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Evening star., 1937-12-10
D. c. WAGE BOARD
WILL STUDY SCALE
New Basic Pay Rate for
Women Hotel Employees
to Be Considered.

Consideration of a new basic legal
wage for women employees in Wash
ington hotels, restaurants, hot dog
stands, boarding houses and clubs was
to be started this afternoon by con-
ference group recently named by the
District Minimum Wage Board.
Nearly 20 years ago the original
Minimum Wage Board fixed $3.50
as the least legal wage which might
be paid to these workers. The new
board, in its first decision, recently
decided the basic wage for women
employed in the retail trades should
be no less than SIT per week. The
old rate was $3.50
Officials of the board said that this
afternoons session of the conference
probably would be devoted to an OUT
line of the provisions of the law,
which was revived by decision Of
the United States Supreme Court last
March in reversing its former stand
holding that the District minimum
wage law was unconstitutional.
However, Miss Gwen Geach, secre-
tary of the board, said she would offer
the conference members digests Of the
cost of living data which were &C
cepted by the former conference
which recommended the new basic
| wage for woman retail trade work.
ers. She also planned to give them
the results of studies by the Women's
Bureau of the Labor Department
which showed that large percentage
of mattresses are paid less than the
old basic wage of $3.50 per week.
| Members of the board are Mrs
William Kittle, chairman, who repre-.
sents the general public; Arthur L
Schoenthal, representing labor, ane
Claude H. Woodward, representing
employers. In addition to the boart
members, the conference group con.
sists Of three representatives eact
from the public, the employers ane
the workers.
The public representatives are for.
mer Police Court Judge Gus A,
Schuldt, who is chairman of the con.
ference; Mrs. R. Thomas West, ant
Mrs. Thomas Blaisdell. The EN-
ployes' representatives are Mrs. Evelyn
Cooper, Mrs. Vivian Gray and Mis-
Esther Spears. The employer repre-
sentatives are Gardner Moore of tn,
Shoreham Hotel, ]. w. Marriott o
the Hot Shoppe and A. Z. Earnest o
! warts Cafeteria.
Evening star., 1937-12-10

over the canal on the line Of Four
and One-HaH street. The site Of the
canal, as 1t proceeded east on the
south side of the Mall, was recently
turned over to the New Botanic
Garden, and Is to be improved rs q
parkway.
The section OF. the Mall between
Seventh and Twelfth streets is desig-
mated as Smithsonian Institution
square"
The "plat of the Mall" carries
these seven notations:
Il. Between First and Third streets,
the Botanic Garden (Which about
three years ago was removed from the
Mall and relocated just south OF
Maryland avenue, with the main con-
servatory between First and Second
streets. on land which was originally
sold to individually.
80. Between Third and Sixth streets
private lots, liz acres, along Maine
and Missouri avenues sold off to indi-
viduals Canal and streets 9la acres
Rented as Lumber Yards
49, Between Sixth and Seventh
streets, one-fourth of this section cut
off by canal and ground rented as
lumber yards.
q. Between Seventh and Twelfth
streets, occupied by Smithsonian In.
stitution, decided to it about 10 acres
rs. Between Twelfth and Fourteenth
streets, remains unoccupied.
Is. Between Fourteenth and Fiji
teen streets, remains unoccupied.
~. Between Fifteenth street and
the Potomac River, occupied by Wash.
ington National Monument, about &c
acres, decided to the Washington Monu-
ment Society,""
Other old District papers rescued
today are the bill that passed the
House on April 4. 1898. which had
previously passed the Senate author
izing the reclamation of the Anacostia
flats; the bill that failed in the House
the same year for acquisition of lane
and water rights at Great Falls ane
the bill, with drawing, authorizing The
completion of the Washington Aque.
duct Tunnel.
Evening star., 1937-12-10
BOND EMPLOYEES HERE
SHARE IN YULE BONUS
Branches in Various Parts of
Country to Distribute More
Than 5000, 900.

Approximately SO employees of the
Bond Clothing Co. store, at 1885 F
street NV, will share in a Christmas
bonus totaling more than 100000,
to be distributed among the concerns
branches in various sections of the
country, it was announced today.
The announcement, made from the
company's executive Offices in New
York, said the bonus-a minimum of
one weeks pay for employees of three
months or more-will go to about
$500 workers in AZ branch stores and
in factories in Rochester, N. Y, and
New Brunswick, N. j.
S. A. Berns, manager of the Wash
ington store, said he would be unable
to estimate the amount of money in
volved here in advance Of a check
of pay roll and personnel records.
Evening star., 1937-12-10
COURT V|OLATORS
TO FACE CITATION
Certain BondSmen and Law
yers to Be Accused by
Board of Judges.

Certain bondsmen and lawyers are
to be cited before the Board of Police
Court Judges" according to a state
ment by Presiding Judge John P.
Mcmahon, which was issued after a
meeting last night with the special
Bar Association committee appointed
some months ago to cooperate in
keeping the practices at Police Court
on an ethical basis
The judges and the committee,
which is headed by Austin Garfield
as chairman, met for several hours in
secret session.
After the meeting Judge Mcmahon
said he had been authorized to make
the following statement and would
answer no further questions: THE
committee has been instructed by
the Board of Police Court Judges to
present charges and have citation
issued against certain attorneys and
bondsmen for alleged unprofessional
conduct, irregularities and violations
VI tAlC ulCo Va GilS SOul y.
New Set of Rules.
Judge Mcmahon also said the COM
mittee and judges are collaborating
on new set of rules, which are ex-
pected to be promulgated before the
new Police Court Building is occu-
pied, presumably in February.
While this statement was not en-
larged upon, it is known that several
names were presented to the Board
of Judges at its last meeting, at
which time the committee, members
of which will act as prosecutors, was
expected to have obtained definite
information relative to the Gaping
by attorneys of cases who have al
ready engaged legal counsel, result
ing in a disagreement between law
yers in court; the alleged collusion
between attorneys and bondsmen and
the crowding of the corridors by
lawyers who approach and solicit the
business of prospective clients.
Complaint Made Recently.
With respect to the new rules and
regulations it is recalled that a com.
plant was recently made because
prisoners fined for minor violations
on Saturday morning must remain
in Jail until Monday unless friends
or relatives can reach Police Court
| by / pm. Saturday. At this time
the Police Court financial clerks
Office closes, and jail officials are no
| permitted to accept fines. In many
such cases, 1t is pointed out, reputable
citizens arrested for minor traffic vo.
lations, who have not sufficient fund.
with them to pay their fines, are sub.
| jected to the same treatment as thost
less deserving.
Many persons, however, are re.
leased by the judges on their per.
sonal bonds to return the first of the
week and pay their fines.
This will be the first time in 6
number of years that there has beer
. general purge of undesirable law
yers and bondsmen In the Police Court
Building, although individuals have
been cited from time to time, anc
on more than one occasion Judge
Mcmahon has conducted investiga'
tions into the actiAties of bondsmen
Evening star., 1937-12-10
|ASKSREWSEDLAW
| FOR MENTALLY ILL
Dr.. 0verho|ser Says That
Present Rule Is Among
"M0St Barbar0us."

Liberalization of the District law
governing admission of mentally i'll
persons to hospitals was urged by DR..
Winfred Overholser, superintendent
of st. Elizabeth's Hospital, at a lunch
con meeting of the health committee
of the Council of Social Agencies
yesterday at the Y. w. c. A., GA E
street NV.
Describing the present District law
in this respect as among the most
barbarous," DR.. Overholser said the
requirement for criminal court hear
ing for commitment of insane persons
to hospitals often caused more per-
manent i'll effects to the patient than
any other factor.
Under existing law here, he pointed
out, mentally ill person must appear
in court and listen to the testimony
of members of his family and others
regarding his condition. This expert
ence becomes magnif1ed in the
patients Imagination, he said, and
often presents the greatest difficulty
to psychiatrists in ehecting a cure.
He urged modification Of the law
to provide for voluntary admittance
to hospitals for the mentally i'll, as
serting that one of the criteria of
such q hospital should be its accessi-
bility to those in need of it, and such
is now lacking in the District.
He discounted what he said was
one of the major objections to liberali-
zation Of the law here-the fear that
sane persons might be "railroaded"
to confinement. This is a false
premise, he said.
The whole question Of mental
hygiene is subject to misunderstanding
he said He pointed out that more
than one-half Of all the hospital beds
in the United States are occupied By
mentally Ill patients, and said that al
this rate one out of every az person,
| would at some time be q patient In q
mental hospital.
About 8 per cent of the current ad.
missions result from alcoholism. he
said.
He stressed the need for education
on preventive measures in reductne
insanity, particularly the value ol
proper treatment in early life fol
children showing unusual traits tha,
might develop into mental illness.
DR.. Overholser was introduced q
the luncheon by DR.. George G.. .Ruh.
fland, District health oficer.
Evening star., 1937-12-10
Skating by Sunday
Is Held in Prospect
On Reflecting Pool
(Story on Page ALL

Although there was no skating
today on the Lincoln Memorial
Rejecting Pool, Albert Clyde
Burton, in charge of recreation in
the Washington park system, held
out a promise of this sport for
Sunday if the weather is favor
able.
Measuring the ice at the pool
this morning. Mr.. Clyde Burton
found it was 112 inches thick,
having formed Il an inch last
night. The authorities require 3
inches of ice before they will per-
NIT skating.
Mr.. Clyde-Burton is all set if
skating is permitted, inasmuch
as he has placed floodlights
around the pool, together with
shelters.
Evening star., 1937-12-10
BY WILL p. KENNEDY.


~ UT of the dust which has
1 covered it for more than a
Y J century the original design
for the Mall by George Wash
ington, laid down on a scale Of Is
poles to the inch, was rescued today
by H. Newlin Megill, who under the
direction of South Trimble. clerk of
the House, is overhauiing the historic
House records from the First Con-
gress.
There are two plats Of the same
size. On the more finished one is
designated the location of "the Presi-
dents House" and an indication for
the location of the Washington Monu-
ment. The mall area covered by
these charts is from First street to
the Potomac River, said to contain
about 211 acres, "of which there re-
main for improvement ll2 acres"
These charts are to be preserved
in the Library of Congress.
The charts show the section west
of Fifteenth street designated as
Washington Monument square," but
in reality it is shown as a triangle,
surrounded by water except on the
line of Fifteenth street. The Potomac
River and the Washington Canal are
shown as joined about where the
Lincoln Memorial now stands, with
the canal running along the line of
B street north, now Constitution ave-
nue.. A basin of water is shown be-
tween Fifteenth and Seventeenth
streets, and another basin" with a
fish dock" on the line of Eighth street
at Pennsylvania and Louisiana ave-
nueS.
Third Basin Shown.
A third basin" is shown in the
Mall, between Second and Third
streets within the intersection of
Maryland and Pennsylvania avenues
in line with the present Grant Me-
mortal at First street.
The second plat shows bridges across
the Washington Canal as it runs along
B street north at Fourteenth, Twelfth
and Seventh streets, and a bridge
Evening star., 1937-12-10
COPELAND TO URGE
HIGHER PAYMENT
Sees Equitable Federal
Share More Necessary in
Budget Increase.

If Congress increases the total out
lay for running the District govern
ment in the next fiscal year, it should
also fix the Federal share of that total
at a higher figure than the present
S., 900, 900 lump sum, Senator Cope
land, Democrat, of New York declared
today.
This was his reaction to the infor-
nation that the Budget Bureau has
recommended local estimates totaling
about $47,800,000, as compared with a
SAC, 100000 appropriation act for this
year.
To Press Demand.
The New York Senator, who has
rendered long service on both the
Senate District Committee and the
District Appropriations Subcommit-
tee. said he would renew this winter
his plea for a more equitable Fedora.
share toward the District appropri.
alton total. He plans also to seel
adequate allotments for Gallingel
Hospital, he said.
Senator Elmer Thomas, Democrat
of Oklahoma, who will have charge o.
the local supply measure in the Sen.
ate, indicated he will try to keep the
total to be appropriated down a.
nearly as possible to the current total
but emphasized that he will not com
nit himself at this time to any deflnit,
| amount.
To Await House Action. 1
As chairman of the Senate subcom
mittee, Senator Thomas plans to fol
low his policy of prior years by waiting
until the District bill passes the Hous.
and gets before his Senate group. be.
fore attempting to weigh the nerit'
of specific items. He viii then givl
civic groups and city officials an oppor.
tunity to be heard on changes the,
think should be made in the Hous'
measure. and try to adjust these diff
| ferences a. satisfaca kily n possible
Evening star., 1937-12-10
ACACIA PARTY SET

The abdication of King Edward
VIII, Supreme Court Justice Black
and Ku Klux Klan and the Sino-
Japanese conflict will be depicted by
the George Washington University
Branch of the Acacia Fraternity at a
march of time" presentation and
costume dance at the chapter house,
1757 N street NV, at 10 pm. to-
morrow.
The fraternity basket ball team will
play Delta Tau Delta at 8 pm. in the
finals for the interfraternitxA cham
pionship ut the university gymnasium.
Evening star., 1937-12-10
LEGAL ADVICE TEST.
TRIAL IS STARTED
D. c. Bar Association Suit
Challenged by Counsel
for Trust Company.

The right of the District Court to
enjoin a corporation or layman from
giving legal advice was challenged
today on behalf of the American
Security and Trust Co. as the suit Of
the District Bar Association to hold
the company in contempt for unau-
thorized practice of law opened before
Justice Jennings Bailey.
This court has no authority to tell
any man what advice he can give in
his own Office" declared G. Bowdoin
Craighill, counsel for the defendant
trust company. He said there was no
statute controlling such matters in
the District, but stated that Congress
has right to pass a regulatory law.
Turning to Attorney Leo A. Rover,
who appeared for the bar association,
Justice Bailey inquired whether Mr..
Rover thought the District could con-
troll who might practice before the
United States Court of Claims, the
Court of Patent and Customs Appeals
and other Federal judicial and quasi
tribunals located in Washington.
HAS this court control over any,
thing except matters which come
before it or are likely to come before
it?" inquired Justice Bailey.
Main Interest in District Court.
MIR. Rover agreed there were many
things layman was empowered to do
| before governmental boards, but said
the bar association was principally
| interested in the trust company's con-
duct before the District Court.
He charged that the company for
many years has engaged in the unau-
thorized practice of law, handling pro-
bate matters through salaried officers.
drafting trust agreements, giving legal
advice and advertising that it pos
sesses intimate knowledge of tax laws
and laws concerning the handling of
| trusts and estates.
| He asked Justice Bailey to enjoin
the trust company from practicing
law, a field which, he said, was
reserved to individual attorneys; to
hold the company in contempt of
court for having practiced without
| authority and to issue a declaratory
judgment outlining what the Amer
lean Security and other institutions
may do within the law.
Mr.. Craighill denied vigorously that
the trust company was engaged In
practicing law. He agreed that it pro-
bated wills through its salaried officers
in uncontested cases, but said it en-
ployed independent counsel in all con-
tested matters.
Could Be Represented.
The company would have a right
however, if it wished, to be represented
in contested matters by its own of.
ficers, who are members of the bar
Mr.. Craigh1l asserted, contending the
i trust company actually holds title tt
property in its capacity as a fiduciary
and, consequently, is a party directly
in interest. He said it did not merely
represent others and thus have only
an indirect interest.
He pointed out that the company
frequently has been appointed trustet
by the courts and said the public
| hos ,rof3tod bv such apnoin<511entS
Evening star., 1937-12-10
Dissuaded From Suicide.

Just as widow in Cawnpore, In
dia, was preparing to commit suttee
(suicide) on her husbands grave the
district magistrate and inspector
police arrived ass dissuaded her.
Evening star., 1937-12-10

~ UT of the dust which has
4 covered it for more than a
Y century the original design
~ for the Mall by George WASH
The Washington times., 1937-08-09
JEWS IN UNITY
DESPITE ENM|TY
TO ZION DIVISION
Wise Says Opponents
Will Not SeCede

ZURICH, Switzerland, Aug. 9
O.N.SO .-Zionism stood in solid
unity today, in spite of vigorous
minority opposition to the plan OF
Great Britain to divide Palestine.
Even if the majority of the
World Zionist Congress, entering
its second week of conference, de-
clared in favor of Palestine'S par
tition, DR.. Stephen S. Wise, New
York rabbi, said, opponents will
not leave the Zionist organization.
Lauds BalfOur
Nevertheless. DR.. Wise left be.
fore the congress a stirring chal-
lenge to the policy of President
Chain Weizman. who advocated
partition even though objecting to
the details as outlined in the Brit
ish Royal Commissions report.
The most dramtic touch came
at the end of Rabbi Wise'S ad-
dress. when he delivered an invo-
cation to the late Lord Balfour,
author of the famous declaration
of British policy favoring eStab-
lishment of a national home for
Jews in Palestine.
"Balfour!" he exclaimed,
thou shouldst be living in this
hour. England has need OF
thee"
In an impassioned speech, the
noted American Jewish leader told
the delegates if the Jews accepted
the scheme to split the Holy Land,
they would be guilty of violation
of their trust"
Rabbi Wise, one of the founders
of the Zionist organization of
America, sharply assailed the Brit
ish mandatory administration in
Palestine for not having acted
swiftly and drastically to put down
Arab terrorism in the Holy Land.
He admitted a majority of the
congress delegates might possibly
vote in favor of a motion accept
ing the partition principle as
basis for further negotiations.
Arab Warfare
But, he declared:
Il earnestly insist that If the
British government had enforced
law and order in Palestine, Jewry
would not have been brought to
such a point of weariness and de-
feat as to be ready to accept par
tition, if it be ready.
Readiness to accept partition,
if such there be, is largely born
of a half year of virtually un-
checked warfare by the Arabs on
the Jewish population of Pales.
inc"
The Washington times., 1937-08-09
Loshed
DeIdUare Warden
Whips Three

WILMINGTON, Del. Aug. g..
James Trealer, a Negro, was
lashed forty times a-ross his
bare back at the New Castle
County Workhouse prior to start
ing a 10.year term for committing
16 robberies.
Trealer, known as the "phan-
tom bandit" twice mumbled
please" as Warden Elwood H.
Wilson swung the cat-o-nine
tails across his back. He stood
at arms length away from the
whipping post to which his
hands were shackled.
Two other Negroes were also
whipped. George Coleman, Serv-
ing two months on a charge of
larceny, received ten lashes, while
Elmer Harris, convicted on a
similar charge. received five
lasheS.
The Washington times., 1937-08-09
ANSWERS on Page 26)

Lucky MisfOrtunes That Brought
Fame and Riches. Read About Those
who Have Reached Success Through
Failure, In the American Weekly, with
Sundays Washington Herald.
The Washington times., 1937-08-09
Your To-.
By Shirley Spencer

Flag Day occurs in commemor-
alton of the day in 1777 on which
Congress proclaimed the Stars
and Stripes the national STAN
dard of the United States.
How much do you know about
your flag? Sometimes we do
not observe closely the things
around US, or do not remember
facts which we hear frequently,
Score 10 for each question.
I. Q. Score
I. How many stripes has
the U. S. flag?
2. How many red, and how
many white?
3. Were there ever any
more stripes in it?
4. Have the stars five or
six points?
5. Who suggested the num-
Der Of points they should
have?
6. Which were the thirteen
original St teS repre-
Sented by the thirteen
stars in the first flag?
Z. w hich was the first
S tie to be admitted
after the original thir.
teen?
8. Which State is repre-
sented by the last star
added?
9. During what battle was
our national a t hem m
THE Star -Spangled
Banner" written?
10. Is it proper to refer to
our flag as the STARS
and Bars?
The daily independent., 1937-05-14
Elizabeth City Took
Four First Places
In Arts Contest

The exact ratings won by Ellz-
abeth City boys and girls in the
18th annual High School Arts Day
held az Raleigh recently were an
nounced in a letter received here
this week from Miss Juanita Nc
Dougald, of the State Division OF
Instructional Service.
High school group: pencil draw
ing-first place won by Winfield
Worth and second place by Frank
Hill: wood carving: first place won
by Edward Griffin; block print~
ing: first place won by Louise
Sawyer; pasSels: first place won
by Louise Sawyer and second place
by Betty Griffin; charcoals: Sec
ond place won by Frank Hill.
Grammar schoo! group: tempera
painting: second place won ny
Margaret McCabe; oil painting:
second place won by Glover Gree
charcoals: third place won by Bet
ty Griffin.
This year was the first year
Elizabeth City students ever en-
tered the State high school art
contest The showing they MADE
was considered very gooo.
The daily independent., 1937-05-14
bonneville Trolley
Makes Last Run

the original of that model o1 IN
utility in the public utility field,
made famous by Fontaine Fox, the
cartoonist.
"She still gess along at a pretty
steady gait" the skipper explain
cd There's many another ride
left in her. But it looks like every
things going modern. They want
something streamlined now
The railroad company has ocen
irving for years TO get rid of the
line which runs from Pelham
Manor to the New Haven railroad
station. Line officials said the troll
Low was it's biggest money-loSer.
But Pelham Manor trustees would
not agree 10 ditching the car until
recently. ~ -
THE folks had their chance TO
cave the car, but they didn't open
their mouth" Eddy mourned.
It was getting late. The SKIP
per picked up his battered Iunch
nail and swung down from the car
"There she be-the sweetest
running car in the country ne
said. And they're Saklng her
away"
The daily independent., 1937-05-14
A Fish Story
From Dare
County
Erwin Midget Bags Blue
fish With Wooden Club;
A Tall Yarn

Page Mr.. Ripley! Summon the
shades of Baron MunchauSen!
Many'S the tall tale that has been
told by fishermen returning from
Dare county, but when Peleg Mid
gett returned from the South
banks" of Dare this week he
brought back the following fish
story which is the "beatin'est" this
newspaper has heard lately:
Midget, who covers the Dare
banks" for the Quinn Furniture
Co., of this city once month, was
making his regular trip on Tues
day of this week. On his way
down he had two passengers, his
brother, Erwin, and a resident Of
Hatteras by the name of Willis.
Pulling thru deep sand, the car
motor naturally heated up, so
Peleg stopped the car at Gull
Shoal Coast Guard station to put
some water in the radiator. Erwin
got out of the car and strolled
down to the beach.
His attention was attracted by
a commotion in the water. Look
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