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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-01
Those That Made Dividends

In 1888 Columbia Pictures the industry agog with
Grace Moores One Night Of Love- made em realize that
perhaps there was something to this operate stuff
The year 1884 brought Astare and Rogers right to
the head table. 'Top Hat whzbang of cEicker
Goodwin Mayer got into the musical money again
with the Jeanette MacDonaldNeson Eddy operetta
Naughty Marietta" Eleanor Powell restored tap dancing
to emnence in broadway Melody of 1885, and Roberta
breezed to fame with Irene DunneGnger .RogersFred
Astaire
The 1886 season produced ''Show Boat" and "The
Great Zegfeld with "Rose Marie" and few others in
the prize-winning list
There isn't doubt that those who mix and blend this
public reception of their They have learned for
instance that 500 setting does not necessarily mean
mon-dolar picture that something than optical en-
necessary you to interest the mass MOVIE
goer.
Before the next snow flies Hollywood will have produced
and distributed musical features Every studio has
production plans for melody entertainment.
Radio pictures will try fresh idea in New Faces Be-
sides having Penner and Milton Berle comics, this
feature will introduce youngsters who show great promise
and getting chance before the and micro
phones.
There will be Sam Goldwyns "Folies" Walter Wanger's
Vogues of 1885," Warner Bros. busy THE Sing
ing Marine which will star Dick Powell, and, Of course
issue of Gold Diggers."
Neutrality-suspicious. will offer "Rosalie,' with Ray
Bolger making his movie debut in fullength feature
Broadway Melody" entry and another Jeanette Mac
Donald-Neson Eddy operetta.
So give em a tune and watch the turnsties click
rhythmically
Evening star., 1937-03-02
MISSIONARY GIVEN
PASTORS AIDE POST
Rev. G. A. Ackerly to Assist Rev.
R. J. Clinchy at Mount Pleas
ant Congregational.

Rev. George A. Ackerly. for six
years an educational missionary IN
India. has been called to the newly
created Office of assistant minister
of Mount Pleasant Congregational
Church, Columbia road and Four
teenth street. it was announced yester-
day. He is expected to begin his
work early in April. He will be as
sociated with the pastor, Rev. Russell
J. Clinchy.
The post, which was created as
result of the resignation December l
Of Miss Lois nj. Kugler, director of
religious education of the church, is
expected to make possible the more
efficient handling of the educational
work of the church in the church
school and with the young people and
also to provide an administrative and
pastoral assistant to DR.. Clinchy.
Mr.. Ackerly, who is SO, has had wide
experience in the ministry. He was
educated at Wesleyan University and
the Yale Divinity School. After a
period as a director of religious edu-
cation and as a Connecticut pastor. he
went to India as an educational mis-
sionary for the Methodist Episcopal
Church. There he was principal Of
a school for boys in Arrah. near
Lucknow
After six years in India he re-
turned to this country to become
minister of the Congregational Church
at Mansfield Center, Conn. He was
married In 1926 to Miss Dorthy Eg-
gleston. . graduate Of the School Of
Missions of Hartford Seminary. They
have two children.
Evening star., 1937-03-02
VOTE FOR DISTRICT
STAND REITERATED
KenilWorth Citizens Also Favor
Increase in Compensation
for Commissioners.

The Kenilworth Citizens Associa-
ton again went on record favoring a
vote for "vote!ess Washington" in a
resolution adopted last night at a
meeting held in the Kenilworth
School.
President William Webb stated that
as there are several plans now being
prepared by various civic organiza-
tions to be introduced in Congress
relative to the vote, Earl Dillon. chair
man Of its Laws and Legislation Com
mittee, will make study of the pro-
posals and report at the next meeting
A resolution urging that the COM
pensation of the District Commission
ers be increased also was adopted
Copies of it will be forwarded to the
House and Senate District Commit
tees.
President Webb will appear before
Representative Ross A. Collins. chair
man of the Appropriations Subcom-
mittee. to ask that the Government
purchase the Shaw water gardens in
Kenilworth and convert it into a
park
S. ]. Murphy, chairman of the Park
and Planning Committee of the Or
ganization was instructed to make
study of the best location to have
bridge across the Anacostia River to
connect with Eastern avenue.
Evening star., 1937-03-02
COL. JAMES PARKER,
NATIVE OF D. c., DIES
Funeral Services Will Be Held at
2 PM. Thursday at Fort
Mver Chanel.

The War Department was notified
today of the death of Col. James s.
Parker, U. S. A., retired, native OF
the District of Columbia, at Carmel
Calf, February 81.
Born in Washington January 3,
1874, Col. Parker was graduated from
the Military Academy in June, 1895,
and was commissioned a second lieu
tenant of Cavalry.
After several tours of duty here he
entered the World War as colonel
of Infantry and served in France with
the 144th Infantry. 36th Division. He
commanded the 59th Infantry with
the Army of Occupation in Germany
After another tour of duty in Wash
ington, he was retired in September,
1920, for disability in line Of duty.
Col. Parker, who held the Silver
Star for gallantry in action in the
Philippines, is survived by his widow
and a son, Lieut.. Richard c. Parker,
now stationed at Fort Bliss, Tex.
Funeral services will be held at Fort
Myer chapel at pm. Thursday, with
Chaplain Ora J. Cohee officiating.
Honorary pallbearers will be Brig,
Gems. Frank B. Watson, Charles r.
Rowland and Hamilton s. Hawkins, all
retired; Col. Alexandria M. Miller.
Cavalry, and Cols. A. G. Nissen and
David S. Stanley, both retired.
Evening star., 1937-03-02
COURT D|SM|SSES
COX $4,000 SUIT
Justice Let's Fails to Give
Reason for Action in
Favor of Hospital.

The $50, 900 damage suit filed in Dis
trict Court several weeks ago against
Emergency Hospital by DR.. Oliver C.
Cox, 4616 Argyle terrace. one of the
city's best-known surgeons, who
charged that his patients were barred
from the institution last Summer, was
dismissed today by Justice F. 0ickin-
son Let's No indication was given by
the jurist as to grounds for his action
Representing the hospital, Attorney
Arthur P. Drury had contended that
the institution was a private rather
than public corporation, and that
the granting or withholding of its IA
cilities to any physician was a discre-
tionary matter with the Board OF Di-
rectors.
DR.. Cox, who gained widespread rec
ognition fol the technique he employs
in operations for appendicitis, asked
in his suit for an injunction COM
pelling Emergency officials to grant
him the courtesy Of hospital facilities
He contended that there was no just
reason why he should have been ex-
cluded from the courtesy list"
Asserting that he formerly was a
member of the Emergency staff, DR.
Cox said that last August he learned
that his patents were no longer well
coined at the hospital. He added that
the facilities of all the other hospitals
in the city still are available to him
Members of the board refused to tell
him the reason for the action against
him and also denied him a hearing or
an opportunity to face his accusers,
the physician told the court.
Evening star., 1937-03-02
RULING AWAITED
ON WAGNER ACT
Industry and Government
Interested in Five Suits
Before Supreme Court.

Industry and the Government to-
day were still awaiting a Supreme
Court ruling on validity OF the Wag-
ner labor relations act, following a
busy session yesterday in which the
justices ruled with the administra-
ton in a case involving gold-c clause
contracts.
1t was thought possible the five suits
attacking the Wagner act might be
decided yesterday, but no decision
can be announced now before next
Monday.
In ruling on the gold case the jus
tices divided. five to four. with Butler,
Van Devanter, McReynolds and Suth-
erland dissenting.
The controversy grew out of a
rental contract between the Holyoke
Water Power Co. and the American
Writing Paper Co.. which called for
the payment of rent in "a quantity
of gold which shall be equal in amount
to $500 of the gold coin of the
United States of the standard of
weight and fineness of the year 1894,
or the equivalent of this commodity in
United States currency"
1t was contended the effect Of this
agreement was to escape compliance
with the legislation devaluing the
dollar and prohibiting the payment of
obligations in gold coin.
Justice Cardozo, delivering the opin-
ion of the court, said:
THE fact is of little moment that
the currency is characterized as a
commodity in the verbiage of the
covenant as long as it is currency.
Weazel words will not avail to defeat
the triumph Of intention when once
the words are read in the setting of
the whole transaction"
Attorneys arguing in support of the
lease had argued the ounces of gold
| specified as the medium of payment
should be treated as a commodity,
| not as money.
The Government was not an i'm
mediate party to the case but filed
brief as friend of the court" stat
| ing:
The contract, if upheld, would
serve to nullify the effort of Con-
gress to assure for the country a single
| and uniform system of money"
Evening star., 1937-03-02
Your
Income Tax
Series of Articles De-
signed to Aid in Prepar-
ing Annual Return.

The period for the filing Of income
tax returns covering the calendar
year 1885 ends at midnight of March
Is. TO file early is Of mutual benefit
to the Government and the taxpayer.
Within this period are filed annually
millions of individual inCome-tax re-
turns, large proportion of which re-
port income subject to the tax The
latter contain a considerable per-
centage of errors, which if uncorrected
by the audit would result to the dis
advantage of the taxpayer. Many are
errors of computation easily diScov-
cred on the face of the return, which
usually is accompanied by payment
Of more than the amount of tax due.
In other returns it is readily dis
cernible that the taxpayer has failed
to take advantage Of the personal ex-
emption, credit allowed for depend
ents, or deductions from gross income
to which he is entitled.
To avoid these and other errors, the
Bureau of Internal Revenue urges
careful reading of the instructions on
the forms for filing the returns. Ad-
ditional information, if needed, may
be obtained at the Office of a collector
Of internal revenue, deputy collector
or an internal revenue agent in
charge. Also, as a further aid in the
preparation of a correct income-tax
return for the year 1886. the bureau
has prepared series of short news
paper articles, of which this is the
first, advising the plaried man. wage
Garner, professional and business
man-in fact, every class of individual
taxpaper-of his requirements and
privileges as interpreted under the
latest regulations. rulings and de-
cisions relating to the income-tax law.
Evening star., 1937-03-02
A. p. Photo.

1000 compiled decisions of former
Speakers.
If I didn't keep jumps ahead Of
the members" he said today, I'D just
be sunk"
Hundreds of questions are fired at
him daily, even when the House is not
in session, on all sorts of legislative
and parliamentary intricacies.
To answer them, he has a library
including every issue of the House
Journal since the first session of the
Continental Congress. II volumes of
precedentS. including four indexes;
every issue of the Congressional Rec
ord and its predecessor, the Congress
sioral Globe; Supreme Court reports
and many volumes on parliamentary
law
Born in Chillicothe. Ohio, Deschler
started plotting the House through its
parliamentary mazes more than nine
years ago. He has missed only one
day since.
Evening star., 1937-03-02
SENATE CONTEMPT
LAW IS ATTACKED
Proctor Studies DemurrerS
to Railway Audit Co.
Indictments.

After hearing lengthy arguments
for and against the validity of the
law under which six officials of the
Railway Audit g. Inspection Co.,
Inc, were indicted for alleged con-
tempt of Senate, Justice James M.
Proctor of District Court early this
afternoon took under advisement
demurrers to the true bills.
Defense of the law and of the
indictments was conducted by Cramp-
ton Harris. former law partner Of
Senator Black of Alabama, who has
been appointed a special assistant to
the United States attorney to conduct
the contempt prosecutions.
One of the principal arguments
urged against the indictments was
that the law under which they were
returned September % was improperly
approved by the President.
Approval Held to Late.
The statute gives the President of
the Senate or the Speaker of the
House the right to certify persons to
the District Attorney for contempt
prosecutions while Congress is not
in session.
Attorneys Leonard Weinberg and
Harry j. Green. both of Baltimore
contended for the Railway Audit Off
GERS that the President did not ap.
prove the bill within the time required
after adjournment of Congress.
The subpoenaS summoning the Rail.
way Audit officers to appear before the
Senate Civil Liberties Committee Au.
gust 10 were attacked as "dragnets'
and fishing expeditions" and violative
of the search and seizure provisions Of
the Constitution.
Many Subpoenas Held Necessary.
Harris answered that the magni-
tude of the operations of Railwa!
Audit necessitated voluminous sub.
poenas.
Justice Proctor suggested that Off
cials of the industrial service concerr
should have objected to the committee
concerning the scope of the subpoena
rather than turning to the courts.
Those under indictment are w. w
Groves, president of the concern; w
Boone Groves. vice president; Jane
E. Blair. secretary treasurer, and
o. Boyer, all of Pittsburgh; L. Dougla'
Rice, vice president and general man
ager of the Philadelphia Office, ant
Robert S. Judge of New York.
Evening star., 1937-03-02
BRIG. GEN. C. B. V0GEL
NEW MARINE ADJUTANT

Brig. Gen. Clayton B. Vogel yesterday
became the new adjutant and inSpec-
tor of the Marine Corps.
Gen. Vogel was sworn ir by T. A
Nubson, acting chief clerk of the
adjutant and Inspectors Department
of Marine Corps headquarters. His
commission was delivered by Maj
Gen. Thomas Holcomb, commandant
of the corps.
The ceremony, which was held at
the Navy Department, was witnessed
by high ranking officials Of the Ma
rines, and large bouquets were pre-
sented to Gen. Vogel by his colleagues
He succeeds Brig. Gen. David D. Por-
ter, who was retired for physical dis
ability. Gen. Porter will make his
home in Philadelphia.
Evening star., 1937-03-02
$29,O00,000 'ERROR'
BY NAVY REPORTED
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
House members learned today the
Navy made a s29,0O0,000 error" in
estimating the cost of maintaining a
treaty fleet.
Hearings on the Navy appropria-
tions bill contained a statement by
Capt. H. F. Kimmel, Navy budget Off
Ger, that through a mechanical err
ror' in assembling the estimates last
year the cost was placed at $685.
1854, instead of $584,146,641.
Items for transportation and sub
sistence of officers and men were
omitted.
1T was stupid error" Capt. KIM
mel said.
Evening star., 1937-03-02


ton. For that reason the interest
bonds are being offered.
The issuance of the 3 per cent dol
lar bonds which have been registered
by the conversion Office for German
foreign debts under the securities act
of 1888 will represent a funding of the
interest claims of bond holders and
will postpone actual payment in cur
rency of such interest claims until
January /, 1916. the maturity date Of
the bonds.
The registration statement said the
bonds we're guaranteed by the German
government and offered dollar for dol
lar in exchange for unpaid coupons
and other interest claims between
July /, 1884, and December 81. 1886,
on approximately 100 of the German
security issues held in this country,
but not including the issues under the
Dawes and Young plans.
The commission quoted from semi
official German publication, which
contended that Reich short-term obli-
cations did not constitute actual Reich
Indebtedness.
Only Means Of Payment.
The commission said the present
offering apparently represented the
only practical means by which Ameri-
can holders of past due coupons or
German security issues could now OBJ
tain something Of value in lieu of in
terest.
Therefore" the commission an
nouncement said, after giving due
consideration to the official statement
of the German government that the
'unrecoroed' obligations mentioned
above are not debts Of the Government
and in view of the nature of the pro-
posed offer, the commission has
deemed it inappropriate to prevent OF
suspend the effectiveness of the regis
tration statements covering the guar
anteed 3 per cent dollar bonds.
THE fact that these registration
statements have become effective is
not to be construed as an indication
that the commission may take a
similar position with regard to future
security offerings.
However, in order that American
security holders to whom this offering
will be made, as well as subsequent
purchasers of the bonds, may be
assisted in making an intelligent an
praisal of the merits of the offer or
of the bonds, the commission con-
siders that full publicity should be
given to the existence of this body
of 'unrecorded obligations, regardless
of whether they constitute debt of the
German government as that term is
used in the registration statement"
Evening star., 1937-03-02

wage and hour standards would be
dealt with separately from trade prac-
tices in general.
Indications were that the President
would put bill for variable minimum
wage and maximum hour STANDARDS
at the top of his ,enda for business
and labor legislation.
Agreements May Be Proposed.
Later may come proposals for in
dustrial agreementS-aS under the N.
R. A. codes-involving some relax
alton of the antitrust laws.
A Labor Department survey showed
that preservation of the old N. r. A.
code hours in 13 of 16 industries would
have meant employment for 10000
more persons.
All the industries queried had in
creased working hours in the year
after the unanimous Supreme Court
decision against N. r. A. Half had
increased hourly pay. seven had re-
duced pay and ont made no change.
Oficials apparently expected the
President to make his wage and hour
recommendations without regard to
the delay of congressional action on
his proposal for judiciary reorgani-
zation.
Proposals Under Study.
Proposals being studied included one
to establish a single agency with wide
jurisdiction over wages, hours and
trade practices; another for one agency
to administer trade practice laws, with
wage and hour tandards established
according to industrial anC sectional
conditions; the O'Mahoney bill for
Federal charter If corporations; the
Black 30-hour- week bill, and yet un-
published wage and hour bill of the
Labor Department.
Mr.. Roosevelt said in his annual
message to Congress on January 6
that the broad objectives" of the N.
r. A. were sound, but that the same
agency should not regulate both wage
and hour questions and fair trade
practices.
In his recommendation yesterday for
new sugar quota, he urged that
minimum wage and anti-child labor
standards be required for firms re-
ce4ving benefit payments.
Evening star., 1937-03-02
DR.. HESS TO LECTURE
BEFORE JEWISH GROUP

DR.. Walter c. Hess, associate pro-
fessor of biochemistry at Georgetown
University, will be the first March
lecturer at the Jewish Community
Center when he speaks Wednesday at
$50 pm. on "Vitamins. Galleries and
Beans"
Other speakers on succeeding
Wednesdays will be DR.. Mary Hayes,
director of guidance and planning
of the National Youth AdminiStra-
ton; Seymour Guthman of the open
Court Club, who will speak on The
Lobby" and Rabbi Theoadore Gordon
of Baltimore, on Hebrew Music"
Evening star., 1937-03-02

BY the Associated Press.
~ NE Of the busiest officials in
4 the House spends major
~ and night-keeping at least
one parliamentary jump ahead Of 435
Representatives.
He is Lewis Deschler, 32-year-old
parliamentarian. Daily he sits at the
foot of the Speakers rostrum and fur
nishes that officer with rules and
precedents to meet every situation
arising on the floor.
To do that job, Deschler spends
hours trying to outguess members in
an effort to be prepared for every
conceivable parliamentary technicality
they might raise against current legis-
lation.
Besides the 43 standing rules of the
House, Thomas Jefferson's manual and
the Constitution, Deschler has to have
a working knowledge of more than
Evening star., 1937-03-02
Nine GUILTY OF PLOT
TO KILL PUBLISHER
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
DETROIT. Mich, March RE
corder's Judge John v. Brennan today
convicted nine of 16 men, alleged to
be Black Legion members, on charges
OF conspiring to kill Arthur L. Kings
ley. newspaper publisher of suburban
Highland Park
Convicted were NJ Ray Markland,
former mayor of Highland Park; Ar
thur F. Lupp, ST., named by investiga-
tors as commander of the secret So
ciety in Michigan; Alvis Clark, Will
lard Foster, Matthias Gum, Roy Hep
ner, Frank Howard, Hubert James and
Rudyard K. Wellman.
Evening star., 1937-03-02
BURGLARY TOPS CRIMES

Burglary and robbery were the most
common offenses for which prisoners
from the District of Columbia were
committed to Federal prisons and re-
formatories during 1885. according to
a survey announced today by the
Census Bureau
OF the total OF GIL District prison.
ers committed to Federal penal insti-
tutions by the loal courts, 161 were
sentenced on charges of burglary and
123 on charges Of robbery. Three were
SO commitments for larceny, except
automobile thefts.
Evening star., 1937-03-02
Congress in Brief
TODAY.

Senate:
Continues debate on Pittmal. neu-
trality bill.
Wheeler committee resumes inves-
tigation of railroad financing.
House:
Considers minor legislation.
Appropriations Committee meets to
report Navy appropriations bill.
Agriculture Committee considers
farm tenancy legislation.
Merchant Marine Committee con-
tinues hearings on proposed repeal of
continuous discharge book for sea-
men.
TOMORROW.
Senate:
May not be in session if neutrality
resolution passes today.
Civil Liberties Committee will con-
tinue hearings at 10 am.
House:
Will consider miscellaneous bills.
immigration and Naturalization
Committee meets, 10:30 am.
War Veterans Committee meets.
1880 am.
District Committee meets, 1880
am.
Appropriations subcommittee In
charge Of District supply bill resumes
hearings, 10 an.
Evening star., 1937-03-02

As such things will, the plan be-
came known to Mrs. Kacy, who in
quired of her daughter, How do you
know that we would have provided
enough for two extra at dinner?"
"Oh. I had that all figured out,
Anne replied. Il was going to listen
to you order from the store and then
I was going to call up later and tell
them to send enough more for two
more people"
X X X
LINGUIST.
Elaine BoughneT, tDho acts in
public relations capacity for far
reaching railroad, liues Uith two
other young ladies in an apart
ment. One of her ne1D beaus, a
diplomat from one OF the en-
bdssies, has not been in this coun-
try long and is anxious TO use as
many of our idionlatic expressions
as possible. The other euening he
said to Miss Boughner, "NoW, let
me see, haze met one of your
roomn,ates-she Dould be No. p
OUT the 0GcE nunbeT, h1De not
yet met her, is it not SOP"
X X X
ANOTHER LANGUAGE.
nR. HENRY G. HADLEY, whose
clinic is in a home built in 170O
and used as headquarters by Gen
Washington during the Revolutionary
War, recently had reason to observe
the difficulty which the average lay
man has in pronouncing tongue
twisting medical terms.
A young lady, one Of his patients
was asked to come in the following
day for a metabolism test. When she
arrived early the following morning
she announced to the nurse that
she had come for one of those "diabolit
metallic" tests.