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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-05
INCREASE DUE
IN '3S TAXES0N
REAL ESTATE
Plan of Commissioners
Awaits Hill Action
On Deficit Sum

Un1eSS congress eudCGS SUI
ficiently large tax-increase pro,
gram to meet the deficit for the
next fiscal year in the District,
the real estate property tax rate
will have to be increased.
The tax plan offered by the Dis,
trict Commissioners as the hear
ings concluded yesterday would
bring in $7,2O0,O00 in additional
revenue for the general fund, it
was estimated, but subcommittee
members were not prepared today
to say whether this plan would
be accepted just as it was pre-
Sented or will be enlarged or mar
rowed.
AS passed by the House, the Dis
trict appropriations bill antici-
pateS a deficit next year of So
100000, and, when the tax sub
committee began its hearings,
members agreed that they would
seek to enact only the necessary
increased taxes to meet that
deficit.
Since that time, however, there
is a possibility that the $5,000,-
900 Federal contribution figure
will be reduced by reason of the
economy" proposals which are
apparently gaining Roadway in
Congress, and that other matters
may bring the deficit next year to
100000.
At the conclusion of lengthy
hearings late yesterday, Repre-
sentative Ambrose j. Kennedy
CD, of Maryland, subcommittee
chairman, announced that the
committee will meet again next
Tuesday morning in executive SeS-
sion with the Commissioners to de-
eide definitely which of the nu-
merous tax proposals should be
adopted.
Auto Tax To Go UP
Although no definite plans we're
advanced by the subcommittee
Representative Kennedy an
nounced today that various pro-
poSals recommended during the
hearings would be incorporated
into the one tax bill which he
will draft.
Mr.. Kennedy said automobile
taxes definitely will be increased.
Whether they will be advanced to
the extent recommended by Repre-
sentative Ross Collins CD, of
Mississippi, in charge of the 1888
District appropriation bill or
whether they will follow the lower
levels suggested by the Commits
sionerS remain to be worked out.
The levy will be a tax by weight.
It also is likely. Mr.. Kennedy
said that the gasoline tax will be
increased. Both Mr.. Collins and
the Commissioners are advocating
a one-cent increase.
An increase in the insurance
tax also probably will be included
in the tax measure, in view of the
fact that Mr.. Collins and the Dis.
trict heads are in favor of it and
also that the insurance companies
have indicated they will not fight
any such proposal.
Study Income Tax
There remains to be worked out
whether the tax bill will include
an income tax or whether it will
contain the substitute program
outlined by the commissioners yes
terday for a business privilege
tax.
The Commissioners revealed
that this tax, which would in
volve tax on gross receipts Of
business enterprises susceptible to
other businesses and professions,
Continued on Page rs, Col. 81
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Police Reply To I'D. C. Crime Report Asked
Mrs. B1doIS Cooking Hobby
Turns TO Profitable Business
AdmiraI's Wife Ships
Virginia Hams All
Over the World

Living in the Nations Capital,
Which is rapidly becoming one
OF the foremost cultural centerS
OF the tOorld, are numerous
society Women 1Dho. rather than
contine their activities to social
functions alone, haze gone in
for arts in serious tOGy.
A fen haze turned profess
SionGl, but most of them haze
studied sculpture, painting and
ceramics, or 1Uritten books and
toStered musical centerS for
their DUN pleasure and that OF
their families and friends.
Personality stories on these
Domen and their tDorE IDiU be
printed in a series By The Wash.
ington Times.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-05

Loveliest gowns-two tie for
this honor. Mrs. Willard Tydings
in angelic white bouffant crepe,
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GreenIdw Resigns
D. {. InspeCtorship

P. M. Greenlaw, District steam
boiler inspector, yesterday ten
dered his resignation to Col. Dan
I. Sultan. Engineer Commissioner
He said he expects to engage in
private business.
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HAZEN DOUBTS
ACCURACY OF
STUDY DATA
Garrett, Undisturbed
BY Findings, Defends
Bail Bond Record

Doubling that the singing re.
port of the Washington Criminal
Justice Association truly depicted
the crime situation in the Ma
tons Capital, Commissioner Mel.
vim C. Hazen today called upon
Police Chief Ernest w. Brown for
comparison of Police Depart.
ment statistics with those incor.
porated in the report.
Making the startling revelation
that of all major crimes commit
ted in the District during the year
1886, only 10 per cent resulted in
actual court convictions, the jus.
tice association released it's first
annual report yesterday at a meet
ing of civic and business men In
the Willard Hotel.
Commissioner Hazen's action
today was taken as tantamount to
instruction to Major Brown to de-
fend his own department. Hazen
said:
Il don't believe the District
Is as crimeridden as this report
appears to show 1t. / seriously
doubt that 80 per cent Of those
who committed major crimes last
year escaped prosecution.
Il notice that the association
does not make a comparison Of
the Washington police record
with that Of other cities of COM
parable size. Well, 1 intend to
call upon Major Brown to do
this"
MITIGATING FACTS
Hazen pointed out that buried
in the mass Of figures contained
IN any statistical report on crime
were mitigating facts. He pointed
out as an example:
LET as take the case of a man
who is caught red-handed in a
HOUSEKEEPING. He is arrested by
the police and persons who have
reported similar crimes are
called in. Let us say that either
through the criminals comics.
sion, Identification by victims
or Identification of stolen prop
erty. IA other cases are made
out against the criminal.
"He is then taken to court
and may be indicted on one or
all of the fifteen cases. He Is
tried on one case and given q
long term in the penitentiary,
What happens to the other four.
teen cases? In a statistical re-
port these would be carried as
arrests without conviction, but
as an actual fact, in view Of
the circumstances 1 have al.
ready outlined, 1t would seem
to me to be useless to try him
on these other cases.
ut Is just such things as
this that / want cleared up in
the report masking of Major
Brown"
Garrett UndiSturbed
United States Attorney Leslie
c. Garrett was undisturbed by the
report, it appeared today as he
revealed in a written statement
that many of the matters referred
to in the report have already been
investigated by the Department Of
Justice.
With but one uncollected bond
forfeiture out of several thousand
bonds accepted since he became
District Attorney four years ago,
and with an exceedingly low rate
Continued on Page rs, Col. p
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p r o b a b l y
hoped tri M
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snnockings and
cordings a n d
other denure
a pplic ations.
The other half
of the decision
is awarded to
M RS. Edward
Fu1KGuSGdSOG Ill
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feta made with
a very tight
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SsWeStWard HO'' Next
Times Book Offering

hof your book of the week or any Of
the others released to date.
Remember Westward Ho" by
Charles Kingsley is Saturdays
offering.
Smyrna times., 1937-10-28

Hotel, below Milford.
The will of the late DR.. ]. R.
Hantum, of Wilmington, which
was admitted to rebate last week,
bequeaths a 81, 900 to the Home of
Friendless and Destitute Children,
and 81 900 to the trustees of Grace
M. E. Church, to be applied to-
wards the purchase of chime of
bells, provided that within two
years said trustees raise an addi-
tional sum of $4,000 for the same
purpose.
A Washington dispatch to New
York paper says: 1T is reported
that the marriage of Secretary
Bayard and Miss Sophia Markoe
will take place early in the Winter
They have constantly been seer
during the past few weeks driving
I together, and at a small dinner
given on Thursday by Secretary
| and Mrs. Endicatt to Lord anC
Lady Herschell, Miss Markoe was
present with Secretary Bayard.
Smyrna times., 1937-10-28
college" BOY
SCOUT DAY BOTH
Will Be Celebrated Simultane-
ously at Newark and
ChestertOwn
MAKE GIFT OF BADGES

Simultaneous celebration of Col
lege Scout Day will be held at
Washington College and the Uni
versity of Delaware on Saturday,
October 80, as Boy Scouts of the
Del-Mar-Va Peninsula attend the
college football games as guests of
the college authorities, and later
particiate in Court of Honor Cere-
monies in the auditorium of the
two institutions. At Newark,
where Delaware Scouts will gather
to witness the University of Della
ware st. Johns College game,
Governor Richard C. McMullen will
present Tenderfoot badges to the
newest Boy Scouts of the Council,
who have joined Troops this fall.
Other awards will be made by the
Court of Honor to Scouts who have
earned merit badges, Star, Life or
Eagle rank, or Sea Scout advance
ment. Council Advancement Chair
man, DR.. Harry Y. Holloway will
preside. President Walter Hulli-
hen will extend greetings from the
University Of Delaware. At Ches-
tertown, Maryland Scouts will be
entertained at the Washington Col
lege Mt. St. Mary's game as
guests of DR.. Gilbert w. Mead,
Washington College President. Dr.
Mead will welcome the Scouts at
the Court of Honor, presided over
by Wallace Williams, Cecil County
District Scout Chairman. Tender
foot badges will be presented to
new Scouts by William S. Gordy,
Jr., Maryland State Comptroller,
and an active Scouter of Salisbury.
Scout Executive Kenneth B. Spear
requests all Del-Mar-Va Scouts to
arrive at Chestertown of Newark
as soon after l P. M. as possible, to
insure completing ticket arrange
ments before the games start. The
Court of Honor ceremonies will
take place Immediately after the
conclusion of the games, in Mitch
ell Hall, University of Delaware,
and in William Smith Hall, Wash
ington College.
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Engagement Announced

Announcement is made by the
Rev. and Mrs. John Watson Chris
tie, of Wilmington, of the engage
ment of their daughter, Miss Cath
arine Christie, to Mr.. Curtis Mar
shall Damn, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter M. Damn, of Sharon, Pa.
Miss Christie, a graduate of Smith
College, is member of the faculty
of the local High School. Mr. Damn
is graduate of Worcester Poly
technic Institute and is a chemist
with the Krebs Department of the
DUPONT Company. The wedding
will take place in the late winter
Smyrna times., 1937-10-28

B. Megear.
Mrs. Eunity Vane, of Philadel-
phia, is visiting her sister, Mrs
Henry Curry.
Miss Annie Matthews of Cam
den, Del, is the guest of Mrs. j. H
Hoffecker.
Miss Estelle Smith has returned
to the book department at Wanna
makers.
Mrs. Lynch, of F'rankford, DEL
has come to this town to spend the
winter with her daughter, Mrs. s
E. Richards.
Miss Kate Tschudy left yester-
day for Amsterdam, n. T., for 9
protracted visit.
The following persons of this
town attended the Good Templars
meeting at Newark, last week
Herman Roe, DR.. G. o. Swinney
and wife, P. H. T. Wyatt, Carrie
Beck and Susie Wright.
Smyrna times., 1937-10-28

impartial review of the case, came
to the conclusion that there existed
more than a reasonable doubt and
commuted the sentence to life i'm
prisonment, thus digging his po-
litical grave.
Monday and Tuesday Beenfit
for John Bassett Moore High
School Band-New York in the
early years of the century when
Diamond Jim" Brady was a ia
miliar figure and Lillian Russell
was the toast of the town, lives
briefly on the screen in "Manhat-
tan Melodrama," which co-stars
Clark Gable, William Powell and
Myrna 10y. AS a sort of prologue
to the principal action, the picture
re-created one of the most horrible
disasters in the big city's history
the fire and bleaching of the excur-
sion steamer General Slocum, a
tragedy that cost more than 1000
lives. M-G-M studio technicians
re-enacted the entire disaster The
Dempsey-Firpo fight in 1928 is
still another of the big moments to
life in Manhattan Melodrama, =
forming a background for one Of
the dramatic scenes.
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
and Saturday With the advent Of
the speaking screen, a series was
originated under the title Of
Broadway Melody" Every sub
sequent edition of this musical
comedy has been improved until
the Broadway Melody Of 1888" is
yet the best of that series. The
cast includes Robert Taylor EIean-
or Powell, Sophie Tucker, Judy
Garland and Robert Benchley
Sophie Tucker, Judy Garland anC
Robert Benchley among others
With Miss Powell assuming the
burden of putting this production
across no finer doncing has beer
seen in the course of this cinematiC
annum. Assisted by Buddy Ebser
and George Murphy, the footworl
of this trio outshws every other
film.
Smyrna times., 1937-10-28
NEW TALKIE
FILM TESTED
Voices of Actors, and Other
Sounds, Come From Which
Ever Side They Are Made
DOUBLE SOUND TRACK

A new talking movie film In
which the actors voice moves
around the screen with his figure
was demonstrated to the Society of
Motion Picture Engineers in New
York City recently. If the screen
figure spoke from the left of the
picture, his voice came from the
left side of the house. The answer
of a figure on the opposite side OF
the screen came from the right side
of the house. If the actor moved
back from the front of the picture,
his voice receded with his figure.
The new film uses a double sound
track for the first time, to produce
the "steriophonic" sound and was
announced as the first commercial
film of it's kind. These lifellke
sound effects have been produced
in laboratories for several years.
Expense has kept them from being
adopted by movies The film max
ing the moving sounds" is stand
ard size. It differs from the usual
film by having two sound tracks
instead of one. It was explained
by ]. P. Maxf1eld of Electrical Re
search Products, Inc, which de-
veloped it in cooperation with the
Bell Telephone laboratories. Or
binary sound tracks on talking
film are one-tWentieth of an inch
wide. The new sound tracks are
each only a fortieth of an inch.
They are recorded on one edge of
the film, both in the space occupied
by the old single track. For re-
cording moving sounds, two or
three pickups are used. One is al
ways at the left of the stage, an
other at the right. The third when
used is placed at mid-stage. The
left hand pickup makes one sound
track while the second sound track
is made by the pickup on the op-
posite side of the stage. The mid
stage pickup feeds it's sounds into
both tracks. For showing the
movie, two loudspeakers talk to
the audience. One talks from the
left side of the screen, the other
from the right side. Each loud
speaker is fed by the sound track
originally picked UP from its own
side of the stage. The mid-stage
sounds come out of both loud
spekers. The present talking mo-
tion picture system uses only one
loudspeaker. This is set so that as
nearly as possible the sound all
seem to issue from the center of
the screen. The new film showed
that talkies can be done with the
screen momentarily completely
black, in total darkness. Actors
voices, telephones, and noises of OBJ
jects all hidden by darkness were
accurately located by the ears of
the audience so that they could
guess what was happening on the
screen.
Smyrna times., 1937-10-28
Attractions at Strand Theatre

Friday and Saturday = Think
Fast, Mr.. Moto" stars Peter LORE
in the first of a projected series OF
films based on j. P. Marquand' S
magazine stories of the japanese
detective. In this film LORE
breaks up a gang of diamond
smugglers. Virginia Field and
Thomas Beck have the romantic
leads, and other players include Sig
Rumann and Murray Kinnell.
Monday and Tuesday "You
Can't Have Everything" presents
Alice Faye as a serious young
playwright, a great-granddaughter
of Edgar Allen Poe; Don Ameche
as bibulous Broadway writer and
director; Charles Winninger as a
producer, and Miss Hovick as the
gawky menace who tells Miss Faye
she'll "cut her heart out and stuff
it like an olive" unless she lets
Ameche alone. The Ritz Brothers
are in constant evidence with Their
comedy and clowning.
Smyrna times., 1937-10-28
PERSONALS

Rev. DR.. Umsted expects to Of
ficiate in his new charge, White
Haven, Pa, next Sunday. The
latter charge is 25 miles north of
Mauch Chunk.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Irving Handy
are having a visit from his mother
and sister, of Eastern Virginia.
Mrs. Patton, of Camden, N. j.,
has been the guest of the Misses
Hough the past week.
Mrs. M. w. Orme, nee Anna
Mansfield, of Philadelphia, is visit
ing her aunt, Mrs. r. d. Hoffecker.
E. Wilmer Collins, of Camden,
N. j., returned Monday for a day
or two's visit to his former asso-
ciates.
Mrs. Alvin Allen and daughter,
Mrs. White are guests of Mrs. T.
Smyrna times., 1937-10-28
KENTON ITEMS

The corporate authorities OF
Kenton are having trouble and may
have a law suit with DR.. William
H. Cooper who is a resident Of the
town and as a member of the late
Senate, opposed the passage Of an
act of incorporation for the town.
In obedience to an ordinance issued
by the commissioners, all the own
ers of property on the street lead
ing to the depot have paved their
sidewalks but DR.. Cooper, who in
stead has extended his lines to the
gutter and fenced in the sidewalk
claiming it as part and pacrel Of
his property. The consequence is
that pedestrians on coming to his
lines have to turn out into the road
until it is passed. The commits
sioners have taken counsel as to
which is the greater of the two, DR..
Cooper fenced in or the whole town
of Kenton besides.
P. F. Johns, principal of the pub
lie school at Kenton, is about COM
pleting a nice residence on High
street, which will be the first resi-
dence on the newly opened street.
John T. Poor has begun the erec-
ton of another dwelling on Com
merce street, which he will occupy
himself after New Years.
Frank Prior, q colored boy, was
sent to jail Monday by Squire
Hawkins for cutting the throat of
Harry Dixon another colored boy,
with a razor. Both boys testified
that the cutting was done for
fun" too.
Smyrna times., 1937-10-28
MARYLAND ITEMS

Isaac Baker, colored, was con-
victed at Chestertown of man
slaughter in drowning a colored
boy.
j. H. Bernard has suspended op-
erations at his cannery at Green's
borough. His pack this year will
amount to half million cans Of
tomatoes and peaches.
The Chestertown water works
has proved a great success, and the
demand for water by the people
has compelled the company to en-
larke the work.
Miss Alice HURT, daughter of
James w. Hurt, of Locust Grove,
was married on last Wednesday at
11:3O a. m. to H. Clay Deringer, of
Phillipsburg, Pa, formerly of Phil
adelphia.
The house at Smithville, Caroline
county, lately-occupied by Mrs.
Wallace and family, who have been
so sorely afflicted with diphtheria,
has been ordered by the health Of
fcers appraised and burned, in or
der to prevent the spread of the
disease.
The Salvation Army meetings at
Havre de Grace continues to at
tract large crowds and it is pro-
posed to establish a permanent
Post" of the Army" at that
place. Captain Stevens has charge
of the meetings. Over one hun
dred persons have professed con-
version at the meetings. Sixty
three of this number have entered
as recruits of the Salvation Army
and the others have united with
various churches.
Robert Garrett and party start
ed from Baltimore Sunday morning
on their trip to the Pacific coast
and Mexico. They 60 through to
Chicago without stopping. An As
sociated Press Dispatch from Balti-
more says: Just before the train
\ started, ergeant-at-ArmS Johnson
of Philadelphia common councils.
had few words of conversation
with Mr.. Garrett, and those on the
platform were greatly surprised to
hear the ex-president of the B. &
o. railroad say in a loud voice:
The thieves they stole my tele-
graph He was much excited and
his friends hurried him into the
car, but just before the start he
called out to a friend: Don't let
Jay Gould capture Maryland before
I get back The heads of the
various departments of the Balti-
more & Ohio railroad on Saturday
attended farewell reception tend
cred them by Mr.. Garret, a his
country seat, near Baltimore. II
is stated that he has abandoned his
proposed plan to erect a new hotel
which was to have been the finest
in Baltimore, and that he is likely
to withdraw from several enter
prises with which his name has
been prominently connected.
Smyrna times., 1937-10-28
COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS

Diphtheria is on the increase in
Dover. Several deaths among chill
dren have occurred.
About 5000 pounds Of cat-tails
were shipped from Delaware City
last week by H. G. Clark.
Assessor Butler has completed
the assessment Of the dogs of Do
yer, and has 220 on his list.
Captain Waitman Sipple Of Fred
erica is dangerously i'll Of pneu-
monia, and his recovery is doubt
full.
Ruel Heisler, of the firm of Heis-
Ter, Mcbride and Company, cop
persmiths, died very unexpectly at
his home in Wilmington, Friday
night.
Joseph F. Smith has resigned as
business manager of the Laurel
Gazette, and Samuel D. Gordon, its
editor, will hereafter manage and
publish the Gazette.
Mrs. Mary ]. Cannon, widow OF
John M. Cannon, formerly of Odes-
sa, died at the residence of her SON
in-law, John M. Enos, Wilmington
Friday, aged 81 years.
Howard G. Maloney left Dover
last week for Montana Territory
where he has been appointed super
intendent of Wolf Point Indian
Agency, at a salary of 5000 per
year.
DR.. j. Edwin Frazier, formerly
of Kent county, was married al
Moorhead, Iowa, where he is now
located, to Miss Lettie Leona Put
ney, of the latter place, ON October
18th.
In compliance with a remon-
STRANGE with eighty six names at
tached, the Court sitting at
Georgetown refused to grant a lie
ense to sell liquor at Cedar Beach
Smyrna times., 1937-10-28
MONIES
AkAxaaa 19kSaaka2id1.xS
Attractions at Roxy Theatre

Friday and Saturday = While
They Won't Forget" is being un-
reeled one cannot help recalling the
Leo Franks case and others that
are a blight upon the annals of
American Jurisprudence. Long
about the year 1915 a school teach
er, Leo Franks, came to the south
to accept a position. During his
stay there one of his pupils was
fiendishly attacked and murdered.
The district attrney pounced upon
Franks and by tanning up section
al prejudice in this section, obtain
ed a conviction upon the fiimsiest
of evidence, and Franks was sent
enced to die. The governor, by an
Smyrna times., 1937-10-28

The woodcock and white winged
dove season opened Saturday, Oc-
tober 16, for month. 1t is also
now legal to shoot jacksnipe. The
mourning dove season will close
November 1st, but will reopen No
vember 18th to run until December
18th. The rabbit, quail and pheas-
ant seasons will open on November
18th.
Smyrna times., 1937-10-28
Couple Married Sc Years

Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Clark, for
merly of Dover, now of near Green
vile, observed their seth wedding
anniversary on Sunday, october II.
Among the guests were Mrs.
Clark's brother, Oliver G. Hayes.
Miss Helen Hayes, Mr.. and Mrs.
Earl U. Hayes and son, Charles.
Smyrna times., 1937-10-28
SUNDAY DINNER
Su99&sAosss-
By ANN PAGE

NATIONAL Apple Week heralds an
In unusually large crop of America S
favorite fruit. Florida oranges are now
arriving in quantity and quality so that
oranges are cheaper than in many
months. Grapefruit is plentiful.
Spinach is an outstanding fall vege-
table. Salad greens are plentiful and
cheap as are most underground vege-
tables. The cabbage family also -four
ishes in the fall.
Slightly lower meat prices with the
exception of beef are expected this
week. Grade B eggs and cheese continue
to be excellent values.
Seasonable foods make up the follow
ing menus.
Low Cost Dinner
Shoulder Lamb Chops
Baked Potatoes
Creamed Carrots
Bread and Butter
Apple Betty
Tea or Coffee Milk
Medium Cost Dinner
Roast Pork Apple Sauce
Drowned Potatoes Brussels Sprouts
Bread and Butter
Orange Spanish Cream
Tea or Coffee Milk
Very Special Dinner
Stuffed Celery
Roast Chicken Giblet Gravy
Mashed Sweet Potatoes and Turnips
Spinach
Cranberry Sauce
Green Salad
Rolls and Butter
Hot Baked Apples with Mince-
meat Filling
Coffee Milk