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Evening star., 1936-07-08
REAL D, c. DEFICIT
SEENBy DONOVAN
WITH TAXAT $1.5O.
Local Government Will Con-
tinue "Pay-as-Y -You-Go"
Policy, However.
SURPLUS AT PRESENT
is BELOW $1,000, 900
Shortage of General Revenue I'm
der Expenditures Will Be Near
$4,0OO,0O0, Says Auditor.

With the $3.50 tax rate continued
for another year by the Commission
ers, Maj. Daniel ]. Donovan, audi
tor, said today the deficit faced at the
end of the year will be real one and
not merely a bookkeeping record.
In the face of it, however, the Dis
trict government will be able to con-
tinue its policy to pay-as-you-go."
which has been followed since 1927.
Surplus Below S3,000,O00.
Maj. Donovan explained that the
surplus authorized in 1922 and made
available in 1927, has been reduced to
below 100000 at present. This bal
ance. he said, was taken into consid-
Grafton when he made his recommend
alton to the Commissioners to continue
the tax rate of 81 so for another year.
The shortage of general revenue
under expenditures, he said, will be
almost $4,000,000. This will be offset
by the $2,758,0 ,044.6O remaining of the
surplus authorized nine years ago.
The net deficit, he said, of $3.50 1865
will have to be carried into the new
fiscal year of 1888.
Bills to Be Met.
Meanwhile, the District will be able
to meet its bills promptly because
revenue coming into the general fund
will be paid in before bills actually
become due. A further explanation
Is that all of the money appropriated
In the 1887 supply bill does not have
to be spent within the fiscal year, so
a balance will be on hand sufficiently
large, Maj. Donovan said, to meet op-
Grating costs of the District govern
ment.
In view of the reality of the deficit
the Districts Special Committee on
Taxation is renewing its studies to
find new sources of revenue. What
ever action they take, however, will
be influenced by the findings of the
special committee authorized by Con-
Eess to study the relations of the Dis
trict and Federal governments and to
fix an equitable amount for the United
States to contribute.
Evening star., 1936-07-08

To the accompaniment of lusty
shouts of delight from 25 boys. the
Y w. c. A. swimming pool at 614 E
of the central area for a second
Summer.
The splashing and yelling of happy
youngsters climaxed a campaign by
The Star and the Central Neighbor-
hood Council to make pool facilities
available to the hundreds of boys and
girls who live in the crowded down.
town sector bounded by the Mall,
Eleventh. o and North Capitol streets.
The reopening was made possible
by contributions totaling S47750, Of
which s3275o was given this year.
while the rest is the balance from a
similar fund raised last year.
For two months at least the pool
will be open three days a week to
boys, three to girls and two nights to
adults.
Gifts for Pools Opening.
The pool sponsors acknowledge
Sl00 gifts from the District of Colum-
bia Congress of Parents and Teachers
and the Welfare and Recreational As
sociation of Public Buildings and
Grounds, which carried the fund to
sufficient levels to insure reopening of
the "Y" tank. Twenty-eight other
contributors gave generously.
Necessary activities in bringing the
pool into use again were notification
of families in the area and physical
examinations Of prospective pool users.
Mrs. Thomas j. Howerton. chairman
of the Juvenile Court Committee of the
Washington Federation Of Churches,
and Miss Eta Mai Russell, also Of the
federation, are visiting scores of homes
Evening star., 1936-07-08
Funeral Racket
Is Used to Fleece
4 d. C.. Mans Father
Wire Asking Expenses
. for Rites for Son
Costs $285.

How his father was fleeced of $285
through weird funeral racket was re-
lated to Washington police last night
by Alfred w. Hanson, 1929 New Hamp-
shire avenue, a proofreader In the
Government Printing ONCE.
4 Hanson said his father in Minne-
sofa received q telegram purporting
to come from a New York undertaken,
saying his son, Leonard Hanson, 20,
had died In New Rochelle, N. Y, and
asking for funeral expenses.
Hanson explained that his father
forwarded the money about month
ago, and then wired him to come to
Minnesota to the funeral. The Wash
ingtonian went to Minnesota, but the
body of his brother never arrived there.
Investigation by New York police
disclosed there was no undertaken Of
the name signed to the telegram. A
man stopping at New York hotel re-
ceived the s285 sent by the elder Han
son and checked out.
Hanson asked police to search for
his brother, whom he feared. might
have met with foul play. He said he
( had been unable to locate any trace
Of the missing man In New York State.
Evening star., 1936-07-08
NEW GRAND Jury
PUT UNDER OATH
William R. Miller, Insurance
Agency Auditor, Chosen
Foreman.

A new grand jury was sworn in by
Justice Daniel w. O'Donoghue of Dis
trict Court this afternoon. with Will
Mutual Insurance Agency, as foreman.
Miller lives at 5425 Nebraska avenue.
The panel of three women. all of
them married, and 20 men will serve
for three months. The term of the
old grand jury ended Monday.
Besides Miller, the jurors are Alrose
M. Raymond, 1902 Ninth street, sales
manager; Mrs. Leona Frank, 1892
Legation street; Robert o. Barnes,
46l7 Brewer place. receiving clerk;
Edwin F. Bastable. 1912 Nine
teenth street. securities salesman;
Samuel I. Levine, 200 Massachusetts,
avenue, proprietor of a liquor store;
Mrs. Essie L. Michaelis, 125 Fifth
street northeast; Robert H Kearney,
725 Florida avenue northeast, no oc-
cupation given; John E. Lacey, 324
Eleventh street southwest, trucker;
Lloyd C. Barnett, 1015 Kearney street
northeast, salesman; Cecil G. May,
54 M street, assistant schedule maker;
Vernis Absher, 1929 Alabama avenue
southeast, automobile dealer; Mrs
Cora J. Armstrong. 1918 Quincy
street; Fred Herzog. 1925 Davenport
street, advertising; Joshua E. Good
man, 4024 Fifth street. butcher;
Herbert A. Hopkins, 704 A street
northeast, railway clerk; Howard D.
Speck. 430 Delafleld place, salesman;
Harry N. Toomey. 800 Crittenden
street, no occupation given: John F.
Cullinane, 90S Eleventh street north
east. electrician; Frank H. Hogan,
3014 @ street. inspector; William
Mace, 1107 East Capitol street, ship
ping clerk; John E. Coward, 2115
Second street, head waiter, and
Ernest J. Gather, 1905 Rhode Island
avenue northeast, clerk.
Evening star., 1936-07-08
NEW SPAN URGED
ACROSS POTOMAC
James W. SoperviIIe Says
Traffic Demands Wider
Bridge Than Proposed.

Construction Of a new bridge across
the Potomac between Key Bridge and
Chain Bridge was advocated today in a
letter to Commissioner Hazen from
James w. Somerville, an attorney on
the staff Of the Senate Appropriations
Committee. 1t was accompanied by a
letter of transmittal from Senator
Glass, Democrat, of Virginia.
The suggestion is the outgrowth of
Somerville's objection to the proposed
new Chain Bridge providing for only
two lanes of traffic.
Two-Lane Bridge Safety.
Engineer Commissioner Dan I. Sui
tan several days ago said that a two
lane bridge Is regarded as safer than
a three-lane roadway, and that the
authorization of $350,000 for the new
structure will not be enough to build
a four-lane span.
Somerville pointed out that during
last February an auto crossed Chain
Bridge every 20 seconds during day.
light hours.
Marrow Bridge Opposition.
II respectfully protest against this
idea of building a narrow bridge, ac-
commodating only two lanes of traf-
fic," Somerville,s letter said. ITO those
who use the existing bridge, it Is OBJ
vious that the two lanes are made
quate for the present volume Of trafic
now increasing almost every day. A
new, one ne-horse-shay type of bridge
connecting Washington and Arlington
would certainly be monument to
folly"
SomerviIle also suggested that the
new bridge he advocates be named
either for Thomas Jefferson or Frank
lin D. Roosevelt. Somerville Is q
member of the Arlington County
Democratic Committee from Carne
Precinct.
Evening star., 1936-07-08
bONUSPAYMENTS
SEENOVER BILLION
District Post Offices Dis
burse s8,707,5 ,5O0-Thou.
sands Here Hold Bonds.

The City Post ONCE has disbursed
4s,7o7,500 to veterans cashing $4,000
bonus bonds. it was learned today from
Postmaster Vincent c. Burke.
Since the post Office has delivered
81 500 envelopes Of bonds, this indi-
Gates that about $500 veterans who
received bonds here have not yet
cashed them through the post office.
the postmaster said.
IN addition to those veterans who
cashed their bonds through the Wash
ington Post ONCE, many cashed bonds
through banks, which sent the secu-
rites direct to the Treasurer of the
United States for issuance Of q check.
No figures are available on the number
or amounts of these checks which
have been coming back to veterans
directly from the Treasurer. They
are included among the checks sent
out by the Treasurer to veterans all
over the United States, and separa-
ton has not yet been tabulated to
show the local accounts.
For the country as a whole, 1t was
estimated that cash payments have
gone over the $1,000 100000 mark.
through both the paying post offices
and the treasurer of the United States.
Rough estimates place the amount
still being paid out from both sources
at about $500, 900 day.
The official daily statement Of the
Treasury showed that on July 3 a
total Of $853, ,939 ,050 had been cashed,
but additional checks paid out by pay
ing post offices which had not yet
reached the Treasury were estimated
to have sent the grand total over
billion dollars.
Bonds sent directly to the treas
urer's office for redemption and cashed
by that of1ce through July 6 repre-
sented $17,877, ,450. They were sent by
1886 veterans.
The total amount Of bonus bonds
cashed by 247 paying post Offices
throughout the country through July
was 10, 400. .811 for . total Of $970, ,909,-
$50, according to the latest available |
figures.
Evening star., 1936-07-08
D. C. TRAFFIC MISHAPS
DROP SHARPLY IN 1886
45 Fatalities Compared With Sc
in 1935-227 Fewer
Suffer Injuries.

Traffic casualties during the first six
months of this year showed a marked
decrease compared with the same
period last year, according to Traffic
Director William A. Van Duzer.
Fatalities this year totaled As, COM
pared with Sc last year, and the num-
Der of personal injuries dropped from
2,134 last year to 1907 this year. Prop
erty damage was incurred in 2,919 ac-
cidents this year as compared with
2,750 last year, an increase of 169. The
total number of accidents this year was
4,667, 81 less than last year.
Evening star., 1936-07-08
TEACHERS STATUS
BEING WEIGHED
Special Board Meeting
Awaited to Decide Vo-
Cati0naI Issue.

Decision as to whether all voca-
tional school teachers are to be raised
automatically to junior high school
status with a corresponding increase
in pay or must qualify individually
for the promotion today awaited a
special Board of Education meeting
to receive a report from its Commit
tee on Vocational Education.
The committee took the matter
under advisement yesterday after
hearing spokesmen for teachers and
organized labor argue that all voca-
tional instructors should be blanketed
under junior high status. A quorum
of the board was not present, so
final verdict was deferred until the
board can meet to hear the commit
tees recommendation.
Supt. of Schools Frank w. Ballou
has recommended that teachers be
promoted to junior high school rank
only after qualifying individually in
accordance with a plan he has de-
vised. Union representatives agreed
at the meeting that high standards
were essential, but said that all, or
nearly all, present instructors in the
vocational schools come up to the
mark set by DR.. Ballou. They asked
that the superintendent's demand for
at least a high school education be
waived in cases where practical
experience seemed to warrant promo
ton.
Murphy Gives Views.
e. ]. Murphy, president OF the
District Vocational Education Asso-
citation, said he did not believe it
would be fair to place too much en-
phasis on a teachers academic train
ing. Practical experience should have
as much weight, or more, in consider
ing a man or woman for promotion,
he declared.
Henry Gilligan, committee chairman
and vice president of the board, and
DR.. Ballou agreed that the high school
education standard might be set
aside for cases where practical" ex-
cellence was proven.
Albert N. Dennis, representing the
Education Committee of the Central
Labor Union, said he did not believe
that all vocational teachers should
be raised to a higher salary status,
but that all should be given a chance
to qualify. He was assured that all
would receive that opportunity. Dem
mis- urged the committee not to
sanction the importation of "out-
siders," whose academic background
might be impressive, but who were
lacking in practical training.
Dismissal Is Feared.
Some of the petitioners seemed to
believe that II vocational instructors
could not qualify for junior high SAL
ary rank they might be dismissed.
Gilligan and DR.. Ballou pointed out
that none would be eliminated and
could qualify during this Summer or
at any time for promotion.
In addition to Murphy and Dennis,
spokesmen for the blanketing of all
vocational teachers under Junior high
status we're Miss Selma Borchardt,
representing Local No. 8, Teachers
Union; Mrs. Mary Mason Jones,
colored, representing Local No. 27,
and Robert A. Pelham, colored. John
Locher. secretary Of the Central Labor
Union, attended the meeting.
Evening star., 1936-07-08
Photographers to Make Trip.

The Washington Photographic So
ciety will make a field trip Saturday,
leaving at 2:30 pm. from the Consti-
tuition avenue entrance Of the new
National Museum. Inclement weather
caused postponement Of the last
planned trip. An indoor meeting will
be held later this month, 1t was said.
w. N. Moreland, president, announced
the public was invited.
Evening star., 1936-07-08
BY w. H. SHIPPEN, JR.

A FIEN faSnlonlng tne taplr IN
~ rather primitive form,
~ nature seems to have moved
n on to more favored children,
leaving him to work out stepchilds
salvation.
Despite his natural handicap, how
ever, the Zoos big Brazilian tapir
is near to establishing worlds record
for longevity of a tropical animal
kept outdoors in a cold climate.
This tapir came to the Zoo in 1911.
He was then at least five years old
and weighed more than 500 pounds.
For countless generations his ances-
tors had been accustomed to the
steaming, tropical rivers of Central
and South America.
Head Keeper William H. Black
burne decided on what was at that
time a departure from the usual
practice. He would try to acclimate
the tapir> to Washington Winters.
How well the experiment succeeded
is proved by the healthy, 30-year -old
specimen Last Winter the tapir took
huge delight in snowdrifts foreign to
his natural environment for tens of
thousands of years.
Evening star., 1936-07-08
Power Concerns Cooperate.

Major French electric power COM
panies have co-operated in plan to
feed current to the Paris district from
widely scattered sources.
Evening star., 1936-07-08
Safe Fireworks.

TAMPA, Fla. R.-Paste this In
your hat for next Fourth of July
Two Tampa youngsters, forbidden to
shoot firecrackers, persuaded an uncle
to buy them 500 bags to pop. They
reported ample noise was provided.
Evening star., 1936-07-08
SNEED AUTOPSY SET
Laundry Worker Dies After

Treatment Following Fall.
An autopsy was to be performed
today to determine the cause of the
death of James Sneed, 81, of 1921
Vermont avenue, who died yesterday
In Emergency Hospital.
Sneed, laundry employe, fell while
in an apartment at Seventeenth street
and Park road on June /. He entered
Emergency Hospital, was released, re-
turned for further treatment on July 3,
and died yesterday. The hospital listed
no cause of death.
Evening star., 1936-07-08
Loss by Theft Small.

In one-third Of the $4,000 cases Of
theft In London in the last year the
value Of the stolen property was less
than S5.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-10-23

DIR. WIN. J. THOMPKINS, Re-
cOrder Of Deeds of the District
of Columbia.
ROBERT L. VANN, Special As
sistant to the Attorney General.
FORESTER B. WASHINGTON
DIR. ROBERT C. WEAVER, Ad-
wiser on Negro Affairs, Depart
ment of the Interior.
JOHN A. DAVIS, Research AS
sistant, Department of Labor.
1885 APPOINTEES
WALTER T. BAILEY, Architect
Participating in a Chicago
g., Housing Project.
LESTER A. WALTON IN. W,
Minister to Liberia.
WILBUR F. COLEMAN
CHARLES s. DUKE, Field Plan
ner, Subsistence HOmesteads
Division, Department Of In
terror.
F. w. HARSH, Junior Land Pur-
chaser, Chicago Housing Prof.
ect, Public Works Administra-
ton.
MRS. THYRA J. EDWARDS,
Assistant to Rehousing Super
visor, Chicago Housing Prof.
ects, Public Works Administra-
ton.
DEWEY r. JONES, Associate
+ Adviser on Negro Affairs, De-
partment Of the Interior.
McKISSACK & McKISSACK,
Architectural firm, consultants,
Nashville Housing Project
(Tennessee).
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-10-23

DIR. JOSEPH L. JOHNSON
EUGENE KINCKLE JONES, Ad-
wiser on Negro Affairs, Depart
ment of Commerce.
DIR. LOUIS e. KING, Historian,
Foreman Gettysburg CCC
Camp (prom0ted June, 1885 to
Junior Historian).
JOHN A. LANDLORD, Archi-
tect, Public Works Administra-
ton.
THEOPHILUS M. MANN, Legal
staff, Public Works Admins
tratiOn.
ALONZO MORON, Commissioner
of Public Welfare, Virgin Is
lands.
EARL r. MOSES
JOHN p. MURCHISON, Asso-
ciate Adviser on Negro Affairs,
Department of Interior.
JESSE r. OTIS
LAWRENCE A. OXLEY, Chief
Division of Negro Labor, De-
partment of Labor.
r. r. REED Chicago, Ill.,, AS
sistant Executive Secretary
Code Authority for Funeral In
dustry.
HILYARD R. ROBINSON, Archi-
tect, Subsistence HOmesteads,
Department of the Interior.
ALFRED e. SMITH, Administra-
tive Assistant, Federal Emer-
gency Relief Administration.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-10-23
Simple Duty To
Perform

The Negro Voter Of the United States
has a very simple duty to perform On
Tuesday, November 3, 1885. He should
and must decide between proven friends
and Indifferent Hypocrisy.
Franklin d. Roosevelt has proved the
best friend, the most cOnsiderate friend
the Negro has had I'm the White House
since Theodore Roosevelt. As matter
Of fact, NO Republican President since
Theodore Roosevelt has been more than
an Indifferent Tool Of Big Business ana
Wall Street. s.a T..
Franklin d. Roosevelt has been ana
IL q BrOadminded Humanitarian whose
sympathies and interest extend I'm the
direction and to the man farthest down.
His ideals are for and Of the Amerfca
we all love. He II the President Of ALI
THE PEOPLE! , '
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-10-23

JOHN A. MELBY, Architectural
Craftsman, Subsistence Home
steads Division, Department Of
the Interior.
ORLEANS REID, Junior Field
Palmer, Subsistence Home.
steads Division, Department Of
the Interior.
MISS JUANTTA SADDLER,
Laison Officer, National Youth
Administration. ...
JAMES e. STAMPS ,.....
vERTNER R. TANDY, Consult
ant to Robinson, Williams &
Porter, Architectural firm,
LangstOn Terrace Project,
Washington, D. c.
FRANK THORNE, Rehousing
Assistant, Housing Division,
Public Works Administration.
RALPH VAUGHN, Architectural
Craftsman, Resettlement Ad-
mlnlSCraClOHs department OF
Agriculture.
JOHN WILSON, one Of principal
architects, New York City
Housing Project. ..
o. M. WILLISTON, Landscape
Architect, Langston Terrace
project, Washington, d. G.
1886 APPOINTEES
PRESCOTT PARKER, Manage
ment Assistant, Housing DE-
vision, Public Works Admins
trati0n.
T. B. HAMILTON, Special Assist
ant to the Attorney General,
Department Of Justice.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-10-23

The Division of Subsistence
L. r. ALLEN, Statistician, Fed
eral Emergency Relief Admin
istration.
JAMES A. ATKINS, Field AS
sistant, Education Department,
Federal Emergency Relief Ad-
ministratiOn.
MAX BOND, Supervisor of Rec
reatiOn and Training, Tennessee
Valley Authority, Wheeler
Dam, Alabama.
ALONZO BROWN, Architect,
Subsistence H0mesteads Divi-
sion, Department Of Interior.
EDGAR C. BROWN, Assistant to
the Director of Emergency Con-
servatiOn Work.
MAPLE BYRD
VICTOR G. COOLS, Project An
alyst, Subsistence Homesteads
Division, Department of In
terror.
JOSEPH Fl. B. EVANS, Execu-
tive Assistant to the Admins
traitor of Resettlement Admin
istratiOn.
T. M. FLETCHER (AkrOn, Ohio,
Member MIRA CODE AUTHOR
ity for Funeral Industry.
DIR. ABRAM L. HARRIS
WILLIAM 81. HASTE, Assistant
Solicitor, Department of the
Interior.
HENRY A. HUNT, Assistant to
the Government Farm Admin
istratiOn.
MRS. BERTHA IVY, Educational
Department, Federal Emer.
gency Relief Administration.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-10-23
THE WAY TO JUDGE MANS FUTURE IS BY HIS PAST

nv" DNG1k - 6SNVO GSAkU
Figures 90.
10000 CCC Boys Remit Each Month to De-
pendents 81, OOO, 900.
Over $4,000 Negroes Receiving Benefits Under
N.Y. A.
Under Public Works Administration Cash
An0tments Have Been Made to the Fol-
lowing Negro Institutions:
Howard University
Freedmen's Hospital wash, D. c.
wilberforce University
Virginia State College
Lincoln University Mo.)
Tuskegee Institute
Tennessee State College .
Veterans Hospital CTuskegee)
.. AND MANY OTHER ....'.
WORTHY INSTITUTIONS
800, 900 Negroes taught to read and write out
of Federal funds under Roosevelt.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-10-23
LET'S LOOK AT The
RECORD
Negro Appointments

Major and Executive NEW DEAL APPOINTMENTS
1t sdn includes uvhrhl aenopaM L hL bd ppd
neDHmd mdhmeH Homestead h beer d to he Dm
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-10-23
BANK FAILURES
81
BANK FAILURES

Every depositor who had 100000 or
less got all Of his money, thanks to
Roosevelt Federal Depositors Insurance
Corporation. In the failure Of these 81
banks under Roosevelt, the depositors
have received exactly $9,S43,000. No little
depositor has lost penny. The Federal
income has steadily increased ever since
the Inauguration Of Roosevelt.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-10-23

Administration of the Department of Agriculture
The Washington times., 1936-11-12
4 IN CCC CAR
DIE, "A HURT

PITTSBURGH. Nov. IL G.N.SJ.
State and local police today at
tempted to fix responsibility for
the crack-up Of a CCC truck last
night at nearby Mcdonald, in
which four men were killed, ID in
jured, and two reported as miss
ing.
Loaded with World War vet
eranS returning to the Government
camp at Frankfort Springs, Pa,
from an Arrnistice Day celebration
at Mcdonald, the truck, said to
have been travelling at high speed.
struck a bridge abutment, car
omed off the road and overturned
Only two of the dead had oeen
identified early today. They we're
Thomas j. Tully, SO, of Wilkes.
Barre, Pa, and C. Salmon, %, of
Alliance, Ohio, driver of the truck.
Only slightly hurt. was Frank
Zwald, 43, of Emporium. Pa.
AL others in the truck were
thought to have been Pennsylva-
mans,
The Washington times., 1936-11-12
Special Serum Flown
From Canada 10 Aid
Little Rock (Ark.) Girl

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Nov. IL
U.N.SO.-PhysicianS here gave
credit to a special serum, be-
lieved to be the first of it's kind
ever used in the United States,
for the favorable turn in the con-
dition of Miss Jaypee Easley, 26,
of Little Rock, suffering from
strepticoccic infection.
The serum was rushed here
by airplane from Montreal, Can
ada, after a special permit from
the Bureau of Public Health,
Washington, D. c., had been OBJ
tained by Senator Joe T. Robin
son CD Arkansas.
The request for the serum was
made after attending physicians
expressed the opinion that this
special serum, perfected in Paris.
might help them in their fight
to stop the spread of a syste-
matte infection known as "strep-
tococcic viridanS."
Previous to the receipt Of the
serum, which is administered by
intravenous injections, doctors op-
Grated on Miss Easley to effect
drainage of an infection