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The Washington times., 1937-12-10
Bond Clothes Co.
Pays Wage Bonus

Hailed by labor as a courage
Gus and encouraging move" Bond
Clothes, operating AZ stores and
factories throughout the country
today announced a Christmas
wage bonus for all employees of
three months or longer.
Bonus checks will cover mini
mum of one weeks pay, and will
total more than 100000 for S.
900 employees. The announcement
was made by Barney Ruben, vice
president and treasurer, from the
company's factory at Rochester,
N. Y,
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2 UNDERP ASSES
HERE FAVORED

Funds to begin four construc-
tion projects, which will cost
$2,230,000 when finished, designed
to relieve Washington's congested
traffic, will be included in the
1889 District budget, the Wash
ington Times learned today.
Briefly the projects are:
K Street viaduct-estimated
cost 81 100000.
Underpass .at Dupont Circle
$4,000.
Underpass at Thomas Circle
$345. 1000.
Rearrangement Of Scott Circle
-$85, 900.
The three circle projects, it is
understood are included in the
Budget Bureau estimates which
have Just now reached the Dis
tr1ct Subcommittee OF the House
Appropriations Committee. Al
though the K Street viaduct prof.
ect was not included in the COM
missioners' estimates sent to the
Budget Bureau, it is believed that
this construction job will be put
into the budget by the subcom-
mittee.
All of the money for this pro-
gram will come from the special
fund set UP from gasoline and
automobile taxes and will not af.
feet the general fund Of the 1889
tax rate.
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Mel
deal Of Mr.. Mellon and was always devoted to
him. He was shy, unassuming and one of the
finest characters have ever met in public life
In Washington.
Co-guardidn of Children
My trust in Mr.. Mellon was so complete that
when I assumed full responsibility for my
children went to him and asked whether he
would be their coguardian. He was Just as
sweet as he could be and despite his fran health
and all of his other troubles he told me he
would gladly assume the responsibilities Of look
ing after them if anything happened to me.
In the years when knew Mr.. Mellon so
closely I, at one time, began to wonder whether
he had become too devoted to money and I
thought his great fortune was casting blight
on his life.
Looking back on his attitude now realize how
entirely wrong I was then. Apparently Mr..
Mellon was thinking only of the future dis
position Of his wealth and he was determined
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By Helen ESsary

gun to write the romance of the American nio.
neer. Her particular wish is to see more stories
about the trek Of the Mormons across the rnorn.
tains and prairies Mrs. Guedalla will be in this
country for several months and Is struggling with
tne american climate. She says it is too hot in
doors ana TOO cold outdoors (qute the opposite in
England where the indoor climate is the hardest
to bear-5O degrees by the thermometer even
when the Goals are ightedD. recommend Mr..
Guedalla's English method of attacking big ISSUES
oratorically to the Gentlemen on the Hill. His is
a system Of softly spoken ridicule and sudden
and solemn conclusion,
Adjustment Bureau
A perfectionist know, maybe he's inst a
crouch, says he's strong for the flower Of
blossom in politics Buff there HAD to be two
Southern ladies in the Senate, why did one of
them HAVE to be named Hattie Caraway And
the other, says the perfectionist, we'll If yor1
Travelled hundred times around the world, across
the tracklesS sands Of the desert and p the SNOWY
peaks of Greenland's icy mountains, you could
lind but one female named-Dixie Bibb GrayesI
And that one had to be in the United States
Senate.
A recent visitor to Washington heard a con.
versation about Buzzie Hewes, Washington
Don Juan and host de luxe "Oh," said the visitor.
"Buzzie HeweS, I didn't know you all got so
chummy with the Chief Justice"
And there's the man who phoned he could not
come to dinner. He could not find the pants that
belonged to his black tie.
The Washington times., 1937-12-10
Bauet'S Progress
Topic of Lecture

Development Of the ballet from
1900 to the present will be illus
trated by still and motion pictures
in a lecture to be given at 9:15
p. m. today at the Mayflower Hotel
by Rolf de Mare, former director
Of the Swedish Ballet.
The revival of folk dancing will
also be briefly sketched by de Mare
who is president Of the Association
Of Dance Writers and Critics Of
France.
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DR.. BROWN SPEAKS

DR.. Charlotte Hawkins Brown,
president Of Palmer Memorial
Institute. Sedalia, N. c., will de-
liver the address to more than 100
graduates of the Apex College at
commencement exercises tonight
at 8 o'clock at Metropolitan
A. M. E. Church.
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G. Bacon at tea Saturday
afternoon (Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Lindley will have a few friends
in this afternoon to meet Gov
ernor Landon). Mr.. Bacon, who
is a brother of Representative
Robert Low Bacon, of New
York, is a former Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, and
was a candidate for Governor
at the last election. Mr.. and
Mrs. Bacon have taken a house
for the winter at 1647 Thir-
tieth ST
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pletely as it did the other day.
I'm quite sure nothing in
his lifetime so terribly dis
turbed Mr.. Mellon as the
entirely unjust charge that he
was attempting to sneak out
of paying taxes and that, as a
smokescreen, he was using
that wonderful art gallery he
gave so generously to his
fellow citizens.
From the time he first came
to Washington as Secretary
- - L
The Washington times., 1937-12-10

that the German Zeppelin
Company will be operating a
new passenger-freight carrying
airship across the Atlantic by
the middle Of next summer.
An airship the size of the
Hindenburg takes approx
mately 100000 cubic feet of
helium. The new sister ship,
already built and now under
going minor changes in struc-
ture to accommodate the use
of helium, will take slightly
more than that amount of
The Washington times., 1937-12-10
TO CUT
d. c. BUDGET
is LAUNCHED
Taxpayers Fight
Higher Levies

A drive to cut the proposed Dis
trict budget for 1889 and eliminate
the necessity Of increasing District
taxes was started on Capitol Hill
today.
At the same time District tax
payers deplored the decision of
the Budget Bureau to add $2.000,-
900 10 the current expenses, there
by neceSsitating a new tax bill
that would call for raising $3,000,-
900 next year.
ESTIMATES SECRET
The 5r1get Bureau estimates,
which are being guarded with
great secrecy by the District sub
committee of the House Appropria-
tions Committee, were authorita-
lively reported to The Washington
Times as carrying a total Of sat-.
100000 for next year.
The business privilege tax which
was enacted at the last session
as an emergency measure expires
this year. Also the Is cents a $10O
increase on real estate will go by
the board.
KENNEDY ASKS SLASH
Representative Ambrose Ken
nedy CD of Maryland, chairman
of the special tax subcommittee
of the House District Committee,
declared today that the budget
should be Slashed and no taxes
added.
He said he thought there was
better chance of adopting an
income tax next session, if addi-
tional taxes are finally proven
necessary, than of re-enacting the
business privilege tax or Of insti-
tuting general sales tax.
An income tax eXempting Con-
gresmen, their secretaries and
clerks was seen as the logical out
come Of the tax muddle by Repre-
sentative Vincent Palmisano,
chairman of the House District
committee. He said there was
little chance Of reenacting the
business privilege tax or of adopt
ing a sales tax.
COLLADAY PROTESTS
E. F. Colladay, president of the
Board Of Trade, said his organiza-
ton would oppose the budget
estimates if they contained recon-
mendations for increases in the
general fund.
L. A. Carruthers, president Of
the Federation of Citizens ASso-
citation said his organization al
ready was on record against in
creaseS in aggregate general
government appropriations and
would continue to resist along
that line.
The Washington times., 1937-12-10
'GANG AMBUSH
DETAILS TOLD
BY D. C. POLICE
Darnell Describes
Williams End

Details Of the police trap in
which Carlton "Cotty" Williams
was shot to death last Sunday
night were revealed at an inquest
into the case at the District
Morgue today.
The first witness called was
Lieut.. George Darnell Of the Homi.
eide Squad, who related the facts
of the shooting as police were
waiting for an attempt to rob q
safe in the $500 block Suitland
Rd. S. E., that night.
HEAVILY ARMED
Lieutenant Darnell said that
concealed at the house were
Capt. Ira Keck and Lieut.. Clement
Cox, armed with shotguns, Detec.
tive Sergt. Jake Wolfe, armed with
a machine gun, and Detective
Sergt. Joseph Shimon, armed with
a rifle.
A short distance away, in am.
bush, were two other detective
sergeants, Hugh Robey and
Michael Mahaney, armed with
Shotguns.
Lieutenant Darnell said that
two cars drove up to the house and
that Williams stepped out. A flash
light was turned on him and he
was ordered to throw up his hands.
REACHES FOR GUN
Instead he reached for a gun,
Darnell said, and the police opened
fire while the other car drove off.
A pistol was found by Williams
side, Darnell testified. The wound.
ed man, who was wearing black
silk gloves, was taken to Gallinger
Hospital, where he died.
Meanwhile, police revealed what
is believed to be IAN underworld
plot" to put Shimon ION the spot"
for his part in the case which
resulted in the death Of the 30
year-old criminal whose police rec.
ord extended back over a period Of
16 years.
Tuesday night shimon received
mysterious telephone call from
an unidentified person who said
he had valuable information to
give in connection with the case.
COMPANION HUNTED
The man, Shimon said, would
not talk over the phone, and ar.
ranged to meet the detectives
alone in a restaurant in the north.
west section.
Shimon went to the restaurant
and sat in the booth his caller
designated. Outside Of the res
taurant, four other plainclothes
men awaited for developments.
No one came to see Shimon,
however, and police concluded the
mysterious caller had spotted the
officers waiting outside.
Philadelphia police, at the re-
quest of local police, are conduct.
ing an intensive search for James
Steele, who Captain Keck says was
Williams partner in crime. Steele
was at liberty under $500 bond
on charges of concealing weapons
and housebreaking, police said.
The Washington times., 1937-12-10

BOake Carter u1OIS GI1du amount OF
the gas because of its larger size.
The remainder of the allotment probably
will be used for storage and replenishment at
Lakehurst in the United States and Frankfurt.
Germany. t.
The Germans have used hydrogen gas all their
lives and this they were able to valve off at
will when descending, because of its cheap cost.
American hghter-than-air experts, with their ex.
perience in water ballast recovery, however have
aided the German Zeppelin engineers, teaching
the latter, thereby, how to eliminate much of
the need OF valving the precious helium-precious
because of its present high cost of manufacture
NeuO Era for DirigibLes
Thus airships for long over.water routes stand
on the threshold of their goal again-this time
with the dangerous, inflammable hydrogen gone,
banished forever from use in airships operating
to and from the United States
1t is goal for which small handful of
men have fought bitterly. tenaciously relentlessly
The Washington times., 1937-12-10
EEBut-'' D

The granting Of an allotment Of 17,9O000O
cubic feet Of helium to the American Zeppelin
Transport Corporation means but one thing:
The Washington times., 1937-12-10
My Say

What great tragedy it was that Andrew
Mellon died before the Board of Tax Appeals
had an opportunity to clear his name as com.
The Washington times., 1937-12-10

Spartan mothers are reported to have said to
their wargcing sons Return with your shield or
on it" The women Of 1887, Spartan variety, when
they wish to cope with their neighbors sometimes
show the same sort Of courage. Not in making
war, but in preventing it, For example, there's the
Flying Peace Caravan, headed by Mrs Ellen
Spencer MuSsey, which returns tomorrow from six
weeks of zooming over South American mountains
and seas for the promotion of peace. The cara
van reminds me little of those accommodating
doves Mr.. Noah sent flying out from the Ark
when the Old Testament world had been washed
clean of its sins.
Climate and OrotOry
Mrs. Philip Guedalla, OF England, who was in
Washington Monday when her husband spoke at
the Womens National Press Club, thinks that
neither the novelist nor the historian has yet be.
The Washington times., 1937-12-10
Dear Washington

Governor ALI M. Iandon, who will steal some
Of the spotlight at the Gridiron Dinner Saturday
night will be the guest of Mr.. and Mrs, Gaspar
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RETURN
TO AUTO JOBS

DETROIT, Aug. 9 G.N.SO-
After settlement of the union labor
dispute at the Plymouth plant of
Chrysler with the aid of Federal
intervention. $1,000 workers re.
turned to their jobs here today to
swell the ranks Of back-to.work
army of some 100000 men.
Reopening of the Plymouth
plant was coincident with re.
sumption of operations at the
main Ford plant in Dearborn,
which had been closed three
weeks during the annual inven-
tory and vacation period. Approx
imately $4,000 were being called
back to work there.
Intervention of Frances Perkins,
Secretary of Labor, and James
Dewey, Federal labor conciliator,
played an important part in end
ing the Plymouth dispute, union
spokesman said.
Eleven thousand of the $1,000
Chrysler workers are employed in
the big Plymouth plant here. The
other 10000 work in the Dodge
plant and the Briggs body plant.
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RESERVE BOARD
IN new BUILDING

(IN.S0.-After inhabiting dingy
government cubby.holeS and noisy
private office buildings since 1914,
the Federal Reserve Board moved
into it's new home today-a 3d.
100000 palace of Georgia marble.
Set off from the Capitals wide
Constitution Avenue by more than
200 feet of terraces and formal
gardens, the new structure con-
forms with the general architec-
tural character of surrounding
Federal buildings.
Overlooking the spacious lobby
in the center of the building, are
IL columns, behind which are en-
graved the names of the dozen
cities in which central reserve
banks are located. These are BoS-
ton, New York, Philadelphia,
Cleveland, Richmond, Atlanta,
Chicago, st. Louis, Minneapolis,
Kansas City, Dallas and San Fran
cisco.
Lobby walls are decorated with
motifs of Greek coins. On one
side is a portrait relief of Presi'
dent Woodrow Wilson, who is re-
ferred to as the founder of the
Federal Reserve System.
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STIR IRE
OF NAz| GROUP

KENOSHA, Wis, Ang. 9 Q.N.S0.
Nazi sympathizerS were irate to-
day over the jeering reception
given a meeting here yesterday Of
the uninformed German-American
volkSbund.
A crowd OF several hundred
labor unionists and radicals
hooted the volksbund members
and picketed the hall where the
meeting was held with placards
decrying the organization and the
Hitler regime.
The volksbunders wore black
and brown shirts, Sam Brown
balts, black riding breeches and
black boots. Their caps and shirts
bore swastika, emblem of Hitler
National Socialist party of Ger
many. A resolution was passed
welcoming a congressional investi'
cation into the organization.
DR.. Hans Strack, German vice
consul in Chicago, speaking in
German, advised his audience to
be loyal to the country of your
adoption"
George Frohboese, of Milwau
kee, president of the Midwest
bund and former leader of the
Friends of New Germany, attacked
Representative Samuel Dicksteir
Of New York, for his proposal tc
investigate the bund's Camp Hin
denburg at Grafton, Wis.
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Meantime, he said, Congress
should adopt recommendations of
the Senate-HouSe tax committee
for the closing of glaring loop,
holes.
To Present Suggestions
1T is our present expectation
to present next November full
information as to the operation
and effect of the present system
and our recommendations as to
desirable improvements, both in
the taxes themselves and in the
administrative provisions" said
Magill.
The eight-point legislation pro
gram recommended by the Senate
Hour Committee to close loopholes
will aid the Treasury if enacted
he said.
THE Treasury heartedly con-
CURED in the recommendations"
said Magill. I'VE believe if
these recommendations can be
put into effect at once not only
will the condition Of the reven.
ues be improved, but the basic
purpose of taxation in accord
ance with ability to pay will be
better effectuated."
Magill appeared at the first
hearing of the Ways and Means
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-09
NELSON LIKELY
IN HOOE POST

The Commissioners Of the Dis
trict are expected this week to
name George D. Nelson, for the
last for years detailed to Police
Court as an assistant Corporation
Counsel, to succeed Rice Hooe, re-
Gently resigned chief Of Police
Court prosecutions.
Nelson is generally regarded as
an inevitable choice. his sponsors
pointed out, although the posi-.
bility of an Outsider" being ap-
pointed is a remote possibility, it
is admitted.
For four years Nelson has had
charge Of jury trials in Police
Court and his record for convic-
tons has established a new high
mark, his friends say. This is
due, they say. to the care with
which jury cases are prepared and
also because Of his unwillingness
to carry on the docket cases
which appear weak.
It is pointed out he has the IL
dorsement of Superintendent Of
Police Ernest W. Brown. as well
as that of Traffic Director vii.
liam A. Van Duzer.
Others who have Endorsed him
are Senator William H. King,
chairman Of the Senate District
Committee, and several committee
members.
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NAzIS POSTPONE
PASTORS TRIAL
after REBUFFS
Rebuked In One Case
Demonstration Held
BY PIERRE J. HUSs

LIN, Aug. 9 Q.N.S0.
Warned by the singing rebuke
dealt Nazi prosecutors in the re-
cent case against the Rev. Otto
Dibelius, Evangelical churc h
leader. German authorities today
postponed indefinitely the trial Of
the Rev. Martin Niemoller, mill
faint Protestant pastor and war
time U-boat hero.
Niemoller was scheduled for
trial before a special tribunal to-
morrow on charges Of violating
Nazi church restrictions. His ar
rest had an unprecedented cpl
logue yesterday when several hun
dred Of his supporters led a mass
demonstration in his favor - the
first anti-Nazi manifestation re-
corded since Hitler came to power.
A total Of us were arrested, ques-
toned and later released.
Trial Postponed
Official explanation Of the trials
poStponement merely stated the
prosecutors wish to examine new
evidence" It was obvious, how
ever, that the unexpected result Of
the Dibelius case was responsible.
The Rev. Dibelus was placed on
trial last week on charges OF at.
tempting to undermine the reputa-
ton of Hans Kerrl, Nazi minister
for church affairs, "by making
false utteranceS."
Specifically, Dibelius was &C
cused Of writing a letter to Chan
cellor Hitler quoting Kerrl as
"ridiculing the belief Jesus Christ
is the son of God"
Official ASSailed
Dibelius was promptly acquitted
Further, the state prosecutor him.
self told the court that if Kerrl
had made any such statement, he
had disqualified himself for the
high government post he occupies.
Another pastor put his liberty
in peril when the Rev. Herr Mes
sow announced from his pulpit
that g. Protestant pastors, who op-
posed Nazi control of the state
Gutheran) church, were now
under arrest.
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Head of Bar
Negro Lawyers Pick
William L. Huston

The National Bar Association,
composed of colored members Of
the bar, today announced the elec-
ton of William L. Huston, presi-
dent of a local law firm, to head
the organization for the coming
year.
Huston, who lives at 1744 S ST..
N. w., was a former member of
the Board of Education and a pro-
lessor of law at Howard Univer-
sity. He is also a member of the
citizens efficiency committee ap'
pointed by the Commissioners to
study methods OF government
here.
The convention was held this
year in Philadelphia. Durham, N.
c., was selected as the site of the
next meeting of the group, year
hence.
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Committee on the joint committee
report. The committee plans to
frame a bill based upon the re.
port.
Reviewing in detail recommend.
atoms for changes in the law
affecting personal holding com
panies, discouraging incorporation
Of yachts and country estates,
formation of foreign personal
holding companies and family
trusts and higher taxes upon
aliens, Magill said all were neceS'
sary.
One of the difficulties Of the
Treasury, he said, is that courts
conStrue tax laws strictly, and this
requires Congress to continually
enact new laws.
He explained that as one
method of preventing tax lodging,
the Government is negotiating
with foreign countries with a view
to making treaties for the ex
change Of tax information.
Magill said loss of revenue from
tax-exempt bonds is greatly exag
gerated by most people.
The Federal Government, hi
said, loses only $70,000,000 a veal
because 16 to 10 billion dollars
of State and municipal securities
are tax-exempt.
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NORMANDIESET
SPEED RECORDS

NEW YORK, Aug. 9 G.N.S0.
Having set two new records in a
week, the French liner Normandie
today became the only ship to have
crossed the Atlantic Ocean, both
eastward and westward, in less
than four days.
Last night the new queen Of the
seas completed the fastest steam.
ship crossing when she passed
Bishops Rock, off Lands End.
England. 3 days, % hours and
minutes after leaving Ambrose
Light, New York, thereby clipping
hour SO minutes from her pre-
vious eastbound mark. Her aver
age speed for the 2,936-mile run
was 81 .02 knots.
Last week the Normandie made
the weStbound trip in 3 days, %
hours and 2 minutes, recapturine
the westbound record from the
Cunard White Star liner Queen
Mary.