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Evening star., 1937-05-04
zAKHAR0V PICTURE
IS MOST POPULAR
"BaI|erina" Ballots Lead
In Corcoran Gallery of
Art Referendum.

Ballerina,' striking full length
portrait Of girl in ballet costume, by
Feodor zakharov. New York artist,
has been sdjudged the most popular
picture in the Fifteenth Biennial Ex-
hibition of Contemporary American
OH Paintings at the Corcoran Gallery
Of Art.
The painting received the largest
number of votes in public referen-
dunn conducted at the gallery last
week, 1t was announced today at the
gallery. Zakharov will receive 5000
popular prize"
zakharov's picture, showing with
almost Photographic faithfulness a
ballet dancer poised on her toes, with
other dancing figures in the back
ground, received 343 OF the several
thousand votes cast during the week.
Chapman Work Next.
Next in popularity was Alice
Through the Black Bottle. by Charles
s. Chapman, which received 1874
votes. Third largest number of votes
was cast for Testimonial" large
symbolic painting on war, by r. II.
Ives Gammell.
sZakharov was born in Russia in
1882, but has become citizen Of the
United States. He is a graduate OF
the Moscow School of Painting, Sculp-
ture and Architecture. His paintings
are owned by a number of Russian
museums and by private American col
lectors. In 1928 he received the Lip
pancott Prize at the Pennsylvania
Academy Of the Fine Arts.
He was represented in the Corcoran
0allery's Fourteenth Biennial Exhibi-
ton by painting entitled Madame
X" OF his current entry the gallery
today said:
'Ballerina' is not only a worthy
work of art, but is also most attrac-
tive in subject and gives evidence of
discriminating taste on the part of
the visitors to the exhibition.
The painting has been invited by
the Toledo Museum of Art to be shown
tn its Annual Exhibition of Selected
American Paintings"
Landscape Called Best Picture.
A jury of art experts chose land
ecape, Cape Cod Afternoon" by Ed
ward Hopper, as the best picture in
the show. Hopper was awarded the
$4,000 W. A, Clark first prize and the
Corcoran Gold Medal. Three other
paintings were selected by the experts
for other Clark awards, but none of
these pictures figured heavily in the
popular balloting.
The exhibition will continue
through next Sunday The last eve
ming inspection period will be Friday
from 7.30 to 10 o'clock.
Evening star., 1937-05-04

taan machine guns, since they can be
Concealed with greater facility. During
the past two or three years new types
OF weapons and ammunition have
been developed with greatly increased
penetrative power. The situation Is
one Of urgent necessity and must be
brought under control"
Cummings apparently had reference
TO the so-called Magnum revolver
WHICH. according to j. Edgar Hoover
director Of the Federal Bureau of In
vestigatioa, is so powerful that it
makes useless steel vests and other
protective shields adopted by law en-
forcement agencies. The present fire.
arms law does not apply to the new
revolver.
The new law would impose a tax
ct ST on every transfer of firearms
Of any type. There would be no tax
imposed for registering. The 1884
oct imposes 5000 tax on all transfers
Of machine guns and sawed-off guns
and this levy would be continued.
Sees Burden Not Great.
Cummings expressed the opinion
That no serious financial burden would
be involved in 81 tax on transfers
Of revolvers, pistols, rifles or shotguns
THE honest and law-abiding citi-
ten," he said, would be caused far less
hardship by the proposed enactment
than by the existing requirement that
he register his automobile, while a
system OF registration of firearms
would place potent weapon against
criminals In the hands of law enforce
ment officers"
Federal officials do not expect, Of
course, that criminals will register
their guns. They hope, however. to
make it more difficult for gangsters to
get frearms-and when one Of them
is caught in possession of an unregis-
tered weapon he could be prosecuted,
even though there be no other Federal
charge against him.
=. There have been instances in which
the authorities have been compelled
TO free known gangsters, and return
their pistols and rifles to them, be-
cause of lack of a Federal firearms
law under which to hold them.
Since enactment of the 1884 act
more than $4,000 machine guns and
machine rifles. 1900 sawed-off shot
guns and sawed-off rifles and 700
Silencers have been registered, mostly
BY law enforcement agencies and mill
tary organizations.
!. Constitutionality Of the act wax
upheld recently by the Supreme Court
Evening star., 1937-05-04
L0W-RENT HOUSING
EXHIBITS RE0PENED
Display Shows Transition of Di.
lapidated Areas Into Mod.
ern Centers.

The slum clearance and low-rent
housing exhibit sponsored by WASH
ington churches and Government
agencies was reopened at 1890 pm.
today by the Church of the Immac-
ulate Conception at Hurney Hail. in
the 700 block of N street.
Displayed last week at st. Johns
Episcopal Church, the exhibit shows
the transition of dilapidated housing
areas into modern apartment centers,
photographs of living conditions of
underprivileged families and the Alley
Dwelling Authority's work to relieve
slum conditions here.
Activity of the Public Works Admin
istration in building homes and apart
ments for low income families is shown
In miniatures of such projects as the
Langston Terrace, now under con-
struction at Benning road and Twenty
first street northeast, and Greenbelt
at Berwyn, Md.
The exhibit will be open from 2::30
to $50 pm. every day until Sunday
Evening star., 1937-05-04
.RASK0B-DU POINT
LINK NK|SDESCR|BED
U. S. Counsel Questions Of.
flee Manager for Financier
at Tax Hearing.
BY the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 4-The close
business and personal relationship
existing between Pierre S. du Pont and
John j. Raskob was described today at
the hearing of the Governments case
to collect approximately $l,800,0O0 on
the 1929 income tax of the two finan-
ciers and industrialists.
Nathan B. Leming, chief counsel for
the Internal Revenue Bureau in the
hearing before Tax Commissioner
Richard Disney, brought out the de-
tails of this relationship in question:
ing Harold G. Seer, Office manager
and statistician for Raskob.
At the time in question, before
Raskob and Du Pont moved into their
oftces near those Of Alfred E. Smith
In the Empire State Building, Seer
said the two men occupied joint Offices
IN the Grand Central Building.
They had connecting suites, with q
common receptionist, but each had his
own telephone and buzzer system. his
own personal staff and own filing
systems.
Jennings questioning was designed
to show joint business action on the
part OF the two men-something which
lawyers for Raskob and Du Pont have
offered to stipulate all along.
III try this in my own way" Lem
Ing replied at the morning session
when another offer of stipulation was
made by James S. Y. WINS of Wash.
ington. chief counsel for Du Pont
Previously Leming brought out thai
on November 13-tWo weeks after the
Wall Street stock crash and panic
personal checks Of Du Pont and Raskot
OF $4,606,000 and S4,58275O, respec-
lively. were brought to the Bankers
Trust Co. in the same envelope anc
deposited at the same time
These checks were exchanged b,
Ou Pont and Raskob in the sale to each
other Of certain blocks of stocks j,
which both had losing positions.
Counsel for the two millionaire
have not contested the Government
contention that these stocks were solt
TO establish losses after the crash. de-
ductible from their 1929 income tax.
However, they have denied the Gov
ernment's contention that the two
men had agreed to repurchase tn,
stock. contrary to the income ia,
statutes.
The stocks were repurchased in toto
IN January, 1880, but counsel for Dl
Pont and Raskob said the sales ane
purchases were all made at the risl
OF the market" and were not made il
accordance with any agreement.
Both Raskob and Du Pont were ir
the hearing together again today, ar.
irving Is minutes before Tax Commis
sioner Disney pounded his gavel, anc
left carrying their own brief cases a
the close of the morning session.
They obtained a severance of thei
| cases and while the Du Pont case i
being heard Raskob is remaining il
the room with his lifetime friend ant
| business associate.
Evening star., 1937-05-04

Uital and confident, Uhen he saW
1000 miles bob up on the speed
onieter OF his car. He was re-
minded that had always been his
lucky number, that during the merit
1000 miles he probably would be
smiled upon BY all good fortune so
TAR as his motoring was concerned.
Sure thing. The 1000 miles Uds
not miles old before he had the
first puncture that has betdllen
him in years. He did not sur
render then to establishment, but
the nert day he had misoiuings
Then the car developed several
conspicuous rdttles. The third day
the heaUy bloD tell. There 1Das a
sudden uhtrring dotpn near the
Transmission. clin1ared by a sharp
click, then silence.
He looked at his speedometer.
1t had ceased to junction, giDing
up the ghost in the middle OF its
7,077th mile.
BENEFACTORS.
TO HEAR them tell it, the cigarett.
manufacturers have discoveree
tobacco formulas to improve you,
golf, polo, married life, digestion
throat and pocketbook, although mos
81 the people who bear witness t.
these wonders are known to receiv,
cheques for their testimo mony
Recently. however, cigarette con
,ern hit upon a scheme that IS with
out a doubt turning our Nation int
\ race Of research scientists. Outfl
started contest in which participant!
must identify properly 80 names in {
ist Of 1000. the identification being
made through clues given in a serie!
II pictures. The winners are to share
some fancy prize money, provided any
one at all knows enough abou
1eraldry, history, chemistry and what
not to get the answers.
Just how far the thing has gone II
stirring the populace to vast menta
exercise is suggested by a recent rul
ing OF the Mount Pleasant Library
limiting the use Of certain reference
books to is minutes per person. Afte
al, high school and college student
have to dig up a few facts, too, not
the milling mobs o
their elders who cluster around tn
reference files.
Evening star., 1937-05-04
LaF Toilette
Continued From First Page.)

ing was corroborated by Mrs. Minnie
Clouse, mother Of John, who added:
Wash Irwin and Luke Hubbard
came to our house after we had kept
the boys home from the grand jury,
and said 1t was nice they didn't 60
that 1t might have caused us a lot Of
trouble"
Mrs. Clouse was followed on the
witness stand by Lindsay Baker, a
Harlan-Wallins Co. miner, who testi-
ned . company thug" had beaten
him into Inconsistencies with q
blackjack few days after he joined
the union.
He said he was assaulted April "a
as he left barber shop in Verda,
a company town.
Il had bent down my head to light
a cigarette" Baker related when
Leonard Hobbs hit me with a black
jack and knocked me out.
When I came to, he was still
beating on me, and three or four
deputy sheriffs just looked on with
out doing anything"
A friend finally pulled Hobbs away,
he continued, adding that his res
cuer was Immediately reprimanded by
a mine company of1cial who saw the
incident.
Summoned after Kentucky coal
dlggers testified that Harlan County
mine operators had shut their pits
within the last week in an effort to
halt United Mine Workers organiz-
ing drive, Bassham was TO face cross
examination before the committee to-
day.
A former Harlan County deputy
sheriff. Kelley Fox, informed inves-
tigators yesterday that he was an eye
witness to shooting attack. in which
a union organizers son was killed
Fox declared he had never reported
the shooting because l didn't wan,
those fellows to kill me too"
Evening star., 1937-05-04
Yakut SURVEY to Start,

Lesser known regions of the Yakut
republic will be studied by geolog-
ical expedition Of the Arctic Insti-
tute which recently left Leningrad,
Russia, and which has 46 members
who will make investigations over
an area OF 10000 square miles before
January, 1899.
Evening star., 1937-05-04
INTRODUCTION.

r. DMUND PLOHN, manager of
~ our major legitimate theater
here, was born in Louisville,
KY, where he became a close
friend of the late "Marse Henry"
Watterson. last Of the old school fire.
eating Southern editors. In later years
whenever "Marse Henry" went to
New York and wanted to see show.
he would call upon Mr.. Plohn who, as
big shot in the theatrical world
there, held within his power the open
sesame to all metropolitan theaters.
One time when "Marse Henry" was
unable to get up to the city for a
certain opening he sent along his sec
retary, Arthur Krock, now the Wash
ington correspondent of the New York
Evening star., 1937-05-04
Finds Neck Is Broken.

BUFFALO, N. Y, May 4 LP).-Hit
by an automobile Sunday, 69-year-old
Anthony Formica complained of a
pain in his neck, but refused to 60 to
a hospital. Today doctor found
Formica's neck was broken, but said
he thought the man would recover.
Evening star., 1937-05-04
Runaway Tractor Caught.

LAMAR, Mo, May 1 [P.-A farmer
tainted and fell unconscious from his
tractor, which continued on It's way
driverless. The farmer recovered, saw
his tractor running away. He leaped
to his feet and overlook it.
His age, SIS, his name, Lynn Fast.
Evening star., 1937-05-04

Times. Mr.. krock bore q letter Of
introduction from Watterson, took 1t
to the theater, but found Mr. Plohn
out. He presented his credentials, re-
ceived tickets, left the letter on Mr..
Plohn's desk, and went on to the show.
That was in 1912. The other day.
looking over some papers he had
brought down with him when he came
to Washington to work, Plohn found
the letter written a quarter Of CEN
tury ago to introduce Krock. He
never had met the gentleman, never
theless, so he took the note around
the corner to the Albee Building, pre-
sented it to Mr.. Krock, introducing
Mr., Plohn.
The two promptly became fast
friends.
Evening star., 1937-05-04

verse the order Of the two last exemp-
tions, allowing $4,000 to a child and
s., 1000 to a brother or sister. No levy
would be made on these exemptions
unless they total in excess Of $4,000.
Evening star., 1937-05-04
Washington Wayside Tales
Random Observations of Interesting
Events and Things in Capital.

the other day after more than
three decades OF doing handsomely
by q local citizen, Who had infinite
faith in its magic.
1t Wds Spring (still is, BY the
,oay) and he was feeling young and
Evening star., 1937-05-04

FILM PICKET LINE
FREED OF WOMEN
Central Strike Committee
Acts Without AnnounC.
ing the Reason.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
NeWly-orodnized Federated Mo-
ton Picture Crafts, affiliate OF
American Federation OF Labor. is
sued strike call Friday night, iuith
four unions. inpoluino $500 Uork-
ers. responding Saturday morning.
SeDen more unions joined ualk-
out yesterday, but Actors Guild de-
ldyed decision aDaiting outcome OF
talks NTH producers. Union recoo-
milton and closed shop is de-
mdnded.
Evening star., 1937-05-04
MATCHED PAIR.

The larger the bullfroo, the
heavier its crodk. The Deep
thro1ted uoice OF the Great Dane
mocks the gap OF the terrier, but
it Is best to forget all theories
about stze as an indicator OF FOCAL
timbre uhen referring to men. In
The Star Glee Club, for example.
the star basses are Rudy" Kau1-
mann, ,Uho is s feet 4 inches tall.
weighs 1875 pounds and has Uoice
in proportion, and Clayton Baus, a
linotype operator, Uho is feet II
inches high, 1Deighs Just bit more
than 100 pounds and can giUe the
lou notes quite as much punish
ment as his tellow Udrbler.
PROTEST.
GONG through Rock Creek Park
~ the other day, taxi driver saw
a rather distinguished, conservatively
dressed man walking along the road
apparently in search Of something
He stopped and asked, rs there any
place can take you, sir? Are you BY
any chance lost?"
The fellow looked at him 4 moment
and said, Are all the taxi drivers II
Washington absolutely nuts?"
Cabbie allowed as how he didn1
think 50.
We'll, I'm taking no chances" sale
the man. THE reason I'm walking
now is because I don't intend to gel
into one OF the things again while I'm
here. What do you suppose I'm doinf
in this park now, anyhow"
Wouldn't know" said the driver.
Nothing. Positively nothing. Ex
cept I took cab downtown at m.
hotel and asked to be driven to tn
Monastery, which I wanted to see OF
this visit here. The what?' said m,
driver The Monastery I said
Where the monks are And wher'
did he bring me? Way out here
straight to the monkey house tn
Zoo! Now ask you! Faugh!" roere,
the fellow, his anger rising again
"Get on your way with your stupi'
taxi and I hope never to see anothe
one"
The driver left all right, ane
laughed most OF the day.
ACCORD.
WE HAVE it on the authority o
w Mrs. Robert Whitney Imbrie o
the Carlton Hotel that during
father-and-son conference betweel
Postmaster General James Farley an
his boy the other day, the youngste
asked Dad. when / grow up will
be big man like you?" to which MI
Farley modestly replied, why sor
I don't think I'm such 4 big man"
Come to think Of 1t, I don't thin
50 either" said the boy.
X X
LUCK.
The number turned Uhtmsicdl
Evening star., 1937-05-04
Firearms

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Evening star., 1937-05-04
Taxes

Continued From First PaRe.)
The Washington times., 1937-02-19
TUBERCULOSIS
GROUP FORMED

ARLINGTON, Va. Feb. 19.-For-
nation of the Arlington County
tuberculosis Association, for the
purpose of securing the united ef-
forts of county organizations in
stamping out tuberculosis in this
area" was announced today by
Mrs. Edna Butterfield, newly elec-
ted president of the association.
The new organization, which will
replace the Arlington County Tu-
berculosis Committee, was formed
at the suggestion of Mrs. Norbert
Melnick, chairman of the commit
tee, who is in charge of the sale of
Christmas seals in the county.
Other officers elected were Mrs.
Catherine JOhncoX, vice president;
Mrs. Norbert Melnick, treasurer
and seal sale chairman and Mrs.
N. r. Davies, secretary. In addition
to the officers the board of direc-
tors will be composed of Mrs. Dean
Rose and Mrs. A. R. McGonigal
elected for tWo-year terms, and
Mrs. Nettie Dudley and Mrs. Daisy
Fox, elected for terms Of one year.
DR.. Charles P. Cake, a resident of
the county who is in charge Of the
tuberculosis work at Gallinger Hos
pital, was named to honorary mem
! berShlp in the association.
The Washington times., 1937-02-19
COSMOPOLITAN
INITIATES I

Appropriately dressed as a milk
bottle, a lorgnette, nurse, a
painter and other articles indica-
tive of their profession, seven new
members of the Cosmopolitan Club
were initiated last night at BAN
quet in the Mayflower Hotel.
The candidates included Harry
Baker of the Wilson Line, who
wore life preserver over his din
ner coat; John Chevalier, man.
ager of the Palace Laundry, whose
shirttail, worn outside, bore the
inscription, Long Live Linen"
and William R. TeuniS, optician,
who carried a lorgnette with
glasses a foot in diameter.
C. j. Mack, of the Mayflower,
carried a flower-decked calendar
for May; Herman SchuIteiS, of
Chestnut Farms-Chevy Chase
dairies, wore a Seven-foot bottle:
Edward R. Walton, patent attor-
ney, brought a huge key marked
patent pending; Peter F. Gordon
wore a painters outfit and Mil
ton Westcott, nurseryman, was in
a nurses white uniform.
The Washington times., 1937-02-19
PLAN T0H0N0R
LANE STUDIED

Proposals for a memorial to
Franklin K, Lane, former Secre.
tary Of the Interior, were laid be-
fore the Fine Arts Commission to-
day by DR.. Adolph Miller, former
member of the Federal Reserve
Board and Assistant Secretary of
the Interior during the Lane
regime.
The memorial, as outlined to
the commission, would be a flag
pole at Hams Point. The COM
mission made no decision in re-
gard to the proposal, but is ex-
pected to hand down an opinion
when questions of the suitability
of the Hams Point site have been
settled. The difficulty, it is unde,.
stood, lies in the possibility that
lag pole on the point might
constitute a hazard to aerial naVi-
CATION.
Also before the commission for
approval, was a plan for lighting
the Second Division Memorial at
Seventeenth Street and Constitu.
ton Avenue. The plan, which
calls for flood lights, was sub
mitted by Gen. U. Matthew and
Ernest Colling, of the Radio Cor
poration Of America, representing
General Harbord, Second Division
wartime commander.
Other matters to be considered
include proposed alterations Of
Washington's waterfront and mat
ters pertaining to the National
Gallery of Art endowed by Andrew
Mellon.
Meanwhile the commission
awaited word from the Thomas
Jefferson Memorial Commission
on details, construction and site
for that project.
The Washington times., 1937-02-19
Short, Short Story

Dick Rodgers and Larry Hart
wrote their first musical in 1919.
1t was labelled Poor Little Ritz
Girl" and it ran for 25 weeks.
But in spite of it's modest success,
the two unknown youngsters had
difficulty placing their next musi-
cal-until the Theater Guild un-
expectedly stepped in. The Guild
was preparing a special two-day
show to raise money for tapes
tries in its new theater. 1t sought
a makeshift musical in which to
feature their cast of extras and
minor personalities. Rodgers and
Hart were hired to do the book
and score and-against the advice
OF their accepted, al
though it only meant a two-day
run. But the show was hit
and, instead of running two
days-went through the entire
season. 1t was "Garrick Cal,
eties." After that bids poured in
for shows by the Rodgers-Hart
combine.
Two weeks ago the boys at
tended a play at the Guild.
Walking through the lobby. dur
ing intermissiOn, Larry Hart
pointed to some hangings on
the wall. Recognize them?" he
asked. "We're responsible for
those tapestries"
"Sez y0u!" retOrted Rodgers.
"ThOss tapestries are respOnsi-
ble for uS."
The Washington times., 1937-02-19
When They Were
Young!

Clifford Odets: The kid who
convinced the other kids spinach
Every boy in the class wanted
to do her homework for her.
Gary Cooper: He got the job in
the grocery store because he could
reach the top shelves Myrna
10y: The best behaved girl in
class Ruby Keeler: The
quietest girl in class-she always
wore a ribbon with a big bow.
Joe E. Brown: He was the class
cloWn-but the teacher liked him
Carlo: She never wanted
to 60 anywhere with the rest of
the kids George Jean Nathan:
He wrote a three-page essay ex-
planning why oatmeal was bad
for the growing youth Noel
Coward: His pa and ma always
liked to show him off Jack
Benny: The quiet kid who turned
out to be the life of the party.
The Washington times., 1937-02-19
Flood Sum Grows

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Feb. 10.
Since the official report of the
local flood relief committee was
filed last Thursday, contributions
here have totaled $114.35, bring
ing the Alexandria flood relief
fund to $6,542.15, it was an
nounced today by Clyde C. La
mond, chairman of the local Red
Cross chapter.