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Evening star., 1937-09-01
SLAUGHTER HOUSE
AGREEMENT WAITS
ParIey Reaches Decision
Only That Operation Will
PoIIute River.

Following a conference called today
by the District Commissioners it was
reported there was considerable
agreement" on the part Of all sanitary
engineers that operation of the pro-
posed Gobel slaughter house would in
crease pollution in the Potomac River.
For nearly three hours behind closed
doors l3 District officials, including
lawyers, debated legal and sanitary
measures to prevent operation Of the
plant which is now being built in
Benning. Failing to reach any definite
conclusion. the conference authorized
DR.. George c. Rutland, District health
officer, to make further study of sew
age and health problems and repor.
back to the Commissioners.
Other Agencies Represented.
Represented at the conference in
addition to District officials were the
Interior Department. P w A.. the
Public Health Service, National Capt.
tai Parks Office and the National
Capital Park and Planning Commits
sion. These agencies have engaged
in a futile effort over the last 10
months to ban the Gobel company
from the District.
Following the meeting it was re-
ported:
There was considerable agreement
on the part of all that the operation
Of the slaughter house would occasion
an additional load on the new sewage
disposal plant. would increase pollu-
ton in the Potomac beyond the point
it was expected relief would be
achieved through the sewage plant,
and make necessary somewhat earlier
than was expected the installation of
secondary treatment plant
Plant Near Completion.
The cost of a secondary treatment
plant at Blue Plains would almost
equal the original installation for
which the P w. A. advanced the Dis
trict s4,125,0 900. The Blue Plains plant
is nearing completion and was de-
signed to reduce pollution about so
per cent. 1t was estimated when the
P. w. A. loan was arranged that the
sewage plant would be adequate to
meet needs until 1850.
Capt. Patrick H. Tansey, Assistant
Engineer Commissioner, had charge
Of the conference for the Commits
sioners. Other District officials pres
ent were Corporation Counsel Elwood
Seal, Dr. Rutland, j. B. Gordon, direc-
tor of Sanitary Engineering, and
Capt. Hugh P. Dram, chief of inspec-
tion
Howard A. Gray, director of the
P. w. A. Housing Division, and George
E. Tarbot, senior sanitary engineer of
the Public Health Service, also at
tended Others included Frederick
H. Walton, an expert with the In
terror Department.; Ray Bulger, head
of the P. w. A. Engineering Division
Morriss Miller of the P. w. A. Legal
Division; Frank T. Gartside, acting
superintendent of National Capital
Parks, and j. c. Jeffers of the Ma
tional Capital Park and Planning
Commission.
Evening star., 1937-09-01
Presidents S PIX
Operator Sails
TOSee Palace
BY the Associated Press.

oS tIlc ASSOCIATED PreSS.
NEW YORK. September 1.-The
P. B. X. in Buckingham Palace in
terests Miss Louise Hackmeister, and
she sailed today to take look at it.
Miss Hackmeister is chief telephone
operator in the White House and,
consequently, an authority on P. B. x,
which means private branch exchange.
That's the only switchboard /
want to see while I'm gone.' she said,
and she'll be in Ireland, England,
France and Germany six weeks.
Her White House P. B. x. observa-
tions are:
President Roosevelt accepts per
sonally only six or seven Of the more
than 1000 daily calls.
OF all the voices on the p. B. K,
the Presidents is the most distinc-
tive-his voice is just as good on the
telephone as it is On the radio"
In haste or under stress, the Pres
ident is always the same-he Is per-
fectly marvellous at all times"
With Miss Hackmeister sailed Miss
Mary Eben, assistant to Margaret Le
Hand, the Presidents personal Sec
retary, and Miss Margaret Durand,
secretary to James Roosevelt.
Evening star., 1937-09-01
TWO STABBING VICTIMS
SUCCUMB TO WOUNDS

Two colored victims of stabbings
died in hospitals last night and early
today.
Lille Mae McKissick, 30, died in
Freedmen's Hospital shortly after
midnight from knife wound in the
neck, which, police said, she received
in fight in the 100 block of Willard
street yesterday A colorcd man was
held at the third precinct in connec-
tion with the affair, but no charges
were placed against him Immediately
Ernest A. Fairfax, 36. of the 1000
block of Ninth street, was the other
victim. He said he was stabbed in
the abdomen during a fight with a
stranger in a taxi cab in the 1900
block Of Champlain street last Friday.
He died in Emergency Hospital last
night after giving police a description
Of his assailant.
Evening star., 1937-09-01
EUROPEANS PRISONERS
OF CHINESE IRREGULARS
French Priests Who Deal With
Kidnapers Say They Demand
Ransom.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PE1PING, September Mime Eu-
ropeans are held captive by Chinese
irregulars, 1t became known here
today.
French priests who dealt with the
kidnapers said they demanded ransom.
Negotiations were proceeding. 1t was
not determined exactly who the cap
tives were, except that one was an
Irish priest. British and French
authorities were endeavoring to effect
release of the prisoners.
Three French priests, kidnapped
Monday from Catholic seminary
west Of Peiping, were set free when
Japanese cavalry approached.
Father Francois vas one Of those
released. He was injured seriously,
however.
Evening star., 1937-09-01
WARNING ISSUED
ON LIQUIDAT|0NS
U. S. Bar Group Denounces "Dic-
tatorships" Pro.
posed Bills.
BY the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY. September IA
warning against "dictatorships in liq-
uidation" was sounded today by the
American Bar Associations Commit
tee on Bankruptcy.
Federal conservators such as the
controller of the currency Of the
United States and court-appointed
trustees with the Securities Exchange
Commission supervising the proceed
ings make for relationships in liquida-
tion rather than democracy" a re-
port Of the committee stated.
The report will be submitted to the
associations convention opening here
September u.
It noted new debtor relief proce-
dure was at odds with previous bank
ruptcy laws.
The report was signed by Henry c.
Shull, chairman, of Sioux City, Iowa; !;
william B. Henderson, Minneapolis;
Reuben @. Hunt, Los Angeles; Charles
8. Reid, Atlanta, and Edwin S. S.
Sunderland, New York.
Evening star., 1937-09-01
TAllULAH EMERY
ON H0NEYM0(
Actress married for Low
for the First and Last
Time, She Says.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
JASPER, Ala, September 1.-NeI
wed Tallulah Bankhead was hon
moon bound today with Actor u
Emery her husband of a day.
Il married for love-" said the CLAM
GUS star Of stage and screen, add
she never had been married before
never would again"
Their marriage took place last Mi
in the home of the brides fatf}
Speaker William B. Bankhead Of |
House of Representatives
Although their romance beganI
year ago, they surprised BroadvI
friends when they hurried here
chartered plane and auto yeSterdl
Tor the ceremony. Miss Bankhe|
said she was "a, her husband 80.
Met in Hollywood.
They met in Hollywood, while Eme,
son of Edward Emery, veteran sta
player, was appearing with Kathari
Cornell in Saint Joan" and Tallul;
was starring in Reflected Glory"
The newlyweds planned to fly ba
to New York today and then 90
NorWalk, Conn, for a quiet honeymo,
on Long Island Sound. Two wee
later they will return to BroadW
TO begin rehearsals in Anthony al
Cleopatra in which they will pl
together.
The bride will play the siren of t
Nile. Emery is cast in the role
Octavius Caesar.
Earlier plans to be married VIII
her father was again in Washingt
about Christmas We're abandon
three weeks ago when Miss Bankhe;
decided "she didn't like long engag
ments."
Speaker Gives Blessing.
The Speaker, who gave his daught
in marriage, said: I'm. Of course. We
happy my daughter chose to be ma
ried in my home, and Mrs. Bankhe
and l are greatly pleased with o
son-in-law. 1 give them my blessing
Stephen Cole. a New York friend
the couple, was best man. Mrs. Ban
head, Tallulah's stepmother. and Ed
Smith. the actress secretary, were t
other witnesses.
Probate Judge L. G. HARRISON,
friend of Speaker Bankhead De
formed the simple civil ceremony.
The bride wore modish broy
dress, simply cut; a poke bonnet ty
hat and pearls.
After the wedding the bride al
groom, along with the Speaker, We
to the portico and exchanged gree
ings with townspeople and friends W
had gathered there.
Was Friend of Prince.
Among those who congratulated {
couple at dinner party that follow
the wedding were Tallulah's "Unt
John" Bankhead, Alabamas sem
member of the United States Sena
and his wife.
From high school play acting M
Bankhead went into professional tn
atricals when her grandfather, Jol
H. Bankhead, sr., then in Washin
ton, "staked her" as she put it.
After several years in New York M
Bankhead went to London, where s
achieved great success. There S
became friend of the Prince of Wal
now the Duke of Windsor. After
return she starred on Broadway, we
to Hollywood, then returned to t
theater for her signal success in "F
f1ected Glory
Evening star., 1937-09-01
CLARK SUGGESTS
new HOLIDAYS
Would Make War Debt Due Dates
Keep Out of War
Days"
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BUFFALO, N. Y, September l.
United States Senator Bennett Champ
Clark proposed today that June is
and December 15-the due dates for
war-debt payments-be made national
holidays.
II would proclaim them 'Keep-out-
of-war days." the Missouri legis-
lator said in speech before the ma
tional encampment of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars
Il would have them established as
days Of fasting and prayer to the end
that Uncle Sam would never again be
hailed as Uncle Santa Claus and that
our boys never again will be sacrificed
in foreign quarrels"
Defaulting nations. Clark said, are
attempting to negotiate small settle
ments with the United States ito get
away from the wise provisions of the
johnson act, which prohibits the flo
tation of loans in this country by
nations in default"
Il hope that this may never be
dCCOIApllollcu, lie dUUcU.
Gen. Smedley D. Butler asked the
veterans to seek law prohibiting the
use of American troops abroad.
I'm 1917 they sent you fellows over
to Germany to defend your homes"
the fiery little retired Marine officer
told uniformed veterans at their
national convention. "It's all racket
the racket that let's American capi-
tai invested abroad do so under our
sacred emblem and gets us into
trouble"
Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines, chief of the
Veterans Administration, yesterday de-
clared unemployment among veterans
had been reduced materially by the
business upturn and Government
works projects. He outlined liberali0ed
compensations granted by the recent
Congress.
mo where in the world will you
ind any other government that has
provided so generously for relieving
the mental and physical suffering of
the men and women who have borne
the brunt of battle to preserve the
Nations principle and Ideals" Hines
told the veterans.
I'VE are increasing the bed capacity
Of hospital facilities to 10000. Real
i1ng the Importance of the continued
battle against cancer, we have estab-
lished . special cancer clinic and i've
auxiliary units"
Evening star., 1937-09-01
3HELD IN Staying
At VIRGINIA STORE
Prisoners Brought to Alex
andria for Safety After
Man, 81, Is Shot.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special Dispatch to The Star.
UNISON, Va, September 1.-Three
colored men were arrested early to-
day in Connection with the brutal slay-
Ing of Henry Saffel, 87-year-old Uni
son merchant, during hold-up at
his store yesterday afternoon and
are being held in the Alexandria Jail
for safekeeping
Commemorative Attorney Charles
F. Harrison said he has a confession
of the murder from one of the trio,
John Windsor, duplicating the other
prisoners, Lester Eddes and Charles
Osborne, in the robbery plot. They
live near Ashburn, IS miles from the
scene of the crime.
Sheriff E. S. Adrian of Loudoun
County led posse of State police,
Leesburg town officers, county depu-
ties and citizens to the trio's home
shortly before dawn today and drag
ged the men from bed after an all
night hunt. Two pistols, one .32-
caliber of the type which killed Saffel,
were found.
Sheriff Receives Tip"
Adrian, who ordered the men taken
to Alexandria Immediately because Of
high feeling lin the county, said he
received a tip on the identity OF
the slayers shortly before S am. to-
dav, but refused to disclose the nature
OF the information.
THE victims son, Clyde Saffel, As
was working in nearby field yester-
day afternoon, when he heard shot
from the direction of the store. Hurry
ing to the establishment, he found his
father lying in pool of blood. Saffel
died in an ambulance en- route to the
Winchester Hospital.
Saffel's slayer escaped with two COM
panions in green sedan, which neigh
bors saw speed through Unison and
head toward Aldie Immediately after
the shooting. The license plates were
ohscured by dust, and the tag numbers
were not obtained, police said.
Three Posses Formed.
A Gordon of police Immediately
began a search of all nearby highways
and roads Three posses were formed
and an al-night hunt for the trio
was made.
Harrison said Windsor's confession
stated the three prisoners went to
Saffel's store while he was alone yes
terday afternoon, ordered soft drinks
and then asked for change for $40
bill so they could pay the merchant.
Safel walked to his safe in the
rear of the establishment and was
about to change the bill when two of
the men drew guns and ordered him
to turn over his money.
$40 Found in Hand.
The merchant, according to Har-
risons version Of the confession,
reached beneath the safe as if to pro-
cure a gun and Windsor opened fire.
Saffel fell with the first shot.
$40 bill was found clutched in his
hand when his son reached the scene
after the trio fed. A search failed to
disclose any weapon Saffel might have
reached to frustrate the robbery.
An autopsy performed last night
by DR.. John A. Gibson, Loudoun
County coroner, revealed the store
keepers death was caused by .32-
cahber slug.
Evening star., 1937-09-01
CORRECTION

Democrats Absentee Voting Bu-
reau Is at 14O6 g Street.
In an article in the feature section
Of last Sundays Star, describing the
new quarters of the National Demo-
cratic Club Of America at 1900 Rhode
Island avenue, it was enormously
stated that the ofiice of the absentee
voters bureau is being maintained at
the new club house.
AL Democratic absentee voting has
been done at l406 G street and will
continue at this same address under
the auspices of the Democratic Ma
tional Committee.
Evening star., 1937-09-01
Cow Has Air Baby.

On . flight from Lac to Wau, New
Guinea, q freight airplane carried a
COW, which gave birth to calf. Air
planes operating on most of the COM
mercial lines in New Guinea carry
varied collections Of freight, including
horses. cattle and doukeys.
Evening star., 1937-09-01
ACTIVITIES GUARDED
Regent of Hungary Leaves TO,
Italy After Visit to Germany.

FR1EDR1CHSHAFEN, Germany Sep
tember l (P). - Admiral Nicholas
Horthy, regent of Hungary, departed
today for italy after German visit
in which his activities were carefully
guarded by the Gestapo (state secret
police.
He spent two days in Friedrichs-
hafen, where he visited DR.. Hugo
Eckerner and inspected the Zeppelin
works.
A Gestapo order to newspapers to
maintain silence until Horthy's de-
parture screened some of his activities,
and it was uncertain whether the
regent saw Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler
Evening star., 1937-09-01
Hut 35, 900 Years Old Found.

MOSCOW. September (P.-Soviet
archeologists reported today the dis
covery of prehistoric dwelling made
of clay which they estimated as $4,000
years old. Besides the hut they found
bone and flint implements, including
srrowheads. :
The discovery was made at the VII
lase Of Koatenka, vorone1h Province.
Evening star., 1937-01-22
TIPS on the Food Market
BY LUCE EBERLY.
(Copyright. 1879

regularly. Cauliflower. large white
heads, are in again and the supply
is generous even though they suffered
in the recent freeze-up. Green and
yellow snapbeans, Summer and Win
ter squash, okra, large bell mushrooms
and hothouse asparagus from Illinois
provide a splendid choice for week
end menus.
AT THE seafood stands We find
\ whole cooked lobster being fea-
tured this week end at rs cents a
piece. Southern lobster meat, too,
also is specially priced, as is the native.
Fresh frozen halibut and salmon,
the favorite steak fish, are both plen-
tiful. In pan fish we find large and
speckled trout and Spanish mackerel
from North Carolina, and porgies
from nearby Norfolk arriving daily.
White bait and oyster crabs. oysters,
scallops. clans, frog legs and crab
meat are also available.
r X Il +
"CUT-up" chicken is popular again
now that the season, Ito most
people, for turkey has passed. You
will find the "buy-by-the-piece" plan
a perfect way to buy the dinner party
piece de resistance-chicken breast.
Don't, however, ban fresh killed tur-
key from your menu completely-the
birds are still being received daily
from nearby farms and the prices
are very low. Long Island duck, jumbo
SQUAD, keats and fancy rabbits should
not be forgotten, either.
Evening star., 1937-01-22
Lacy Neckwear for That Early
Spring Look.

The fashion experts are saying that
frilly, ultra-feminine neckline bits are
going to be the very, very thing this
Spring. But fashion itself is ahead,
for frilly jabots, collars and "bibs"
are what the smart woman is wearing
right now on her Fall and Winter
dresses of silk or wool. They give
her that pre-Spring feeling that Is
so necessary during mid-Winter, when
1t is still too early for her to break
into prints and light colors. Fine lace
in white, eggshell, and pale pink is
favorite, and certainly the most fiat
tering and feminine. Mostly the
pieces are cut high with a neckband
and ruf1y jabot, but the collars that
come in various shapes are equally
charming, as are the wide lace inser-
tions that are cut fiat in "V" or
square shape, according to the par
ticular dress.
Bows, too, are cunning on black or
navy blue or brown tailored dresses,
and these are large or small, and OF
all manner. Some are Of mousseline
or organdie with lace edgings, and
others are entirely Of heavy laces like
cluny or Irish, and still others are
! tist lnR a. 2nM OF EAlr ed2n0
Evening star., 1937-01-22
Manners
of the
Moment
EATING breakfast in bed is a swell

EATING breakfast in bed is a swell
idea. It Is, in fact, one Of those
ideas which We have always thought
must have emanated from some great
mind, like Sappho's. But some Of the
grandest ideas, we've found, are COM
pletely unworkable. And eating break
fast in bed is one Of them.
At least, it's unworkable as far as
we're concerned. How, we'd like to
know, do you balance tray on your
knees, crack an egg, butter toast and
eat, all at the same time? How, we
ask, can you keep from spilling coffee
on the hemstitched sheets your mother
gave you last Christmas? And what
prevents the crumbs from scratching
up your pretty throat line?
We can't figure it out. OF course,
we know the usual answer. That is
to buy yourself a little bed table
that sits up on stills. And we think
that's splendid, except for two things.
It still doesn't take care of the crumbs
that drop between you and the table.
And it isn't a speck of good to one
of those people who live alone and
like it and try to fix their own break
fast in bed. Because it's awfully hard
to crawl in under a bed table.
Unless you have plenty of maid
service. we think that probably the
best thing to do Is to put the tray
on the bed and sit on the door.
Evening star., 1937-01-22

FRUITS from South America-chile
= and the Argentine-have brought
a colorful note to the fruit stalls at
local markets. Arriving daily now,
come tree-ripened apricots, plump
blue plums. dark red bing cherries,
and honeydew melons. These fruits
displayed along with Florida pine
apple, California pomegranates, BART
lett pears, tiny lady apples, hothouse
rhubarb, large red and golden delicious
apples, imported Belgian grapes, New
Jersey cranberries and large, luscious,
red-ripe strawberries from Florida
certainly gives the shopper horn Of
plenty from which to choose!
Winter citrus fruits are well re-
presented, too, and are at their prime.
New to arrive this week are large
tangeloes-those 1ron-rich health
oranges" that first appeared in the
market a few years ago. They are
highly recommended for the sick
a-bed" person. Tangerines continue
to arrive in large lots, as do the Florida
rusty skins and the large California
naves.
TN spite Of the rumor that all citrus
fruit would be higher in 1887. there
has been as yet no immediate advance
in prices)
NEW at the vegetable stalls is hot
= house poke salad. Sold in me-
Iit,p hy,y h1u
priced, another tasty Summer item is
added to our already fine salad bowl
list! Crisp watercress, romaine, salad
escarole, Boston and iceberg lettuce,
hothouse cucumbers, radishes. Spring
onions, celery hearts, French endives
and California tomatoes, alligator
pears and potted chives round out an
excellent variety.
Brussels sprouts, broccoli, beautiful
crisp spinach, young baby beet tops.
Chinese cabbage, as well as the old
fashioned white and red; escorale
and turnip greens provide q good as
sortment in the leafy vegetables. AL
are plentiful and cheap.
Lima beans are a little higher IN
price this week, though most OF the
stands seem to have a good supply.
The reason for the higher prices, say
merchants, is that a shortage has
been predicted. Due to the heavy
frost in the West, which swept parts
of California, there will be many
changes in the price lists. The frosts,
for instance, account for the sudden
rise in price of the green peas. Cali
fornia telephones" advancing to Is
cents a pound, are higher now than
they have been in many a day. Pro-
duce markets, however, are expecting
the Florida crops to come to the res
cue soon.
All the root vegetables-Winter
parsnips, white and yellow turnips,
baby carrots. tiny red beets. sweet and
I1dahe potaAnae euuttua,A - Anszs'
Evening star., 1937-01-22
COurteSieS
And Social
Obligations
BY EMILY POST.

YEAR MRS. POST: What Is my
position regarding the parents Of
friends Of my daughter? She is at
college far away and goes home fire.
quently with the girls whose homes
are closer to the school. She some-
times mentions in her letters home
that these girls parents are going to
New York on holiday and as We live
in the environs of New York I'm Won-
dering whether it is expected that we
extend some kind Of hospitality to the
parents at such times.
Answer-Your real obligation is in
encouraging her to invite these girls
home with her when they have longer
receSSes or perhaps to let her ask them
to come between school terms when
they can stay longer. But why don't
you ask her whether she wants you to
show particular hospitality to the par
entS she knows especially well and
what she suggests. She knows what
type of people they are and whether
they have friends in New York, or, on
the other hand, whether they are
going as strangers or whether the
mothers are likely to be alone while
their husbands attend to business, or
just what the individual situations are.
X X
NEAR MRS. POST: Will you kindly
settle question in dressing for
us? I have always understood that
tails" for men are absolutely correct
at any time after dark, no matter what
the day We have just been told that
this does not include Sunday.
Answer-The reason that tails" are
rarely seen on Sunday evening is that
balls and dinners of ceremony, which
alone require them, are not usually
given on Sunday.
Dear Mrs. Post: Is one supposed to
be able to hold over social obligations
from one season to the next? Ishould
have entertained several friends last
Spring, but had no money to give a
party of any kind then. I'm wonder-
ing if now, which Is the first it has
been possible, would be considered too
late to repay these kindnesses?
Answer-Not at all. There Is no
time limit on any return you want to
make After all, there are so many
reasons why we may not be able to
do what we want to when we want to.
tCopyright. 1879