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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-12-02
WHITE DEER SHOT

UNDERWOOD, Ont. (UP)--A
white deer. never before heard OF
in this Bruce county area, was
shot by Lloyd Pnkerton, ON "a
farm near here. The animal had
a fawn-colored head and neck
and a pure white body.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-12-02
CHESS PLAYER VILLAGE

BERLIN. - (UP) - A village
where chess is compulsory
school subject has been found in
the Hartz mountains. There are
/ 400 people living in the village
of StrObeck and every one, babies
in arms excepted, is an expert
chess player. Tiny children are
given. dolls made like cheSs-pieceS.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-12-02

clcneney applicants. 90 =
"This WHOLESALE padortTg bus
mess of one man representing
lot of prisoners doesn't look good
to the people and it doesn't look
good to the board" Cone said. He
told Gildard to submit his cases
in writing.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-12-02
DANCE TO VIBRATIONS

BOSTON. (UP)-SpeccheS and
dances aren't unuSual-but this
one was for the National Frater-
nal Society of the Deaf. The men,
bers listened" through the nim-
BILE fingers of an interpreter.
They danced to the vibrations of
an orchestra.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-12-02
KEEP OLD ORDINANCES

TIFFIN. o. (UPD. 60 Ancient
statute books taken from dusty
files in city hall find it illegal to:
Have beer in ones possession or
drive train more than four miles
an hour within city limits.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-12-02
AUSTRALIA LACKS WOMEN

CANBERRA. (UP)-Therc arc
S4,2ll more males than females
in Australia out of total popu-
Iation of 6.S3l. 1858. the biannuaI
report of the government StatlS-
tician revealed.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-12-02

lultneT says.
"W Q k n o W
that our chief
concern for
the present,
therefore, is
TO make mo.
I h g RS a n d
fathers real.
iZe the neCeS'
sity Of having
their daugh.
tiers go to the
doctor or
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-12-02
2H<BQv|in9
O|||!:)55coress
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The All-Star bowling team de-
fcated the Lucky Five team in a
match last night by a team score
of 1854 to 1867. Individual scores
wore as follows.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-12-02

periodic physical examinations. II
we can catch the disease early we
can nearly always cure it. Do this"
concludes Miss Whitney, and we
tuberculosis statisticians can all &C
out Of business. This public health
mystery will have solved ITSELF"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-12-02

Ills, Three League club. and
cash. Richardson will be farmed
out to the Jersey City club.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-12-02

The 1897 Christ
mas Seals on sale
IN December TO
support the edacd-
tiOnQl campaign OF
national, state aud
local tuberculosis
nSSnciniiOlS.
Evening star., 1937-02-16
HOUSE UNITS MAP
FISCAL LPLANSTUDY
subcommittee Meet to
Work Out Program for
Considering Report.

Two special subcommittee of the
House District Committee met in joint
session today to work out a definite
program of procedure for studying
the Jacobs three point fiscal rela-
tions plan.
One of the subcommittee, headed
by Representative Kennedy, Demo-
crat, of Maryland, will analyze pro-
posals in the Jacobs report for rails
ing additional revenue to offset part
of the anticipated s10,000.ooO deficit
in the coming fiscal year.
Representative Nichols, Democrat,
of Oklahoma Is chairman of the
other subcommittee. 1t has been as
signed the task Of studying 10 legis-
lative changes recommended in the
Jacobs report
The joint meeting was called so
the subcommittee could more thor
oughly define their work to preclude
the possibility of overlapping. The
District Commissioners and Maj. DAN
iel j. Donovan, auditor and budget
officer. are among the witnesses.
Another fiscal relations study is to
be undertaken soon by the House
Subcommittee on Appropriations, in
charge of the 1888 District supply bill,
but it will be independent of that
directed by the District Legislative
Committee. to which the Jacobs re-
port was referred by the House.
Evening star., 1937-02-16
COM MODORE DU BOSE
DEAD AT AGE OF 81
Retired Navy Medical Officer Was
One of Few Still Hold
ing Rank.

The Navy Department today an
nounced the death of Commodore Will
liam Richard Du Bose, Medical Corps,
U. s. N. (retired), father Of Capt.
William G. Du Bose, Construction
Corps, Assistant Chief of the Bureau
of Construction and Repair, at the
Naval Hospital here.
The commodore was 80 years old
and was one of the few officers of that
rank still living. Only three COM
modores on the retired list of the
Medical Corps are listed in the Navy
Register.
Commodore Du Bose made his home
here at 1850 Kalorama road. He was
taken i'll today, placed in an ambu-
lance and taken to the Naval Hospital
and shortly after his arrival was pro-
nounced dead.
Born September IL, 1854, in Georgia,
Commodore Du Bose entered the Navy
from his native State in october, 1875.
He served in various parts of the
country and was retired from the serv-
ice on September IL, 1918, upon reach
ing the age of "a years. In accord
ance with law, he was retired with the
rank of commodore. He served at sea
for more than Is years during his
lengthy career as a physician IN the
Navy.
Evening star., 1937-02-16
MELLON GALLERY
STUDY THURSDAY
Fine Arts Commission to Consult
With Architect on Further
Details of Edifice,

Further details regarding the Mel
lon Art Gallery will be considered by
the Fine Arts Commission when it
meets here Thursday.
Members of the Commission will
consult with the architect for the
gallery, John Russell Pope of New
York. Congress is now considering
the gift Of the gallery and the collec-
ton Of paintings, which Andrew w.
Mellon, former Secretary of the
Treasury, has donated to the Nation.
The gallery Is to be erected on the
south side of Constitution avenue be-
tween Fourth and Seventh streets
and entails the closing of Sixth street
across the Mall.
The Commission likewise will con-
slider detailed plans for the improve
ment of the Washington channel
water front. These will be presented
by the new District engineer for the
War Department for this area. Maj.
Walter D. Luplow, Corps Of Engineers,
United States Army. The architectu-
raj features Of the plan will harmon
ize with the style set in the Munich
pal Fish Market, which will not be
disturbed.
Evening star., 1937-02-16
WAITER CHEF STRIKE
is AVERTED HERE
Employees Alliance Considers Pro-
posals Made by Hotel
Managers.

Possibility of strike of walters and
chefs in Washington hotels was be-
lieved averted today as members OF
Hotel and Restaurant Employees Al
lance, Local No. 781, affiliated with
the American Federation of Labor,
considered proposals made yesterday
by representatives of hotel manage
ments.
The alliance has been negotiating
with the Washington Hotel AsSocia-
ton for the last week on its demands
for preferential shop and wage in
creases ranging from 10 to 80 per
cent.
Morris L. Verbov, business repre-
sentative of the alliance. said today
the association had offered prefer
ence shop" which would give union
members first call" on hotel employ
ment, and a Slight increase" in
wages. The increases Sought would
restore the wage scale to the pre-
depression level. Verbov said some
hotels reduced wages only 10 per cent,
others as high as 80, during the de-
preston.
The associations proposals will be
presented to full meeting of
the alliance at o'clock tonight
The alliance subcommittee was to
confer with association representatives
again this afternoon.
Evening star., 1937-02-16
COOPER DAMAGE
SUIT DISMISSED
Demurrers of 8 Defendants
Are Granted by Justice
F. D. Let's.

The 100000 malicious prosecution
suit begun a month ago by COL Wade
H. Cooper, former head of three
Washington banks, against eight Gov
ernment officials or ex-of6cials, was
dismissed today by Justice F. Dickin-
son Let's OF District Court.
The judge granted demurrers filed
by each of the defendants and re-
fused to allow attorneys for Col.
Cooper to amend their bill of COM
plant
Asserting he was the victim Of a
conspiracy, Col. Cooper had claimed
damages from the men he held re-
sponsible for his indictment several
years ago in connection with transac-
tions involving the closed Commercial
National Bank of which he was preSi-
dent. A District Court jury exon
Grated the banker after a lengthy
trial.
Justice Let's held that the defend
ants in the malicious prosecution
suit acted in their official capacities
in connection with the Cooper indict-
ment and therefore were not liable.
Those sued were j. F. T. O'Connor,
controller of the currency; F. G..
Await, former deputy controller;
Robert c. Baldwin, receiver Of the
Commercial; George P. Barse, chief
counsel of the Treasury Departments
Division of Insolvent Banks; Gibbs
Lyon, the Department of Justice;
Samuel c. Simon, Justice Department
agent; Leo A. Rover, former United
States attorney, and his assistant,
Irwin Goldstein.
Evening star., 1937-02-16
COMPETITIVE TEST
PLAN OPPOSED BY
HOUSE WITNESSES
Mrs. Baldwin and Steward
Say 1t Would Decrease
Efficiency.
PRINCIPLE OF RAMSPECK
MEASURE Is UPHELD
Extension of Civil Service Is
Favored, but Open Examina-
tions Held Undesirable.

While indorSing in principle the
Ramspeck bill for extension of the
civil service to emergency units and
other large groups of Government
employees not now under the classified
civil service, witnesses before the
House Civil Service Committee today
unanimously objected to open COM
petitive examinations. They argued
that this would decrease efficiency.
The witnesses included Mrs. Harris
T. Baldwin, vice president of the Ma
tional League of Women Voters;
Luther c. Steward, president of the
National Federation of Federal En-
ployes, and Comdr. Carl H. Cotter,
executive assistant to the National
Emergency Council.
They all spoke in favor Of extend
ing the civil service to all except
policy forming positions and said that
selection of employees should be made
on a merit basis.
Mrs. Baldwin and Steward argued
that competitive examinations are ex-
cellent in principle, but are not de-
sirable in the present situation because
the employees are here in Washington.
qualified on their jobs, experienced,
and that non-competitive examina-
tions are more just, less costly to the
Government and will not interrupt the
program of Government work.
Mrs. Baldwin said that non-com-
petitive examinations are a great i'm
provement over a blanketing-in pro-
cedure.
The witnesses also objected to the
provision of the BroWnlow report which
recommended that administrative Off
GERS be given the authority to select
persons in their departments should
be allowed to take the examination.
Representative Moser, Democrat, of
Pennsylvania, member of the Civil
Service Committee, said bureaucracy
reigns in Washington. and We are con-
fronted with the calamitous situation
where people are trying to get into the
civil service as easily as possible"
Evening star., 1937-02-16
new ARMY ENGINEER
TRANSFERRED HERE
Maj. W. D. Luplow to Have
Charge Of Flood Control in
Washington Area.

Mai. Walter d. Luplow, until few
days ago assistant to the division
engineer for the War Departments
Great Lakes division at Cleveland,
reported for duty yesterday at the
Navy Building as district engineer
for the Washington area. He Is sue
ceeding First Lieut.. William J. Matte
son, also Of the Engineer Corps, who
is under orders to proceed shortly to
Hawaii, where he viii join the I'd
Engineers.
Maj. Luplow has served In WASH
ington before. having attended the
Army Industrial College in 1928 and
1929. He Is 40 years old, native Of
Minnesota and q graduate Of the
University Of Minnesota. He entered
the Army in 1917, serving in the In
fantry, and in 1920 was transferred
to the Engineer Corps.
Maj. Luplow viii have charge OF
food control measures, deepening Of
the washington Harbor, furnishing
the Capital with water and other
engineering duties. The Washington
district, over which he assumes
charge, embraces the river basins Of
the Patuxent, Potomac. Reppahan-
mock and York Rivers.
Evening star., 1937-02-16
WOMAN is FOUND DEAD
IN GAS-FILLED ROOM

Miss Mae Sullivan, a, was found
dead today in her gas-fllled bed room
at 944 New York avenue, where she
had rented living quarters Saturday.
Charles Roe, manager of the room
ing house at that address, found gas
flowing from an open jet and tube
that apparently had dropped from the
woman's mouth when she lost con-
sciousness. He broke into her room
after Anne Ayres, another roomer,
had smelled gas on the second floor.
A note addressed to Mother" was
found on a dresser in the room. Ac-
cording to police, the mother lives r.
ll04 Fourth street southwest.
Evening star., 1937-02-16
CHANGE TO BEAT
RACE BILL URGED
Bookmaker Licenses Sug.
gested by La Roe to Bates,
Foe of Track.

An amendment to the Norton racing
bill, which would license booknakers
in the District, was suggested today
to Representative Bates, Republican,
Of Massachusetts,, as a strategic move
to bring about its defeat.
The suggestion was contained In q
letter to Bates from Wilbur A. La Roe,
jr., chairman of the Committee on
Civic Affairs of the Washington Fed
Grafton of Churches, who expressed
the fear the racing bill has better
chance of passing than is commonly
thought"
Bates, a vigorous opponent Of the
bill, has announced his intention Of
fighting it when it is called up in the
House. In his letter. La Roe said:
we are much disturbed about GER
tain information that reaches US.
Apparently. there are powerful and
sinister influences at work and it Is my
personal opinion that the measure has
better chance of passing than is
commonly thought.
"A good many people who are rely
ing comfortably on the belief that
such a terrible bill can never pass
may be doomed to disappointment un-
less the forces who are opposed to the
bill marshal their strength. I agree
that it is terrible bill, but am also
convinced that we are up against an
awfully strong political combination
which may include some people pretty
high up.
THE suggestion has come to me
that one of the most helpful steps
that could be taken in fighting this
measure is the introduction Of an
amendment to license the bookmakers.
Some Of those familiar with the gam
bling game tell me that this would
be very effective deterrent.
What concerns me most about this
whole situation is the hold which the
gamblers are getting in the District
Of Columbia. I mean no reflection
upon our very efficient Police Depart
ment when I say that they have not
been able to overcome the numbers
racket. Gambling is a breeder of
other crimes. Horse racing here would
unquestionably increase greatly the
amount Of gambling and the amount
Of money spent foolishly instead Of
being spent with our local merchants" !"
Evening star., 1937-02-16
5 DISTRICT BILLS
+ PLACED IN HOUSE
One of Principal Measures Would
Amend Gasoline Tax
Act.

Five District bills bearing the In
dorsement of the Commissioners were
introduced today by Chairman Norton
Of the House District Committee.
The principal measures would
amend the gasoline tax act to require
importers Of motor vehicle fuel to be
licensed and to compel all persons
practicing law in the District to be
members of the bar.
Another bill is designed to prevent
blindness in infants by the use Of a
prophylactic treatment at birth. A
fourth is intended to provide alterna-
tive methods Of enforcement Of orders
and regulations of the joint District
Board and Of the Public Utilities Com
mission.
The nth would compel bags in
which coal or coke is sold to be marked
with the weight and the name Of the
manufacturer of the container.
Evening star., 1937-02-16
WIDENER PAINTINGS
MAY COME TO D. C.
Famous Collection May Occupy
Wing of Mellon Gallery,
Miami Paper Saws.

The Miami Daily News, in a fea-
tured story forecasts the appearance
of the famous Widener collection Of
great masterpieces of paintings in
Washington.
Valued at $40 o,ooo, 900, the pictures,
according to the Miami prophecy, may
occupy wing of the national gallery
to be built by former Secretary of the
Treasury Andrew w. Mellon.
The collection was accumulated by
the late Peter A. Widener Of Phila-
delphia, who left the entire group to
his son, Joseph E. Widener, with spe-
cif1c permission to give the paintings
to any museum established in New
York, Philadelphia or Washington.
Artists represented in the collection
include Raphael, Murillo, Velasquez,
Rubens, Bellini. Tintoretto, Corot,
Millet, Donatello, Halls, Hobbema,
Rembrandt, Reynolds, Romney, Con-
stable and Van Dyck.
Widener, at Miami, said that he
had nothing to announce at present.
At Melons Office here represent
ative declined to comment.
Evening star., 1937-02-16
HIT BY STREET CAR,
WOMAN, 50, DIES
Mount Rainier Resident Is
21st Traffic Victim of
Year Here.

TRAFFIC claimed its twenty-first VIC
tim Of the year today when a 55-year-
old woman was fatally injured by q
street car.
She was Mrs. Emma Murdock, 1000
Thirtieth street northeast, Mount
Rainier, Md. She died in Emergency
Hospital about an hour after she was
knocked down at Twelfth and F
streets during the snowstorm.
Mrs Murdock was the wife Of John
Murdock, a plumber, employed at
Greenbelt, Md.
At this time last year 16 persons
had been killed in traff1c.
Three other persons were injured
in accidents reported during the last
"a hours.
Two Of them, Clyde A. Bowles, 20.
of 1898 Conduit road, truck driver,
and Alton Cissell, 1913 H street south
east, a passenger, were cut and
bruised when the truck was in COLI
sion with street car at Ninth and
Kennedy streets. Bowles was taken
to Emergency and Cissel to Walter
Reed, where he was found to have a
fractured rib in addition to his other
injuries.
The other casualty was Davis Kas-
wick, so, who gave his address as the
Gospel Mission, 214 John Marshall
place. He suffered cuts and bruises
and perhaps conclusion when struck
by q bus at Fifth and G streets. He
was taken to Casualty Hospital.
Evening star., 1937-02-16

ing was completed. The model died
shortly afterward.
Members of the league were i'm
pressed with the fitness of the pic
ture as q gift to the President, and
the artist donated it for this purpose
The delegation which presented the
portrait was headed by John A. Weis
of New York. acting president Of the
league, which was organized four
years ago to promote understanding
between foreign-born and American
citizens.
Others of the delegation we're Vim
cent Daley of Rochester, N Y; Dan
iel H. Shilling, honorary vice presi-
dent of the league; Michael PiZnak;
Robert Daru, former counsel of the
congressional Committee on Rack
eteering; Miss Dorothy Waring. Mrs.
Malvina Green and Mrs. Agnes
Stanko Of New York.
Evening star., 1937-02-16
POLICE DENOUNCE
HIT SPEED STAND
Capt. M. D. Smith Declares Of.
fcers Will Continue to
Enforce Limit.

Speeding motorists who found COM
fort in Judge Isaac r. Hits opinion
yesterday that % miles an hour is not
fast enough to justify arrest were
shocked back to reality today by police
officials, who said claw cheaters"
would continue to end up in Police
Court.
"Twenty-eight miles an hour is as
dangerous a speed in the downtown
area and in the vicinity of schools as
40 is in outlying sections" said Capt.
Milton D. Smith, chief of the Traffic
Division.
Speeds greater than % are dan
gerous, and my men will enforce the
regulation in this regard"
Smiths remarks were prompted by
Judge Hits declaration that he does
not believe policemen should arrest
motorists on speeding charges unless
they are going more than 80 miles
an hour.
In commenting to this effect the
judge took the personal bond Of Reg
inald Green, charged with travelling
% miles an hour in 22-mile zone.
Police Supt. Ernest w. Brown also
disagreed with Judge Hit.
I'm my opinion" Maj. Brown said,
"28 miles an hour can be an extreme
ly hazardous speed, and it Is highly
essential that the regulations be en-
forced. We will continue to make ar
rests when and where needed"
1t was learned today that Inspector
L. I. H. Edwards recently sent memo
randa to all outlying precincts order
ing more speeding arrests. The in
spector also said he had notified COM
manding officers of three other pre-
cincts to be more rigid in the enforce
ment of speed laws on certain streets,
particularly in the vicinity of schools.
While none of the other judges
would comment on Judge Hits views,
the magistrate today reiterated his
stand of yesterday.
There must be more reason used in
bringing speeding cases to court" he
declared.
Evening star., 1937-02-16
COMMITTEEW0MAN
TO BE H0NORED
Luncheon Tomorrow at Demo-
cratic Club to Be Tribute to
Mrs. Frost.

Nearly 100 are expected to attend
the luncheon to be given tomorrow In
honor Of Mrs. E. w. Frost Of Texar-
kama Ark, newly-elected Democratic
committeewoman, by q group Of Ar
kansas men and women resident in
Washington.
The luncheon, open to all members
Of Democratic organizations in the
Capital, will be rendered at the Wonl-
ans National Democratic Club, 1925
New Hampshire avenue, at 1880 pm.
Reservations are being made at North
6607 by Mrs. John A. Gosnell.
Other members of the committee In
charge are Mrs. Ann Parks Marshall,
Fred McClerkin, Ed r. Hicks and Tom
Tatuu-
Evening star., 1937-02-16
Representative to Speak.

Representative Lac, Democrat, of
California, will speak at 8:15 tonight
before Vincent B. Costello Post, No.
IS, American Legion. in the Carlton
Hotel. He will discuss neutrality
legislation, followed by an outline OF
the activities Of the American Legion
in the food zones Of Indiana, Ken
tucky and Ohio. Charles Kohn, post
commander, win r1side.
Evening star., 1937-02-16

gotten men" among citizens of for
eign birth or parentage. as well as
native Americans, throughout Greater
New York.
The artist was walking through q
small park near the New York Public
Library one freezing February dusk
in 1888 when he noticed an elderly
musician hunched on bench. The
despair on the mans face made an
impression on De Macy.
The artist made a hasty sketch
and then took the subject to nearby
restaurant for coffee and sandwiches.
The musician said he had been
tramping around New York for
months in what seemed an endless
and futile quest for work.
When the artist saw him the
musician was almost at the end of
his endurance. He returned to De
Nagy's studio and sat until the paint
Evening star., 1937-02-16
BAND CONCERTS.

BY the Soldiers Home Band in
Stanley Hall at $50 pm. John s. M.
Zimmerman, bandmaster; Anton
Pointner, assistant.
BY the Navy Band Symphony Or
chestra in the sail loft at the Navy
Yard at 8 pm. Lieut.. Charles Benter,
conductor; Alexander Morris assistant.
BY the Navy Band in the Sail Loft at
the Navy Yard, 1890 am. tomorrow.
Lieut.. Charles Benter. leader; Alex
4nder Morris, assistant.
Evening star., 1937-02-16
COL. HANNUM NAMED
Elected by Unit Of American
Military Engineers. s--..

Col. Warren T. Hannum, assistant
to the chief Of Army engineers, was
elected president Of the Washington
post, Society of American Military
Engineers, at the annual meeting yes
terday at the Army and Navy Club.
Other officers elected were Lieut..
Col. Luther r. Maddox, vice presi-
dent: Maj. Victor R. Martin. secretary
treasurer. and Capt. William ]. Weber,
director. for term Of two years.
DR.. Willis r. Gregg, chief Of the
Weather Bureau, addressed the meet
ing on "The Application of Meteor
ology to Hydrologic Problems"
Evening star., 1937-02-16
Benefit Movie Tomorrow.

A benefit moving picture. Little Miss
Nobody" will be given at the Circle
Theater. 2105 Pennsylvania avenue, at
3:15 pm. tomorrow for the benefit Of
the work of the Parent Teacher ASso-
citation of the Wightman School for
Crippled Children.