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Evening star., 1937-01-16
Bv Ernest Hacken.

IF ANDREW JACKSON were to
stroll into the White House now,
after an absence of a century, he
would find himself and his host
in rare accord on political philosophy
and much alike in fundamental per-
sonal attributes. Tick them of:
A fixed belief that the rights of a
man transcend the rights of a thing
and that the voice of the majority
is the voice of democracy. On the
personal side the similarity between
these two Americans is even more
striking, Startlingly so. when back
ground and ancestry are considered.
jackson was the son Of a Scotch
Irish linen merchant, who left his
little Belfast shop for the new land
beyond the sea. He headed West, but
found the pioneers ak too heavy for
his hands. He worked himself to
death before Andrew was born. The
poSthumous son received. almost en-
tirely through his own effort, an edu-
cation which was sketchy and he
never rid his tongue of the broad
North of Ireland accent. To the day
he died a clerk was CLARK to him.
His spelling was a thing to have
cheered the heart Of George Wash
ington and to have caused Noah
Webster to sneer But he wrote as
ne shot, there was never a doubt
about what he meant or where he
aimed.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt comes Of
different stock and is shaded by a
family tree whose roots were in the
soil of the New World before ever the
Union was born. His life's path has
been far from the wilderness trail,
but he arrived at the White House,
seemingly bringing with him a
philosophy identical with that of Old
Hickory.
On the purely personal side, it
seems that courage is the strongest
bond Of kinship between these two
men. Next is the ability to win and
hold friends. There are, however, two
notable exceptions in the lives Of
rule.
A T ONE time John C. Calhoun was
n to Jackson the embodiment of all
human virtues. not to mention few
godlike attributes, but he left the
White House ruminating sadly on his
failure to have hanged his one-time
Vice President and friend. Alfred E.
Smith, once mentor of Franklin D.
Roosevelt, strayed, wandered and
finally took a walk" out of the Presi-
dents life and, possibly. out Of the
Democratic party. His reason, in its
essence, Is, I think, the same as CAL
houn's-pique, veiled by the assertion
that a President had thrown aside his
party's principles.
The two Presidents, a hundred
years apart in time, are brothers in
absolute fidelity to themselves and
their fixed boundaries of right and
wrong. In each the same determine
ton burned to follow the course.
planned, even though one was guided
by blazes on forest trees and the
other by q compass needle. jackson
was about as conventional as Chick
asaw mule on q rampage; President
Roosevelt's acts indicate he views con-
vention as binding only when there Is
reason, other than age, for its ex-
istence.
So much for the parallelism Of es-
sentials, and now for the right-angles
of technique. Gould there be two
things more widely different than
Jackson's bull-like rushes and raging
temper and Roosevelt,s suavity and
smiling self-control.
Andy charged the Virginia dynasty.
which Tor ~ years had held what
Evening star., 1937-01-16
10000 Skulls.

THE collection of skulls developed
by Dr.. Ales Hrdlicka, curator Of
physical anthropology in the Smith
sonian Institution, has now reached
the great total Of $4,000. These have
been labeled and placed in trays for
exhibition purposes. telling In theiS
grim way the development OF the
human race.
The Washington times., 1937-12-21
Five Youths Face
Murder CHARGE

CLEVELAND, Dec. 81 G.N.SO.
Police prepared first degree mur-
der charges today to be placed
against five young men held in
connection with the killing of two
patrolmen here Saturday night.
Evidence against the five con-
tinued to pile up, not only in the
murder of Patrolmen Virgil T.
Bayne and Gerald N. Bode in an
East Side gasoline station, but in
numerous cafe and gasoline sta
tion robberies.
The Washington times., 1937-12-21
BLOCKS JUNKET
. TO ROSE BOWL

Plans of a House subcommittee
to 60 to the Pacific Coast to in
6pect military defenses during the
Christmas holidays-and be there
when the annual Rose Bowl foot
ball game is played-ran into a
snag yesterday. Chairman Taylor
kDO, Of Colorado, of the House
Appropriations Committee, said he
would veto expense appropriations
for the committee if they planned
the trip $50 they can see a foot.
ball game" Representative Taber
NR0, of New York, had objected
to "this idea of Representatives
going to see the Rose Bowl game
at public expense"
The Washington times., 1937-12-21
Arliss Introduces
Going Away'Strike

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 21 G.NySO
George Arliss, actor, thus intro
duces the going away" strike to
labor:
For a year I'm not going to
work. I'm just going to keep
going away And I'm not
going to tell anyone where I'm
staying"
The Washington times., 1937-12-21
INCOME TAXES
RISE 0NE-HALF
Washington Times staff Photo

G.N.SO A healthy rise in in
come tax receipts was reflected in
Treasury figures today, as reve-
nues for the fiscal year passed the
SO ,O0O, O,0OO, 900 mark.
Income taxes since July ! have
produced $1,O79 100000, nearly SO
per cent more than a year ago.
Income levies for the first 18
days of this month produced
$4O8,253, 1875, compared with $685.
852,507 collected during the cor
responding period of 1886.
Revenues since July /, amounted
to $3,O19,879,38O, as again t
$2,O42, 2,1s4,354 in the same period
a year earlier.
The Washington times., 1937-12-21
BANK INSTALLS
ROBOT TELLER

Depositors of the Metropolitan
National Bank who, on Govern
ment paydays, have had to stand
in line with Government employees
cashing pay checks, have been
given break" it was announced
by George w. White, president of
the bank.
A robot" teller has been pro
vided to accommodate depositors,
White said, and already has shown
its worth. The robot" device is
a special chute, similar to a letter
chute in office buildings, where
deposits and specially prepared
duplicate slips can be dropped and
instantaneously entered upon the
books.
The Washington times., 1937-12-21

men in terrorizing Washington.
Attired in an expensive gray
fur coat, the woman bandit and
a male companion hired the taxi
cab of Herman L. Hazel, "a. of
1912 Thirteenth st. N w., early
today in the downtown section.
At their polite command, Hazel
drove them to Seventh and Quincy
Streets Northwest. There the
young woman alighted from the
cab while her companion pressed
a revolver against Hazel's back and
took $11-the fruit Of 13 hours of
hard labor.
BROWN GIVES AIMS
Meanwhile, Major Ernest w.
Brown, police chief, and Inspector
Bernard w. Thompson, chief of
detectives, declared there will be
no let-down in the 24.hour vigil
the police are maintaining to halt
the depredations of the under
world.
Brown and Thompson Joined
the departments nocturnal bandit
patrol last night, cruising the
streets and inspecting the battle
lines, which police have thrown
up to cope with the pre.holiday
crime wave.
SCREAM FOILS ROBBER
Another taxi driver, Clarence L.
Muire, 81, of 1923 H st. N. W.,
reported he was victimized by
bandits. He said two colored men
and colored girl, who had hired
his cab, held him up in an alley
near Tenth and o Streets North
west, "slugged" him and robbed
him of ST. He was treated at
Freedmen's Hospital for head in
juries.
A lusty scream by Bertha Young
foiled the attempt of a colored
man to rob her at her store, 200
P st. N. w. She said the man
ordered two pounds of apples and,
while her back was turned, ordered
her to throw up your hands"
She screamed and he fled.
VICTIM TURNS TABLES
Another holdup man was frus.
trated in an attempt to rob Will
liam Dickens, liquor store run
ner. He leveled a revolver at
Dickens, who had $40 in his
pockets, at Eleventh and R Straets
Northwest. Hickens struck the
man, wrested the revolver from
him and fired at the fleeing high
wayman.
Samuel G. Adams, 2138 Cali.
fornia st. N. W., reported he
sighted a colored man climbing
through a rear window Of his
home last night. The man escaped
with cash and jewelry valued at
5000. -.
The Washington times., 1937-12-21
TAPPING OPINION.
HELD NO BARRIER
TO DIETz trail.
Officials Say Intrastate
Case Not Involved

Firmly convinced that the opin-
ion of the U. S. Supreme Court
yesterday condemning the prac-
tice of interstate overlapping
does not apply to intrastate wire
tapping within the District of Co
lumbia, Government prosecutors
today prepared to proceed with the
conspiracy trial of Abe Plisco,
alias Jew Boy Dietz, and 81 others
arising out of the gambling raids
last March 10.
Trial of the accused conspira-
tors, scheduled to begin Mon
day, is based mainly on informa-
ton gained by rolice and Internal
Revenue operatives through the
medium of tapped wires.
CASE EXPLAINED
Assistant U. S. Attorneys John
w. Fihelly and Roger Robb, in
charge of the Dietz prosecution,
pointed out that the Supreme
Court opinion yesterday does not
involve the local case where the
intercepted communications be-
gan and ended within the borders
Of the District.
The communications, they say,
started in the Albee Building,
where Dietz is alleged to have
maintained his "telecast" switch.
board and from there were broad.
cast, via telephone loudspeakers, to
numerous subscribers to the serv-
ice throughout the city.
The rule established by the Su-
preme Court in the Olmstead case
several years ago, in which wire.
tapping was upheld, is the one
under which the Dietz prose
cution will proceed, Government
counsel said.
The Washington times., 1937-12-21
Evidently Betty
Enjoys Hospitals
international News Photo

ALBANY, Dec. 81 D., Q.N.SO
Betty Plath, 7, is varying her menu
these days. Six years ago Betty
swallowed the greater part Of a
bottle of iodine and physicians
had difficulty saving her life.
Betty was back at the hospital
today, this time with an inch long
toy elephant in her stomach. An
operation may be avoided.
The Washington times., 1937-12-21
SEEK HIGHER UP
I'm MYSTERIOUS
ROBINSON CASE
Ex-CIerk and Aides Face
Quiz on Passports

NEW YORK, Dec. 81 U.N.S).
Identity of the somebody higher
up" who was interested in hav.
ing passports issued to ''Mr. and
Mrs. Donald L. Robinson" was
sought today. And the seekers
turned to former County Clerk
Albert Marinelli, Tammany leader,
for the answer.
Marinelli resigned as New York
county clerk under the fire Of
Racket Prosecutor Thomas E.
Dewey, who charged him with
"consorting with criminals"
LINKED IN MYSTERY
Within a few days he was in
volved in the international mys.
terry of who are 'Mr. and Mrs.
Donald L. Robinson" whose ar.
rest in Moscow is the mystery
story of the year.
Most travellers make passport
application to the Bureau of Pass
ports. The mysterious ''Robin-
sons" went to Marinelli's office
for theirs-the first persons to
apply there in 10 years.
And Louis Levy, commissioner Of
deeds in Marinelli's office who af-
fixed Marinelli's authorized sigma
ture, can't recall anything about
the "Robinsons" but remembers
that "some one higher up" told
him to take care of the passport
matter.
FACE NEW QUIZ
Today Henry Alexander, counsel
for the county clerks office,
pushed aside his other tasks and
set about getting to the bottom
of the "Robir son" passport case.
Due for renewed questioning
were Levy, Marinelli and other key
members of the staff in an attempt
to learn who was the higher up"
interested in the "RobinsonS.
In the meantime, orders were
issued today in the county clerks
office against further acknowledg.
Iment of passports as result of
the mystery.
The Washington times., 1937-12-21

International News Photo
LIEUT.. DARBY
WHEN their plane crashed
near Fort Mitchell, Ala,
yesterday these two Army
Reserve flierS were killed.
They are Lieut.. James e.
Darby, of Chicago, Ill, and
Lieut.. Sterling E. Tatum, Of
Siberia, Ala.
The Washington times., 1937-12-21
Yule Seal Sale
Booths Planned

Sale of Christmas seals from
booths stated by volunteer work
ers Of the District tuberculosis
Association. will continue through
Christmas Eve, it was announced
today by Mrs. w. Frank Persons,
chairman of the booth sales COM
mittee. Sales total $4,000 to date.
"This total is ahead of the
I sskctal received from similar
Booths last year." Mrs. Per.
sonS said, land we all feel
deeply grateful to all these fine
who have given their
.ztime."
The Washington times., 1937-12-21
iVeiled Lady Bandit
( Sought AS Police
s.i Push Crime Drive

Major BrOWn and Inspector Thompson
Join Night Patrol Fighting Thugs Here
Police searching the city for attractive veed lady,
who early Joined the small of thugs and highway
The Washington times., 1937-12-21
DIFFERENCE CITED

They point out that the current
opinion which condemns wire.tap.
ping is expressly worded to differ.
entlate from the Olmstead case
which involved intrastate com.
munication and affected the valid.
ity Of a State statute.
Justice Roberts, in the opinion
yesterday, pointed out clearly the
difference, between the two cases.
The current case, he said,
arose out of the Federal COM
munications act and more partic-
ularly section 305, which provides
that no person "who, as an en-
ploye, has to do with the sending
or receiving of any interstate
communication by wire shall
dlvulge or publish it or its sub
stance to anyone other than the
addressee or his authorized rep.
resentative or to authorized fel,
low employees save in response to
a subpoena issued by a court of
competent jurisdiction or on de-
mand of other lawful authority"
REASON FOR ACT
The Federal communications
act, Justice Roberts pointed out,
was passed by Congress for the
principal purpose of giving
Federal jurisdiction over wire, as
we'll as radio, communications to
the newly created Federal Com.
munlcationS Commission.
Congress had full knowledge of
overlapping activities and used
its power to include a provision
penalizing the practice inter
state communication, Justice
Roberts said.
The Washington times., 1937-12-21
The Weather

District of Columbia - Partly
cloudy tonight and tomorrow with
lowest temperature tonight about
35; tomorrow warmer.
Maryland and Virginia-Partly
cloudy and slightly colder today;
tomorrow increasing cloudiness
and warmer.
TEMPERATURES
The Washington times., 1937-12-21
SECOND BAPTIST PAGEANT

/. Members of the Senior Baptist
Young Peoples Union will present
'"The Enchanted Candle" a
Christmas pageant at the Second
Baptist Church, Seventeenth and
East Capitol Streets, Sunday
evening at 7:30 O'Clock. The
pageant was written by Verna
Whinery and I. H. Meredith.
The Washington times., 1937-12-21

DICK TRACY faces death see
what the FACELESS MAN is doing
Sunday in the Comic Weekly with
the big Sunday Washington Herald
Times,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-20
Victim of High Pressure

Checking up on the estate felt by a deceased Minnesota farmer, officials looked in his garage and stumbled upon an unused, 20-year-old automobile-and a pathetic little commentary one one or the features of modern life. A friend dis closed that the farmer, Oscar Peterson, bought the car in 1917 just so he could tell pestering auto solesmen that he had one, then jacked it up in his garage.
 Those Americans who quiver in an guish whenever they find blatant, last falking salesman at the door can under stand why timid Swedish gentleman, who wanted only to be alone, would pay several hundred dollars for the privilege. And, as one, they will hope that MT. Pet erson now has somewhere private little spot of his own, into whose pearly gates no high-pressure salesman can thrust his foot.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-20
Income Publicity

Sentiment in Congress is said to be strong for the Doughton bill, fathered by the chairman of the House ways and means committee, to repeal the statute permitting publicity on incomes of $15.- GOO or more year. It is expected to come up for a vote soon, and if it passes will then go to the Senate, where it may meet more opposition.
 Two reasons are given for abolishing this measure. First, people don't like to have their private financial affairs dragged into public notice. Second, it subjects people to annoying solicitation from agents of all kinds. There has also grown up sort of racket" in the selling of lists of names, obtained from federal income tax reports, of people making good incomes. Together, these reasons seem more important than any given for the present publicity. The main thing IS that purpose the publicity clause seems to have very little to do.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-20
Practical vs. Political

If there were ever any practical advantages to come from reorganization of our state government, they have been pretty well buried now by political dis advantages. It is clear by now that both parties in the Legislature, and the democratic in particular, are not sold or reorganization In fact it looks as if the issue is being "ducked," to use common expression It is hard to accuse our legis- lators of such a thing as this, but the facts are there.
 We recall predicting some weeks back that the reorganization bill looked as if it were facing the same fate as the tax reorganization set-up of several years ago. We are still talking about reducing taxes for the property owner and equal- izing his burden, but it's mostly talk. And this despite several new forms of taxation which have proved to be rich sources of income for the state. Witness the states own estimates and the actual amount taken in on cigarettes and liquors.
 And even at this session there is talk of state income tax or sales tax or cosmetics tax or a tax on unearned income. All this, we presume, is in the interest of that long sufferer, the property owner who foots the bill for the cities and towns And so it is with reorganization, too, only here the legislator finds source of patronage apt to be pinched or removed from his hands. So there is much hemming and having and referring here and there. If there is unified group for reorganization, we'd like to know about it. Right now it looks as if headed for the open seas.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-20
Male Home Economists

A feeling of mingled admiration and pity is stirred by the tale of the commut- ing husbands in the east who decided to do something about the rising cost of living. These reformers met daily on the 8:06 a. m. train and during the run into New York discussed, naturally enough, the way domestic expenses were rising.
 They were charitable in their discus sion. Wives, they admitted, could not be expected to have the same business intelligence men developed in their offices in the daily process of bread-winning. Wouldn't it be good idea to take little of that business efficiency into the home and to teach their wives about thrift and household management? It would, they decided. An organization was the thing. They would call it the Home Conservation Movement. They would invite other committing gentlemen to join. They would map program.
 About that time the beautiful plan met some beautiful obstacles. Wives got wind of 1t all. They thought the project silly. The president of the new organization
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-20
Institutional Care

The progress made by legislators and state officials in drawing up a program of spending the $11, 100000 for institutions has reached the point now where sugges- tions are being made from the side-lines There doesn't seem to be too much of a disposition on the part of those vitally concerned with drawing up the program to do so right away. Everyone is more or less marking time or endeavoring to have included in the must" list pet project. Promises are being banded around, too, judging by what you hear and read.
 There should be definite announce ment on the point of the tota. amount to be spent. All we know is that $11 100000 or whereabouts is available. Twice and even three times this sum could easily be spent on capital projects that are not of the moment, but have been hanging fire for months and years in some cases. It is reliably reported that the governor frowns on any attempts to increase the available bond money by issuing more bonds. If that is the procedure then let 1t be known far and wide and have no more dallying with possible increases in ap- propriations.
 With the sum set and unable to be changed the program must be made to conform We side now with those who believe that the bulk of the money should go towards institutional building, expan- sion, and repairs where the mentally sick are concerned. In short to the state hospitals and the proposed new school for feeble-minded should go most of our financial attention right now. After that comes care of the tubercular. These by far supersede the demands for new soldiers home and even the much-denied improvements at the state college.
 Adhering to program based on such needs as these no legislator, regardless of party affiliations, could help but merit the approval of his constituents.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-20

There has been much favorable discus sion of the recently-enacted bill providing jury services for women. All that pre- vents it being a law is the governors signature, which is assured and may by this writing have been affixed. However, very few people actually know just what the contents of the bill are. For example there are certain professions exempt from serving on juries. The section dealing with exemptions reads: Any woman who is a trained nurse in active practice, an assistant in hospital or an attendant nurse, or who is nursing sick member of her family or who has care of one or more children under the age of 16 years or who is included in any of the excep- tions set forth in section 5578 of the general statutes, shall, if she so desires, be exempt from jury duty during such time as she shall come within any of the exempted classes above specified. ..."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-20

Just 25 years ago last Saturday J. Henry Roraback won the chairmanship of the Republican State Central Com mittee. It was the first and practically the last time that he had to fight for this office. Almost without exception each succeeding year found members of the committee practically inviting him to serve again. There were exceptions, to be sure, and there were few times that he actually had to assert his leadership, but for the most part he has not merely been a popular party chieftain, but also an unanimous one. This has been partlcu- larly true of recent years. Whether or not all agree with him, all unite in paying him homage on his leadership.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-20

arrived at his home one fine evening to find sit-down strike. Before he could get his dinner he had to promise to pay all bills without question and to drop out of the organization. Other husbands decline to reveal their own experiences. They agree the plan is off.
 Women statiSticians could tell them, have long done about 80 per cent of the nations buying, and rather fancy their own ability to make a dollar go a little farther than seems possible.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-20
Answers To Questions
By Frederick M. Kerby

o. Which actress first made a success on the New York stage in "The Last of Mrs. Cheyney?"
 A. Ina Claire.
 e. Is the Edison Star" an elec- tric light suspended far up in the sky?
 A. The statement that Thomas A. Edison sent up on clear nights a brilliant light was hoax. About forty-odd years ago newspaper re- porter published such an item, and the story has persisted to this day. Edison himself said that there was not the slightest foundation for the story.
 @. Does the federal government own stock in the, federal reserve banks?