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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-08-18

District Commissioners is the author
ity contained in the bill for the Treas
| ury to advance funds to keep the
city going until local tax collections
| for the current fiscal year come in.
| District officials have been fearful the
small amount Of revenue they have
| left to their credit in the Treasury
would be used up on current operat-
ing expenses before the tax measure
became law
Passage Of the measure marked the
end of months Of debate in House and
| Senate committees over how best 10
meet the 100000 deficit that stared
the city in the face for the current
| fiscal year.
Since the chief sources of revenue
| in the bill were compromises agreed
| on at the last minute. Congress in
| cluded a direction to the Commission
ers to make thorough study of the
entire tax structure and submit a re-
port when Congress reconvenes in
January With this in view the gross
receipts business tax was limited to
one year.
80 Full-Time Workers Needed.
The money to be used by the Dis
trict for the increased staff is to come
out of the 1888 appropriations for the
assessor, collector, department Of We
hicles and traffic corporation coun-
sci and the contingent for purchase
of office furniture.
There will be SO full-time annua
employees appointed and "a part time
per diem workers. the latter to en-
able the traffic director to establish
the motor vehicle weight tax
There will be three big" new Jobs
Corporation Counsel Elwood H. Sea
will be given an assistant at $4,000 q
year and Tax Assessor Fred D. Aller
will be given two assistants at 50 1900
One of these will be placed in charge
of the business privilege tax and the
other in charge of the inheritance anc
estates tax.
All told, the assessor will get 3;
new assistants, the collector 3, the
corporation counsel and the traf.
fic director "a.
Commissioner Hazen promptly or.
dered Seal to start at once on tn,
drafting of regulations for the opera.
ton of the several new levies. TIL,
major job in this connection is with
the business privilege tax.
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TRYST PROVES FATAL

SPRINGFIELD. Mo. August 10
(P,.-A sunset tryst of an elderly cou-
pie ended in tragedy YESTERDAY when
a motor car plunged down a 75-foot
cliff, killing Mrs. J. E, Halligan, 10,
Quincy, III.
Mr.. and Mrs. Halligan were sitting
in their motor car watching the SUM-
set over Seven Falls Bluff, near Bran
son, Mo. Halligan got out of the car.
The brakes failed to hold and before
he could stop it, the car rolled over the
cliff, carrying his wife to her death.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-08-18
POSTS $4,000 BAIL

Former New York Broker Is Ac-
cused in $4,000 swindle.
NEW YORK, August 10 (R.-Glenn
Salmon, A, Of Dallas, Tex, was re-
leased in $4,000 bail yesterday on q
charge Of fleeing Dallas authorities
who sought him in connection with an
alleged $4,000 swindle.
Former owner Of prosperous pro-
keraee business here and in Phila.
delphla before the depression, Salmon
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-08-18

called former Police Commissioner
Richard E. Enright and Frederick p.
Lowering Of the First National Bank,
Chicago, to testify as character wit
nesses. Both asserted his business
reputation was Of the highest, and
Lowering put up $500 in cash as bail.
Salmon told Magistrate Peter A.
Abeles he had received the $4,000 In
question in business deal and had
returned half Of it. The magistrate
set August "a for further hearing.
The Washington times., 1937-03-29
Griffs, Sox Test
New Baseball

(COnt. from First Sports Page)
Of hide off his thigh. 1t is the
prize strawberry" of the major
league crop down the ages. Fred
can't walk this morning, and he'll
be out of action for some time.
He will do well to escape at least
a minor infection.
Wright in Right
With Sington out of action,
Taft Wright will have his chance
to play right field. There are just
a few camp followers who vel
come this development with the
same enthusiasm as Wright well
comes it. Not that Sington had
to be injured; far from that. But
Wright has merited chance, and
was slow in being granted. Wright
is not a gazelle in the outfield. He
dances around a little under the
ball, but he moves with greater
certainty than does the bulkier
Sington.
Whether or not Wright can hit
southpaw pitching this writer does
not know and will not predict. He
looks the part of a natural hitter,
and natural hitters can hit in q
cellar, or in a wheel chair.
There is a possibility that Jess
Hill will play, but this is doubtful.
The Washington times., 1937-03-29
KIRK MILLER SAYS:

'be. They graced the game as few
others have, and thrilled thou
sands to their toes.
Get Them at Plate
And I don't mean to merely
have these grand guys present at
the game. I mean to reserve .
block of seats for them near
home plate where they could
stroll out and be introduced over
the loudspeaker in about ten
minute ceremony preceding the
game
While every man jack in the
stands-and women, too-stood in
awed respect.
should like to hear Myer Gold.
mans band play, ever so softly,
Aud Lang Syne" as they strolled
out to home plate, and, very
briskly, For He's a jolly Good
Fellow" as they strolled back to
their seats.
Wouldn't that be a tear-ierker
for you!
And wouldn't 1t adorn with q
lovely sentimentality the greatesS
one-day show in baseball
The Washington times., 1937-03-29
JaCoby Elected
To Boat Body

At the annual meeting Of the
New Jersey Outboard Association
at the Majestic Boat Club, Carl.
Stadt. N. j., Commodore Emil
Jacoby and Vice Commodore Jul
ius Saragavy were named to serve
another year in the same capa-
city.
Other officers elected for the
coming year were Rear Commo-
dore Lew Franco; Honorary Com.
modore Charles F. Chapman: secre-
tary, Warran A. Lucas; treasurer,
A. Frank Faccio; measurer, A. D.
MacFarland; timer, Ernest Rose,
and scorer. Edmund List.
New Brunswick. ~. j., was
awarded the New Jersey State
Outboard championships to be
run on the Raritan River, May 20.
The eight Annual Spring Out
board Regatta Of the New Jersey
Outboard Association has been
scheduled for CarlStadt, Sunday,
June z.
The Washington times., 1937-03-29

Many racegoerS profess a deep
diSdain for everything connected
with such events as the Carolina
Cup, the Maryland Hunt Cup and
the Virginia Gold Cup, outstanding
steeplechaSe races of America.
However, on Saturday, the wise
guy racegoers received a dreadful
shock.
Harry Richards, who rode Fairy
Hill to victory in the Santa Anita
Derby and who lifted Rosemont
home ahead of Sea Biscuit in the
100000 santa Anita Handicap,
and who is rated by many a. Amer
ic'S best jockey, finished a bang-up
last on Montpelier Stables Pi-
mento II in flat raca down in
Camden, S. c.
The race, known as the Camden
Plate, was won by Golden Fairy,
owned by Mrs. Cambell Weir, a
deVotee of country racing. j. v. H.
Bobby Davis, amateur, had the
leg up on Golden Fairy.
It must have seemed funny to
Richards to come in looking st the
heels of nags ridden by amaveurs.
Fugitive Still Good
Saturdays results in the hunt
meeting at the beautiful and his
toric Springdale course at Camden
indicate Cd that Mrs. George H.
Bostwick's old reliable, Fugitive, is
far from done as a steeplechaSer;
90 that Mrs. Randolph Scott has
a star of the brush courses in
Golden Reel; CD that John M.
Schiff'S Indigo Is far from him
self; and "a that Richard K. Mel
Ions Escape III must not be
counted out as unworthy to race
against Americas topnotch timber
toppers.
In Saturdays Carolina Cup
arce, Fugitive, ever a front run
ner, took an early lead, increased
it after the race progressed and
won by a sixteenth of a mile.
Indigo was second, badly beaten
by Fugitive. Ben Leslie Bahr's
VI GIoC was GLll1u.
Dion Kerr rode the gelded son
Of Tripter-Bright Leaf, in 5:43
As. Always a difficult horse to
rate, ever since he first came to
the country race meetings, Fugi-
tive started with a bang, ran at
top speed throughout and fin
ished with plenty left. Kerr did
not restrain Fugitive at any
stage of the journey.
Not Fully Recovered
Indigo may have been short
and may have required Satur.
days race to tighten him for
tests to come. However, from
this far away it would appear
that the son of Stefan the Great
has not fully recovered from that
breakdown of last year as he
was being readied for the Mary.
land Hunt Cup.
Escape III, a consistent win.
ner over timber, was held at odds
Of 3 to 2 to win the Carolina Cup
as against 6 to 5 for Indigo and
3 to l for Fugitive. He went
down at the fifteenth fence. Had
he stayed up. he might have won.
He had a world of speed but he
was fencing badly. With half
a male to go, he was closing in
on Fugitive, who was five lengths
in front Of him when he came
a cropper.
The original field Of 10 named
The Washington times., 1937-03-29
BIdttner Looms S
In Table Tennis

Although America now is rec.
orgnized as the champion table
tennis country Of the world as a
result of its teams victory in the
world tournament at Prague this
winter, local table tennis fans will
be able to see for themselves to-
morrow night Just how far one of
the United States best players is
behind the worlds singles cham
pion.
For Robert Bud" Blattner, of
the American team which plays
Europe in the international
troupe's local exhibition at Heu.
richs gymnasium, is one Of this
country's hopes for individual SUI
premacy, and he will demonstrate
his skill here against the top per,
former of them all.
It all will come about in one Of
the four singles matches Of the
evening in which Blattner will
play Standa Kolar, the Czecho-
Slovakian. Kolar now holds the
worlds singles title and the play
Of the 17-year-old Blattner against
him should be one of the high
lights of the program.
Kolar also will stack UP against
the other American, Sander
Clancy, in singles, while both Blatt-
ner and Glance also will play the
other member Of the European
pair, Laszlo Bellak, of Austro-
Hungary. Because his style of
play includes many trick shots, it
is highly possible that Belalk may
steal the show from the Blattner-
Kolar duel.
Only one match takes place at a
time, however, allowing the spec
tatorS' concentration on the
match in progress. According to
advance notices, the match will
proceed as follows: ID Glance VS..
Bellak, 90 Blattner VS.. Kolar, (3)
Blattner and Glance VS.. Bellak
and Kolar, "a Glance cs. Kolar,
(5) Blattner VS.. Bellak. An extra
exhibition between Bellak and
Kolar will follow the regular
matches, thus presenting former
worlds champion, Bellak, against
the reigning champ.
The Washington times., 1937-03-29

for the first of this country's
steeplechase classics listed for de-
cision this year was reduced to
seven at post time. Quite natur-
ally, with Fugitive a sixteenth of
a mile in the van, the finish of
the race was flat. However, the
finish of the Springdale, which
witnessed the duel between Mrs.
SCOTS Golden Reel and F.. Am
brose Clark's Birmingham, was
thrilling.
Golden Reel Comes Through
Birmingham, winner of the race
by the narrowest of margins,
tested Golden Reel and the latter
was not found wanting. He
proved himself in this race. The
son Of Sun Charmer-Anna NJ, ably
handled by Francis Bellhouse, who
is called the King of Professional
Riders" in American Steeplechas-
Ing circles, was given a magnifi.
cent ride in the final so yards to
take the verdict from Golden Reel
by a whiSker. The situation, with
50 yards to go, called for finesse
Dollhouse had it. The English
boy who was reared in France and
came to America to make a name
for himself proved the star rider
OF the day, although Bobby Davis
mad the leg up on three winners
OF the Seven-race card.
The timber-toppers go in the
Deep Run Hunt Cup at Rich
mond, Va, next Saturday.
The Washington times., 1937-03-29
Nader, Williams
Settle Feud
Tonight
Cont. from First Sports Page)

developed Steve H mas, Max
Schmeling's conqueror. and be-
lieves he has a real prospect in
the big collegian.
In preliminary bouts, of four
rounds each, frankie DeAngelo,
Washington featherweight, will
meet Joe Leto of Baltimore, and
Joe Palooka" Mat h ewS. Rich
mond lightweight, will battle Mike
O'beary of Baltimore. DeAngelo,
once a headliner, now seeking
comeback, is out to gain revenge
for last weeks booed decision at
the hands of Leto.
Williams is expected to tip the
beams at 172, and Nader at ITS at
the weighing-in ceremonies today.
Fearful less there might be a hang
over from last weeks run out"
Matchmaker Ahearn ordered Ma
der and his manager, Matty Her
bert, to be in town "a hours ahead
of the match. The New York pilot
and his dark-haired protege ar
rived yesterday afternoon.
Nader has fought here five
times, whipping Billy Niche twice;
toppling Billy Ketchell, losing to
Jack Roper and drawing with Will
liams. Nader, off to a slow start,
showed strong finishing powers
against Williams, although many
ringside observers were prone to
think the Hobo deserved the nod.
And there were plenty of others
who figured Nader was the win.
ner.
Managed and trained by Harry
Groves, Williams flashed his best
form against Nader, shooting
The Washington times., 1937-03-29
Team Departs
For Tourney
Tomorrow
By GARRETT WATERS


Monday rambles: The Glen
Falls basketball tournament at
Glens Falls, N. Y, keeps the high
schools court-minded this week
..at least 1t will serve as the
Western High five's choice ath-
letic dish.
The Georgetowners, with Cliff
Moore, coach, in charge, leave for
the tourney site by train tomor.
row. and by Thursday, If they
get in the first draw, will attempt
to carry on their successes Of the
local basketball season.
The five regulars who played so
we'll in the recent interhigh series
feature the group of youngsters
making the trip. they include
Gerald Burns and George Dewitt,
all-highers; Hop Lomax, Paul He'll
and Hugo Schulz.
Talented Reserves
Others to go comprise Irving
Needle, Bobby Holloran, Tom Say
lor and Tom Ward, talented re-
serves All of whom represent
the nucleus for next years team.
It will be interesting to note how
Westerns great defense will stack
up in the GlenS Falls affair =.
Should it go as we'll as in the re-
cent interhigh series, Brown Prep,
of Philadelphia, and all of the
other crack teams will be forced
to step for triumphs Brown
Prep is the defending champ, and,
incidentally. the team which
stopped Eastern High last year.
This tourney, win or lose, will
climax one of the best seasons in
a decade for western High basket
ball teams Many have come
near winning championships in
the past But few have had
the old stamina and class to crash
through.
There's always a sad note to
any success you can take Cliff
Moores word for it it's the
fact Burns, Dewitt and the rest
will graduate before the 1878
basketball campaign however,
Moore will keep plugging away in
the hope Needle, Holloran, Saylor
and Ward, the holdovers, will
come through in acceptable style.
Holiday Calls Halt
The Easter holiday period calls
a halt to most baseball activities
for the schools practice seS-
sions are the plan of one or two OF
the mines but, on the whole,
little will be done until after school
Is resumed, April 5.
Then the boys will have that
week in which to prepare for the
opening of the interhigh series =. :.
the first game is slated between
Tech and Woodrow Wilson on a
tield yet to be named.
H. K. BoSley, Of woodrow Wilson
High, is chairman of baseball Z.
and a mighty fine executive he
promises to be the meeting
he called last week is an tndica.
ton of his interest 70 make this
years series the hest in years"
while the complete enthusiasm
shown by representatives from
each school, who attended the
luncheon, help show the co.pera.
tive spirit the same Mr.. BoGley
has generated throughout the
school system.
The Washington times., 1937-03-29

rights and lefts with terrific speed
and power.
A crack at Bob Olin, former
worlds light heavyweight cham
pion. awaits the winner of to-
nights Mader-WilliamS m C h..
Matchmaker Ahearn plans such a
bout for his first outdoor show.
First bout goes on at $50.
The Washington times., 1937-03-29
6. W. High Prizes
Track Slate

ALEXANDRIA, Va, March 20.
The George Washington High
track team will invade Richmond.
Va, April IA, to compete in the
central division track meet, which
will probably be held on the
Thomas Jefferson High athletic
field.
Fifty local cinder-path warriors
have been pounding the track
daily and Coaches Given and Will
liams are more than satisfied with
the outlook for a banner year.
AL Stearman, playground flash,
is expected to take care of the
Presidents in the dashes, tield.
event men, however, must be de.
Veloped.
Jack Hudson, star hurler with
local teams, has signed with the
Sanford team, a Nat farm in the
Florida league, and has been Or
dered to report on April 8. Last
year Hudson had a try-out with
the washington Griffmen.
He is highlander and weighs
100 pounds.
The Alexandria Light Infantry
and Marines Reserves will prob
ably open the local military cham
pionship court series here tomor-
row night as preliminary to the
Observation-Disclosures Fla shes
senior loop title contest.
On Saturday night the Flashes
won from the Times-Herald, 34.31.
The Happy Valley baseball team
held a snappy workout at Rob-
erts' Stadium yesterday, IS players
reported. Herbery Blunt, director,
announced the team would per-
form in the Old Dominion Night
League. He is also seeking Sunday
games. His phone number is Alex
andria 63-J.
On wednesday night the XII
wants and Rotary bowling team
clash in the finals for the service
club title at the Health Center
alleys. The match begins at 8:15
o'clock. Five games will be rolled.
The Kiwanians are favored to win.
The Washington times., 1937-03-29
Cont. from First Sports Page)

Cont. from First Sports Page)
these cornerstones Of the sport
be brought together each summer?
Walter johnson, for instance,
could walk, or even ride a horse,
should his motor be indisposed for
the July game, he is so close.
"Cy" Young lives on farm in
Indiana. Hans Wagner is no
farther away than Pittsburgh,
where he is either in or on the
fringe of politics.
Cobb, Ruth, Speaker
Babe Ruth could make the
grade, as could Ty Cobb, from out
in Menlo Park, California. iris
Speaker is in Chicago, in the cafe
and radio broadCaSting business.
I'm not positive about Nap La.
joie's whereabouts, but he could
be dug up and thereby complete
a great exhibit of which baseball
and its patrons would we'll be
proud and highly interested.
For instance. I'd revel in cor
nering either one of them for in
terviews-personal accounts of
their conquestS. opinions on mod
ern-day baseball, and comparisons
of current players with those of
the mauve decade.
I'd like to see Frank Baker
come here from the Eastern Shore
Of Maryland for this game. He
was the first home run king"
you know.
Sam Rice should be there, and
that goes for Joe Judge. This
last pair are particular chattels Of
Washington fans, and always will
The Washington times., 1937-03-29
CoIumbians Drill

Tuesday morning at II o'clock
the Columbian A. C. will hold its
first diamond workout on the
Roosevelt High School field. Can
didates under IS years of age are
invited to report. Z"
The Washington times., 1937-03-29
Leading Pro Jockey
Trails Amateurs
By HARRY COSTELLO

You tell about this hunt meeting business
country racing, if you will,
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-08-19

guarding span They grabbed
Emil yelled for the American sentry the Texas side but the sentry
didn't him. The soldiers hustled him off the local jail and
threw him into a CELL
Sentenced to the Salt Mines
morning they hailed Emil there learned
his Mexican friend him of hitting him for
Mexcans jaw with his haymaer He told his side of the but the
believe couldn't
Emil said he had tossed it,
They him his him sign
Spanish which Emil couldn't three
They refused let him with his officers at Fort
Mcintosh but Emil had consolation Soldiers the United States
being done about it, They'd be looking for him by this maybe
they'd find him.
him Then Emil the shock of his life The consul told him he had
tried and sentenced the nlandhe
mines from which, people said back aivel
The had obtained which would the
taking Emil OF Laredo while but
then that he could Emil from the mines They put
Emil back the celand then began period of waiting.
Tough Days in the Prison Cell.
Day after day by The uncertainty driving Emil half
but the itself There ten of
the cell he land let out for exercise for
floor didn't have blanket shared cigarettes with
Mexican and they shared their and blankets with
getting along fine with those fellows until night arrival
thrown into dungeon.
This all hoped with and he lost no
telling English gringoes general
soldiers particular that night had sleep
ting position with back the wall to make I'd be alive the
day.
the guards colored him
the guards English He serving
mbbed while
working prison in the street he had made break for the
But of the guards brought him rifle bullet He
died as talking to him."
the American rushing
all
the end of Emis troubles and couple days later he
leased The consul took him home him big feed sort Of make up
for the short raon ne had and him back the
And that time tried to hghack them their the
g Service.
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Floyd &S6onf
ADVENTURES CLUB
HEADLINES FROM THELIvEs
OF PEOPLE LIKE URsELFl
" Terror In Old Mexico +"
BY FLOYD GIBBONS
Famous Headline Hunter

IT EREs yarn from Emil Berg of Brooklyn. N Y-he story
of how November 1927 he faced the terrible
fates imagine You know Russia the worst
be given stretch in the horrible salt mines
of Siberia
prisoners who
and wastedmere shadows Of the they
Mexico they have saltmine
than Siberia They
those
they that the down them back at ALL
And that's where they to send Emil Berg
while Emil the border He
with the Fourth Field" and the
the drink of Mexican beer
prohibition
beer harder this side of the border
Emil Laid Out q Bad Mexican
November Emil Nuvo Laredo the
Mexican d having drink About eight o'clock he started for
his the international bridge the Rio
Grande omnou looking individual stepped out of the bushes de-
serted and asked Emil what his
Emil had been doing boxing the Fort Mcintosh bowl
pretty well Laredo At first he thought that
this fellow had recognized him andwejust wanted to talk
looking business Of = foryfve.
his hands, but the Mexican chose that
his take down the only took
Emil his chance He put his whole hundred and fifty
eight pounds behind wemed haymake caught the Mexican
sumped the ground Emil bent down and picked
into the bushes and continued his
bridge stTolng along
fashonkng his time about it, But when he got there he
the Mexican
short cut and beaten him the bridge talking to the Mexican
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-08-19

IF AUTUMN comes will you be-
left behind with faded summer
frocks, Madam? No, no, many
times no--that is, not If you will
but accept this cordial invitation
from Sew our-Own. It's the
easy way to become frock-sure of
chic for yourself and your daugh-
tiers, as well. So Madam, why not
sew, sew, sew-your-ownl
A Dutch Treat.
1t isn't often mother gets a break
(it's beauty before age, you know
but this trip she does. Sew Your
Own has designed, especially for
her, an all-occasion frock (above
left that's simply lovely to look
at, II fathers compliments have
become a bit rusty from lack of
use, this frock will bring them
back to their former brightness.
It's pretty in any fabric: gingham.
silk crepe, rayon prints, percale,
or sheer wool.
Sweet m Simple.
It's treat, too, for mother when
she finds a dress for Little Sis
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-08-19
Notary Public's Oath

A notary public is a public Of
ficer who takes acknowledgement
of. or otherwise attests or certifies,
deeds and other writings, or copies
of them. usually under his official
seal, to make them authentic, and
takes affldavits, dispositions, and pro-
tests of negotiable paper. In the
United States appointments are
made by the governors of the states.
The oath is as follows: II do SOL
EMMY swear that ! will support the
Constitution OF the United States
and the constitution of the state of
(name Of state) and that | will faith
fully and impartially discharge the
duty of notary public for (name of
county,. according to the best OF my
skill and ability; SO help me God"