it car
ried the landing stage and gang
planks which were in use foi the
years that Key West was the YES
sell home -ort.
This morning after the freight
he'd been unloaded instructions
were given the rtevedores to
place the stage and gangplanks
on the ship as It was indefinite
when there would be further use
for them at Key West.
The ship will contact the Cuba
this afternoon in Havana. make
what changes tiIcre may be Eeces-
s2ry, and tomorrow resume her
regular schedule between Miami
and Havana.
The Cuha viii automatically re-
sumo the run between Havana,
Kew West and Tampa. and will
arrive at this port tomorrow aft
eFnOon.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-06-25
PEARLMAN'S SALE
STARTS FRIDAY

In a half-pa4e advertisement on
the last page oi this issue of The
Citizen, ice Fcarlm,n, president
of Pearlman's, Inc, starts the
"hall rolling" on the big goth
Anniversary Sale, which begins
tomorrow morning at $3.50 o'clock.
Lasting only IS d -ys, Mr.. Pearl
man plans to make this big selling
event the greatest in the 20-year
history of the store. He states
that a glance at the items listed
in the advertisement will convince
the most skeptical of the genuine
bargains to be had while the sale
lasts.
Merchandise HIS never been Of
fered at such low prices and it is
l;le'y that never again will s1ch
bargains be given. Mr.. Pearlman
points out. The reputation which
this store has Tor high grade mer-
chandise and the low prices Of
fered in the sale should be a
great inducemert for the buying
public to stock Up on present and
future needs.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-06-25

new PASTOR TO
ARRIVE FRIDAY
REV. TOLLE AND FAMILY TO
COME IN OVER HIGHWAY
FROM PAHOKEE

Rev. Joseph A. Tolle. who was
recently appointed TO the ll~-
tOrate of the First Methods;
Church in Key West, viii arrive
in the city tomorrow over the
highway, accompanied by ms we
and three childre..
The following newspaper ar
ticle sent out from Pahokee. Fla.
from which point Rev. Tolle was
transferred, Is reproduced here
with:
Rev. Joseph A. Tolle, pastor
of Pahokee Methodist Church :or
the last SIX years. was transferred
to the First Church IN Key West
at the annual conference ~ n
ami. Rev. J. p. Gaines Of Wan
chula viii succeed Mr.. Tolle as
pastor here.
During his ministry IN Pa
hokee. Rev Tolle has been in
strumental in erecting q S2o 900
church. and in raising the church
finances in full. He mas served
as scOutmaster for the Scout
troop. was an active memhcr 81
the Pahokee Rotary club. and for
two years was football coach Tor
the high school"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-06-25
ROTARY CLUB
MEETS TODAY
VICE PRESIDENT STRUNK
PRES1DES AT REGULAR
LUNCHEON

Rotary Club met at st. PauPs
Parish Hall at noon today, with
Vice-President E. A. Strunk in
the chair. Curry Moreno was
called upon to grace the table.
Curry Harris led the singing, with
Mrs. J. C. Gekeler at the piano.
W. W. Demeritt introduced his
guest, A. o. Siler, of Richmond,
Virginia, and DIR. William R. War
rem introduced DR.. w. P. Rice,
who will shortly return as health
officer, and DIR. ]. T. GoOge, of
the State Board of Health, who
brought the welcome message
that the strong arm of the Ma
tional and State governments
would still be extended to aid
Key West inf maintaining the free
clinic and a health service cal
culated to make us compare more
favorably with other counties in
the state than at present.
The Rotary Circle was formed
and broken, and the meeting adj
journed.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-06-25
MEETING TONIGHT
TO PERFECT PLANS
FOR. big RALLY
ROOSEVELT NOMINATORS"
To ASSEMBLE AT COUNTY
COURT HOUSE IN INTEREST
OF COMING EVENT

Robert Spottswood announces
another meeting of the "Roose-
welt Nominators" for this evening
at the county court house and ex-
poets to have a full representa-
ton from the different civic
bodies in attendance.
At the meeting last week, the
plans for the national rally of
the nominators, to be held Satur-
day night, and the objects were
explained in general outline.
This evening Mr.. Spottswood, who
is chairman of the local group of
nominators, will explain more
fully the aims of the organiza-
ton.
One of the main objects of the
organization is to dispose of
tickets for these Roosevelt Raj
lies, the proceeds of the sales to
go to the presidential campaign
fund. A number of these tickets
were issued last week and par
tial report on activity of the
sales may be made this evening.
Another object of the meeting
tonight is to arrange final plans
for the local gathering for the
nation wide rally to be held Satur-
day night when the President
makes his nomination acceptance
speech in Philadelphia Saturday
night at o'clock. He will speak
to 100000 persons at. Franklin
Field, and millions will hear him
over the radio.
The chairman of the Key West
Roosevelt Nominators asks that
every person in Key West who
can, attend the meeting tonight.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-06-25
APPRECIATION FOR
VOTE GIVEN CONE
PAUL MARKS WIRES THE
CITIZEN RELATIVE
TO NATTER

Attorney Pail Marks, active in
the gubcrn;,tori2l campaign fol
Fred P. Cone, and an enthusiastic
member of the YOUNG Democratic
Club of Key Westers in Miami,
expresses in a telegram to The
Citizen. his appreciation of the
support given FL. Cone in this
city.
lie points out that he worked
direct with state headquarters on
the Monroe county situation and
kept in constant touch with Dan
Navarro, Cone campaign manager
in Key West, and 81 was earnest
and sincere in rrc ing the Key
West people to vote for Mr.. Cone,
because I believed he was, un-
al estionahlv, to be the next gov
ernor of Florida.
81 want to assure the people of
Key West that I will go to the
front for them and do all possible
to have our next governor do all
in his power for Key West"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-06-25
LORD APPRISED
OF APPOINTMENT
RECEIVES OFFICIAL MOTT.
FICATION OF BEING NAMED
COUNTY JUDGE

Attorney Raymond Lord was
today from Tallahassee officially
notified of his appointment to the
office of Monroe county judge.
Accompanying the notification
was the necessary oath and bond
which, Mr.. Lord says, will be
filled out and sent out by mail
this afternoon.
1t is the intention of the new
county judge to leave this week
with his family for a brief vaca-
ton, and during his absence, he
told The Ciizen, Attorney
Aquilino Lopez, Jr., will be in
charge of the office of county
judge.
While away from the city ]. A.
Mathews and family will occupy
the family residence of Judge
Lord on Patterson avenue.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-06-25
ORR TO LEAVE
ON TRIP TODAY
WPA DIRECTOR IN KEY WEST
GOING TO JACKSONVILLE
FOR CONFERENCE

Thomas d. Orr, WiPA director
in Key West. will leave this aft
ernoon on the plane for Miami
en- route to Jacksonville for a
conference with state officials.
I The object CT the visit, Mr..
Orr told The Citizen, is to ascer-
tain details Of the new program
and to secure money, if possible.
for the continuance of some of
the necessary projects in Key
West, which have been scheduled
for discontinuance on July 1.
Others are to accompany Mr..
Orr will be Miss Ma tina Buck, as
sistant supervisor of employment
and woman's work, and Glenn
Wood, director of finance, who are
also going to confer with officials.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-06-25
ASK COOPERATION
TO RID CITY OF
MOSQUITO PESTS
ASSISTANCE OF ALL LOCAL
RESIDENTS SOUGHT BY
WPA, WHICH is CONDUCT
ING PROGRAM HERE

A plea for the cooperation of
Key West residents in Kidding the
city of mosquitoes and breeding
PAGES was made today by those
in charge of the mosquito control
program being carried on as part
OF the program of the lOral WPA.
"A community continually at
the mercy eff these pests is con-
sidered more OF less undesirable
from the standpoint OF comfort.
1t is unpopular and leads to de-
preciated property values. Losse-
oil hundreds of thousands OF do
lals, even millions, in Florida can
be charged directly to mosquito
prevalence" the statement en-
phasiZed.
An open receptacle in the yard
is a potential breeding place, or
area. Since mosquitoes will breed
where there is standing water.
Key Westers are being urged to
take q look in their own yards,
determine if there are any old
cans, tire castings, buckets, or any
receptacle which can catch water
and breed mosquitoes. Elimination
Of these, it was declared. will go
a long way in reducing the num-
Der of mosquitoes on the island.
Wili.e the mosquito spraying
crew of the WPA is continuing
its program, ell mination of the
breeding places of the pests is in
large degree an individual and
community responsibility which
should be borne by the individ-
uals. it is said.
Only a smalal proportion Of the
various mosquitoes are health
menaces, it is shown, but there
are enough of these to make it
necessary for all persons to as
sumo their share of the respon-
sibility for eliminating breeding
places. They are the only known
means of transmitting malaria
and dengue fever. and obviously
the way to control these diseases
is to control the mosquito. 1t is
known. however, that the malaria
carrying mosquito does not exist
in Key West.
"Key Westers can assist ma
terially in Kidding the island OF
these pests" the statement de-
clared. While the WPA. through
its mosquito control crew. is do
ing what it can to eliminate the
larvae and the mosquitoes, local
residents can make this work ire
mendously more effective by re-
moving all possibility for water
to stand and become mosquito
breeding areas.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-06-25
LongshOremen AT Key Vest
Said To Be Included;
AlS0 These At Pert
Everglades

MIAMI. June Z5@Frznk
Henderson,. L0agsh0rsmen's
Unicn organizer, sad Ne~
York headquarters -
authOrized a d0ck sfrle
here 20 s-art sunday AZ nd
night.
He said $50 mem5ers q
the white local. and 81 Ct
the negro IoczL whi-h N
clude I0agshoremen Al Pert
Everglade- and Key West.
would rezPo.d. and that he
expected symPathy str7kez
at o.her Ports
A similar strike uas caIIea
tvSO weeks ago. buf wzs 4
feTred On orders of tn Me-
YORK Union headazartzrz.
which SAID negotiations Nere
benz conducted there wIth
steanship lines
Henderson sad H.
negotiations had faElen
through. and the z-rzk= rs
officially szncti1ned