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Evening star., 1936-09-29
.FREEFEDERAL CARS
COST D. c. $14,OOO
Yearly Loss in Revenue Is
Cited in Support of Plea
for More Funds.

Free automobile tags furnished the
Federal Government for its official
cars operated in Washington. coupled
with the fact these vehicles are ex-
empted from the personal property tax
are saving the United States about
$4,000 year. it was disclosed today by
District officials who are building up
a case to show the inequity Of the
present $5,000,000 Federal contribu-
ton to the expenses Of the municipal
government.
Data being collected by the District
officials will be turned over to j. l.
Jacobs, Chicago efficiency engineer
President Roosevelt to direct a COM
prehensive study Of fiscal relations be-
tween the Federal and District govern
ments.
The total savings to the Federal
Government on motor vehicle exemp-
tions alone exceeded $4,000 last year
Most Of this was represented by the
2-cent-a-gallon tax on gasoline, which
the United States is not required to
pay.
Tetal Since 1924 Is $4,000
Since imposition Of the gasoline tax
II years ago, District officials calcu-
lated that the savings to the United
States on gasoline tax amounts tc
more than 100000. In the last fiscal
year the Federal Government pur-
chased in the District 2,540,904 gal
Ions of gasoline, which would have
yielded tax of s5o,8l8. For the 1885
fiscal year the United States bought
2,027,0l7 gallons of gasoline. which
would have produced tax OF
$40,54034
The average saving in the gasoline
tax, it was stated, amounted to about
s35 900 year over the 12-year period
The saving to the Federal Govern
ment on the operation Of its motor
vehicles, however, constitutes only one
phase Of the information District off,
cials plan to furnish Jacobs. The
data not only will show the added ex-
pense borne by the District because il
is the seat of the Federal Government
but will 60 into various other elements
revealing what the United States
would have to pay if it could be taxed
the same as the private property
owner.
Other Facts Checked.
Tax Assessor Fred Allen already has
reported that the Federal Govern
ment's tax-exempt real estate holdings
in the District increased nearly 81 Der
cent in the last six years during a
period in which the Government :
lump-sum contribution was reduced
from $9.500,000 to $4,000 900.
The Highway Department is COM
pleting q report which will disclose
the cost to the District Of paving and
maintaining streets abutting Govern
ment reservations.
As soon as. various District officials
complete their reports they will be
checked by Maj. Daniel j. Donovan
auditor and budget officer, before
being transmitted to Jacobs.
Evening star., 1936-09-29
El Lagarto's O,oner agrees
To Put Craft in Smithsonian

Fl Lagarto, George G. Refs sturdy
old campaigner, has gone to the power
boat wars for the last time, and If
plans now under way materialize, the
speedster from Bolton Landing, N. Y,
will spend the rest of her days in the
Smithsonian Institution.
When El Lagarto went out of the
second heat of the Presidents Cup
race Saturday, after bowling to Herbert
Mendelsohn's more powerful and
newer Notre Dame almost at the end
of the first 15-mile struggle, it was
reported her engine had failed. Later
it developed that in maneuvering in
the choppy Potomac for the start Of
the second heat Notre Dame acci-
dentally rammed E Lagarto. which
sprang leak, forcing Refs to the side
lines after q fruitless effort to keep
going.
Evening star., 1936-09-29
SCHOOL LAW TEST
|bYV|RG|N|AFATHER
lis DUE THURSDAY
Dr.. BaIIou Must Answer
Suit Seeking instruction
| for Girl, II.
Opposing SIDES ARGUE
| MEANING OF STATUTE
One Says 1t Makes Admittance
Mandatory, Other That It
Only Gives Permission.

Whether the law governing enroll
ment of nonresident pupils in the
Washington public schools is "permis-
sive" or mandatory" will be argued
in District Court Thursday, when
DIR. Frank w. Ballou, superintendent,
will be called on to answer an ap-
plication for writ of mandamus
compelling him to permit the enroll
ment OF an 11-year-old Clarendon
(Va) girl in Gordon Junior High
School.
The writ was sought yesterday by
John s. Kemp, an offlcial Of the Works
Progress Administration, in behalf of
his daughter Lots, who last June COM
pleted her studies at Fillmore Ele-
mentary School, near Gordon, on
Thirty-fifth street.
Before schools opened last week,
DR.. Ballou announced, with the sane
ton of the Board Of Education, that
all junior high schools would be closed
to non-residents, at least until after
the initial enrolment. The order was
issued because of acute overcrowding
in the junior high schools.
100 Non Residents Apply.
Lois was one of about 100 pupils
from Virginia and Maryland who ap-
piled for enrolment and was turned
down.
Her father, however, through Rob-
ert E. Lynch, attorney. contends that
school authorities had no right to
refuse enrolment because the law
provides that "all pupils whose par
ents are employed officially or other
wise in the District shall be admitted
and taught free Of charge in the
schools of the District"
DR.. Ballou based his order barring
nonresident pupils on an opinion by
the late Corporation Counsel William
w. Bride, which held that the law
was "permissive" and not "manda-
tory" Lynch contends the law is
mandatory" and must be obeyed.
When Chief Justice Alfred A. Wheat
set Thursday for a hearing on the
order, school authorities Immediately
referred the case to the corporation
counsel's office. which will represent
them at the hearing.
Schools Exceed Capacity.
DR.. Ballou pointed out that Gordon
was only one of the junior high
schools crowded beyond capacity
Gordon was constructed to accom-
modate 1.148 pupils. Its enrolment
now is approximately 1900, and is
more than was accommodated there
last year.
The superintendent also said that
if the court holds the law mandatory
and orders the enrolment of Lois
Kemp conditions of overcoming,
already acute, will be terrible"
Vernon E. West, chief assistant
corporation counsel, and Thomas Gill
lespie Walsh, an assistant corporation
counsel, will represent the board in
the litigation.
Evening star., 1936-09-29
Blind Peanut Vender Plans
To Appeal to Mrs. Roosevelt

Desdrito, who lives at IS Poplar
avenue, Takoma Park. Md, lost his
sight after he had been pummeled
about the head while a lightweight
boxer in the Navy. He served in the
Navy from 1921 to 1925, he said, and
fought as Little Dempsey"
The blind hawker denied he had
any wish to muscle in" on Steve's
territory. He explained he merely
wished to work in parks behind the
White House and keep of streets
where he was in danger Of speeding
automobiles.
Mrs. Roosevelt recently wrote Dis
trict Commissioner Allen requesting
that Steve be allowed to remain on
the stand he has occupied for the
last 28 years. City and Park Police
subsequently were ordered net to
molest him.
Evening star., 1936-09-29

The blind street peddler arrested
and fined yesterday for selling ice
cream and peanuts near the White
House grounds plans to seek the aid
Of Mrs. Roosevelt, who recently inter-
ceded in behalf of Steve Vasilakos,
veteran peanut vender.
The blind man, Felix Desdrito, 20,
told Judge Isaac r. Hit in Police
Court he was the sole support Of
seven children. He was fined IS.
Desdrito was arrested by Park Police
man Arthur D. Cook in the Ellipse,
south of the White House.
Through his wife, Desdrito plans
to seek permission from the White
House to peddle peanuts in nearby
parks. He said he was unable to
make q living for his big family In
unrestricted areas, and did not want
to 90 on relief.
Evening star., 1936-09-29

Surveying the damage. Refs decided
El Lagarto was through. Extensive
rebuilding would have been necessary
to put the boat back in condition. and
with IA years of service behind her
and recent changes in Gold Cup rules
this was not advisable.
A friend suggested that El Iagarto
be placed in the Smithsonian as
monument to American motor boat
racing, and Refs fell in with the idea.
John A. Remon, head Of the Presi-
dents Cup Regatta Association, was
enthusiastic and he said today that the
offer will be made to the Smithsonian
this week. Meantime, Refs is trailing
FL Lagarto back to Bolton, Landing to
remove outward traces of the damage
Ell Lagarto won the Presidents Cup
three times: captured the priced Gold
Cup three years In q row. and twice
took the National Sweepstakes.
Evening star., 1936-09-29
OLD POLICE STATION
RESTORATION ASKED
Mid-City Association Cites Need
of No. 2 in View of Increase
in Crime.

Re-establishment of No. 2 police
precinct in its former headquarters
on Fifth street between M and N
streets was urged by the Mid-City
Citizens Association at its first Fall
meeting last night.
In a resolution introduced by DR..
F. Thomas Evans the association de-
clared crime has been on the increase
in the present second precinct area
since the merger of precincts and 8
several years ago. The No. 2 area
now includes approximately 100000
residents.
The Woman's Bureau of the de-
partment now occupies the former
headquarters of the old second pre-
cinct.
Adoption by the Board Of Educa-
tion of the proposal to change the
opening hour of schools from to
$50 am. was urged. so pupils might
avoid the rush" hour.
The association voiced hearty ap-
proval" of the improvements made in
the last several months in the city's
parks.
Evening star., 1936-09-29
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES
WANT SESSION HERE
Committee Conducting Survey to
Determine Advisa bility
of District Bid.

A committee named by the District
Federation of Federal Employees Unions
is conducting a survey to determine
the advisability of bidding for a
national convention of Federal en-
ployes in Washington in the near
future.
Members of the committee, ap-
pointed by President Joseph Stansfield
at the last meeting of the District
Federation, which is affiliated with the
National Federation of Federal EN-
ployes, includes Robert w. Cushman,
Library of Congress, chairman; Louis
A. Rosafy, adjutant generals Office,
and Miss Pearle Cooper, War Depart
ment.
A national convention here, Cush-
man said, would prove an excellent
stimulus to increased union member
ship and focus attention upon the
federation's work.
The Nation@, Federation has held
one convention here, its organizatio
meeting in 1917.
Evening star., 1936-09-29
BAND CONCERT.

BY the Soldiers Home Band in the
bandstand at 6 pm. today. John
S. M. Zimmerman, bandmaster; An
ton Pointner, assistant bandmaster.
This will conclude the series of out
door concerts. Indoor concerts will
begin Saturday, October II, at $50
pm. Orchestral concerts will be given
each Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
evening throughout the Winter and
early Spring, beginning at $50 pm.
Evening star., 1936-09-29
Named on Crime Committee.

Robert Lee O'Brien, jr., 1431 Man
chester lane, has been named a mem
Der of the Crime Committee of the
United States Junior Chamber Of
Commerce, it was announced today.
The group is composed Of 36 young
business and professional men about
the country.
Evening star., 1936-09-29
NAVY WANTS PLUMBER

Id UOI bUdIu EStCUIUeT NeCGIVIuS
Applications for Yard Job.
Applications for plumber at the
Washington Navy Yard will be ac-
cepted by the recorder of the Labor
Board there until Thursday.
The salary ranges from $796 to
1892 per diem for 40-hour. 5-day
week, less a 31a per cent retirement
annuity reduction. Applicants must
have completed a four-year appren-
ticeship or have four years practical
experience.
Full information may be obtained
at the Civil Service Commission at
Seventh and F streets or the navy
yard.
Evening star., 1936-09-29
GIRLS CLUB TO MEET
New Columbia Heights Group
Directed by Miss Graves.

The newly organized Girls Club Of
Columbia Heights will hold its first
meeting Saturday at Powell Junior
High School under direction of Miss
Margaret Graves. The club, which is
under auspices of the Columbia
Heights Community Center, is open
to girls between the ages of 9 and 16.
The Boys Club of the community
will begin its regular Fall program
Friday and throughout the year will
meet on both Friday and Saturday
nights instead of on Fridays as in the
past. The Boys Club now has an
enrolment of 119.
Evening star., 1936-09-29
LATIN AMERICA HELD
FIELD FOR COMMUNISM
Link With New European Con-
ception of Statecraft Reported
Through Foreign Capital.

The dominance of foreign capital
in Latin America may contribute to
the growth there of such doctrines as
communism or fascism, George How
land Cox, director of George WASH
ington University's center of inter-
American studies, told students in a
course on current Latin American
problems last night:
This condition and "the great land
ed estates and labor systems" he said,
present fertile fields for doctrines
which promise panaceas for the evils
OF the last four or more centuries"
The lecturer expressed hope, how
ever. that "out of the Pan-American
Peace Conference at Buenos Aires in
December may come workable sug-
gestions which will bring stability
along the lines Of democracy known
In the United States"
Evening star., 1936-09-29
Gambrill to Speak.

Representative Stephen w. Gam
brill, Democrat, of Laurel, Md, an
nounced today he would address the
Ladies' Auxiliary Of the Eastport
Democratic Club at Eastport, Md.
The Washington times., 1936-12-05
{. u. TO HONOR
VIRGIN

The Most Rev. Michael j. Cur
ley, Archbishop of Baltimore and
chancellor of Catholic University,
will officiate at the pontifical
mass to be convened tomorrow
morning in the national shrine Of
the Immaculate Conception on the
campus of Catholic University in
celebration of the patronal feast
of the Immaculate Conception of
the Blessed Virgin.
The Right Rev. Edward B. Jor-
dan, associate professor of educa-
ton at Catholic University, will
preach the sermon to the entire
student body, faculty members,
and religious orders scheduled to
march from the crypt of the shrine
to the place of the services.
The Very Rev. James Marshall
Campbell, dean of the School of
Arts and Sciences, will assist
Archbishop Curley.
AnMrn1,eEmrNF
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$2,64O,OOO
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the present space situation, which
he described as serious" The
structure will have a gross floor
area of 1,O5O,0OO square feet and
a net usable area of 100000 square
feet. 1t will house some 5000 per-
sons, Cammerer added.
Cost S5,91O,OOO
Maintenance, operation and pro-
lection was provided by the Park
Service for 100000 square feet
of floor space, of which Is million
were in 47 Government-owned
buildings and 100000 in 80
rented buildings in the District of
Columbia and in seven memorials.
The cost of such services was
placed at $5,91O,OOO and personnel
numbered 4,256, of which 1876
were temporary employees.
Outside the District of Colum-
bia, Cammerer said, II Govern
ment buildings, with aggregate
floor space of 100000 square
feet were serviced by the Park
Service at a cost of $408,000 by
272 employees.
Air Conditioning
The largest single concentra-
tion of refrigerating equipment
in this country is in operation
here for air-conditioning Federal
quarters, Cammerer reported. To-
falling $4,000 tons capacity, the
equipment provides for the COM
plete air-conditioning Of 6 of the
largest buildings.
Cammerer reported that ST..
10000 will be devoted to the
elimination Of fire hazards and
improvements and repairs in
Government buildings. Included in
the program. he explained, are
replacement of defective and OBJ
solete electric wiring and equip
ment, replacement of antiquated
elevators and auxiliary machinery
and installation of sprinkler Sys-
tenn in areas where files are
stored.
The Washington times., 1936-12-05
READY
ON JUVENILE
COURT BILL

The special subcommittee on
the proposed Juvenile Court bill,
providing for the extension of
the powers Of the Juvenile Court
Judge, will report to the first
meeting of the House District
Committee in the new session Of
Congress, it was announced today
by Representative Jack Nichols
CD, of Oklahoma, subcommit-
tee chairman.
Representative Nichols said he
would call a meeting Of the sub
committee some time this month
before the opening of Congress
so that the report will be ready
for the full District committee.
The bill, introduced during the
last session by Representative
Mary T. Norton CD. OF New
Jersey, chairman Of the District
committee. would make children
brought before the Juvenile Court
wards" of the court until they
reach their majority.
Extensive hearings held on the
bill last session revealed consider
able opposition to the legislation
on the ground that it conferred
an undue amount of power on the
Juvenile Court judge, giving her
the authority to determine Gus
tody of children.
Under terms of the bill, all &C
tiviLieS of the court would be con-
Quoted in secrecy and minors
would be denied the right of jury
trial. If a child 16 years or older
is accused of a felony, the judge
may waive jurisdiction to the Dis
trict Supreme Court.
At the time She introduced the
bill. Mrs. Norton said she was not
entirely convinced of the efficacy
of the bill, but pointed out that
there was a real need for revision
of the present 30-year-old Juvenile
Court laws.
On the subcommittee with Mich
OILS are Representatives Jennings
Randolph Cd, of West Virginia;
Everett M. Dirksen (RD, of Illi-
nois; William T. Schultz Cd, of
Indiana. and Ralph o. Brewster
(RO, of Maine.
The Washington times., 1936-12-05

school in Waynesboro, Pa, Miss
Solliday enrolled at Maryland in
the college of home economics to
major in clothing and textiles.
She is secretary of the campus
Y. w. C. A., vice president of the
Home Economics Club. rush chair
man of her sorority, Kappa Delta,
and holds memberships in the
Opera Club, the Women's Athletic
Association, and the staff of the
OLD Line, campus humor maga-
zine.
She has played prominent parts
in several Kappa Delta revues and
last year was a member Of the an
nual May Day committee.
After her graduation in June,
Miss Solliday hopes to obtain q
position as clothes buyer in a
commercial concern.
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your OWL family. based on its
needs and on what you think
you can supply.
If you feel you cannot do the
job alone because it would be
too much of a financial burden,
interest your fellow workers, or
your friends and neighbors, or
your club in being Good Fellows.
Together you could do a great
deal towards making an unfor'
tunate family happy.
There Are Many Ways
There are many ways Of being
Good Fellows in helping these
destitute families enjoy Christ
mas this year.
You may give a basket for a
Christmas dinner, or shoes for
children who truly need them.
You may give clothes to some
one who needs them badly. (Old
clothes in good condition are al
ways welcomed by those who
need them)
You may present some toys to
children whose parents cannot at-
ford to buy them because what
little money they earn is barely
enough to keep them from starv-
ing. Or you may wish to rig up a
little Christmas tree with a few
trimmings for some family with
little childden.
will Be Appreciated
You may send wood or coal to
a needy family-a bushel or a
half-ton of coal. Any amount Of
fuel would be appreciated by so
many of these poor folk who write
that they have lived in unheated
homes since winter began.
Last year, with cash donations
that we're sent in, number OF
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Today's Foreign Short-Wave Radio Schedule

SCHENECTADY -S p. M
Spanish Program. W2XAF, 31.4
M, 9.53 meg.
BERLIN-S:45 P.M.-Folk Song
Singing by the Hitler Youth.
DJD, 25.4 m, lit meg.
MONTREAL-9:3O P. M.-"C'est
un Rendvous" - meeting of old
and new in music. CRCx, 1872
M, 600 meg; GIRO, 4S.7 m, 6.15
meg; CJRX, 25.6 M, 11.72 meg.
LONDON-1O:25' MA talk
by an Assistant Superintendent Of
Police, Kenya. GsD, 25.5 M, Ills
meg; csc, 31.3 M, 9.5s meg.
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apron he would come outside to
turn his tomatoes upside down
with their green spots up to the
sun.
Antonio couldn't speak English.
But he could sing. While Wallis
and her friends watched him ham,
mering the new spring heels on
their own old shoes, Antonio would
raise his voice in stirring aria5
from "Rigoletto" and III Trova-
tore"
Millions of words have been
written about this Mrs. Simpson
who will be remembered in his
tory long after prime ministers
have faded from thought. The
stories of her youth which have
most intrigued her biographerS
concern her debutante days.
But the incidents of her child
hood which I have related are
also typical of her character. She
was eager for excitement, amused
by life and she was very perSiS.
tent. She had little money but
she also had great luck.
A revealing story comes to me
today from a friend in London
and tells of King Edwards depen-
dence on Mrs. Simpson. My friend
was a guest very recently in a
drawing room where Wallis Simp.
son was spending an hour or so.
During that time Mrs. Simpson
had quite a dozen telephone calls
from the King. AS soon as she
finished one conversation the
phone would ring again. There
would be King Edward, eager for
the sound of her voice and the
inspiration of her personality.
The Washington times., 1936-12-05

ROME-6 P. M.-News in Eng
lish. operate Selections. Talk by
Senator Vittorio Gini, Commits
sioner for the 1941 World Exposi-
ton, to be held in Rome Concert
of Roman folk-songs. 2RO's Mail
Bag. 2RO, 31.1 M. 9.63 meg.
LONDON-6 P. M.-The First
Cricket Test Match: Australia v.
England. GSP, 1876 M, 1881
meg: GSD, 25.5 M, ITS meg;
Csc, 31.3 M, 9.58 meg.
Moscow P. M.-Review of
the Week. Russian Lesson. RAN,
31.2 M. 60 meg.
PARIS-7:15 P. M.-Theatrical
Program. TPA-4, 25.6 m, l1.72
meg.
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two automobiles were in a head
on collision on Baltimore Boule-
ward near Riverdale, Md, last
night. The injured are Lila
Walsh, 80, of ElmhurSt. L. l., and
Mrs. Gerald Littlefield, of New
York, passengers in one car, and
j. Madison Magatti, IS, 1414 K
st. N. w.; Angelo Giallarenzo, 48,
229 D st. N. W.; Mr.. and Mrs.
Antonio Cianmatore. of 3 S st.
N. E., and their daughters, LII
cille, 18. and Miriam. II. Miss
Walsh is in Casualty Hospital
with serious skull injuries. The
others were not seriously hurt.
The Washington times., 1936-12-05
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