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The Washington times., 1937-03-30
HIGHER TAXES
FACE D. {.

With $6,149,119 deficit facing
the District in 1888, the House Ap-
preparations Committee today de-
manded an increase in taxes here
and recommended a thorough in
vestigation of the decidedly
weak" tax structure in Washing
ton with a view OF broadening the
tax base and equalizing both prop
erty and specific tax levies.
In the report on the 1888 Dis
trict appropriation bill given to
the House today, the committee
recommended an appropriation of
$4,000 to conduct the survey,
which is also to include a study Of
municipal activities in the Dis
trict in an effort to increase the
efficiency and economy of opera
ton"
Realty Tax to Stick
Although the bill itself dcfin-
itely stipulateS that there shall
be no increase in the real estate
tax during 1898, the report
pointed out that an increase in
taxes is absolutely necessary to
balance the local budget. Taxes
must be increased. the report
stated, or the Federal Government
will be asked to contribute much
Continued on Page 3, Col. p
The Washington times., 1937-03-30
Wild Aerial Toss
By Novice Bowler
Puts 7 in Hospital

BOSTON, March 80 G.N.S.D
Too much beef" behind a bowl.
ing ball tossed by a novice bowl.
er had landed two men in City
Hospital today.
The ball went wild, travelled so
feet in the air, struck Robert
Kenny, 30, Brighton. a glancing
blow on the head, and landed in
the face of Kenneth Dunham,
38, Lexington.
Kenny was treated for con-
tusionS of the head, and Dunham
suffered a fracture of the nose
and brain conclusion. The &C.
Cident occurred at an outdoor
exhibition alley at Franklin Field.
The Washington times., 1937-03-30
CONNIE MACK
IN HOSPITAL

SAN ANTONIO, Tex. March 30
G.N.SO O.-Connie Mack, 73-year-
old manager of the Philadelphia
Athletics baseball team, was re-
moved from his train and taken
in an ambulance to a local hospi-
tai this morning for treatment of
a bone infection in his right leg.
Mack was struck by batted
ball several days ago at the Ath-
letics' spring training camp in
Mexico City. He was sent here
for treatment. Hospital authori-
ties said they believed the veteran
manager would be in the hospital
week or 10 days.
The Washington times., 1937-03-30
WAGE LAW
ASSURED
CAPITAL
'18 Act to Be Revived
Or Substitute Plan
Introduced

Washington today was assured
of a return to a minimum wage
law as a result of the Supreme
Court decision yesterday on sim
liar case in the State of Washing
ton.
The situation in the District was
debated vigorously in the Senate
and as a result Senator William
H. King CD of Utah, chairman
of the Senate District Committee,
is making study of the situation
with a view to introducing new
legislation for the establishment
of the minimum wage board if it is
found to be necessary.
Corporation Counsel Elwood Seal
has announced that he does not
believe new legislation is required
to bring the old law into effect,
but Senator King is of the opinion
that the more effective course
may be to enact new law.
Enacted in 1918
The old law was enacted in 1918
and fought through the local
courts into the highest tribunal in
case contested by Children's
Hospital. Senator King has ex-
pressed the opinion that the old
law was vague in its terms, and
perhaps more modern language
will make it more effective.
In the Senate the debate entered
into by Senator Joseph T. Robin
son DD of Arkansas, Senator
Hugo L. Black CD of Alabama,
and Senator Sherman Minton CD
of Indiana raised the very ques-
tion which is being considered to-
day by the Corporation Counsel
and the chairman of the District
Committee.
Senator Robinson stated flatly
that new legislation would be re
quired to revise the principle of
the law as the result of the Su-
Continued on Page 2, Col. 81
The Washington times., 1937-03-30
Fireman. S Wife Bares
Ethereal Romance Of
Mate and SoCiaIite

CHICAGO, March 80 G.N.S).
Mrs. Caroline De Windt Gardner,
comely North Shore society ma
tron and descendant of President
John Adams, stood revealed today
as the central figure in the sepa-
rate maintenance suit of Mrs.
Gertrude Wood against Capt. Da-
vid j. Wood of the Winnetka fire
department.
Previously identified only as
Carol G., Mrs. Wood, with the per-
mission of Circuit Judge Joseph
Burke. named the socially proml-
nent Mrs. Gardner as the woman
with whom her fireman husband
had carried on a "clandestine af-
fair for more than two years pre-
vious to November 90, 1886"
On that date, she testified, she
found a letter signed Carol" IN
her estranged husbands pocket,
which alluded to an almost ethe-
eral romance and gave him "one
thousand kisses on each ray Of
the sun and ten thousand on each
moonbeam."
The Washington times., 1937-03-30
WOMAN,
|SAM0NG
PATIENTS
Man, lob, Leads Group
Out Of Structures
Burning Wing

NEW LISBON, N. j., March 80
G.N.S0.-More than 100 inmates
we're carried or led to safety early
today when fire destroyed the
Burlington County Almshouse.
Forty patients, bedridden, were
transferred to hospitals.
Among those rescued were Mary
Assay, said to be ia years old, and
Joseph Willow, 103, who himself
led a group of aged persons to
safety from one of the wings.
The interior of the building,
erected in 1895, was wrecked. The
loss was estimated at more than
100000.
The fire was discovered shortly
after 2 a. m. by nurse on the
second floor of the main building.
She aroused the inmates and staff.
Most of the aged persons were in
the section of the building where
the fire was discovered.
Firemen from neighboring COM
munities fought the flames until
dawn.
The medical staff said some of
the older patients had been re-
moved from the building before
they were aware of their danger.
Many were carried out in their
beds, but those on the second floor
were wrapped in blankets and car
ried down the stairs.
The Washington times., 1937-03-30
$45,228,024.
GRANTEDAS
'38F|SCAL
F FUND
City Faces Tax Rise
Though New Amount
Climbs Slightly

A District budget for the fiscal
year 1888 of $45,228,O24, including
a Federal contribution of $5,00O..
900, was recommended to the
House today by it's Appropriations
Committee.
If enacted, the bill, which in ef.
feet kills the complex hree-point
formula for determining the fl
nancial responsibility of the Fed.
eral Government as recommended
by the Presidents Committee on
Fiscal Relations, would leave the
District to face a deficit during
the next fiscal year of $6,l49,119,
which must be met by increased or
additional taxes.
While the total appropriation
recommended by the committee Is
$l,515,114 more than the appro.
priation made for the current fiS-
cal year and $1,292,761 less than
the Budget Bureau estimates, it is
emphasized that, in addition to the
original budget estimates, the
President since that time has
recommended supplemental esti-
mates for 1888 totalling $784,5
Three Million From Gas Tax
OF the appropriations approved,
it is estimated that $3.108,8 $3.50 will
be payable from the gasoline fund,
for which the estimated revenus
is $3,113,591.
Expenditures from this fund
will be greater during the next
fiscal year because the committee
recommends that, instead of using
this money only for street improve
ment work, in 1888 expenditures
will be made from this fund for
snow removal work and grade
crossing elimination.
Also, out of the total appropria-
tions recommended, $1,972,670 Is
set aside for the water fund, which
is expected to provide revenue
of $2,737861.
Water Rates Stand
This large estimated revenue Is
due to the fact that the commit
tee refused to approve the budget
recommendation for a continue
ton of reduction Of water rents,
as was permitted last year.
Furthermore, of the $765, ,191
balance which it is estimated will
be available in the fund at the
end of the next fiscal year, the
committee directed that $3.50 900
be turned over to the Treasury
of the United States for invest
ment for the District. This
Continued on Page IL, Col. p
The Washington times., 1937-03-30
Lewis Strike 'PIedqe'
To President Denied

NEW YORK, March 80 IN.SD,
John L. Lewis, head of the Com.
mittee for Industrial Organization,
today confessed ignorance of a
purported pledge to President
Roosevelt to outlaw further sitdown
strikes.
Apprised that Representative
Martin Dies of Texas had stated
that Lewis had informed President
Roosevelt that he issued orders to
his lieutenants to ban further sit
down strikes. Lewis replied:
"AII can say is that he Is
better informed about it than 1
am"
The Washington times., 1937-03-30
STRIKE PARLEY
DEADL0CKED
BY JAMES L. KILGALLEN

Ian SING, Mich, March 80
G.N.S) Walter P. Chrysler has
turned down two union proposals
offered as a compromise with a
view of ending the strike in his
nine automobile plants.
He refused to come to terms
with the United Automobile Work
ers Union on the same basis which
resulted in the settlement of the
General Motors and the Vincent
Bendix Company strikes.
AS a result, Governor Frank
Murphy's peace conference is dead
locked, with every indication that
no Chrysler agreement will be
reached until after John L. Lewis,
C.. I. o. leader, returns to Lansing
from New York-probably tomor-
row or Thursday.
From the outset of the present
peace parley, Lewis and his aSSo-
ciates have insisted that the
U. A. w. should be granted the
right to bargain exclusively for all
Of Chrysler's $1,000 employees.
Chrysler gave an emphatic mo"
to this demand, declaring that
Continued on Page 3, Col. 81
The Washington times., 1937-03-30

block Hobart st. N. W., on a search
warrant charging her with failure
to pay duty on a mink coat.
The coat was found, but when
she produced a receipt showing
it was purchased in a local store,
the customs agents and police,
armed with a search warrant for
the premises, did not take it. They
did take four silver fox fur scarfs,
four silver tails and a white fur
scarf.
Through her attorney. Harry T.
Whelan, Mrs. Dietz, who had S23.-
900 in her handbag and a dia
Continued on Page 2, Col. y
The Washington times., 1937-03-30
Storm Damage Sends
4 DestroYerS 10 PORT

NEW YORK, March 30 1N.SD.
Damaged by storms during shake
down cruises, four new United
States destroyers were at the
Brooklyn Navy Yard today, await
ing extensive repairs. The ships
are the Mahan, Flusser, Reid and
Cummings. Naval officials esti-
mated the repairs would cost not
more than 100000.
The Washington times., 1937-03-30
Rooms Pay Policeman
$4,000 On the Side

and activities in various types of
enterprises-running all the way
from an $4,000 rooming house to
singing at $25 year.
West Is Teacher
Next to Policeman Alter the larg-
est single outside income belongs
to Vernon E. West, Assistant Cor
poration Counsel, who receives
$3.50 a year for teaching at Ma
Continued on Page II, Col. u
The Washington times., 1937-03-30
100 AQed Inmates Rescued in AInHhouSe Blaze
Address Book Found i'm Slain Models Home
Yields 100 "PrOminent NameS''
'AII To Be Questioned, Declare Probers O
Triple Murder; "Frenchy's" Quarrel
With Girl Reported

NEW YORK, March 80 0.N.S).
A little red address book, contain
ing nearly 100 names of prominent
persons, was found today in the
Beekman Hill Apartment where 90
year-old Veronica "Ronnie" Ged-
con was slain with her mother and
Frank Byrnes, their boarder.
Police announced every man and
woman whose name was found in
the address book would be ques-
toned.
The Washington times., 1937-03-30

Running a rooming house is much
more profitable than directing
traffic, but Policeman Phillip G..
Alter does both-and quite lucra-
lively.
Policeman Alter, who directs
traffic at Fourteenth Street and
New York Avenue, receives the
largest income from an outside
source of all District employees re-
porting outside employment to the
House District Appropriation sub
committee. His annual cash re-
ceiptS from the outSide-that is,
running a rooming houSe-amount
to $4,000.
Conducted BY Wife
The outside income of Alter and
other District employees was re-
quested by the subcommittee
which today reported the 1898
appropriations bill to the House.
Alters rooming house, the report
states, is conducted by his wife.
Approximately 225 officials and
employees of the District govern
ment reported outside employment
The Washington times., 1937-03-30
YOUTH IS HELD
ING|RL' 'SDEATH

BUFFALO. N. Y, March 80
QN.S0 0.-Thomas Smith, 18, was
arrested today in connection with
the murder of 18-year-old Mary
Ellen Babcok, whose battered body
with nine stab wounds was found
last February 6 on a vacant lot in
South Buffalo.
Police say that Smith has con-
fessed the murder. He was arrested
when Frances Fitzgerald, IA. told
police the youth had stabbed her
with an ice pick. Smith is said
to have broken down after an all
night grilling by police.
The Washington times., 1937-03-30
Former Sen. Butler
Final Rites THURSDAY

BOSTON, March 80 G.N.SO.
Funeral services will be held here
on Thursday for William M. But
Ter, former United States Senator
from Massachusetts. who died
Monday at the age of rs. it was
announced today. Butler. a Bos-
ton lawyer. was manager of Presi-
dent Coolidge's campaign in 1924.
The Washington times., 1937-03-30
Danbury Goes Democratic

DANBURY, Conn.,. March 80
G.N.SO-Con meet cuts first
municipal election since last NO.
vember gave Democrats cause for
rejoicing here today. Electing
Byron w. Austin as mayor, the
Democrats Gained every city Office
and reduced the Republican ma
jority in the common council.
The Washington times., 1937-03-30

Meanwhile, relentless grilling of
George "Frenchy" Gueret failed
to shake his alibi in the Easter
morning Slayings, although dis.
crepancies were uncovered. The
chunky, jobless chauffeur, un-
daunted by more than "a hours Of
questioning, defiantly denied all
connection with the crimes.
Informed that Mrs. Marian Pts
Continued on Page 3, Col. ~
The Washington times., 1937-03-30
RAIN LEAVES
GR|FFS IDLE

ORLANDO, Fla, March 80.
The exhibition baseball game be-
TWEEN washington and Columbus,
scheduled today has been called
off because of rain.
The Washington times., 1937-03-30
WASHINGTON FORECAST

Cloudy with rain. beginning late tonight
or tomorrow; colder tomorrows lowest tenn
perature tonight about 3s degrees; gentle to
moderate winds, mostly east and northeast
CWeather Details on Page 81
Evening star., 1937-10-10
A VARIED DIET EVERY DAY

Another Libby improvement Libbys Baby Foods
come in special combinations Three or more foods
come in every tin, all blended together. Each of
these special combinations gives baby variety Of
minerals and vtamins at single feeding Its handy
to order Libby's combinations by number.
Evening star., 1937-10-10

so tiny SO helpless SO easily ;.
tuokered out No wonder his first solid
foods must be prepared SO carefully
Unless baby vegetables and fruits f.
and cereal are easy y-as canb be TO digest,
his delicate system may be upset. ~
That's why mothers everywhere vel
come the news that Libby has discov-
cred wayt to make Baby Foods extra easy to digest.
All Lbbys Baby Foods are prepared by an
exclusive process :. a special method of bomog-
enizahon !. that does something the finest sieve
or strainer doesn't do.
1t completely breaks up the food cells and
hbers in solid foods. 1t releases nutrment SO
baby digests it with the very minimum of effort
Lbbys Baby Foods actually digest SO easily
that many doctors are starting babies on them as
early as three months . to supplement his milk
formula with extra minerals Gron especially and
vitamins.
See your doctor regularly about your baby's
diet Your grocer has Libby's Baby Foods in
economical tins or will be glad to get them
for you
Evening star., 1937-10-10

No. Peas. beets. asparagus tips
No. Pumpkin. tomatoes.
string beans
No. , Carrots. spinach. peas
No. 4 Cereal combination .
whole milk. whole wheat,
soy bean meal
No. 5 Prunes. pineapple Juice.
lemon Juice
No. 6 Soup vegetables,
chicken livers, barley
Evening star., 1937-10-10
Bf/ore HomogfsixSfios'

A1ft, Homostsiz1Iios'
These food cells In solid
foods are completely
broken up by Libby sspe-
cial method of homoR-
enization. Nourishment
is released. No sieve or
strainer can do this.
Evening star., 1937-10-10

With "acid Indigestion" it
stands to reason that the
longer it goes, the worse it gets
and the harder it is to aka
lize. Therefore, act at the first
sign of distress.
If you would relieve and
"head off" nausea, upset
stomach" heartburn, gas, the
thing to do is alkaIize i'm
mediately.
Try this quick acting way:
take two Phillips Milk of
Magnesia tablets - or two
@~a.
Evening star., 1937-08-19
GROUP MAPS WAR
ON COMMUNISM
[CathoIiC Mission Crusade to
Consider Problem at
Two Sessions.
~ the Associated PresS.

~ me Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, August l9.-Dele-
gates to the tenth national conven-
ton OF the Catholic Students Mission
Crusade continued to give their atten-
ton to the problem Of communism to-
day in both general and group meet
ines
Communism AZ 4 missionary prob
lem WAS to be considered at a general
meeting.
Bishop James Edward Walsh of Sata,
superior general Of the Catholic For
sign Mission Society of America,
speaking on a missionary program last
night, declared: IT you wish to do
something about communism, you
hardly can choose a better plan than
mission action for cooperation OF
any sort will assist the missioners of
the world in their campaign to save
the world from communism and give
1t to Christ"
!liary Bishop of Chicago and presi-
dent of the Catholic Extension Society,
'speaklng at the same meeting, as
serted that lack of moral training in
the education OF youth has given rise
to an unparalleled epoch Of crime and
| Ia aUleSSneSS.
"Unbridled competition in the marts
OF commerce has brought about eco
nomic disaster" Bishop O'Brien said.
And heartess greed and social in
justices in industry have made OF
labor forcing ground for the seeds
OF communism.
Evening star., 1937-08-19
idaho GHOST TOWN
OFFERED FOR SALE
Public Auction Of White Knob Is
Postponed When Bidders Fail
to Appear.

|Ry the Associated Press
MACKAY, Idaho, August l9.-White
Knob. a ghost town spraWled duStily
over miles Of ore tunnels, was offered
for sale by Custer County today.
Ray Webber, receiver, said pub
lie auction of the famous old Central
Idaho town and mine 7 miles west of
here was scheduled, but was postponed
Indefinitely for lack of bidders.
Particularly interested in the pro-
posed sale was one of White Knobs
few remaining residents, Otto Clon-
niger. vatchman Of the mine since it
was closed in 1928.
My wife and two sons and I have
fved in this ghost town for nine years,
taking care Of the old mine said
Cloninger.
Whoever buys the mine Will have 10
pay my back salary. II runs up TO
'S4, 800"
White Knob a quarter OF 4 century
ago. proudly called itself the premier
lead, copper and silver camp Of the
West Massive pines dotted the hills
into which 800 miners burYowed for
ore.
In 1918 the mine town. covering An
area I miles soQlars, was sold for
$40 900, and IN 1928 for a1bo,ooo. A
year lnter 1t was claimed by the county
for delinquent taxes.
Evening star., 1937-08-19
WOMAN ENDS SEARCH
AS "KIDNAP" VICTIM
7 oung kentucky Wife Appears
Telling Of Ruse That Caused
Her to Glitch" Husband.

Her to Ditch" Husband
b the Assoeiatsd Press.
BUFFALO, n. Y August ia
seven-State search for Nn. James
Thomas, -, Of Louisville, Ky, ended
last night when she walked into 4
suburban Lockport, N. Y. police sta
ton and told Detective Sergt. Ben
jamin Furlong that she had been
duped into "ditching" her husband
Her disappearance gave rise to a kid
nap search.
Furlong said he had taken into Gus
tody former convict identified by Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas as the man who
picked them up as they hitch -hiked on
road near Dayton, Ohio.
Furlong quoted Mrs. Thomas AZ say
Ing the motorist told her at Dunkirk.
N. Y, that her husband was "in trou-
bic With the police" and used the rlxe
to persuade her TO accompany him to
Buffalo, where they were to rejoin
Thomas.
Furlong said the man IN custody
Identified himself as William Thomas
Forbes. SO, and quoted him as saving
TIN wanted in New York City for
some rubber checks"
Evening star., 1937-08-19
RARE MALARIA CLAIMS
FAMILYS THIRD CHILD
Tropical Disease Afflicts Fourth
n Indiana, but Hope Is
Held Tor Boy.

~ tbs Associated Press.
EVANSVILLE, Ind, August ia
disease diagnosed as malignant malaria
claimed its third victim in one family
yesterday with the death Of Bertha
Jean Ambrose, 13, daughter Of Mr.. and
Mn. Harry Ambrose Of Buckskin, Ind,
nsar here
TWO other Ambrose children died
Ast week end, and . fourth, Clarence,
1. k IN a critical condition. Physicians
believe. however. Clarence may re-
cover.
Dr.. William G. Caldwell. patholoe1st
Who diagnosed the case, said, the dis
aaae n rare in this country but preva-
lent IN tropical areas
He added the disease Il usually fatal
md u transmitted by the Anopheles
mosquito, rarely known here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-05-20
BUILDING ACTIVITY
AT SAN|T0R|A SPED
Construction of Residences
for Physicians to Be
Started Shortly.

Construction OF residences for staff
physicians at the Districts tubercu-
losis sanatoria at Glenn Dale, Nd,
will be started in the near future,
bringing the development nearer to
completion.
The main building OF the adult
sanatorium there was formally &C
cepted for the District yesterday by
Capt. H. S. Bishop, assistant Engineer
Commissioner, from the contractor,
the Kidde Constructors, Inc, of New
York. Bishop was accompanied by
Mrs. Ernest r. Grant, director of the
District tuberculosis Association, and
representatives Of the Public Works
Administration.
Bishop declared the institution
would prove to be one of the most
up to date in the country.
The Commissioners have received
bids for construction Of two-family
houses and two single-family resi-
dences for the staff physicians. The
low bid came from T. Calvin Owens,
who offered to do the work for s116,-
900.
District architects, meanwhile, are
completing plans for three-story
building, which is to provide housing
for "a employees of the sanatoria.
Later work will be started on an addi-
ton to the institutions laundry and
on construction of roads and land
scaping of the grounds.
The adult building is to be opened
in about two months, after equipment
and furniture has been installed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-05-20

than brunette, DR.. Irving Strauss,
optometrist, said yesterday.
A New York City authority on
motorists vision, DR.. Strauss ad-
dressed the State Optometric Asso-
citation Convention here.
when the lights Of an oncoming
car hit drivers eyes," he said, he
drives blind for a certain number OF
feet.
"It takes from one-fifth to one and
one-fifth second to recover natural
night driving vision. Blends with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-05-20
GREEN TAX FIGHT POINT
is PUT UP TO HUGHES
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
William McCraw, Texas attorney
general. arranged a conference with
Chief Justice Hughes for this after
noon to discuss the possible appoint
ment OF special master to hear tes-
timony in the interstate fight over
taxing the s57OO0,OOO estate Of the
late Col. E. H. r. Green.
Texas, New York, Florida and Mas
sachusetts claim the late railroad
magnate lived within their taxable
Jurisdictions
McCraW expressed hope, before the
conference, that special master could
help untangle the conflicting claims
and eliminate long drawn-out court
battle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-05-20
DIES AT OXFORD

LONDON, May 20 lP) PROF. Stephen
Herbert Langdon, so, American-b born
professor Of Assyriology at Oxford
University, died at Oxford yesterday.
Prof. Langdon, who was born at
Monroe, Mich, was curator in ths
University Museum, Bablylonian Sec
ton, Philadelphia, from 1918 to 1918.
He became a British subject in 1918
and In 1919 took the post at Oxford.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-05-20

light eyes take far longer than
brunettes with dark eyes and 80
should drive much slower"
The same rule applies to blond and
brunette males, the doctor said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-05-20
May Festival Award.

An award for the best May festival
theme will be presented by the Wom-
ems League Of Howard University at
pm. tomorrow at the university.