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Evening star., 1937-07-11
BIGGER 0LD.AGE
PENSIONS URGED
Group Of Security Experts
Says Present Payments
Are "Inadequate."
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 1O.-Bigger old
age pensions in the, United States
were recommended today by the Com
mittee ON Old Age Security of the
Twentieth Century Fund, a founda-
ton prominent in the field Of social
and economic study.
Asserting that pension payments
under the social security act were "in-
adeqate" in majority OF cases, the
comnittee-which includes Frank P.
Graham, former chairman Of the Ad-
visory Counsel of President Roosevelt's 8
Committee on Economic Security
advocated increases both in the pen
sions being financed by the Federal
pay roll taxes and those provided free
under old-age assistance laws OF the
States.
The pay roll tax pensions, the COM
mittee urged, should be raised from
the present minimum of $40 to $40 a
month, with SIS more for married
couples. and widows should be pro-
tected by passing on the pensions Of
their retired husbands.
1889 Starting Time.
The old-age assistance pensions, it
was proposed, should be increased
from their present levels "a range Of
$406 to $3l month, varying with
the States) by offering increasing
Federal grants to States which pay
average pensions over $l2 a month.
This amount would be further in
creased in some cases under the COM
mittee scheme by permitting persons
with income up to SIS month to re-
ceive pensions. Now, in most States.
pensions are not granted when any
income Is available.
A three-yea advance in the start
ing time of the pay roll tax pensions
from 1912 to 1939-was also advo-
Gated, along with recommendation
that minimum pensions be paid to all
persons who reach retirement age by
January l, 1889. and who earn as
much as 81 900 in the next three years.
The pay roll tax pensions should
be Widened, the committee suggested
further, to include most OF that halt
OF the Nations workers who are not
now covered.
Too Costly to Poor Workers.
The committee also criticised the
pay roll tax pension system as toe
costly to low income workers. On
the present scale, the taxes will rise
from l to per cent of wages On
the committees proposed scale, the
| tax would stop at 2 per cent anc
would remain at per cent until tha,
amount was no longer sufficient to pay
pensions as they fell due. The bal.
ance would come from the genera.
fund Of the Federal Treasury.
The committee said it recognized
its proposal for Hberalizing the pen.
sion system would materially in.
crease the systems cost But, il
asserted, the revenue from pay rol
taxes would be far in excess" O.
current costs for at least several years
| and the proposals were fully justi.
| fed, particularly if the idea of &C.
cumulating vast reserve, which the
committee believes to be urlsound, i.
abandoned and the system instead
is placed upon pay-as-you-go basis
with a small contingent reserve.
Continuation OF a huge reserve fund
the committee said, might become
Evening star., 1937-07-11
GERMAN-AUSTR|AN
EXPERTS CONFER
Try to Make Year.0Id
Peace Accord Less
Turbulent.
Ey the Associated Press,

Ky tHe hSSOCldtcQ FIebS
VIENNA, July 10.-The eve OF the
first anniversary of the German Aus
trian friendship agreement tonight
found commission Of experts Of both
nations completing deliberations in the
Austrian chancellery to make the
year-old peace between the German
states" somewhat less turbulent.
The commission issued CON-
munique in which it summarized the
deliberations as follows:
"It was a friendly, open discussion
and both delegations pledged renewed
efforts to realize all expectations
placed in the accord"
The experts considered irritations
involving trade, tourists, exchange OF
newspapers and sporadic outbursts OF
propaganda on both sides Of the Aus
tro-German border.
BY the friendship accord of July II,
1896, Germany recognized Austrian
independence.
Austria acknowledged herself Ger
man state and undertook within the
limits Of her obligations TO the Rome
pact (among Italy, Hungary and Aus
tria) to pursue German policy"
Both sides tonight acknowledged
progress had been made in improving
| Austro-G German relations, which were
at their worst when Austrian Chancel-
lor Engelbert Dollfuss was assassinated
in 1884, but 1t was admitted diflcul-
ties remained.
Evening star., 1937-07-11
Deaf Scout Plans
To Try to Form
Il National Troop
Lack Of Provisions for
the Hard-Of.Hearing
Brings MOUe.

Louis Cohen, 2oyear-old deaf
Scout from Richmond, Va, and the
only active deaf Scout in his troop,
is returning home today with the germ
OF an idea which he feels will solve
the future jamboree problems of deaf
Scouts.
The Virginia Scout, who is en-
ployed by his Scoutmaster, q Rich
mond realtor, proposes to organize
if possible q national troop of deaf
scouts for jamborees which will be
quartered together at the encamp-
ment and provided for in a group
with adequate Interpretation Of what
is going on and being said.
1T was . great disappointment to
most of us that we were not able to
get the principal jamboree speeches
by DR.. West and Others" he said, and
added that everal foreign countries
such as Hungary and England, have
national troop of deaf Scouts.
Cohen said that most of 80 deal
Scouts at the jamboree agreed with
him but felt some opposition to the
plan would be raised by deaf schools
who feel the deaf Scouts would be toe
segregated as a group from the hear.
| ing Scouts.
His proposition, which he means
to expand by letter to his friends and
to the proper omcials, also calls for q
deaf Scout exhibit Of handicraft and
the like at the next convention. He
also urges other deaf schools thai
have not yet done so to establish
Scout troops with the view to improv.
ing relationship between deaf anc
hearing Scouts.
Evening star., 1937-07-11
RACKET TRIALS
SET TOMORROW
Seven Ex-Po|iCemen, Magis.
trate and Bondsman to
Face Marlboro Court.
E> a staff Correspondent Of The Star.

E> staff Correspondent of The Star.
UPPER MARLBORO, Md. July
1o.-Seven former Prince Georges
County policemen, justice of the
peace and bondsnlan under indict-
ment for conspiracy and obstructing
justice in connection with an alleged
bond racket" are expected to go to
trial in Circuit Court here Monday de-
spite the serious illness Of Chief Judge
Walter j. Mitchell.
The cases were continued from the
regular term because of the illness of
Judge Mitchell and Of Attorney Frank
M. Hall, who represents some of the
accused officers.
Offer Transportation.
In addition to the seven former
policemen, cases expected to be called
are those Of Herbert Moffat, a justice
of the peace at Hyattsville, and Elmer
Pumphrey. bondsman. All the police
men were from the Hyattsville area.
States Attorney Alan Bowie said
today he had asked Washington police
to request" the presence of about IS
Washington people to testify in the
various cases. The keystone Automo-
bile Club, which was instrumental in
the investigation prior to the action
Of the grand jury, has offered trans
portation to the witnesses if they de-
sire it, according to Walter Newrath
the clubs attorney.
Accused Ex-POlicemen.
One of the chief witnesses against
the officers is expected to be Harry
McH. Braxton, 26, colored, who is
being held for the District Of Columbia
grand jury on charge of bribery. It
is alleged Braxton offered Charles
Hamilton, 80. colored, witness in the
grand jury probe, s35 not to appear
at the trial. Braxton was arrested in
Hamilton's room.
Ex-policemen facing trial are War
rem E. Peake, Frank Bell, Maurice
Hampton. Arthur Brown, Howard
Slater, Albert Anderson and Claude
Reese.
Evening star., 1937-07-11
F|VE-POWERPACT
EDFOR PEACE
League of Nations DisCred-
tied "Even as |deaI," Says
Italian Writer.

b the Associated Press.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, July 10.
Luigi Villari, Italian diplomat, SOL
dier and journalist, said tonight q
flve-power pact by which Italy, Eng
land, France, Germany and Poland
would suspend the race in ornaments
would be the soundest effort yet at
tempted for peace in Europe and
throughout the world.
DR.. Villari, addressing the Uni
versity Of Virginia Institute Of Pub
lie Affairs, condemned the Franco
Soviet pact as "the chief cause of
European anxiety and the chief dan
ger to world peace"
He described Russia's membership
In the League OF Nations as having
further contributed to make of that
institution a source of evil and mis-
chief and should dissuade all really
peace-loving nations from putting
their trust in it."
The League, he asserted, has been
wrecked as an institution and dis
credited even as an ideal.
May Still Survive.
The League of Nations may still
survive and serve to settle minor
points Of friction and technical prob
lems," DR.. Villari said, but it would
be worse than dangerous to put ones
trust in it to solve the major dis
putes"
Organizations for collective eecur-
ity and storm centers of the Far East
will be subjects for discussion next
week Collective security as a do
mestic problem will also be studied
and attention IS to be given to social
security legislation within the United
States.
Inter American relations have re-
ceived particular consideration during
the week just ending, and tonight DR..
George .IoWland Cox, director Of the
1nter-American Center OF George
Washington University, who has been
conducting discussion group here,
outlined suggestions for educational
cooperation looking toward improved
inter- American business and COM
melCldl relaulOnS.
DR.. Villari, former representative
OF Italy on the secretariat of the
League, began a discussion on the
maintenance of peace otherwise than
through the League of Nations by
denying that the League had been an
absolute failure.
Many Useful Functions.
"The League has proved able to full
fill many useful functions" he as
serted, in the economic field, in So
cial and health matters, in various
technical questions. It has also sue
ceeded in settling certain minor po-
litical questions, but even there 1t
succeeded only because the great pow
ers were in agreement"
A serious defect OF the League, he
said, "is that it is an unwieldly body
wherein the various great powers try
to secure control of its activities and
machinery for their own purposes.
Another drawback, DR.. Villari
pointed out was that to many states
especially the smaller ones, the League
appeared merely means for deal
ing with some particular point of spe.
cial interest to themselves, regardless
of the general interests Of civilization
DR.. Villari charged that some OF
the "soundest principles of the
League, even though expressed in the
covenant, have been set aside and the
relevant articles allowed to become
dead letters whereas attempts are
made to implement or strengthen its
most dangerous provisions"
Evening star., 1937-07-11
MAY0RAITYRACE
EXC|TES NEW YORK
La Guardia in Field While
Democrats Cast About
for Candidate.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 10.-The city'i
mayoralty election is four months off
but the campaign already is taking
on the appearance Of a major political
battlefield.
Both as popular reaction test to
national issues, including relief, and
as a strategic lever in the 1898 con-
gressional and 1910 presidential cleo.
tions, the New York campaign Is con.
sidered extremely important.
Norello H. La Guardia, Fusion in
cumbent. started things of this week
by saying he would seek the Republi.
can nomination.
Has Foes in G. o. p.
This week he was asked by promi.
nent Republicans to seek the Republi.
can nomination again. After he sale
he would, another Republican grour
got ready to come out in opposition
on the ground his public policie.
have not been Republican.
The Mayor followed his first an.
nouncement with a promise to try
to get himself nominated by all parties
including the American Labor and the
Democratic.
La Guardia has been vocal sup.
porter Of President Roosevelt and tht
New Deal, but he is anathema to loca
Democratic organizations
The five county Democratic leader.
of the city several weeks ago selected
United States Senator Robert F. Wag.
ner. New Deal supporter, as the can.
didate who would have the bes,
chance to beat La Guardia. But Sena.
tor Wagner declined.
Levy Seeks Nomination.
In the midst of local Democratic
uncertainty, Manhattan's borough
president, Samuel Levy, announced ht
would seek the nomination. Then thu
storm broke and some 80 other can.
didates were boosted. But the field i
narrowing
Grover Whalen. police commissioner
OF Jimmy Walker days and now heac
man Of the New York 1889 World
Fair, was compromise But he says
L could not be induced to run fol
Mayor"
James A. Farley's protege, Edward
Flynn, the Democratic Bronx leader
suggested former Police Commissioner
Edward P. Mulrooney. Mulrooney i.
State Corrections Commissioner.
Tammany Leader James T. Dooline
is reported to have sent an S o S tt
former Gov. Alfred E. Smith, VIII
roared No"
Dooling still has favorite, Suprem,
Court Justice William T. Collins. nov
vacationing in Massachusetts,, who's,
| friends say he is willing.
The five county leaders, who NEE
again Monday, have discussed on,
other candidate, former Supreme Cour
Justice jeremiah T. Mahoney.
Mahoney was the original sponsor O
Senator Wagner. He is an arden
New Dealer and an admirer OF Ii
Guardia.
Evening star., 1937-07-11
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR UNIT
HOLDS REUNION DINNER
Fifteen Members Of Crack 1907
Drill Team Gather for
"reminiscences.

Fifteen members of the crack 1907
drill team of the Columbia Command
cry, knights Templar, held their thir-
tieth annual reunion dinner last night
at the Occidental Restaurant.
Since the dinner was more In the
nature Of "get-together" than ban
quet, there we're no formal speeches.
Instead, members reminisced about the
day 80 years ago when they won a
handsome grandfathers clock for their
successful efforts in infantry drill and
the manual of arms. The prize still
stands in one of the halls of the
Masonic Temple.
DR.. Frank E. Gibson, who COM
manded the winning company, was In
charge of arrangements for the din
ner. Others attending were Charles
E. Baldwin, Edgar A. Nelson, jr.: B. F.
Dierdorf, c. S. Domer, G. j. Eferen,
E. R. Gasch, w. w. Georges, c. Wal
ter Hoover, Otis B. Kent, James E.
Leaman, Charles Some, Ferd Wald-
man, DR.. Harry E. Wallis and A. How
ard Duckett.
Evening star., 1937-07-11
G. 0. P. PLANS OUTING

UPPER MARLBORO, Md, July 10
(SpeciaD The annual Summer out
ing Of the Republican Club of Prince
Georges County will be held at Glen
Isle, Nd, July II, it was decided ct
meeting in the court house here
this week. William C. Wedding will
be the general chairman.
Evening star., 1937-07-11
Chest Clinic Slated.

WARRENTON, Va, July 10 (Spe-
ciaD "A chest clinic for patients more
than Is years Of age will be held Mon
day In the parish hall, Warrenton
under the auspices Of the county Board
Of Health, in cooperation with local
physicians. A specialist from the
State Board Of Health will be the ex-
aminer.
Evening star., 1937-07-11
DEMOCRATS TO MEET
Health Officer, Delegate Will Ad
dress Arlington Club.

ARLINGTON, Va, July 10 (Spe.
ciaD The Arlington County Young
Democratic Club will meet Monday
at pm. in Lee Tavern to make
plans for participating in the State
convention at Charlottesville Septem-
Der 10 and IL.
DR.. Earle G. Brown, county health
ohcer, and State Delegate William D
Medley will speak. A campaign te
increase membership to 500 by Sep.
tember l will be discussed. The pro.
gram for the clubs moonlight excur-
sion on the Potomac River July Is
will be outlined.
Evening star., 1937-07-11

and beach attire: floor show with
singing and dancing, fortune telling
and bingo and bridge games.
Mrs. Wiley is scheduled to lead a
Virginia reel as the opening event Of
the floor show. The variety of acts
in the show will present Miss Phyllis
Fisher, singer; Miss Stella Engelson.
fencer. from the Marjorie Webster
Schools; Miss Hannah Sheahan. Irish
dancer; Leo Schloss, the singing vio-
linist. and others.
The carnival will be open to the
public from until IL pm.
Evening star., 1937-07-11

y a y i Al 3 lllSiC'oe
on the club mort
gage and taxes.
Mrs. Harvey w,
Wiley, president
Of the club. Is in
c h arg e of ar
rangements for
the program OF
varied entertain
ment planned for
the carnival. Fea-
lures Will include
a style show. pre-
senting a group
Of sorority girls
in the latest cot
Evening star., 1937-07-11
Hospital Unit Picnic.

ARLINGTON. Va, July 10 (Spe-
ciaD The Ladies' Auxiliary of the
Arlington Hospital Association will
hold its annual picnic at the home
of Mrs. Harry R. Thomas. 920 North
Jefferson street, Tuesday at 1870 pm.
Evening star., 1937-07-11
WOMEN SPONSORING
COTTON CARNIVAL"
City Club Will Raise Money to
Pay Interest on Mortgage
and Taxes.

The Women's City Club will spon-
sor cotton carnival" at the rear of
the club house at 736 jackson place
Thursday night to raise money for
Evening star., 1937-07-11
Jewish Council to Meet.

A special board meeting OF the
Service Council Jewish Community
Center, will be held at $50 pm.
Tuesday. Ben Goldstein, president,
announced yesterday
Evening star., 1937-07-11

dangerous by encouraging politicians
to use it to increase pensions beyond
reasonable bounds in event OF pub
lie demand.
Evening star., 1937-07-11

MARY HANNAH.
Because the 23-yedr-old De-
troit nurse gdUe him a pint OF
her blood in a TRANSMISSION,
Merrill Alexander, 27, may liUe
through police bullet mounds.
Alexander, Ames, IoaDd, ciDh
engineer Dho courted Miss
Hannah, Das shot after d De-
troit t1ric1b hold-np.
-Copyrtght. q p. Wirephoto.
Evening star., 1937-07-11

EMO FIERMONTE,
italian prize fighter and hus-
band OF the former Mrs. Mad
cline Force Astor Dick, Sho1Un
on his release from Rikers
Island Prison in NeW York
after 1fDe days there on a
speeding charge. He faces a
10000 suit for striking a
cdn1erdm1n, assault charges
and a charge OF driving NTH
out d license. y
-copvT10ht. A. 4 Wrephoto.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-10
m gTORY co FAR

nr.rainR CARLTON ROCK- aRVA1E6 yacht GOLDEN GULL CT nGismi e lnvestigDte tho dls- nDpssgance Of D0LITHO BLAINE Brilf1h ananeier and Roeknavage's ehlse compotltog in world soap trade, Detective OAleeg KETTER- ING Ends strange maEks ca Blanais cabin carpet and blood ea Ehe euFssin.
 HatAeFing exnmlnes an passen- geFS sneIuding NICHOLAS STO- DART, Blane's secreteSy; Rock mBvnge and his daughter KEMRI; LADY WELTER; REGINALD and MRS. y0CELYN, Lady Well tegse dsaghtsf and son-ln.laW; tho BISHOP or BUDI; COUNT LUIGI ROSODINI and 1NO- SUKE HAYASHX.
 KettsEing finds in preliminary lnterviewS that Roeksavage sought . merger with Blanc to save their cempanies; that Lady Welter is heavily interested; that Hayashi Japanese agent, sought desperate- ly Co seII, either Blanc or Rock savage. . huge soap monopoly; that R0sedini is an ex.eonvict; that the Bishop was involved in an unssvery army scandal; that Rocksayase's former partner died mysteriousIy In his o6ice.
 Eater, StoAart details to Ketter- ing his fife ss secretary to Blanc. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-10
Brain Twizzlers By Prof. ). D. Flint

TWizzler Johnston tells about a scientist who had very little money to conduct his experiments and he had his laboratory in an old apart ment house which had the meter system for gas which required in- sertion of quarters in the meter.
 The Gas Inspector knew that the scientist used lot of gas but there were nsve1 more than . few quar- tens in the meter. He examined 1t carefully and found 1t in good working order except that there was often a damp spot around it, although there were no broken fluid tubes within the meter, which was not present around the other meters ln the house. After further investi- salon the inspector made decision e to the solution of the mystery.
 what was 1t?
 Answer e Yesterdays Twixzler
 xheze were ten girls and six boys nt the house-party.
 | Copyright John Y. Dtlle Col
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-10

[ then proceeded to rs-sxsmine the whole party.
 DEFECTIVE OFFICER NEAME'6
 SHORTHAND NOTES or DE-
 TECTTVE OFFICER KErTER-
 INd's SECOND EXAMINATION
 or COUNT Po0ODINI.
 K: Good morning, Count
 F.: Halo, halo, stu busy Mfr, Sherlock Holmes?
 K.: Very busy indeed, MT. Dan- iels.
 P: Well, nov, just fancy your people being as quick on the marx as all that.
 K: You don't deny it2
 F.: Whats the use, friend2 ] kept up the little blu6 yesterday because I had half . hope that you might lay your hands on thu man who gave Blanc his right away. Then could have gonC back to business without any Sort of trouble from you folk at all but it was only half . hope ank knew that if you didn't get you man you'd pick 1t up that thu Count stun was all hcoey by to- day.
 K: We'll, that's frank, anyhow Now, what do you know?
 F.: I don't know anything. swear by Almighty God
 K: Cut 1t. Slick, cut it. You'r' in . spotS You know that, don you?
 e.: So that's the line, is it- trying to frame me, are you?
 K.: Not . bit of 1t. want you help. that's all.
 F.: Oh, yeahl That's what al you guys say, and once I start t shoot my mouth I'll say something didn't mean, then you1l be or me and I'll be for the hotsqua before I know whats happened No sir. I'm not talking.
 K.: Now, look here. Slick, Tn not trying to frame you-honest But you're in a jam. boy-in { jam. You're an old-timer, mixini in with this swell crowd. Why You didn't come here for sun bathing and big-game fishing, ans you didn't come here to invest { million dollars in soap. What more, you've got . gun down fl your cabin.
 P: There you are what did say? Just because I'm known to thu bulls you're jumping to it that bumped of Blanc. Whats a gun anyway? Your bunch have neve known me to use one, have they? K.: No, that's the whole point Murder is not your racket, Slick 50 you've got nothing to be fright ened of If you'll come clean, bu if you don't. Slick, you're in { spot: you're in spot. my boy. F.: You've said a nouthful. I you can't get the right guy you1 get the wrong, rather than fal down on your job. and having m on board makes 1t easy money.
 K.: You know how things pal out, Slick. It's bad break, bu that's just how 1t might be.
 F.: Will you play ball with me, I play ball with you?
 K: Sure I will, Slick. I know yo, didn't do it. You're con man an, 8 sharp. This isn't your racket but you've got to tell me just wha you know.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-10

The government of Northern Ire- land has guaranteed $i,000,000 to- ward the cost of constructing and equipping the new aircraft factory at Belfast.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-10

D.: o. K. Shoot the questions.
 K: You were in the lounge un- tii T:lB the night before last with Mrs. Jcceiyn, then, according to your previous statement, you both went below together. You turned up in the lounge again at % after g. It doesn't take . man % minutes to change his clothes and I want to know just what you did during that time.
 P.: Well, 1t was this way. chief: that dame's sweet on me. K: Which dame?
 F.: Why, Mrs. Jocelyn. She's q goodlooker. too, but I make 1t a rule never to mix business with pleasure.
 K: Could you were here on busi- iness?
 F.: There you are, what did ] say? You1l have me on the hot squat before I know which way I'm walking. You bulls are all the same.
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