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Evening star., 1937-06-23
NEW JAIL IS URGED
BY CHURCH GROUP
Called "AbsoIute Necessity"
in Letter Received by
Commissioners.

4 new District jail was called IAN
absolute necessity" In communi-
cation received by the Commission
ers today from the Committee on
Civic Affairs of the Washington Fed
, Grafton of Churches.
Overcrowding Of both the jail and
Lorton Reformatory has brought about
- very serious situation" the COM
mittee said.
Investigation by our committee" j"
said the letter, written by Wilbur La
Roe, jr., committee chairman, shows
that there are now 1877 persons housed
In the District Jail, with normal ac-
commodations for only about 500
The overcrowding, serious enough In
itself, Is not the only evil, because
the Jail itself is old-fashioned and
inadequate. Merely to enlarge it
would not serve the purpose. A COM
plete new jail Is an absolute neces-
sity."
La Roe said the situation at Lor-
ton. which has over 1,70O inmates,
with normal capacity OF 1900, lis
even worse because there Is not only
serious overcrowding but an mex
cusable mixture OF youthful Offend
ers with hardened criminals"
The committee also urged the CON-
mSsioners to curtail the number of
taxicabs allowed on the streets in
the interest of safety and the eco
nomic welfare of the drivers. The
committee said:
The number Of cabs on our streets
Is now nearly 1900, which is proba bly
at least 80 per cent in excess of the
number reasonably required. AS a
result. the drivers are working cruelty
long hours for compensation which
too often Is less than a living wage. -
Declaring that the toll Of human
lives lost in traffic accidents is in
excusably large" the committee sug-
gested "a substantial reduction In the
number OF cabs, coupled with 4 larger
measure OF responsibility and i'm
proved earnings for the drivers"
A third communication sent by the
committee was addressed to Repre-
sentative Ludlow, Democrat, of In
diana, expressing hope that his reso-
luton prohibiting manufacture Of rum
in the Virgin Islands with Govern
ment funds would be approved.
1T is disgraceful thing" said the
committee, ''for the United States
Government, directly or indirectly. to
engage in the manufacture of alco-
holic liquors. The Government should
Be ashamed Of ITSELF"
Evening star., 1937-06-23
Tariff Posts Filled.

President Roosevelt has designat-
ed Raymond B. Stevens OF New
Hampshire to be chairman and Henry
F. Grady Of California to be vice
chairman Of the Tariff Commission
Stevens recently was renamed to the
commission after resigning to cam
paign for the Presidents court bill.
Grady was appointed last month to I'LL
q vacancy.
Evening star., 1937-06-23

from st. Adams Episcopal and Ana.
costa M. E. Churches and the Catho.
lie Daughters Of America.
Rev E. G. Mormon and E. M. Weeks
were to be in charge Of the st. Al-
bans Sunday School, and Miss A. E.
uhl was to escort the Catholic chill.
dren.
More than 400 Sunday schools are
booked for picnics at Glen Echo this
season, the park management an
nounced. The Elks will entertain the
orphans Of Washington there for the
twenty fourth consecutive wear.
Evening star., 1937-06-23
MRS. HENGESBACH DIES
Funeral Services Scheduled fol
Tomorrow Morning,

Mrs. Mary Agnes Hengesbach, 10,
widow Of Charles F. Hengesbach, for
mer District letter carrier and veteran
OF the Indian Wars, died Monday at
her home, 1875 Good Hope road south
east, after a long illness
Surviving are a daughter, Elizabeth,
and three sons, Carl, Francis and
James Hengesbach.
Funeral services will be held at 9
am. tomorrow in st. Teresa,s Cath
olic Church. Burial will be In Airing
ton National Cemetery,
Evening star., 1937-06-23

Want q BATH Well, il you're in
Rome, start up the "Scaldabdgno!"
That makes the ,Dater hot. It's
doing like the Romans do. Amer
ican ,Uiues learn quickly, and Betty
Guptill OF Maine and Rome tells
you ho1D. Her husband, Charles H.
Guptill, is an Associated Press cor
respondent. This Is the third of
four stories of American ,Dives "at
home abroad"
Evening star., 1937-06-23
SUNDAY SCHOOLS HOLD
PICNICS AT GLEN ECHO
Three Groups Open Season Of Out
ings Today, With 400
Listed at Park.

Three Sunday school groups were
scheduled today to start the Summer
outing season With picnics at Glen
Echo Park. They included groups
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-04-14

SEE TRIMMER FIRST
 For all kinds of feed, also fertilizer Phone IA. adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-04-14
NOTICE TO PAY SCHOOL TAX

All male persons between the ages 'of 2l and 50 years, who are not sailors in the United States Navy or Revenue Cutter Service, volun- Hteer firemen, paupers or insane per- sons, are required to pay an annual School Tax of $5.
 This tax is due and payable after the first Monday in April and shall be paid before May 1, providing you are in the Territory on said first
 date; if not, the tax is due within
 30 days after your arrival in Alaska or within 10 days after written or
 oral demand is made upon you by
 Inc School Tax Collector. Taxes no,
 paid in accordance with the fore
 going requirements shall become de-
 linquent, and each person delin-
 quent shall be subject to fine ol $2.
 ' All persons subject to, and refus- ing or neglecting to pay said tax are subject to a fine of $25 or i'm prisonment in jail for a period oi Ipne month.
 F A. w. HENN1NG, City Clerk School Tax Collector
 adv. for Juneau.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-04-14
YOUNG TERRY KNOCKED OUT
 BY A. H0STAK

SEATTLE, Aprll lr.-Al Hostak, of Seattle, technically knocked out Young Ferry, of Newark, N. J.. in the second round of middle weight scrap here last night.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-04-14
BOB NESTELL
 PUTS RAMACE
 DOWN AND OUT
Smashing Tenth Round Vic. tory Puts Heavyweight
 Up in Honors
ON HER TOES

LOS ANGELES, Cal, '.pr:i IA Bob Westell scored smashing tenth round technical knockout last night over Lee Ramage. of San Diego, laying his claim as being Califoynia's outstanding heavy weight.
 Ramage held the lead until the tenth when he was overwhelmed with a barrage of fists.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-04-14

Alaska" b5 Lester D. Henderson.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-04-14
GAMES TUESDAY

Sacramento 1; San Francisco 2. Portland 2; Los Angeles 5. San Diego 1 Oakland 4, sixteen innings.
 Seattle II; Missions 2.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-04-14

FLY TO DAWSON with BARR. plane leaving tomorrow. Low round trip rates. See L. F. Barr or Louis Delebecque at the Gastineau Hotel.
 adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-04-14
SEATTLE BEATS MISSIONS 11-2,
 GAME TUESDAY
Indians Go Back to Top of Column in Pacific Coast BIB. League Standings

SAN FRANCISCO, April IA. = Seattle enjoyed a batting holiday yesterday at the expense of the Mission hurlers and scored an easy victory by score of II to 2. Indi- dentally Seattle again went to the top of the column in League stand ings by the win.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-04-14
SIX HITs-FIvE RUNS

LOS ANGELES, April 14,--Timely hitting vastly improved their de- fense yesterday afternoon and gave Los Angeles 5 to 3 victory over Portland The Angels turned six hits into five runs in the first seven innings.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-04-14
MAJOR LEAGUE SEASON OPENS
 NEXT TUESDAY

NEW YORK, April IA. Every Major League baseball club opens the season next Tuesday with a new lineup, except the Yankees White Sox and Tigers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-04-14
STEELE IS TO MEET OvERLIN,
 ON MAY FOURTH
Title Will Be at Stake Bout Scheduled for
 Fifteerf Rounds

SEATTLE, April 24 - freddie Steele, middleweight champion, has been matched by pronoter Nate Druxman, to meet Ken Overlin, of Richmond. Virginia. in ~-oeen- round title match here on May 4
 Steele has been guaranteed $l7,- 500
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-04-14
s100,Qo0 6 A I E. FOR BAER FARR FIGHT THURSDAY

LONDON. April IA. = Thirteen thousand are expected to spend $100000 tomorrow to see Max Baer fight twelve rounds with Tommy Farr, British champion.
 Baer is a three to one favorite in the betting.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-04-14
JAYVEE SHELL IS
 DAMAGED, WORKOUT

OAKLAND, Cal, April 14-The University of Washington Jayvees have patched up their shell which was damaged yesterday when a log was hit during workout with the Varsity crew. The crews are pre- pairing for the race Saturday against California.
 
 Alaska" by Lester D. Henderson.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-04-14
REDWINGS, RANGERS
 TIED IN CUP SERIES

DETROIT, Mich, April 14.-The Detroit Redwings defeated the New York Rangers 1 to last night to even up the Stanley Cup series. two games each The deciding game will be played Thursday night.
Evening star., 1937-09-27
JOHN b:SH|NN, 55,
ENGINEER, DIES
Partner in Local Firm Is
Victim of Heart Attack
in Office.

John B. Shinn, SIS, partner in the
engineering firm of Jensen g. Shinn
and one-time assistant District sur
veyor, was found dead today in his
second-f1oor Office at the Insurance
Building, GOT Fifteenth street. Ar
Emergency Hospital physician, who
was summoned, said death apparently
was caused by a heart attack.
Mr.. Shinn's body was discovered by
Leo F. Haines, a lawyer, who was
passing through the hall and looked in
the open door of the Office. He said
Mr.. Shinn apparently had dropped to
the floor while at work near one Of the
drawing tables. His glasses lay beside
his head.
In 1901. Mr.. Shinn entered the sur
veyor's Office at the District Building
and was promoted through the various
grades, reaching the position of assist
ant surveyor in 1908 Later he served
under Commissioner Melvin c. Hazen,
who at the time was chief surveyor
In 1918 he resigned his post to enter
the Army.
He went to Richmond. Va, after the
war, but returned here a few years
later and opened a private engineering
Office.
Mr.. Shinn is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Holly Shinn, and daughter.
Martha, 5. His home is at 442l Lowell
street.
Evening star., 1937-09-27
BUS|NESSz0N|NG
AMENDMENT OK. D
Change in Privilege Tax
Necessary to Protect Ex-
listing Rules.

A necessary amendment to regu-
lations governing the new business
privilege tax to protect existing laws
zoning and locations Of
business was approved today by the
District Commissioners.
1t was drafted by Corporation
Counsel Elwood Seal and 10 v. Nor
gan, assistant in charge OF tax mat
ters. to plug up hole disclosed last
week.
The matter was called to attention
by Building Inspector John w. Oeh-
mann after q contractor paid the
necessary $40 and received . license
under the business privilege tax law
for the ensuing year. He then came
to Oehmann and applied for a sign
to advertise his business. Inquiries
developed that the contractor proposed
to conduct his business in q strictly
residential area from which signs are
excluded.
When the matter was brought to
the attention of the corporation coun-
sells ONCE it was ascertained there
was no provision in the business tax
law protecting zoning regulations.
The Office hurriedly wrote an amend
ment and recommended its adoption.
Morgan said today it Is possible
that the contractor in question or
others who had obtained licenses prior
to the approval OF the amendment
might bring test case, but he was
confident that such q case could not
be prosecuted successfully,
Evening star., 1937-09-27
D. c. WOMAN WINS
CATHOLIC AWARD
Miss Agnes Regan to Get
Honor as "0utstanding"
for Year.

Miss Agnes G. Regan, 2400 Nine
teenth street. will receive the first an
nual award to the Outstanding Cath
olic woman OF the year." by Theta
Pi Alpha, Catholic college women's
social sorority, 1t was announced to-
day.
Selection of Miss Regan to receive
the award was announced as the an
nual convention Of the National Coun-
Gil OF Catholic Women got under way
at the Mayfiower Hotel.
Miss Regan is acting director Of the
National Catholic School OF Social
Service here. Executive secretary o1
the Women'S Council since it was or
ganized in 1921, she appeared at con-
gressionAl committee hearings opposing
the equal rights blanket amendment
birth control and other measures.
Mrs F. A. Jettinghon Of Mount Ver-
non. ILL.,, sorority secretary, said the
presentation would be made at the
closing banquet Of the convention
Wednesday night.
The Marquesa de Cienfuegos, who
beat . military death sentence by
escaping from . Madrid prison,
brought tales Of horror from the
Spanish front to the convention this
morning.
The marquesa, an American woman
who WAS born Jane Anderson, told
how she twice heard the drum sig
mailing the assembly Of the firing
squad ordered to put her to death.
She was saved the second time
through last-minute Intervention by
the United States Government. Her
husband now Is in exile from Spain,
after confiscation Of his lands.
Miss Elizabeth B. Sweeney. execu-
tive secretary Of the Catholic Asso-
ciation for International Peace, led Z
luncheon peace forum. in which Miss
Mary G. Hawks Of Buffalo. Mrs. Louis
c. Nash of Omaha and Mrs. William
H. Connell. Pittsburgh, also partici-
pated.
The modern problem Of the home
and the responsibility Of parents for
the conduct Of their children also oc-
cupied the luncheon meeting Mrs
Joseph T. McNulty, Meriden, Conn.
suggested formation throughout the
country Of parent education study
clubs. with which she said Merider
has had great success.
Such clubs, Mrs McNulty said
should be designed Ito preserve family
| integrity and stability in this chaotic
period Of childless marriages and easy
divorce; to plant in the minds Of youth
and even children the understanding
that marriage Is . sacrament; that
building . home is q worthwhile ca.
reer for women, profession for hus-
band and wife for which intelligen,
preparation is necessary"
Mrs. McNulty added Of the club.
purpose:
Finally, its aims instill a respect fol
large families and it emphasizes thu
rewards Of sacrifice"
The convention. which opened Sat.
urday, closes Wednesday night. The
National Council Of Catholic Womer
Is connected with the National Cath.
olic Welfare Conference, 1912 Massa.
chusetts avenue.
Evening star., 1937-09-27
Wanted: Human
Guinea Pigs for
Tests on EcIuirs

Wanted: Some human guinea pigs
TO report to the District Health De-
partment for experimentation.
The volunteers who are brave enough
to report will be fed cultures from
some Of the chocolate eclairs which
last week made Ill approximately 500
persons in Washington and nearby
areas.
District scientists have been feeding
some Of the recaptured eclairs to guinea
pigs. They came from the supply Of
q local bakery which delivered them
last Thursday.
Whether seriously Of facetiously, DR.
Melvin P. Isaminger. director OF the
departments Health Education bureau,
said it would help If some brave men
and women with cast iron stomachs
would volunteer to substitute for the
guinea pigs"
1t will be several days before results
OF the experiments on the guinea pigs
will be alaly5ed. he said. Meantime,
he has suggested that there are cer-
tain bacteria which may be in the
eclairs but which might not show any
effect on the animals. Human guinea
pigs would Be far more desirable in
such experiments" he explained.
Evening star., 1937-09-27

her superintendent, she had served
the mission without pay, although she
founded and conducted the Children's
Emergency Home OF the mission and
Camp Bennett. the camp for under
privileged children at Brookeville. Md.
The Children's Home was estab-
lished In 1917 at 458 C street. and
later was combined with the Rescue
Mission Work in the seven-story
building at 6l3 c street. Mrs. Ben
nett is the first woman to head the
mission.
In addition to her mission activi-
ties, Mrs. Bennett has been promi-
nently identified with clubs and civic
organizations. She served as director
Of the South Atlantic region Of the
American Federation Of Soroptimists
Clubs, president OF the Women's City
Club, member OF the International Re-
lations Committee OF the National
Board Of Business and Professional
Women's Clubs, chairman of the
Women's Division of the District Of
Columbia Federal Housing Admins
tration and trustee Of the Interna-
tional Union OF Gospel Missions.
Members Of the board which ap-
pointed Mrs. Bennett are E. H. De-
Groot. jr, president; James Trimble,
vice president; Harry Hoskinson,
treasurer; Austin M. Cooper, secre-
tary; A. L. Baldwin, Arthur G. Bishop.
L. E. Breuninger, Merritt o. Chance,
w. W. Everett, Wilbur LARoe, jr, and
William H. Ramsey.
Evening star., 1937-09-27
FIVE HELD HERE :
IN JUNK RACKET
Pepco Looted of More Than
100000 Copper and
Lead, Is Charge.

Five men accused Of taking part In
An alleged Junk racket" that is said
to have looted the Potomac Electric
Power Co. of more than $4,000 worth
Of copper and lead were ordered held
for the grand jury when arraigned in
Police Court today.
Detective Sergt. Robert j. Barrett
who led the investigation resulting in
arrest Of the five men Saturday. said
several others were believed to be i'm
plicated in the racket. and he ex-
pected additional arrests during the
day.
Plead Not Guilty.
The five men in custody were al
legged to have handled between $50
and SIS worth of the stolen materials
each week during the last seven years
They all entered pleas Of not guilty
when arraigned before Judge Hobar,
Newman.
Three Of the defendants-Lawren
Bailey. 81, of 46s Maryland avenue
southwest. and Allie Downs. Sc, ol
634 Fifteenth street northeast, both
PepD foremen charged with granc
larceny. and George E. Leonard, Al
Of 1916 @ street northeast, a dumr
night watchman charged with re.
ceiving stolen property-waived pre-.
liuinary hearing. Bailey was helc
for grand jury action under $500 bono
and Downs and Leonard were helc
under $1,000 bond each.
Junk Dealers Accused,
Two junk dealers-Louis Fainberg
50. of 524 Quackenbos street, and hi.
son. Raymond Fainberg, charged with
receiving the stolen property-wer.
held under $4,000 bond each aftel
. preliminary hearing.
Barrett testified he arrested tn.
Fainbergs and Leonard just after tn,
junk dealers had paid Leonard S50.8:
for last weeks haul" Of copper anc
lead from the power company. HI
said Leonard admitted receiving tn.
property from Bailey and Downs
melting 1t so as to remove Pepcc
Identifying marks, and selling it *
the Fainbergs. Barrett said the prac.
tice had been carried on for sever
years, with Leonard's weekly sales
averaging between $50 and SIS.
Evening star., 1937-09-27
HEARINGS BOARD
Three Are Named for Inquiries on

Three Are Named for Inquiries on
Labor Questions.
Secretary Perkins today announced
appointment Of three members Of the
Public Contracts Board to conduct
hearings on labor questions under the
Walsh Healey public contracts law.
Thomas Holland, Fort Lauderdale,
Fla, former N. r. A. labor compliance
offlcer for New jersey, was named
chairman. The other two members
are Oscar r. Stackbein, Rock Springs,
Tex, and Mai. Robert N. Campbell,
johnson City, Tenn.
The Walsh Healey act sets up Gov
ernment standards as to hours and
wages for labor employed. by private
contractors engaged in v'rnmsnt
Evening star., 1937-09-27
CHURCH LEADER ASSAILS
N0N-ACTION IN CONFLICT
World Calls for America to Help,
Civic Affairs Chairman Says
at Rally.

Under certain conditions, MONACO
ton under the guise OF peace Is
synonymous with selflshness and with
cowardice," Wilbur LaRoe. jr., chair
man Of the Committee on Civic A.
fairs Of the Washington Federation of
Churches, said yesterday at rally
day exercises at Northnjnster Chapel
THE world is calling to us for help"
he said. How can q nation which
calls itself Christian continue rela-
tions with nation which bombs
helpless women and children from the
air? Or with 4 nation which wilfully
degrades and persecutes = splendid
race which has borne its share of SUI
fering from mans inhumanity. =
"For US so-called Christians to talk
piously about the Good Samaritan
and then to sit idly by while millions
suffer from barbarous cruelty Is the
height Of hypocrisy. A desire for
peace Is oonlmendable, but there are
conditions under which nn-action
under the guise Of peace Is synonymous
with selfishness and with cowardice." !"
Evening star., 1937-09-27
TAXESPA|DHE
0vER5M|LL|ONUP
Internal Revenue Bureaus
Report on Collections
Issued,

The District paid $5,725,521 more
in internal revenue taxes during the
last fiscal year than in 1886, accord
ing to the Internal Revenue Bureaus 8
annual report on collections.
The report, analyzing internal reve-
nue. collections for the year ended
June 80. shows these increased
s1,132, 1885, 900, or 322 per cent, over
the previous year. rejecting better
business conditions and higher taxes.
Collections aggregated 1868, 195, ,000
For Washington collections of all
taxes yielded $23,04S,4 ,45o this year, as
compared with $17.322.929 last year.
This represents an increase of slightly
more than 80 per cent.
Cause for Increase.
The report attributed the increase
In revenues to Continued improve
ment In business. changed provisions
and higher rates Of tax on individual
and corporate incomes and estates
and the new levies upon pay rolls. "
The latter were provided In the social
security act.
OF the total revenue collections, in
come taxes provided $2.148, ,663, 900.
This revenue increased 81 per cent
over the previous year, with the cor
poration income levy gaining 43 per
cent and the tax on individual in
comes 81 per cent
The greater revenue gain from IN
dividuak, ofncials said, was due in
part to operation OF the 1896 revenue
act, which imposed the surtax on un-
distributed corporate profits.
The tax tended to stimulate divi-
dend distributions, increasing taxable
income in the hands of security
holders. In addition, individuals paid
higher surtax rates on upper-bracket
incomes last year.
New York Payment.
New York provided $988, ,090, 900 o1
all internal revenue collections, OF
2l24 per cent. Next In line were
Illinois. with $40o, ,693, 900, or S.S1 pei
cent, and Pennsylvania, with $685.
$4,000, or 8.58 per cent. South Da-
kota recorded the smallest collections
for any State, with 81 ,626. 900, or o.01
per cent Of the aggregate.
It cost Uncle Sam an average Of
$l12 to collect each 500 OF taxes
the analysis showed. This compared
with $3.50 in the previous fiscal year
OF the 1887 total, the Districts In
dividual income tax payers paid $9,-
769, ,220 and corporations here con-
tributed $5,S52,150. District estate
taxes amounted to $3.508, 800.
Evening star., 1937-09-27
FISH ASSAILS HULL
FOR TRADE POLICIES
Reciprocal Treaties Are Destruc-
tive to Farmer and Laborer,
Representative Says.

~ the Associated Press.
Representative Fish. Republican. Of
New York, said yesterday Secretary
Hulls reciprocal trade policy was
causing this country to lose millions
Of dollars annually.
In . prepared statement, Fish said
the foreign trade of the United States
has dwindled' from = $477,745. 900 sur
plus In 1894 to = deficit Of $147, 1891 900
in the first six months of 1887.
''Mr. Hulls treaties" the New Yorker
said, ARE destructive to the best in
terests Of the American farmer and
the working man and are one Of the
main causes Of the continued unem-
ployment in the United States.
Secretary Hull has had free trade
obsession for 80 years and fails to
realize that American labor cannot
compete with Japanese labor paid IS
cents q day. or European labor paid
less than . dollar q day."
Evening star., 1937-09-27
D. C.. Goes IS Days
Without a Fatality
In Traffic Crashes

The Districts traffic death toll
has remained at ~ for the last
is days, trafiic ofnciak an
nounced proudly today.
Emphasis on safe driving
which preceded and followed the
opening Of schools may have
contributed to the comparatively
lengthy period In which there
have been no fatalities, 1t was
said.
Traf1ic cfncials are hopeful the
deathless driving period will con-
tinue until traflic mortality fig-
ures Of last year and this year
balance. At this time last year
trafnc deaths Atotaled "a.