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Evening star., 1937-11-02
DC. YOUNG WOMAN
IS FOUND DEAD
Father Discovers Body of
Divorcee in Gas.FiIIed
Room. \

Mrs Vivian E. Pepper. 24-year-old
divorce, who was singing happily as
she left for date" last night, was
found dead this morning on the bath
room floor of her home at 2140 H
street NV, with gas flowing from q
small heater.
She was fully clothed, except for
her shoes. Her night clothes had
been laid on her bed as if she planned
to retire.
The body was found by Mrs. Peppers
father, Frank w. Deeton. On his
way to awaken her for breakfast, he
pushed at the closed bathroom door
and saw her lying there.
Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald.
who issued certificate of suicide, said
a towel was found on the floor in such
a position as to indicate it may have
been used to prevent gas from flowing
under the door. No note was found.
but i'll health was blamed for the act.
Mr.. Deeton said he was sure his
daughter had not committed suicide,
however, and no note was found. The
father added, she had been in excellent
spirits.
Mrs. Pepper, who had attended
Grant School and Eastern High School.
was telephone operator for an apart
ment house in the 100 block of New
Hampshire avenue NV. She was all
only child.
Evening star., 1937-11-02
DELINQUENT TAX
WARNING GIVEN
Residents Who Have Failed
to Pay on Realty Are
Subject to Penalty.

District residents who failed to pay
their real estate tax before last Sat-
urday's deadline were warned today
by Collector Chatham Towers that a
penalty of ! per cent will be assessed
for each delinquent month hereafter.
Clerks in the tax collectors office
are still opening some 5000 remit
tances mailed before the deadline,
and in short while the number of
delinquents will be known. 1t was
indicated great many taxpayers will
be subjected to the penalty. Before
the final batch of mail Mr.. Towers
estimated between $6,000,000 and
100000 in real estate taxes had
actually been paid.
His staff also is expecting another
rush of taxpayers this month. as the
tax on gross receipts must be paid
by November 80.
To date Mr.. Towers reported the
ofIice has done business Of $l82,0
in selling operating licenses under
the new business privilege tax law.
As each license costs So. the number
Of Arms and individuals making pur-
chases was estimated at 18,200.
Evening star., 1937-11-02
c. |. o. DAYS NUMBERED,
s. SAYS LABOR LEADER

The days of the G. I. o. are num-
bered, John Locher, president Of the
Central Labor Union, told delegates to
the unions meeting last night in
Typographical Temple, 425 G street.
- The American Federation of Labor
Is growing by leaps and bounds, /"
Locher added, in giving a report on the
A. F. of L. convention at Denver, which
he attended.
The delegates at the meeting voted
. into existence special conference to
study how to develop more effective
cooperation between striking and
non-striking units of member unions.
The meeting was told that recently
there have been number Of instances
Of members of one craft unions con-
tinuing to work for an employer being
picketed by members of another craft
union.
Evening star., 1937-11-02
Wound IL, Boy
Helps Doctors
Take Appendix

In later years, 11-year-old Daniel
Moore. Melwood, Md, may come to
view with satisfaction-and not with
alarm Is he does now-the fact that
he fell and punctured his abdomen
with q sharpened stick.
The mishap, which occurred SUM-
day while Daniel was rolling a hoop
near his home, necessitated an emer-
gency operation at Providence Hospital,
where, to their amazement. physicians
found the wound directly above the
boys appendix.
So close was the incision to the
spot where one usually Is made in an
appendectomy, that the doctors de-
cided to remove the appendix before
closing the wound.
Daniel i said to b doing nicely"
Evening star., 1937-11-02
INCREASE |NWAGES
is BELIEVED NEAR
|FOR 1900 WOMEN
Wage Board May Announce
Retail Trade Minimum
Tonight.
AGREEMENT REACHED
IN ALL-FACTION PARLEY
Reported Weekly Figure of $3.50
Is Neither Denied Nor
Confirmed.

The Minimum Wage Board may
announce within the next "a hours.
possibly tonight, a new retail trade
wage providing an increase in pay
of the 5000 women and girls en-
ployed in the local industry.
A reported agreement on a weekly
wage of s17.50 was neither denied
nor affirmed by officers of the board
in advance of tonights conference.
1t was admitted, however, that the
new wage would represent a slight
increase" over the s16.5O week es-
tabllshed by the old Minimum Wage
Board nearly 20 years ago.
One persons guess is as good as
another's," was the board comment
on reports fixing the wage at any,
where from SIG to s18 a week.
The conference. which has consid-
ered wages in relation to living costs
Tor the past six weeks, has actually
reached an agreement, but "techni-
cally" it has not yet reported to the
board. The conference is made up
OF representatives of employers. en-
ploCes and the public.
The decision of the board, when
finally announced, must be advertised
for four weeks and then will not be-
come effective for another two months.
That means the new rate will not
go into effect until some time in
February.
John j. Esch is chairman Of the
Retail Trade Conference. Unless some
unforeseen obstacle arises it will re-
port to the board tonight, and the
announcement will be made by Mrs.
William Kittle. its chairman.
There may be some delay, it was
pointed out, due to the wages which
the board itself must fix for minors
and part-time workers employed in
the industry. These cannot be fixed,
OF course, until final decision is
reached on the basic pay.
The conference for each industry
Is given so days in which to reach an
agreement. AS the hearings on the
retail trade did not begin until Sep
tember l6,s there are at least two more
weeks of grace.
AS soon as the new wage scale is an
nounced the Minimum Wage Board
will call in hotel and restaurant en-
ployers and employees to determine a
basic rate for that industry.
Evening star., 1937-11-02

Delegate Anthony ]. Dimond OF
Alaska edged into the scene with the
declaration that it was all wrong to
suggest any Of his people were trying
to stir up rebellion.
Postmaster General Farley was re-
ported to be wondering if it was a plug
for John Hamilton.
Yesterday w. E. Reynolds, acting
director Of procurement for the Treas
ury, which handles the public build
ing program, advised Delegate Dimond
that Kent had been requested to sub
NIT new inscription for the letter.
in English.
Kent 10 Go to Brazil.
Whether Kent has received the re-
quest is uncertain. He left yesterday
and is preparing to go to Brazil for
some investigation for the National
Committee for the Defense of Political
Prisoners, which he heads.
In the course of his talk yesterday
he told the Women's Press Club that
the jury which convicted Pedro Albizu
Campos, president of the Puerto Rico
Nationalist party, and seven associates
of conspiring to overthrow United
States rule had been hand-picked for
friendliness to American sugar inter-
ests.
Evening star., 1937-11-02
GET
A. B. c. WARNING
Told-to Comply With Health
Regulations or License
Will Be Denied.

The Alcoholic Beverage Control
Board announced today that restau-
rants failing to qualify under the new
scoring system governing health and
sanitary conditions also will be de-
MED liquor licenses until the faults are
remedied.
For this reason the A. B. c. Board
urged all restaurant proprietors now
authorized to sell liquor to lose no
time in applying for Health Depart
ment licenses. Less than two weeks
remain for food places to apply to
the Health Department, the deadline
being November Is. A restaurant
license costs SIS, but that is the
easiest obstacle to overcome under
the new arrangement that went into
effect yesterday.
Previously restaurant was given
q license and subjected to inspections
by the Health Department afterward.
This has all been changed. Before a
license can be issued now the res
taurant itself must have a satisfac-
tory score with respect to plumbing
and sanitation, and medical exami-
nations must be passed by all persons
engaged in the handling of food.
The A. B. c. Board will check
with the Health and Plumbing De-
partments before reissuing any liquor
licenses after February /. Food pro-
prietors, therefore, were warned to
make haste in complying with all
necessary health regulations so there
would be a minimum of delay in
taking out new liquor licenses.
Evening star., 1937-11-02
SOCIAL DISEASE
FUNDS ARE URGED
Forest Hills Citizens Group
Hears Plea for Federal
Appropriation.

Action by Congress to provide for
the prevention and treatment OF
social diseases was asked by RAYMOND
Everett Of the Social Hygiene Associ-
alton last night in speech before the
Forest Hills Citizens Association In
the Murch School.
: Mr.. Everett said that by curing
these diseases in their early stages
the number of patients in Gallinger
and st. Elizabeth's Hospitals would
reduce appropriations.
Mr.. Everett explained the work the
Community Chest has done and what
1t expects to do with the money raised
in this years campaign. He asked
members of the association for sup
port in the work.
Col. Lawrence Crawford of the
Chests Budget Committee and a
member of the Forest Hills Associ-
alton supplemented the speakers re-
marks by explaining how the money
: was appropriated by the Community
Chest.
A resolution introduced by Mrs
Leslie B. Wright commencing the
Daughters of American Revolution for
their work in attempting to secure 9
District of Columbia flag was passed
!. A letter was written to the District
authorities asking that street lights
be placed on Cumberland street for
one block between Connecticut avenue
and Thirty-sixth street NV.
Evening star., 1937-11-02
|MRS. R. A. A.E[DR|DCE
ACCUSES HUSBAND
Sues, Charges Fraud in
Connection With Real ES-
tate Transaction.

Mrs. Kathleen H. Eldridge, daugh-
ter of an old Washington family and
a descendant of President Monroe,
who was secretly married August 81
to Russell A. Eldridge, well-known
real estate man, filed suit in District
Court late yesterday charging her
husband with fraud in connection
with certain business transactions be-
tween them.
Through Attorney Francis w. Hill,
jr., she told the court her husband
owned six pieces of real estate which
he asked her to join with him in
transferring to corporation, saying
the transfer would facilitate the han
ding of his business. He told her,
she said, that If she would sign the
deeds he would make a will leaving
all his property to her,
When she agreed he caused the
Russell A. Eldridge Corp. to be Or
ganized. and the property was con-
veyed to it. the suit stated. Eldridge
then executed the will, the wife de-
clared.
The deeds were recorded October
10, and the next day her husband
deserted her, she declared, adding he
returned but again left her October
%, stating he would not return. Mrs.
Eldridge said she believes her hus-
band either has made or intends to
make a new will changing or can
ceiling the will designating her as
sole beneficiary.
She asked the court to order the
corporation, which allegedly is con-
trolled by Eldridge, to re-convey the
property to her husband and further
requested that the court declare her
dover right in it.
Continuing, she charged that she
lent Eldridge $1,750 prior to their
marriage and $400 since. which he
has refused to repay. She asked for
q Judgment covering the $2,150 and
that it be considered a lien against
his real estate.
No request was made that her mari
tai status be altered. She gave her
address as 1855 Thirty-third street
NV. and her husbands as the To-
ronto Apartments.
Evening star., 1937-11-02
St0rk Makes
His First Call
At GreenbeIt

Greenbelt. the Federal Govern
ment's custom-built town near Ber-
wyn, Md. is celebrating the arrival
of its first baby.
Mr.. and Mrs. Klein Fulmer are the
parents of 7-pound daughter, born
yesterday In Garfield Hospital. They
already have two sons, and 1 years
old.
Mr.. Fulmer works at Greenbelt as
well ~ lives there. He Is superin-
tendent of buildings. Mrs. Fulmer
was Miss Lois Hoover, daughter Of DR..
and Mrs. O. s. Hoover Of Cleveland
Another 0reenbelt baby u expected
- January.
Evening star., 1937-11-02
BAND CONCERT

BY the Soldiers Home Band in
Stanley Hall at $50 pm. today. John
S. M. Zimmerman, bandmaster; An
ton Pointner, assistant.
Program.
March, "A Deed of the Pen" .Moret
Overture, "Dramatique" ------Snoek
Entr'acte,
(a) Meditation" ------D Drun1m
(b) "An Arabian Serenade" Langey
Excerpts from the musical comedy
Countess Martha Kalman
Popular numbers,
Cairo" Pollock
"Cryin' for the Carolinas" Warren
Waltz. Brides and Butterflies" Moret
Finale, "The Drum Major" -----E Ellis
The Star spanged banner"
Evening star., 1937-11-02
AUTO TAG NOTICES
ARE MAILED HERE
Heaviest Rates Ever I'm
posed in Capital Must
Be Paid for Plates.

The District Traffic Department be-
gan mailing out today notices which
will remind motorists that they face
the heaviest tag rates ever imposed in
Washington. Most tags cost double
and some triple the present rate, de-
pending on weight.
With tag application forms for 1898,
Traffic Director William A. Van Duzer
sent a list Of the weight scales i'm
posed at the last session of Congress.
For passenger cars the tax is IS for
weight up to $500 pounds, So for cars
weighing from $500 to $500 pounds
and $l2 for those above $500 pounds.
Motor cycles will pay fiat tax of IS.
Owners of trucks and trailers will
pay SIS up to 1000 pounds, $40 from
1000 to 1000 pounds, $35 for 1000 to
5000 pounds, $50 for 5000 to 5000;
$65 for 5000 to 10000. SIS for 10000
to $4,000, 500 for $4,000 to $4,000 and
$3.50 for all weighing more than 10000
pounds.
The weight tax has been doubled for
trucks and trailers with solid tires. It
is four times as much for those pro-
PEELED with electricity. Thus it is pos
sible for truck to be taxed as much
as $500, officials pointed out.
The personal tax, which motorists
still have to pay on the value Of their
cars, has been increased from $3.50 to
$1.75 for each 500. The same rate
applies to all other forms of personal
property under the new tax set-up.
The new tags will 60 on sale by mail
November Is and at the counter of
the Traffic Bureau November 80. They
must be affixed to cars and trucks by
January !.
Evening star., 1937-11-02
OCCUPA ANTS FLEE
APARTMENT BLAZE.
|NNORTHEAST AREA
Fire Is Discovered in Hall
Closet of Three-Story
Building.
FURNITURE SOAKED
BY SEEPING WATER
Is Residents Forced Into Streets
by Early Morning Confagra-
ton at Barbara.

Fire broke out in the Barbara Apart.
ments at Ninth street and Maryland
avenue NE. shortly after daybreah
today and drove more than Is occu.
pants of the three-story building into
the streets in their night clothes.
The blaze apparently started, fire.
men said, in third-hoor corridor
closet opening into an incinerator
and it quickly spread through tht
hallway and into the roof. Two alarm.
were sounded before the flames were
brought under control.
Miss Mary Henderson, who hae
awakened to leave early for work
detected the odor of smoke in hel
third-hoor apartment and ran into the
corridor to find flames shooting from
the closet. When her attempts tt
break the alarm crystal failed, she
called to the second floor, where an.
other tenant telephoned the fire de.
partment.
Firemen found smoke and flames
coming from the roof and several oc.
cupants leaning from third-floor win.
dows to escape the smoke which filled
their rooms Ladders were quickly
run up for several to climb down te
safety.
More Fircmen Summoned.
Meanwhile, another alarm wa.
turned in to summon more firemen
When they first entered the top fool
several of the firemen were nearly
overcome by the dense smoke.
One of the occupants, Ralph
Hetherlington, was slightly blistereo
about the feet and legs when he ran
into the hallway barefooted to bat
tie the flames with a fire extinguisher
He did not require hospital treatment
however.
AS firemen poured streams of water
into the roof and through the third
floor windows, occupants of the lower
floors ran from the building, most OF
them in pajamas and bedroom Slip
pers. Some carried clothing in their
arms.
1t required nearly an hour to ex-
tinguish the blaze, and early morn
ing traffic was forced to detour for
several blocks.
Water Seeps Through Ceiling.
Most of the damage from the blaze
was confined to the hallway near the
closet and the roof, though water
seeped through the ceiling in many
OF the top-hoor suites, crumblinp
plaster on beds and floors. Much OF
the furniture was soaked and walls
were streaked BY the blackened water
draining from charred beams in the
attic.
Officials of the Steuart Motor Co.
operators of the building, said the
damage, estimated at $4,000, was GOV.
cred by insurance.
Another fire broke out last night il
the ceiling of two-story market al
142O Seventh street NV. and dam.
aged two rear rooms, used as employees
lunch rooms. Damage to merchandise
on the ground floor was slight.
Evening star., 1937-11-02
DIVORCE GRANTED

ROCKVILLE, Md, Nov. 2 (SpeciaD
"A decree signed by. Judge Charles
w. Woodward in the Circuit Court
here grants to Mrs. Elizabeth Evelyn
Wilson Of Silver Spring, Md, an ab-
solute divorce from Frank P. Wilson
Of Prince Georges County, Md, and
awards her custody Of the couples only
child, Frank P. Wilson, jr.
Evening star., 1937-11-02
FRIENDS OFFER BLOOD
Injured D. c. Plumber Needs
TRANSMISSION to Save Life.

Several fellow workers offered their
blood today at the request Of Univer-
sity of Virginia doctors for trans
fusions necessary to save the life of
]. F. Sullivan, 623 Maryland avenue
S.W., a plumber, who was seriously
injured in an automobile accident near
Charlottesville, Va, Saturday.
Sullivan is employed by A. p Bowel
10, 1880 Georgia avenue NV. Tests
of the volunteers blood were being
made today.
Evening star., 1937-11-02
D|SC|P PL|NE ACTION
BACKED BY BOARD
Welfare Officials Support
Girls. Training Schools
Acting Officers.

The Board of Public Welfare said
today it has no intention of inter-
fering with the disciplinary measures
meted out to the 18 colored inmates
Of the National Training School for
Girls who are now being confined to
isolated quarters for recent acts of
insubordination.
These girls will continue : to be
confined to isolated quarters until
they learn to behave themselves" was
the approving statement made son be-
half Of the board late yesterday.
Acting Officers Supported.
1t was stated that the board has
every confidence in DR.. James Lewald,
acting superintendent of the institu-
ton, and Is backing him up" in the
measures he already has taken to
restore order and quiet among the
inmates.
The same confidence was expressed
in Mrs. Margaret Corridor, head
matron Of the District Jail, who is
temporarily taking charge of the
girls.
The nine girls isolated yesterday as
the "ringleaders" in disorders result
ing from similar discipline meted out
to nine other girls last week were
under close surveillance today. The
disturbance was the second since the
dismissal last Friday of DR.. Carrie
w. Smith, former superintendent Of
the institution.
Street Approves Measures.
Elwood Street, director of the Board
Of Public Welfare, was fully informed
of all incidents connected with the
two disturbances and said he fully
approved the disciplinary measures.
The hve white girls in the institu-
ton were not involved in any of the
disorders, and IL Of the other colored
girls who also were not involved were
reported as living under normal con-
ditions." There are 81 inmates in all.
At the Board OF Public Welfare it
was explained that reasonable but
firm" discipline will be maintained at
the institution, and the hope was ex-
pressed that there would be no further
troubles or infractions Of rules.
Evening star., 1937-11-02
RETAIL CREDIT GROUP
IS SUED FOR $4,000
A. r. Clark Charges Agency
Threatened to Publish His
Record Throughout Nation.

The Associated Retail Credit Men,
Inc, was sued for $4,000 in District
Court today by Albert r. Clark, 1851
Penn street NE, who charged that
the collection agency threatened TO
publish his alleged failure to pay =
bill to credit bureaus and retailers
throughout the United States.
Through Attorneys Richard A. Har-
man, John g. Epaminonda and G.
Kelker Young, Clark told the court he
purchased some clothes at local
mems store, but became i'll and un-
able to work before he could pay his
bill.
Despite knowledge Of his illness, he
said, the collection agency threatened
to communicate his failure to pay the
bill, which amounted to $6l.60, to
credit bureaus throughout the Nation
80 that wherever you 60, whatever
you do . bad credit record will tol-
low you uks = ahadow.s
Evening star., 1937-11-02
AD CLUB TO MEET
First Session of Season Will Be
Held Tomorrow.

Held Tomorrow.
The Advertising Club of Washing
ton will hold the first of its regular fall
and winter meetings tomorrow at the
Raleigh Hotel. The meetings, to be
held during lunch, are to be on the
first and third Wednesdays OF each
month.
A round-table discussion of adver-
tising has been arranged for tomor-
row, when oflcers will make brief re-
ports Of plans for the club.
Evening star., 1937-11-02
$4,000 ESTATE LEFT
BY MRS. LYDIA L0RING
Daughter Is Beneficiary of Cousin
of Late Col. Henry Latrobe
Roosevelt.

1kCOSSVelL.
Disposing OF an estate valued at
$4,000, the will Of Mrs. Lydia Roose-
velt Loring, cousin Of the late Col.
Henry Latrobe Roosevelt, Assistant
Secretary Of the Navy, was filed for
probate in District Court today.
Mrs. Loring's daughter, Miss Lydia
Latrobe Loring Of this city, was the
sole beneficiary.
The testatrix was the widow of DR..
Francis B. Loring, well-known physi-
clan. She resided at 1854 N street
NV. and died last October II.
The petition for probate was filed
through Attorney Bruce Baird by the
National Savings & Trust Co., the
executor.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-29
Feed the Hungry

The good people Of Washing
ton are being given a chance to
dc some real good with any
spare change or food that they
may have.
This gallant fight that is be-
ing led by Mrs. John Boyle. jr.,
is really deserving Of all the
support that any Of us can give
and the only things we can
give are money and food.
I feel sure that if more of us
knew how the submerged half
of our Washingtonians have to
live. there would be no question
at all about raising funds to
help feed the thousands Of
needy and hungry children who
&C to our schools.
More than that I feel sure
that there would be more action
and far less talk about getting
rid of our slumS.
When officials and other per-
sens in positions to know can
say in public that in the Ma.
tional Capital there are these
thousands of youngsters who
unless these hot lunches are
provided will not have one good,
nourishing, hot meal a day
well, it's enough, to make the
rest Of us give thought.
Everyone knows that under
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-29
Marry-GO-
Round
BY HELEN ROWLAND

Don't pursue man. Love is
like a minuet, in which, some
one takes a step forward, the
other takes a step backward. A
flock of unsolicited telephone
calls have often been the fire eX-
tinguisher which put out the
freshly lighted flame Of mans
love.
Don't talk him to death The
woman who can babble eloquent
ly in seven languages doesn't
stand a Chinaman's Chance be-
side the woman who can listen
eloquently in ONE language.
Most men fall in love through
their eyes-and out of it through
their ears! A woman's illusions
may be starved to death-but a
mans are nearly always talked
to death.
Don't be jealous. Jealousy and
suspicion are the prize lemons in
the Garden of Love; and will do
more to sour love than the
breaking of the Ten Command
ments.
Don't ask him WHY he loves
you, IF he loves you, how MUCH
he loves you, or how LONG he
will love you. BY the time he
has found the answer he may
have lost the reason.
The only way to take love,
medicine or politics is to swallow
them with your eyes shut-and
no questions.
And one more Don't-don't
forget that the GROWING achieve
ment of a girls life is no longer
getting her man-it's holding on
to him, after she's got him.
Copyright. 1887. by King Features
syndicate, Ine.)