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The Washington times., 1937-03-30
CONGESTION
IN CLASSES
DEPL0RED
Further Funds Sought
In D. c. Supply Bill
For '38 Fiscal Year

Declaring that the schools of
Washington are more congested
than ever before and that enroll.
ment is increasing by leaps and
bounds, DR.. Frank w. Ballou,
superintendent of schools, told the
subcommittee in charge of the
1888 District appropriations bill
that funds for new teachers and
additional schoolhouse accomoda.
tions are vitally necessary.
The school superintendent, dur
ing hearings on the bill released
today when the measure was re-
ported to the House, stated that
the most acute need" is for addi.
tional teachers and that the "larg.
est need" is for buildings and
grounds. He said:
81 think the most urgent, COM
pelling need is for enough teach
erS 50 that we shall not have
classes so large that the teach
erS cannot do a good job"
He pointed out that because OF
the discontinuance of building
construction during the depression,
the shortage in schoolhouse &C.
commodations has accumulated
over a period of years, with the
result that schools are now badly
congested.
In all types of schools. DR..
Ballou said, elementary, junior
high and senior high schools, the
enrolment is running we'll beyond
the capacity of the buildings.
He also pointed out that there
are many antiquated buildings in
the school system, "a Of the build
ings now being from so to IS years
old. These, he said, are lilly
adapted to the educational pro-
gram" Four of them, he said
further, were recommended for
abandonment in 1908 by a con-
gressional commission.
The Washington times., 1937-03-30
i'm
CONGRESS
SENATE

SENATE
Meets at noon.
Resumes consideration of crop
insurance bill.
Judiciary Committee continues
court reorganization hearing.
HOUSE
Meets at noon.
Begins general debate on legis-
lative supply bill.
Appropriations S ub C o mmittee
considers War, Interior and Agri.
culture supply bills.
Interstate Commerce Committee
considers aviation bills.
Agricultur Committee considers
farm tenant bill.
Military Affairs Committee re-
ceives various subcommittee re-
ports.
Rivers and Harbors Committee
considers stream pollution bill.
Judiciary Committee considers
SABBATH Bondholders Committee
resolution.
Education Committee considers
bill for Federal aid to education.
The Washington times., 1937-03-30
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more than it should" to District
expenses.
The deficit of $6,149,119 results
from the fact that the estimated
revenue for 1888, under the pres
ent tax system, will amount to
only $26,997,375, while the general
appropriation fund recommended
by the committee amounts to $40,-
146,464. This would create def
icit of $11, 1,149,119, but the Federal
contribution cuts this deficit by
$5,O00,000.
Keeping in mind that the Dis
trict operates on "pay-aS-you-go"
basis, members of both the appro-
priations and the legislative COM
mittees for the District are known
to favor creation Of income and in
heritance taxes here to increase
local revenue, with view to elm
mating the Intangible personal
tax.
Although the Appropriations
Committee threw out the recon-
mendatlonS of the Jacobs fiscal re-
lations commission, it agreed with
the Jacobs report that an increase
in taxes is mandatory and that the
tax base should be broadened. BY
equalizing the taxes, members of
the committee hope eventually to
be able to reduce the real estate
tax.
Inequalities Cited
Asserting that the District tax
structure fails to produce nearly
the revenue that a modern tax sys-
tenn would produce" the commit
tee reported:
millions Of dollars annually
in revenue are lost to the Dis
trict because of this condition.
There is an utter lack of equal
ity in the imposition of license
The Washington times., 1937-03-30
Treasury Condition

Treasury balance March 81:
$1,781, 249,412.44; internal revenue
$3,704,573.12: customs receipts
| SAT, ,1O1,5l6.28,
Evening star., 1937-10-24

Droughts Reduce Crop.
Droughts In Argentina have reduced
its 1867 cotton crop to $4,000 tons.
Evening star., 1937-10-24
GLASGOW UNIVERSITY
NAMES PACIFIST HEAD

Election of Canon Sheppard
Viewed Condemnation of Gov
ernment's Defense Policy.
By the Associated Press.
GLASGOW, October 30. - Canon
Hugh Richard (Dick) Sheppard to-
night was elected lord rector of
Glasgow University, defeating three
other candidates, including Winston
Churchill.
Election of Canon Sheppard, paci-
fist who has criticized other church.
mems views on armaments and war,
was interpreted as a condemnation Of
the governments defense policy.
He polled 538 votes, running in the
hotly contested campaign as the Peace
Pledge Union candidate. Prof. w.
MacNeile Dixon, Scottish Nationalist,
received 1854 votes, the Conservative
Churchill 281 and Prof. j. B. S. Hal
dane, United Front candidate, 220.
Canon Sheppard was formerly rec
tor of st. Martins s-in- Field, Lon
don. He succeeds Sir lain Colquhoun
for a three-year term in the Glasgow
post.
Evening star., 1937-10-24
CHURCHES URGED
TO AID MISSIONS
Rev. R. H. Miller Cites Need
in Rescuing ''DoWn-and-
OuterS."

Need for closer cooperation between
the church and missions in reaching
out to help "down-snd- -outers" was
stressed last night by Rev. Raphael
Miller, pastor of National City Church,
at the SD anniversary banquet of the
Central Union Mission at the May
flower Hotel.
DR.. Miller pointed out that 1t rests
almost entirely with organizations like
the mission to rescue forgotten men,"
II should like to see the churches of
Washington establish q closer liaison
with the mission in this work." he
said. "The mission can't do it all"
He added that it is men like the
late John S. Bennett, for % years
superintendent of the mission, who
take it on themselves to bolster the
lives Of those who most need it.
Banquet Honors Bennett.
The main purpose OF the banquet
was to honor the memory OF Mr.. Ben
nett, whose widow, Mrs. Ada Jean
Bennett, carries on his work as su-
perintendent.
Dr. Miller, chief speaker at the
dinner, praised Mr.. Bennett highly.
During the dinner. at which 400 were
present, tribute to Mr.. Bennett was
keynoted
E. H. De Groot, president of the
missions Board of Directors, served
as master of ceremonies and Homer
Rodeheaver acted as song leader
The regular Saturday night broad
cast of the mission, led by Mrs. Ben
nett, was carried on, ending with the
missions theme song, Where Is My
Wandering Boy Tonight"
Mrs. Bennett Gives Report.
Mrs. Bennett gave brief annual
report on the missions work. Dur
ing the year. 56,851 men attended
services in the mission chapel and
37,4l4 free beds and 124,514 free
meals were given destitute men. In
the Children's Home, 40 beds we're
filled during the Winter and during
July and August 88 children were
sent to Camp Bennett at Brooke
vile, Md. A total of 648 were bene-
fitted by the home and camp and AZ
1872 meals were served the youngsters,
she said.
Among other speakers to pay trib-
ute to the memory of Mr. Bennett
were Rev Cove G. Johnson, pastor of
National Baptist Memorial Church;
Rev. Oscar F. Backwelder. pastor of
Calvary Baptist Church; Rev. Freely
Rohrer, president of the missions
Ministerial Council, and Mr.. De Groot.
Evening star., 1937-10-24

Farley picked" Democratic can
didates.
Evening star., 1937-10-24

to be Governor. We are confronted
with the treat Of Farley for Gov
ernor' State constitutional conven-
tion, just as we now have a Farley
for Governor Democratic mayoralty
ticket running in New York City"
A lieutenant of Mayor F. H. La
Guardia, Windels predicted the Re-
publican-Fusion tickets headed by the
Mayor would carry New York City by
at least 350,000 votes.
That majority in New York. he said,
might pave the way for election Of the
entire slate of Republican delegates at
large and defeat of what he termed
Evening star., 1937-10-24

James A. Farley would seek control
Of the State constitutional conven-
ton next April as stepping stone to
the goverforship of New York State.
In an address prepared for delivery
before the Executive Committee of the
State Association of Young Republican
Clubs, he alleged that Farley had
selected and dictated the nomination
of the Democratic candidates at large
for the convention.
Postmaster General Farley has as
sumed personal command" Windels
said. HE hopes to control the con-
vention and to rewrite the constitu-
ton as the next step to his ambition
Evening star., 1937-10-24
ZONING PETITIONS

SILVER SPRING, Nd, October %
(SpeciaD A hearing will be held at
the County Building here November
/ at 2 pm, on a petition Of Adolph
SpitaIsky for rezoring from residen-
tial "A' to Commercial ID" part of
Lot S, Block 2, j. H. Cissels Addition
to Silver Spring.
At 2:30 pm. hearing will be held
Evening star., 1937-10-24
THE WEATHER

District of Columbia-Partly cloudy,
slightly colder today; tomorrow fair,
slowly rising temperature: moderate
west and northwest winds, fresh in
afternoon.
Maryland and Virginia Partly
cloudy. slightly colder in central and
east portions today; tomorrow fair,
slowly rising temperature.
West Virginia-Partly cloudy today;
tomorrow fair, slowly rising tempera-
ture.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah very
muddy at Harpers Ferry late yesterday.
Evening star., 1937-10-24
The Sun and Moon
Precipitation.

Automobile lights must be turned on one
half hour after sunset.
Evening star., 1937-10-24
FARM PAY STUDY
SHOWS VARIATIONS
II Sample Counties Used
in Cross-Section Investi-
cation by U. S.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Wide variations in pay were showr
yesterday by Government cross.
section study" Of the 100000 per.
sons employed as farm laborers-tht
cotton pickers, corn huskers, sheer
herders, cowboys and thousands o1
other agricultural workers.
The survey was made by economists
at the Agriculture Department with
relief funds. Investigators went into
the heart of the corn and wheat
belts; the cotton, tobacco, dairy ano
fruit regions, and to areas where
farm workers are employed the veal
round or for few days.
Average annual earnings variet
widely in each of the IL sample coun.
ties' selected for the study and among
the regions. At the bottom were fe.
male Negro cotton pickers in Louisi.
ana earning an average of s62 a sea-
son. The best paid farm workers
were Orientals in Placer County
Calf, with an annual average OF
STAB.
Did Little Joining"
Tom Vasey and Josiah c. Folsom
who are analyzing the complex data
for the Bureau of Agricultural Eco
nonnics. found the farm workers took
little part in organized activities of
their communities. They belonged
to few formal organizations, unions
or farmer groups.
The workers went to town several
times month to shop, attend church
or go to the movies. More Northern
farm workers saw movies and fewer
went to church than in the South.
The survey showed more of the
Northern workers were younger men;
they also have more schooling than in
other areas, and more of them hoped
to own or operate a farm
The farm workers included whites,
Negroes. Orientals and Mexicans, with
Mexicans and Orientals older on the
average than white farm laborers.
Education Of Group.
Between 2 and is per cent of the
Northern farm laborers had not gone
beyond the fourth grade in school,
while 81 per cent of the white la
borers in one Southern county and
95 per cent of MeXicans in another
county we're in this class.
About one-fourth of the Northern
workers had completed at least year
in high school.
Male Negro cotton pickers in Louisi-
ana averaged $l78 a season. White
male pickers in a Tennessee county
SIPS. White farm laborers in
averaged $347 year.
The average amount available for
each member of the family was less
han $100 a person in the South and
about s125 In the North. The highest
amount per person was s238 a year
for the sheep hands in Montana.
The investigators visited these coun-
ties: Placer, Calf; Archuleta, Colo;
Livingston, ILL.,; Hamilton, Iowa;
Pawnee, Kans.; Todd. KY; Concordia
Parish, La; La Que Parle. Mimi;
Wayne, Pa; Fentress, Tenn, and
Tex.
Evening star., 1937-10-24

Monthly precipitation in inches in
Capital tcurrent month to date):
Evening star., 1937-10-24
,eport Until 10 PM. Saturday.

Record Until 10 PM. Saturday.
Highest, so. l am. yesterday. Year
ago, 64
Lowest. a.. 10 pm. yesterday. Year
ago, SO.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, 81. on August 90
Lowest, 10, on February 2S.
Evening star., 1937-10-24
GOVERNORSHIP HELD
DESIRE OF FARLEY
Corporation Counsel Windels Says
He Will Seek Control of Con.
stitutional Convention.

BY the Associated Press.
NEWBURG. N. Y, October a.
Corporation Counsel Paul Windels of
New York City told Republican audi
ence tonight that Postmaster General
Evening star., 1937-10-24
LEE-JACKS0N SCHOOL
AWARDS BEAUTY TITLE
Nancy Alward of Baileys Cross
Roads Wins Over 35
&c
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CAMERON VALLEY, Va, october
23.-Nancey Award of Baileys Cross
Roads, junior at Lee-Jackson High
School. was awarded the title of Miss
Lee-Jackson for 1878 at a beauty
contest sponsored by the Dramatics
Club of the school.
Over 35 girls competed for the
honor. with Mrs. Vernie B. Knight
and Mrs. Mary TreauX as faculty
sponsors.
Miss Award was presented with a
bracelet which is to be engraved with
her name and title Miss Lee-Jack-
son."
Evening star., 1937-10-24

Tide Ia bias
Evening star., 1937-10-24

on petition of John Melvin Phillips
for change IN 7oning from residential
"A" to residential &C" of lots S and 9,
Frank A. Simon's Addition to Blair.
The Washington times., 1937-02-13
Canadian STA +
Leads Skaters

SARANAC LAKE, N. Y, Feb. 13.
A margin of only 10 points sepa-
rated the leader, Frank Stack,
Canadian star, and the two rum
ners-ur, Richard Beard, of Min
neapoliS, and Leo Freisinger, of
Chicago, as the North American
outdoor Speed-skating champion
ships were resumed here today.
Of the five members of the 1886
United States Olympic team who
are competing, Freisinger was the
only one who appeared in the
point score after the first days
racing. Stack went into the lead
by finishing second in both the
mile and 220-yard races in the
mems class. Freisinger won the
22O yards, and Beard won the mile
race.
Miss Maddy Horn, OF Beaver
Dam, Wis, was five points ahead
of Miss Dorothy Franey, of Mime
apolis, in the women'S senior divi-
sion. Miss Horn won the three
quarter mile and tied with Miss
Franey in the 220 yards.
The Washington times., 1937-02-13
CLEVELANDGETSPRO
GRID FRANCHISE

CHICAGO, Feb. 13 G.N.SD.
Owners and coaches of the Ma
tional Professional Football
League will draw up their 1887
schedule today, with Homer
Marshman, president of the Cleve-
land club which operated in the
American Pro League last season,
sitting in the select circle.
Cleveland, which won the Ma
tional League championship in
1924, returned to the fold yester-
day, making the league once again
a ten club circuit with five teams
operating in each division.
Competed In 1928
Cleveland was first admitted
to the league in 1923, dropped out
at the end of the '25 season, re-
turned for one season in '27, and
started again in 1881 but relin.
quiShed it's franchise after win
ming two games and losing eight.
Joe E. Carr. league president
who was reelected, as were ali
other officerS-said today that the
new club is backed by the city's
financial blue book"
The Washington times., 1937-02-13
Santa Catalina
Stakes Feature
Racing Card
BY LOU BINDMAN


NEW YORK, Feb. ia field
Of 18 speedy horses of less than
stake quality makes up the list Of
prospective starters in the $4,000
added money Santa Catalina
Stakes, richest turf offering of the
weekend which is to be decided for
the California-bred championship
over a mile and sixteenth at
Santa Anita, Calf. today.
No real stake talent is notice.
able although some fast steppers
of the slightly lower divisions are
in the group. Three horses-Cam.
pillo, All Devil and San Luis Rey-
will carry equal high weight of 1913
pounds. Several recent winners,
including Lady Bewithus and Lady
FloriSe, are among the nominees.
GIendOra Cap
The preceding number, however,
named the Glendora Handicap,
will command considerable interest
since four of the outstanding can
didates for the impending Santa
Anita Handicap go in for another
mile and a sixteenth test. Indian
Broom, Mr.. Bones and King Saxon
are equally weighted under 118
pounds with the four remaining
starters being Red Rain, 112;
Grand Manitou, 1903; Sangreal,
108. and Sarada, 104.
The Nursery Stakes No. !, for
2-year-old colts and geldings, at
Hialeah Park, Fla, has attracted
an overnight band of 20 young.
sters ready to shoot over the three.
furlong nursery course. Needless
to say, this bulky and unsteady lot
makes up a difficult array for
dopesters to work on since their
form has still not firmly crystal
lized. However, the Wise Counsel.
lor offspring, Wise Mentor, might
bear out the well-known Srrinting
qualities of his sire. Other we'll
regarded youngsters are Yes Stree,
Benjam, Bigey, Family Friend,
Armor Bearer, Notoriety, and Mrs.
Emil Denemark's pair of Busse
Trumpet and Radio Charm.
Vie For HOnOrs
Eight sprinters will vie for
honors in the Raceland Handicap
which heads the bill at Fair
Grounds, New Orleans. They are
Good Omen, Miss Ginbar, Boy
Valet, Hastinola, Determined, Biff,
Transmutable and OnruSh. They
are a well-matched bunch.
The sixth race at Alamo Downs,
Tex, a handicap, serves as the fea-
ture, bringing out half dozen for
the mile encounter including the
Mr.. and Mrs. w. C. Weant entry
of Fair Sickle and Prince Fox. Up
and Up, a consistent racer in the
East last year, will make his first
Western appearance of the season
in this heat under high weight of
ia pounds, while Impeach, Carl
B., and Slavonia compose the bal
ance of the field.
The Washington times., 1937-02-13
Navy Spe(id|izes
In Fencing

ANNAPOLIS, Feb. 13.-In those
sports which have a special serv-
ice connection, fencing and small
bore rifle shooting, the Navy is
making a special effort this year,
and anticipates substantial sue.
cess.
The fencers have already won
from st. Johns of Brooklyn, and
the Sword Club, of Philadelphia,
against each by scores of 18 to 9,
while the rifle team has defeated
Columbia decisively in the only
match so far this season.
The fencing team appears to be
well balanced, with considerable
strength with the weapon, a
brilliant epee team leading the
way. With this arm, the Navy de-
feated the strong Sword Club, to
l. Capt. Dave Bell, John John
ston and Paul Foley are the cracks
with this arm.
Yields Powerful Sabre
The sabre is welded powerfully
by Bob Vance, Sanford Woodard,
Joe Gerath and Karl HendrickSon,
and the experts with the foil are
John Shirley, Harrison Glennon
and Wilmer Rawie.
The team is looking forward to
its first match with Yale, to be
held at the Navy Academy on
February 20. The Navy team
will also meet Yale at New Haven,
on March 6, when it will take
part in a five-Sided match, in
which the Army. Harvard and
Princeton are the other con-
teStants. The Intercollegiates
will be held in New York city,
March 26-27.
The coaches in this branch are
Clovis Deladrier and Joseph
Fiems, and Lieut.. v. E. Korns is
the representative of the Navy
Athletic Association.
Blenman Lone Absentee
The rifle team, which has won
the intercollegiate championship
in small-bore shooting four Of
the last eight years and finished
second the other times, is out
for another championship. Only
Bill Blenman, team captain, is
absent from last years champion.
ship team, and the squad wilt
have the use of the plebes OF
last year, who also were national
champions in their class.
Outstanding veterans are Bill
Kitch, holder of the Intercol.
legiate record for high individual
score: Dick Nicholson, Bill
Brinckloe, and Harold Weller,
with plenty of other good pro-
spects from the squad of year
ago. Lieut.. James P. Clay is
coach.
The Washington times., 1937-02-13
Skaters RedCh
Title Round

CHICAGO, Feb. 13.-The ma
tional figure skating championship
meet went into its second and final
day here today with the mems
and women's senior titles to be de-
cided.
At the conclusion of last eve
ning's caper cutting, Marcia zie-
get, of Philadelphia, was named
champion of the women's novice
division. Bob Scott, of San Fran
cisco, won the mems novice title,
Joan Tozzer, of Boston, took the
women's junior title, and Ollie
Haupt, jr., of St. Louis was judged
the mems junior champion.
AS a result of their department
in the school figure skating yeSter'
day, Robin Lee, of Minneapolis,
and Mirabel VinSon, of Boston, de-
Tending champions in the senior
classes, entered the final day OF
competition with fair lead over
their opponents, chief of whom
are Erie Reiter, of New York, and
Polly Blodgett, of Boston, and Ka
Uterine Durbrow, of New York.
The Washington times., 1937-02-13
Sport Worlds
Passing Show

New York Yankees remained
as only major league baseball
club facing a serious hOld-Out
problem.
Oliver Haupt, st. Louis, and
Jane TOzzer, Boston, we're re-
spective winners Of mems and
women's junior titles in ma
tiOnal figure skating champion
ships at Chicago.
New mile record was looked
for in Boston Athletic AsSOcia-
tiOn games tonight, with Glenn
Cunningham running against
Don Lash, Gene Venzke and
Arthur Clarke, of Canada.
Frank Stack, Sudbury, Ont,
had 1O-pOint lead in North
American speed skating cham
piOnships at Saranac Lake, N. Y,
trailed by Richard Beard, Min
neapOliS, and Leo Freisinger,
Chicago.
The Washington times., 1937-02-13
.Haverford Five
Plays Johnnies

ANNAPOLIS. Feb. 13. Victo-
ries over Loyola and Washington
College in the last two games,
both on the road, have convinced
the friends of St. Johns that it's
basketball team, which fell so far
below its promise in the early
campaign, is at last on the way
up.
The Johnnies play Haverford
at Annapolis here tonight, start
ing a series of home games, in
which the only break will be the
game with Maryland at College
Park on February %. Loyola is
on the card to play at Annapolis
next Tuesday, and American Uni
versity the following day.
Not only has St. Johns had tc
overcome the handicap of the loss
of Charley Koogle, veteran guard
but its players have lacked height
Also, its flashy forwards, Johnny
Lambros and Bill Ross, have not
shown their last years form. Indi
cations now are that Lambros anc
Ross are hitting their stride again
Coach Dutch Lentz has expert
mented in various ways to fiji
Koogle's place. Nelson Shawn
George Ennis and Alan Pike have
been tried in the place, and Jimmy
Rowe has been shifted from center
to guard at times, Tom Strange go
ing to center. Pike seems to b.
the best of those tried.
Remaining games, all but tina
with Maryland to be played a
Annapolis, are: February 16, 10y
ola; IT, American University; %
University of Maryland, at Colleg'
Park; Is, Mt. st. Mary's; 81, West
ern Maryland.
March 2, Washington College; 4
Swarthmore; 6, Johns Hopkins.
The Washington times., 1937-02-13

The decision to trim each teams
schedule from IL games to IL, Carr
said, was to close the regular sea-
son a week later in an effort to
assure better weather for the cham
pionship play-off battle between
the Eastern and Western division
leaders.
HOme-And-HOme Series
Each team in each section, the
magnates decided will play home
and-home series with every other
team in it's section, and each team
will play three intersectional con-
tests.
The grid chiefs decided to make
no changes in the pro rules, saying
they believed the game as now
played is satisfactory to players
and spectators alike.
Los Angeles failed to make a bid
for league membership, and appli-
cations from Minneapolis, Buffalo
and Boston were tabled.
The Green Bay packers were Of
ficially rendered the Ed Thorp
Memorial Trophy as 1886 league
champions.