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Evening star., 1937-08-30
FOOD MERCHANTS
MAY QUIT DISTRICT
Wholesalers Threaten to
Move to Arlington Be-
cause of Tax.

Wholesale food merchants, threaten
ing to move en- masse to Arlington
County, Va. if the new District busi-
ness tax Is levied on them, will meet
at 7 o'clock tonight at 5l4 Twelfth
street southwest to discuss the situa-
ton.
A strong protest to the Commis-
sioners against the impending tax Is
expected to be framed at the meeting
with the exodus held in allegiance until
all other means are exhausted The
Arlington County Chamber of Com
merce, however, already has been ap-
preached with regard to sites for
warehouses.
More than 80 commission mer-
chants in the market district on Water
street are expected at the meeting,
representing dealers in meats, vege-
tables and fruits.
Thurston Furr, mar eer of the Hick-
man Poultry Co., leader in the
movement again. the tax, pointed
out today that the new levy Of two
flfths of per cent on all gross
business would be assessed regardless
of profits.
Burden Declared Unbearable.
Commission merchants, he declared,
cannot afford to stay in business under
such a tax burden.
Food dealers" Furr added, make
gross profits of from 5 to 10 per
cent-probably the smallest margin
of any business in the city. We plan
to make a strong protest to the Com
missioners, and if they can do moth
| ing for us, we may have to move to
Arlington.
Our only alternative would be to
raise food prices sharply, and we don't
want to do that. We were assured
during the session of Congress that
food would be exempt from whatever
new tax the District had to pay. But
when the bill finally was passed, there
was no exemption for U.S."
Another factor in the unfavorable
situation which District food dealers
will face, the merchants pointed out
is competition from Maryland dealers
number of whom do business here
| and will not be liable for the new
taxes.
Inquiries Made on Sites.
Arlington County Chamber of Com.
merce officials said several inquire:
concerning sites had been received ane
one food dealer, whose name was with
held, actually is making plans to move
At the Washington Board of Trad
it was admitted that for some tim'
food dealers had privately threatened
to move into Virginia unless they wer,
relieved of the new tax. It was pointed
out, however, that these merchant
would have to pay fairly stiff tax IL
Virginia.
Virginia taxes purchases instead o
sales Of commission merchants. Their
is levy of $50 on the first $1,000
worth of purchases, with 13 cents Of
each succeeding 500.
The District tax on this class o
business amounts to fiat cents o.
each $1OO sold at wholesale, it wa
explained.
TT is questionable" said spokes
man for the Board of Trade, "whethe
these merchants actually would say
anything by moving to Virginia, espe
cially when the added cost of deliver
is taken into consideration"
District officials are expected to ex
tend the deadline for filing return
under the new tax from September
to October l because Of their inAbilit
to provide forms in time.
Evening star., 1937-08-30
By the Associated Press.

BALTIMORE, August 30.-The oy-
ster season opens Wednesday, and
taking the shellfish from the bars and
oyster rock is not the only problem of
persons gathering and marketing the
sea food delicacy for which the Chesa-
peake Bay country is famous.
Rigid sanitary requirements, both
State and Federal, must be met by
packers and others engaged in the
business so as to make certain their
oysters are fully healthful. AS a re-
minder, DR.. R. H. Riley, Maryland
health officer, pointed out yesterday
that the sanitary supervision is under
the charge of the Bureau of Foods and
Drugs, of which A. L. Sullivan is chief.
After due inspection by repre-
sentatives of that bureau" DR.. Riley
continued, certificates are issued by
the State department of health to
concerns that are equipped and oper-
ated in compliance with State and
Federal regulations.
Evening star., 1937-08-30
ARLINGTON AUTHORIZES
POWER PLANT SURVEY
"a, 900 Voted to Study Feasibility
of County-Owned Esta blishment,
Work Starts at Once.
BY Staff Correspondent of The Star.

BY Staff Correspondent of The Star.
ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT
HOUSE, Va. August 30-A $4,000
survey to determine the feasibility
OF establishing a county-owned power
plant was authorized by the Arlington
County Board today Wiley & Will
son, consulting engineers of Lynch
burg, were ordered to begin the survey
at once.
In recommending that the survey
be made. Frank c. Hanrahan, county
manager, pointed out that Arlington
now IS served by two power companies
with different rates. which, he said.
ito my mind is not at all desirable"
Hanrahan said he thought the cost
OF the survey would be p good in
vestment."
Evening star., 1937-08-30
By the Associated Press.

8y the A88oclate0 FreSS.
The Chesapeake q Potomac Tele-
phone Co.-the one that plays central
for the Government-declared war to-
day on the American greeting, "Hello"
Also in line of telephone 'front.'
Office fire are:
The British Are you there?' And
"Go ahead, it's your nickel"
A bright little document on de-
veloping voice personality says, "Cut
out the old-fashioned, out-of-date
hello For example. says-this is
the-department, Mr.. OFT speaking.
Listed among the other enemies Of
the telephone are:
Lazy hps. ,.r
otin Jaws.
Sleepy tongues.
Here's the way the company says
10 cure yourself Of the ailments:
For lazy Nps-practics saying
pah, pay and bah by.
Evening star., 1937-08-30
BY PHILIP H. LOVE.
N INSULTING anonymous

N INSULTING anonymous
n letter, received by a young
II commercial photographer 10
4 years ago, has led-in
roundabout way Of course-to plans
for establishment of a Bureau Of
Questioned Documents" in the Metro
politan Police Department
The plans for the new BUREAU
which will be conducted by a recog-
nized expert in the science Of deter
mining the authorship Of letters, wills,
checks and other written or typed
papers OF questionable origin-were
revealed today by Maj. Ernest w.
Brown, superintendent Of police.
Worked out by Maj Brown and In
spector Bernard w. Thompson, chief
of detectives the plans call for estab-
lishment Of fully equipped bureau,
with Ira NJ Gullickson as the expert
in charge.
Received Unsigned Note.
Gullickson, now the Police Depart
ment's official "Rogues' Gallery" por-
traitist, was doing advertising photog-
raphy in Baltimore when he received
the abusive note, typed on plain white
| paper and unsigned.
Il don't recall much about the let
ter" he said today, except that it put
me on the pan about something, and
well, it made me so mad could have
bitten chunk out Of the nearest
fire plug!"
Only the night before Gullicksor
had read a magazine article on "Ques-
toned Documents"
II thought knew who had sent the
insulting note" he said, "and I go,
to thinking how nice it would be II
I could prove it. decided right ther
and there to study the science Of 'ques'
toned documents in my spare time.
BY the time he joined the polic'
force as photographer in 1880 he hat
learned how to identify-througi
chemical analysis or microscopic ex
animation, or both-the manufacturer
Of the ink and paper used in an.
questioned document, as well as it
author.
Has Built Up Practice.
Since then Gullickson, devoting mos
Of his off-duty hours to work in hi
laboratory at 817 Tewkesbury place
has built up a substantial practice
District and Maryland courts hav
recognized him as an expert, and hi
clients have included the Fedora
Bureau Of Investigation, the Pos
Ofnce Department, the State Of Mary
land Gin its prosecution Of Mrs. Ann
Lyddane Of Rockville, accused Of hav
ing conspired with gangsters to hav
her husband slain), lawyers, bank
and various business concerns.
Pending approval Of Maj. Brown
plans by the District Commissioners
Gullickson's status in the Police De
partment still Is that Of q photog
rapher During the last year. however
the Detective Bureau, under Inspecto
Thompson and Capt. Ira z. Kech
has used Gullicksons ability as
questioned documents expert In ap
proximately 40 cases.
About . week ago, for example,
. burglar left I note at the scene Of
robbery, ridiculing the victim. Severs
: suspects were arrested and Al wer
asked to rewrite the message. oul
dickson identified one Of the prisoner
. - the author Of the note, and-hYsef
On his testimony-ths man was con
Ncted.
Evening star., 1937-08-30
Runaway Horse, Cattle Thiepes
Ciue Police Touch of Old Days

shooters, rounded up a posse and
started forth in quest of couple of
cattle rustlers reported headed this
way with herd 0wo) Of stolen
cattle.
The search began after headquar-
ters received word (not by pony ex-
press) from the sheriff of La Plata
Md, that two COWS were spirited away
| from a farm in Charles County
No. /, said the lookout, is q de-
horned black and white Holstein. No
2 is brown horned Jersey. Each
weighs 900 pounds.
Evening star., 1937-08-30
TWO PERSONS ARE DEAD
FROM EFFECTS OF HEAT
Frederick W. Heinzerling, 46,
Succumbs Week After Suffer-
ing Sunstroke,

Two persons died yesterday from
effects of the recent heat wave, po-
lice reported.
Frederick w. Heinzerlng, 46. Of is
Seventeeth street northeast, was pro-
nounced dead at his home by Cas-
ualty Hospital physician. His wife,
Mrs. Katherine Heinzerling, said he
had been i'll since he suffered SUM-
stroke a week ago.
Moses Hanson, 35, colored, Of 447
Second street southwest, ded in Gal
linger Hospital of injuries suffered
August 81 when he fell from the roof
of his home after apparently being
prostrated by the heat. He WAS treat
ed at the hospital for broken ribs and
internal injuries
Evening star., 1937-08-30
D. C. Man Buys Farm.

LEONARDTOWN, Md, August 80
(SpeciaD &c. E. Bright Of Washing
ton. D. c., has purchased the Tudor
Hall farm here from DR.. Sothoron
Key, also Of Washington. The farm
consists of 536 acres and Bright plans
to develop the tract into subdivisions
and also run model farm.
Land surrounding the mansion and
the mansion itself on the left side
of Leonardtown was not sold.
Evening star., 1937-08-30
ONE DEAD, 15HURT
IN THREE CRASHES
Manassas Man Killed Hit
and-Run Charged After
Virginia Accidents.
B, = Stan Correspondent OF The Star.

B, Stan Correspondent OF The Star.
FREDERICKSBURG Va, August
3O-Twelve persons were injured, two
of them seriously, in two accidents on
highways near here over the week end
and police were holding two men
charged with leaving after colliding.
In one accident 10 miles west Of
here on the Culpeper highway, II
members of the w. J. Lee family OF
Locust Grove were injured when the
station wagon in which they were rid
ing left the highway and turned over
after being sideswiped by a truck
Those treated at the Mary Washington
Hospital were Lee. his wife, Opal ,
their children, Lucille, "a: Hunter. 10;
Marvin, o. and Iris, Is, and their
grandchildren. Frances Cooper, 7, said
by hospital attaches to have been seri-
ously hurt; Margaret Cooper, 10, Mary
Lee. 7, and Dorothy Lee, 7.
State Police later arrested q man
who gave his name as M. J. Smith OF
Locust Grove Is the driver Of the
truck
Police also were holding q man who
gave his name as Wavie NJ Kiper, IS
Of 1921 Fairmont street, Washington
as the driver Of the automobile which
ran over John Taylor, IS, of Falmouth
Va, near his home on U. S. Highway
No. /, Saturday night. Taylors LEI
had to be amputated He also suffered
a fractured skull and was said Il
be dying.
Kiper, according to police, was ar
rested on the spot where the acci
dent happened when he drove by Q
hours after the mishap. The arres
was made by State Policeman Fran
Simms, who was at the scene making
an investigation.
Evening star., 1937-08-30
CASE OF SCARLET fever
CLOSES SCOUTS CAMP
Parents Sent Instructions to
Watch Boys Conditions for Z
Days as Precaution.

Development Of case Of scarlet
fever forced Boy Scout oficials to
close Camp Roosevelt for the season
yesterday. This week was to have
been an extra period, ofhciab ex-
planned.
Although DR.. James Cumming, chief
of the Bureau Of Communicable Dis
eases, Health Department, declared
there is little danger any Of the other
$50 boys win develop the disease, let
ters are being sent to their paacaats
with instructions to observe their
condition for seven days.
The youth stricken Is Edward Ru-
pert, 13, Of 1881 Shepherd street He
was reported recovering today 1t dsl-
linger Hospital
Evening star., 1937-08-30
PLAYGROUND EXHIBITION
Handicraft and Needlework to Be
Shown at Takoma Tomorrow.

TAKOMA PARK, Md, August 80
Especially The annual exhibition of
the three community Fairgrounds
here will be held tomorrow at 8 pm.
in the Philadelphia Avenue Elemen-
tary School.
The exhibition will include handi-
craft and needlework produced by
the children during the Summer on
the Fairgrounds at Philadelphia ave-
nue., North Takoma and Spring Park
Features of the program will be a
puppet show and harmonica contest.
Evening star., 1937-08-30
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
REIDSVILLE, N c.. August 30
Joe Muddiman Of Manassas, Va, was
fatally injured and three others were
seriously hurt yesterday in an auto
mobile collision on the Reidsville-
Danville highway.
Mrs. w. j. Smith of Charlotte, driver
Of the car in which Muddiman was
riding, suffered bad head injury
and two other passengers, German
Pence Of Manassas and his daughter,
Miss tanette Pence, who lives with
Mrs. Smith in Charlotte, were also
at a hospital for treatment. Miss
Pence suffered broken leg.
No one in the other machine owned
by c. D. Morgan of Elkland, Pa, was
injured.
Evening star., 1937-08-30
Birthday Party for Godfrey.

A birthday party for Arthur God
frey, radio commentator, will be given
at $50 pm. tomorrow by the Adver-
tising Club Of washington ct the
Raleigh Hotel.
Evening star., 1937-08-30
BAND CONCERT.

racks at 8 o'clock tonight. Capt. Tay-
lor Branson, leader; William F. San
telmann, assistant.
Program.
Overture, "The Force Of Destiny"
Verdi
Serenade, "Frasquita" a"----Iehar
Trumpet solo, "Trumpeter on
Guard" Neske
John P. White.
Excerpts from THE Prince Of
PlISen AuoeIs
(a) "Humoreske" --- Dvorak
Co "Pasquinade" ---- Gottschalk
Trombone solo, Blue Bells Of
Scotland" Pryor
Robert 1Sele.
First movement from Unfinished
Symphony" ------------- Schubert
Percussion duet, "The Two Clever
DFummers" ---------- 6chremer
Charles Owen and Oliver
Zinsneister,
waits, ~Ths B6sutafW 11us
Danube" Strauss
Grand scenes from "PagNaeci,"
LeonoaNaNo
'1hs Mariner Hymn"
The eear epansied Banner"
Evening star., 1937-08-30
UTILITY RATE HEARING
ADJOURNED TO SEPT. 8
Only Martin and Prettyman Are
at Opening-Ofdcials on
Y Vacation.

James L. Martin, secretary Of the
Public Utilities Commission. today
went through the motion of formally
opening hearings on rates of the
Washington Gas Light Co., and then
adjourned the hearing to Septem-
Der 8.
Besides Martin, the only person in
attendance was E. Barrett Prettyman,
counsel for the gas company.
The formality had been arranged
Saturday because officials Of the COM
mission and the gas company are on
vacation.
The Arizona gleam., 1937-11-26
DINING CAR UNION
HEAD ADDRESSES
FLORIDA WORKERS

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Nov. 26
(ANP) = President Spurgeon D.
Earle of the Brotherhood of Din
ing Car Employees Council No. 6
of Washington, D. c., conducted
an enthusiastic meeting of his
craft here last Friday night. The
membership of Council No. 6 in
cludes dining car cooks and wait
ers Of the Atlantic Coast Line,
Seaboard Air Line and Southern
Railroads, living in nine of the
II Southern States.
President Earle, reporting prog
ress Of the brotherhood, said, as
far as he knew, when Grand Pres
The Arizona gleam., 1937-11-26
election Of
Officers Is
In Order

With the coming of December
and the Holiday Season, also
comes the busy season for many
organizations. They will look back
over the years work and make
plans for bigger and better pro-
gram for the new year. The first
important step will be the election
of officers for the ensuing year.
Watch the Clean columns for the
new officers of these organizations
who work for the betterment of
this community.
The Arizona gleam., 1937-11-26

ident Rienzi B. Lemus concluded
agreements with the General
Managements on the Southern
Railway it marked the only in
stance in which a Negro ever
made a contract to also cover
white men in railroad service. The
cooks operating on the Queen and
Crescent Route of the Southern
Railway are white, living in Gin
cinnati, headquarters of the Din
ing Car Workers Union of the A.
F. Of L. now said to be aiming
at a National organization of
cooks and walters on the railroads.
"But the Cincinnati white men
stick to our union," Mr.. Earle OBJ
served.
The Arizona gleam., 1937-11-26
NEWSPAPERMEN
SAVE NEGRO FROM
EXECUTION

RALEIGH, N. c., Nov. 26 -
CAMP - Five white newspaper
reporters, acting at the request of
Gov. Clyde H. Hoey, as an UNI
official court of last appeal, Thurs
day saved Brady Lawrence, %,
from execution in the lethal gas
chamber for the murder of a white
man.
For two hours the reporters
studied records of the case, then
voted unanimously to- spare Law
rence's life. Sentence was immed-
lately commuted.
Frankly" the governor told
the newsmen, IT have been study
ing this case for several months
and still haven't been able to reach
a definite conclusion. Here are
the facts. Your decision will be
final. What would you do if you
were in my placer"
The Arizona gleam., 1937-11-26
S+u+ion CTCYP
To Broadcast
Again

Station CTCYP is operated for
the benefit of the young people of
the community. It is to give them
an opportunity to display their
gifts and talents. for the. amuse-
ment Of all in amateur programs
that are worth while.
The first program was broad
cast November 18, at the First
Colored Baptist Church. Since
then, several young people have
given in numbers that they want
to render on the next program.
The next amateur hour program
will be broadcast over station
CTCYP Monday, 8 pm, Decem-
Der 6, at the First Colored Baptist
Church, 9Th st. and Jefferson. Any
one desiring to appear on these
broadcasts from time to time viii
see Mrs. Estella Hogan.
The Arizona gleam., 1937-11-26
NOTED MUSICIANS
GIVE CHICAGO
RECITA 1

CHICAGO, Nov. 26th (ANP)-
Chicago's music lovers treked to
the Abraham Lincoln Centre last
Sunday afternoon to attend a re-
cital, one of "The Artists Ser
ies," managed by John Green and
featuring Eileen Jackson, pianist
and Ramon Gabriel, violinist. Mrs.
Clarence Cameron White, wife of
the famed violinist, was the ac-
companist. Selections from Beet
hoven, List, Schubert, Dett, Pag-
anini, Bach and Clarence Cameron
White were included in the artists
offerings which won the plaudits
of a large and responsive audience.
The Arizona gleam., 1937-11-26
Bishop Addresses
Ministers
Meeting

DR.. c. w. Brown, Bishop Of the
A.M.E. Zion Church, addressed the
inter-denominational ministerial
alliance, at its regularly weekly
meeting last Monday at the First
Colored Baptist Church, 5th St.
and Jefferson. 9 very powerful
message was heard by the min
listers. Rev. T. T. Love, gave the
response for the alliance. The
Bishop was introduced by Rev.
Homes, Presiding Elder in his
Church. The annual union Thanks
giving service was held at the
First Baptist Church at 11:30 am.
Thursday. Rev. L. Rucker, pastor
of the C.M.E. Church, preached
the sermon. A very profitable
service was held.
The Arizona gleam., 1937-11-26

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Nov. 90
(ANP)-Paul D. Cravath, chair
man of the truste board of Fisk
University announced Wednesday
that the school has been the re-
cipient of a gift of 5000 shares
of stock. The stock, presumably
that of Sears Roebuck and Co.,
was presented by the julius Ros-
enwald Fund, long a supporter Of
the institution. When the gift was
made the value Of the securities
was $335,OO The recent rise in
stock values however, has given
it net worth of $50O,OOO. An
The Arizona gleam., 1937-11-26
ILLINOIS CHIEF
JUSTICE ADDRESSES
COLORED LAWYERS
Takes Pride That Is Is No Kluxer

CHICAGO, Nov. 26 CAMP =
Judge Paul Farthing, the blind
Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court of the State of Illinois, was
the guest of honor and the only
speaker at a banquet given We'd
nesday night by the Cook County
Bar Association at the Wabash Y.
M. G. A. here. In the presence of
some rs members of the Associa-
tion and number of guests, JUS
tice Farthing, renowned as one of
the ablest lawyers in the country,
delivered a brilliant address on
citizenship" In the course of
his remarks he traced his ancestry
from revolutionary days and point
ed out that his forebears had
fought in every war in which the
United States has been engaged,
Justice Farthing, said that des-
pite his lineage he had never be-
lieved that anybody had a monop-
oily on citizenship and that he was
one who had never paid $1,000 to
wear a nightshirt and feel able to
oppress other members of the body
polite.
Atty. VIM. K. Hooks is presi-
dent Of the Cook County Bar AS
The Arizona gleam., 1937-11-26

MONROVIA, Liberia, Nov. 26-
Plans have been drawn for the
erection of a club house and con-
struction of tennis courts and a
swimming pool on a three-acre
sit recently acquired by the Mon
rovia Country Club, organized in
January of last year. The clubs
membership is composed of the
nations business and professional
leaders and high ranking official"
Of the Government.
The Arizona gleam., 1937-11-26
HurIS Acid
On Woman
I'm Street

WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. 26.
CAMP - Mary Wilson Of the
21OO block of Eighth st., N. w.,
was treated at Emergency Hos
pital wednesday, for acid burns.
She told the doctors that while
walking along the street near her
home with friend, a woman
threw acid in her face. Physicians
wer undecided as to the extent Of
her burns.
Jefferes Payne, whose age was
given as 80 years, living in the
HOO block of New Jersey avenue,
N. W., is in serious condition
in Freedman's Hospital, suffering
with stab wounds in the chest.
It is said the wounds were receiv-
ed during a row at his house. The
police are searching for a woman
who is charged with the act.
The Arizona gleam., 1937-11-26
Fisk University Gets
Gift Of Half Million

added advantage is that the gift
will be matched by the Rockefel-
Ter General Education Board in the
schools current campaign to raise
81, 100000, making total Of one
million dollars from the two
boards. The General Education
Board has offered to match every
dollar raised by the institution.
Edwin r. Embree, president of the
Rosenwald Fund when questioned
set the figure Of previous dona-
tions by the foundation to Fisk
University of $245, 1850 given since
1928.
The Arizona gleam., 1937-11-26
okemah District

An enjoyable evening was spent
at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed.
Davis, honoring Mrs. F. s. Allan
of Compton, La. Those who en-
joyed the pleasant courtesy were:
Mrs. Sallie Brewer, Mrs. Clayton
Smith and Mrs. Rhena Oats.
Mrs. Allen left for Los Angeles,
Calf, Saturday. While she was
here, she was the house guest Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton Smith.
Mrs. J. L. Pierce entertained her
husband with a birthday party
Thursday night.
Rev. Chas. Favors, Rev. ChiSn1,
Mr.. Hillory Moore, were pleasing
visitors this week.
The future belongs to him who
knows how to wait.
He who pardons bad -- iniures
the good.
The Arizona gleam., 1937-11-26

AUSTIN, Tex, Nov. rs. (ANP)
The Austin Students Inter-Ra-
cial Forum, comprising students
of Samuel Houston and Tillotson
Colleges and of the University of
Texas, presented the Reverend
Father j. M. Riach in a lecture
on current conditions in Europe, in
the Tillotson auditorium on Mon
day afternoon.
The Arizona gleam., 1937-11-26

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, Nov.
26. = Two of the worlds smallest
armies, those of Haiti and Santo
Domingto, are reported concentra-
ting on the West Indian Island,
La Hispaniola, and clash is be-
lieved iminent. The flare-up fol-
lowed the recent charge by Haiti
that 5000 of their countrymen had
been massacred at Montecristo,
Dominican Republic. The United
States has made representations
looking to arbitration of the diff
ficulty, caused, it is reported, by
labor trouble.
The Arizona gleam., 1937-11-26

MEMPHIS, Nov. 26 Albert
Gift was held to the Federal
Grand Jury Monday under $500
bond, charges with conspiracy to
violate the Federal Narcotics Law.
Last Saturday, his brother, Os-
wald, was also held to the grand
jury on charges of forging mar
cotics prescriptions. Both men
pleaded guilty.