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Evening star., 1937-05-26

the plant would provide needed work
been verified? Is there q surplus Of
skilled labor needed for butchering In
the District Of Columbia? viii not
the normal development Of the area
Tor house sites provide more labor
than the stockyards would command7
Mrs. Brooke's Letter.
In her letter, Mrs. Brooke stated:
For a number Of years have de.
voted much time and effort as chair.
man Of the Subsistence Garden Com
mlttee to the clearing Of the Anacostia
River Parkway, extending from Gall
inger Hospital to Benning road, so
that 300 gardens for the unemployed
might be developed there.
From 1888 through 1885 I witnessed
great improvement in this neighbor-
hood and the building OF rows Of
pleasant small houses adjoining Ben
ming road. was primarily interested
in the effort Of a colored employe Of
our family, who, with the help OF her
husband, regularly met the payments
necessary to acquire home and by
her industry was able to educate her
sisters and brother to become capable
and self-respecting citizens. They
represent one of many families whose
property will depreciate In value and
whose efforts will be wasted and saw
ings sacrificed If the Gobel Packing
Co. Is permitted to rebuild their
slaughter house and reoccupy the
cattle pens belonging to the Union
Stockyards Co. ."
1T was significant that even the
Gooel Co.'S lawyer made no attempt
to cross examine or disprove the
United States health officers predic.
ton OF increased pollution of the Po-
tomac River, following the reopeninR
Of the slaughter house.
ANY one contemplating the wooded
ground rising behind the site in oues-
ton or looking across the Anacostia
River to the parkway and new high
school cannot fail to agree with the
Planning Commission that this sec.
ton of the District adjoining the
projected parks of Fort Du Pont and
Fort Mahon is we'll suited for resi-,
Dental purposes and offers an
alternative to the continuous crowdinp
OF Washington's population into one
section of the city.
That slaughter houses create sluns
is a recognized fact. Fortunately tho
Gobel firm has made no important
monetary outlay since the fire that
closed the plant in 1888 and is in a
position to utilize it for any other
commercial purpose.
"At the hearing it was apparent
that the Gobel firm and its supporters
considered the matter a purely local
issue. Their repeated statement that
80 per cent OF the neighborhood was
in favor of the project awaits con.
firmation by numerous southwest citi.
zens' associations anxiously for an
opportunity to be heard"
Evening star., 1937-05-26
SLAUGHTER HOUSE
LDSLUM CAUSE
Mrs. Brooke Poses Question
Regarding Plant in Let
ter to MCCarran.

Declaring 1t is "a recognized fact
that slaughter houses create sluns, "
Mrs. Frederick H. Brooke has written
q letter to Senator McCarran, Demo-
crat, OF Nevada, submitting nine ques-
tions which she said should be
answered in connection with the pro-
posal Of the Adolf Gobel, Inc, to re-
build its Benning plant
Senator McCarran is chairman of
the subcommittee which has been
holding public hearings on the King
bill to ban so-called nuisance indus
tries from the District.
Mrs. Brooke, who for a number
OF years acted as chairman of the
Substance Garden Committee inter-
ested in the clearing of the Anacostia
River Parkway, already has testified
IN support Of the King bill.
She added it is significant that the
companys lawyer made no effort to
disprove testimony by a United States
health onicer that reopening of the
slaughter house, which burned In 1888
would result In increased pollution
Va eAAC 1UtOLldC ktlVel.
Questions Submitted.
The list Of questions submitted by
Mrs. Brooke follows:
!. Should not the proof of need be
required before the slaughter house in
question be permitted to be rebuilt and
reopened?
2. Since there are three abattoirs in
Baltimore, and nearby Virginia has
two, what Is the economic necessity
OF creating slaughter house in WASH
ington except for the convenience of
nonresident cattle producers?
3. Interested farmers in Prince
Georges County, Md, and in Virginia
advocating creation of a slaughter
house for their convenience in the
District, have stated that there would
be saving Of $1.50 per animal driven
over the road to the slaughter house.
Can the routes that they intend to
use for this purpose be made known?
4. Since the capacity Of the plant
Is for the slaughter Of over 3,10O an
lmals per day, what proportion will be
brought In by truck? Will not prop
erty along these routes be seriously
affected? How can it benefit the Dis
trict to have animals brought in alive
instead Of in finished condition?
S. Can it be proved that by applying
this convenience taxpayers in the Dis
trict must suffer not only from a de.
probation Of property, but from the
necessity Of creating additional sew
erage facilities as stated by the
United States health officer?
8. Recognizing the proximity of an
expensive school. should not consid-
GRAFTON be given to the brutalizin1
effect that the sight Of cattle in pens
or being driven to slaughter has on a
child's mind?
7. Has the initial cost of the Gobe]
plant been ascertained and have they
been questioned as to what. II any, in
surance they received after the fire
at the plant?
8. A statement was made by the
manager Of the hotel adjoining the
property that his guests were not in
convenienced by the cattle plant. Die
not further testimony develop the fact
that the Union Stockyards were own
ers Of the hotel in question?
8. Has the claim that reopenine
Evening star., 1937-05-26
EX-DEAN ACCUSED
Of INTENT TO KILL
Charge Recalls Killing Of
Head of School That Sus.
pect Directed.
BY the Associated Press.

BOSTON, May 26.-Despite sweep
ing denial by Thomas E. Elder, former
dean of the Mount Hermon School for
Boys, Capt. John F, Stokes, chief Of
Massa chusetts detectives, said today
he had obtained a warrant charging
Elder with assault with intent to
murder while armed with a danger
Gus weapon"
Stokes said he was awaiting word
from two detectives that Elder had
been arrested at his Alton Bay, N. H.,
home.
F. Allan Norton, former cashier at
the Mount Hermon School, was quoted
by Stokes as saying that a man he
identified as Elder accosted him last
night at Greenfield, Mass, pulling a
shotgun from under his coat Elder
promptly told newspaper men by tele-
phone that he had not even been in
Greenfield last night.
DR.. Elliot Speer, headmaster at
Mount Hermon, was slain in 1884 by q
shotgun blast through his library
window. The slayer escaped, and the
weapon never was found. An inquest
was held, and SO witnesses paraded
before Judge Timothy H. Hayes. The
court found DR.. Speer had been slain
by "a person or persons unknown" !"
Reached by telephone at his home
in Alton Bay, N. H.. Elder asserted he
had not been in Greenfield, Mass.
where Norton told police Elder had
accosted him.
Even as Elder talked by telephone
with newspaper men, Capt Stokes said
he had dispatched two detectives to
Alton Bay.
Elder told newspaper men by tele-
phone that he had gone to bed in a
hotel early last night at Keene. N. H.,
about 40 miles from Greenfield, and
had not arisen until this morning,
because Of bad heart condition"
Evening star., 1937-05-26
ADDRESSES SYNOD
DR.. Carl c. Rasmussen Speaks a,

DR.. Carl c. Rasmussen Speaks at
Baltimore Conference.
The synodical sermon of the Mary
land Synod Of United Lutheran
Churches Of America was delivered
last night in Trinity Lutheran Church.
Baltimore, by DR.. Carl c. Rasmussen
pastor of Luther Place Memorial
Church.
This synod is the third in the East
ern States which he has addressed
DR.. Rasmussen will mark his seventh
anniversary with Luther Place Church
next month.
Evening star., 1937-05-26
Taxes
Continued From First Paze)

Continued From First Page.)
The only alternative Is to raise the
tax rate"
; Representative Nichols. Democrat
OF Oklahoma broke into the discussion
with a prediction that "r'rksen il
wrong"
Il believe sales tax will 60 through
the House. he declared.
Finally Commissioner Ha8en tolc
the subcommittee the proposed sale.
tax had been approved by business
interests in Washington through the
Board of Trade. He said the boarc
also indorsed other features of the
tax program Of the Commissioner
and had suggested raising the gallon.
age tax on liquor from 30 to 80 cents
Instead of sales tax, Nichols sug.
gested business privilege tax. De-
nouncing Washington business men
he said Il never saw city where the
business men were as cold blooded and
as unresponsive to the trade as they
are in Washington"
Nichols next turned on parking LOT
operators. describing them as bunch
OF bloodthirsty robbers"
AssaiIs Parking Lot.
Nichols called particular attention
to parking lot on Pennsylvania
avenue which charges Is cents for the
| first hour and cents for each addi-
tional hour.
Those fellows are getting away with
murder" he declared.
Taxing foreign corporations doing
business in the District was another
source OF revenue which Nichols said
should be tapped. He also declared
the license law should be revised to
raise additional revenue. Corporation
Counsel Elwood H. Seal said it could
be done so the District could get about
100000 In additional revenue each
year.
Seal explained that fees now are
based on the cost of inspection, bu,
said the plan had its inequities. As an
illustration, he pointed out the Wash
ington base ball club pays a license
fee OF IS year, and on the opening
day Of the base ball season nearly one
half of the metropolitan police force
Is detailed there for protection of the
public and to direct traffic.
Proposes Intangible Tax.
Dirksen then proposed an increase
in the present tax on Intangible per-
sonal property. He said Tax Assessor
Fred D. Allen had testified that II
teeth were put in the existing law,
at least 81 100000 a year could be COL
lected from this source.
Vernon West, principal assistant
corporation counsel, said he doubted
if the amount would reach that figure.
Returning to a discussion OF the
sales tax, Representative McGehee
Democrat, OF Oklahoma, said that II
the plan is approved, it should pro-
vide for the use of tokens rather
than the hidden" tax proposal Of the
Commissioners. Unless tokens are used
he declared, the District would lose 50
per cent OF the revenue from such q
tax.
McGehee also declared there should
be no exemptions under sales tax
The Commissioners plan would ex-
empt food, and on that basis is esti-
mated to yield $5,300,000 a year.
Nichols explained that his State
which has sales tax, had adopted
tokens after trying out the hidden
tax plan.
During discussion of the wisdom
Evening star., 1937-05-26
RADIO TESTS APPROVED
WJSV Gets Right to Operate Port
able Transmitter.

Radio Station WJSV of the Columbia
Broadcasting System was granted au-
thority yesterday by the Federal Com
munications Commission to operate
q 1O0-watt portable transmitter on
1910 kilocycles on an experimental
basis between 8 am. and pm. until
June within the Washington area.
The purpose of the portable trans
mitter, the commission said, is to test
sites for location OF new transmitter
for the station.
Evening star., 1937-05-26
New Soybean Experiments,

Oklahoma A. and NJ College has
started experiments with IS new
strains OF soybeans in an effort to
find a substitute for cottonseed in oil
manufacturing In Oklahoma.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-17

Of course you're going to discover America in person some day-as more do every year.
 But meanwhile. with the aid of a map and a few high lights on your country, you can be as informed as your travelling friends.
 Are the Browns off to Martha s Vineyard? Fun to discover that the Vineyard" is really an island off Massa sachusetts-an old whaling port. Or do names like Painted Desert fascinate you? The deserts a region of bright-colored mesas in Arizona-as lovely as its name.
 And what surprises when you look at your map. Florida's no farther east than Ohio. And Me- vada! It's almost twice as big as New York--which has over 100 times its population.
 Do you take for granted Niagara's $ the highest falls? That Indians live only in the West?
 For interesting, helpful facts about your country, refer to our color map of the United States. De- Scribes points of interest in each state. Size of map 18x25 inches. Folds to fit pocket.
 Send 1Oc for your copy of MAP OF TEE UNITED STATES WITH COAST-TO-COAST DESCRIPTIVE GUIDE to the Waterbury Democrat Home Service. 63S Sixth Ave-. New York, N. Y. Be Sure to write plain ly your. NAME, ADDRESS. and above NAME of map with guide.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-17
Latest Styles
.kM8N1B
 Your Children
By Olive Roberts Barton

Make the child versatile. If you do this, you are being a fairy god mother indeed.
 Most children run on a track. They go to school, know how to dry dishes or rake grass, dress themselves passably and hold a fork correctly when they eat.
 Perhaps they take music or dancing, and know how to skate or catch a ball. But allowing for occa- sional permissions to attempt the unusual, they are in general entirely green about things outside their regular orbits.
 It is summer and an suspicious time to show them few things that life is made of. They will spoil lot, mess around a bit, and try your patience, but when ]. say that they will remember and profit by what they do, I certainly mean it.
 There's James. And there are three faucets that drip and need new washers. Let his father show him how to fix one and then let him try his hand at the others - alone.
 Time Makes No Matter
 You need a ditch dug and 8 water pipe run to the garage. The boy can do most of it, and learn by watching the plumber. do- the rest. 5
 Say to James, T want rock garden, my dear. Dig shallow hole, get me some big flat rocks from the creek and then look at ones you see there." Don't explain too much. Give him the job to do. It may take half the summer, but what of 1t?
 There's Betty, all of eleven years old, who never held a needle or ran machine. Betty, I want you to make yourself dress.
 Who? Me?" says the astonished child.
 But go and buy three yards of print, and very, very simple pat tern. Help her cut out the dress. Give her seams to haste together and then let her run them on the machine. Let her hem the skirt and sleeves by hand, and finish the neck also. It will probably be crook ed here and there, but a real dress, at that. Have her make another from the same simple pattern, still helping a little. Buy another easy pattern now, help cut it out, and then let her alone. She can run up shorts and shirts, too, recover old pillows, and make new spread for her bed.
 Beginnings of Cookery
 Let Betty learn to cook. Begin with eggs and toast and baked po- tatoes. Show her how to fix vege- tables, time their boiling and salt them. A girl of ten or twelve should be able to get good meal.
 Let both boys and girls learn how to paint furniture, or better still, how to take off old paint, then stain and wax the wood.
 James can easily put a new pane of glass in the broken garage win dow. The store will cut it to size and sell him putty. Show him what to do. He can finish 1t himself very nicely.
 Let them work with their hands. It is good for them. Betty should learn to iron. She should know how to fix flowers and set an attractive table. James should know how to slack lime, and whitewash the fence or cellar.
 Why? Obviously because they will be able to keep a good house some day, and to have that feeling of power and appreciation that knowl-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-17
GloUyimg Yourself
By MARION YOUNG
By Alicia Hart
NEA Service Staff Writer

1NH[A OCA EANS OseSAA VbAASNA
 Maybe yours is the. smartest sun suit on the beach. Maybe your Aus tralian crawl is nothing short of perfection. Maybe you can dive like Dorothy Poynton Hill. But still
 If you display yourself with lobster red, sun-baked cheeks and forehead, if. your lips are wan and colorless, your hair bedraggled, your hands rough and splotchy, you just needn't expect the compliments you deserve (and want), and you will surely have the horrid experience of seeing some dainty little number trip of with practically all the at- tention, even if she knows no more about swimming than a horned toad
 Do not despair ahead of time, however. Preparedness is a wonder full thing. If you coin these few suggestions, they make all the diff ference in the world to your vaca- tion by the sea.
 Until you get the kind of creamy golden tan which makes rouge seem superfuous and gives face and neck healthy glow, better put on a waterproof makeup before you plunge in. Simply apply foundation and cream rouge and press quanti- ties of powder firmly against the skin and into the foundation. Let it set for a moment or two, dust off the excess, then moisten palms with tonic or water and pat the powdered areas. Be sure to pat gently and do not have palms too wet. Let the tonic dry while you are putting on lipstick.
 If you do not use waterproof makeup, dash out of the surf now and then to smooth suntan lotion or oil on face and throat. You can get sun-burned just as badly while swimming as when sitting on the beach with face turned toward the sun. And too much sunshine will toughen any complexion and make 1t leathery looking.
 Those who hate to come out of the water with hair pinned up in knot or, worse yet, in helter -Skelter NOAAAAOAOAA3 NeAAA PoV OAA oAAAAA oAASHAAAi shower caps underneath regular bathing caps. Incidentally, it now is possible to get water-tight swi1n- ming cap. It is made with an inside rim, and water which seeps under the edge that frames the face is stopped by the rim and never does reach the hair.
 If you have nice feet, lacquer toe nails with a polish which matches or at least harmonizes, with the shade on fingers. If they are not so nice, better buff them lightly with pale pink cake polish and forget about lacquer.
 Incidentally, prolonged swims and long stays under water cause cuti- cle to swell at the time. then get rough and dry. Any active sports woman ought to use cuticle cream every night and, several times day, massage hand lotion into f1ngertips as well as hands and wrists.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-17

for his schooling is long and inten- sive compared with that of the av- craze banker or business man.
 hope this will put some of you bankers and business men in your place. You generally contr1ve to be in conference when a mere doctor comes hat in hand to apply for a little extension of credit, yet as the statistics show, after all you're just a lot of lowbrows.
 The unsophisticated layman may take that idea of used up nervous energy seriously. Probably good many dumb doctors, especially sur- geons and brass specialists, think it is prety sound notion too. I won- der what they'd think if one were to sound off in similar fashion about exhaustion of stomach en- ergy, liver energy, lung energy or skin energy? Imposing conversa- tion aside and speaking in terms of physiology, a person can use up skin energy or liver energy as read lily as he can use up nervous en- ergy. There is no ground for the notion that nergy, strength, vigor or power is produced by or used by the nerves or the brain. Physiology recognizes no such thing as nervous energy. There is no such state as nervous exhaustion, apart from ordinary exhaustion. The only en- ergy, power, strength or vigor con- cerned in human metabolism, so far as physiologists have determined, is that liberated by the oxidation or combustion of food-fuel to produce heat or muscular work.
 The trouble with the doctor who has just finished his medical train ing and with many doctors who have attained success in practice is, not that they have used up too much energy but that they have failed to use up the energy hber- ated by emotions. In short they have neglected to get a sufficient daily ration of muscular work, play or exercise to blow off steam, and the cardiovascular system not the nervous system, breaks down under the abuse. =
 Tooth Decay in Children
 Please tell me what causes my children's teeth to decay so fast. They get plenty of good food and we try to make them brush their teeth regularly, yet :. (Mrs. O. w. S.)
 Answer-They do not get suffi- cient direct sunshine on naked skin. They do not get sufficient calcium and phosphorus (of which milk and cheese are the best sources) They need a daily ration of vitamin D to supplement their diet. Pleasantest and most economical vitamin vita min D would be a half dozen ir- radiated yeast tablets daily, chewed along with any food or drink. Brit ish Medical Research Council found that control of tooth decay in chill dren requires several times as much vitamin D as the amount consider ed necessary to prevent rickets.
 Preparing for Maternity
 Would it be injurious for a pros- pective mother to get a permanent wave? Is it advisable for her to wear maternity corset? (Mrs. F. s.
 Answer-As a rule, no. Both ques- tions should be answered for her by her physician, whom she should engage as soon as she believes she Is to become mother and visit at regular intervals for advice.
 Conyrioht 1937. John F. Dille Co.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-17
MUSCLES, ARTERIES AND
 NERVES

NERVES
 Examination of the clinical rec ords of 300 or more men aged, on the average. 52 years, in each of the following occupations or call- ings, viz, farmers, laborers, clergy men, lawyers, bankers, physicians Gin all more than 1900 men) showed that B of the doctors, 16 of the bankers, IA of the lawyers, IA of the clergymen, of the laborers and 8 of the farmers had coronary sclerosis, or hardening of the arter- ies involving the coronary vessels which supply the heart muscle it. self. This degeneration is ligely to manifest itself in angina pectoris or in coronary thrombosis.
 The physician who reported this study suggested that what is a crisis for the banker of business man is more or less routine for the physician. By that he implied that the responsibilities and anXieties of the physician attending obstetric cases, broken legs, heart disease cases, infantile paralysis, scarlet fever, diptheria, appendicitis, pneumonia, domestic tragedies and other critical conditions, are as in tense as that of the banker wren there is a run on his bank or the business man when a strike im- pends. Besides, the investigator maintains, the physician "has used up great deal of nervous energy by the time he has finished school" 1"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-17
WOMAN,.S REALM :
Real POSieS Fresh From the F07ey-bed and AY7u1ged As You Please WiU Make Your Ne7O ChapeaM
 Uncommon Garden Variety of Hat

You could (when you feel daring and if you aren't afraid of the birds), change these for bunch of real cherries. The hat itself is lovely, with a brim which sweeps backward from the face at the front and droops low over the neck at the back.
 A wide-brimmed scarlet model, of fine, shiny straw, is finished with red and white grosgrain bands and fresh dogwood blossoms. A fourth, of finest natural panama, has an equally wide brim, wide-mesh black veil and two bright red roses posed on the front of the crown.
 Naturally, no sensible woman would start out on shopping tour or to her office with fresh flowers on her bonnet. But for tea, an im- portant luncheon or little dinner, the idea is lovely. If you have to wear your regular street hat to the next tea, try taking of the floral trimming of which you are little weary and putting fresh flowers from your own garden or window box in its place.
 Wide hats, by the way, are lead- ing all other types. It's a year to