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Evening star., 1937-10-06
GROUP WILL DECIDE
POLICE COURT SPACE
Committee Appointed to- Study
Housing of Scattered Units
in New Building.

The Commissioners yesterday ap-
pointed special committee to de-
termine how many scattered District
government units can be housed in
the new Police Court Building under
construction in Judiciary Square.
The new building is expected to
be ready for occupancy about January
i. A large portion of the third floor,
1t is understood, will not be used for
court purposes.
The 1888 District appropriation act
gives the Commissioners control over
the new court building, and they pro-
pose to make use of all unoccupied
space for municipal agencies now
quartered in antiquated buildings.
These include the city refuse divi-
sion and Department of Weights,
Measures and Markets and the Board
OF Revocation and Review of the
Traffic Department.
The special committee was in
structed to make a survey of the
space that will be available for use
of municipal agencies and recommend
occupants to the Commissioners
Capt. H. 8. Bishop, jr., Assistant En-
gineer Commissioner, was named
chairman of the committee. The
other members are E. c. Brooke, su-
perintendent of the District Building,
and Bernard A. Harrison, property
survey officer.
Evening star., 1937-10-06
PEACE GROUPS HIT
PRESIDENTS TALK
Five Organizations Preparing
Protest at "Quarantining"
AggresSors.

Five national peace organizations
today were preparing a joint protest
against President Roosevelt's address
yesterday in Chicago relative to for
eign policy of the United States
Represented at the annual meeting
OF the National Council for Preven-
ton OF War, the organizations were
attempting to harmonic their COM
mon dissatisfaction with the speech
at an executive luncheon session.
They indicated the general feeling is
that the Presidents policy might COM
NIT the United States to armed in
tervention rather than strict neu-
trality.
The organizations represented are
the National Council for Prevention
OF War, World Peaceways, Emergency
Peace Campaign. Women's Interna-
tlonal League for Peace and Freedom
and the Fellowship Of Reconciliation.
Meanwhile, at the, open session of
the council, double demand was
voiced for immediate application OF
the present neutrality law to belliger-
entS in the Far East. First such re-
quest was made by William w. Lock-
wood, jr., of the American Council,
Institute of Pacific Relations, while
the demand was repeated by Mrs.
Florence Brewer Boeckel of the Ma
tional Council.
The sessions are being held at the
Washington Hotel, and will continue
through Friday.
Evening star., 1937-10-06
SEEN CURB
AGAINST RACKETS
Fake Collectors Prior to
Formation of Agency
Cited by Miller.

Justice Justin Miller of the United
States Court of Appeals described the
Community Chest as protection
against charity racketeers" in an ad-
dress at the first meeting of the year
OF the Federal Community Chest
Forum yesterday.
washington was mulcted to the
tune of millions of dollars a year by
fake collectors for charity before it
established Community Chest" JUS
tice Miller told the forum meeting.
In addition, our people were con-
tlnually harassed by the appeals of
many legitimate agencies whose needs
are now made known through one
single appeal"
The forum, an organization of 200
Government officials who are actively
aiding the Chest drive to raise $685.
o0e for welfare work in Greater WASH
ington next year, decided to meet
twice a month during the campaign.
Keep Lessons Alive.
Declaring that the lessons learned
through experience by one genera
ton are forgotten by the next, JUS
tice Miller said that "only constant
education can keep these lessons
alive"
If there is ever to be relief from
Government taxation for the help of
the needy, sick and distressed" he
continued, "it must be by the as
sumption of voluntary responsibility
for helping them. We have progressed
too far to go back to the old type
OF civilization in which we didn't
care what happened to the unfortu-
nate. We must help those in need,
and the Community Chest is the
democratic way of doing it,"
Meeting Slated Friday.
A meeting to perfect a united
front" Of agency presidents for the
Chest campaign will be held Friday.
President Clarence Phelps Dodge will
preside at the meeting. to be held at
1890 pm. in the Mayf1ower Hotel.
Meanwhile agency heads are sign
ing up all available board members,
according to Campaign Director Ran
dolph G. Bishop. Board members,
he explained. are taking the lead in
increased giving to the Chest because
of natural interest in the success
OF their organizations
Evening star., 1937-10-06
NEW GRAND Jury
OF q SELECTED
Is Men and 7 Women Are
Chosen by Justice Adkins
for 3-Month Service.

A new grand jury of Is men and
seven women was sworn in today for
three months service by Justice Jesse
c. Adkins of District Court. Walter
F. ChappeA 80. Of 1926 Garfieldsstreet,
vice presidenfhuf the William J. Fla
ther, jr., Inc, mortgage and loan firm.
was designated foreman.
Other members of the jury are Mrs.
Helen L. Bensinger. "a. Woodley Park
Towers, housewife; Perry Browning
jr.. %, Of $500 Thirteenth street. mer-
chant: James D. Edwards. 33. of 1918
Twenty-eighth street southeast. en-
ployed in an educational capacity;
Carlyle A. Gary. 80, Of 1922 Fifteenth
street. waiter; Lionel M. Harper, S8,
of 1l49 Fifth street northeast, Bureau
OF Engraving and Printing employe:
Leroy P Kessler, 81, of 1900 Foxhall
road, retired; Irle r. Mason, AZ. of
1916 Nineteenth street, salesman: Mrs.
Ruth L. McGhie, SIS. of 1918 Mon
roe street, housewife: John E..
Moore. So, OF SIG Taylor street. vice
president of George Muth g. Co.; Den
mis- Nelson, sr.. 81, of 2431 K street,
messenger; Mrs. Fannie Phillips, 3S.
of 1881 Varnum street, housewife;
Charles F. Rupert, So, Of 1882 La
mont street. real estate man; Miss
Anne M. Schneider, So, of 1923 Fessen-
den street, nurse; Elmer B. Schwab,
40. OF 5203 Connecticut avenue. chem
lst and insurance salesman; Walter j.
Snellings. 33. of 49l5 New Hampshire
avenue, clerk; William H. Somervell.
60, OF 3610 Van Ness street, secretary.
National Union Fire Insurance Co.;
Mrs. Marie j. Totten, 80, of 1919
Twenty-third street southeast, house
wife; Winthrop A. Trotter, Sc, of 4407
Seventeenth street, salesman; Archi-
bald T. Vann. Al, of 1926 Garfield
street. auto repairing; Mrs. Fay Weide,
43, 1343 Madison street, housewife;
Mrs. Willie M. Howell, 1850 Harvard
street, housewife. and Charles Will
liams, so, of 1910 Fairmont street. re-
tired printer.
Evening star., 1937-10-06
BUSINESS TAX DEADLINE
WARNING AGAIN SOUNDED

With only 5000 of $4,000 antici-
pated business privilege tax returns
on file, District officials today warned
business and professional men against
the dangers Of further procrastination.
Twice the Commissioners haxc ex-
tended the time for filing returns, the
latest deadline being October IS. In
view Of the delay of a number of busi-
ness and professional men in fling
returns, officials fear a last-minute
rush next week will make it impossible
for the limited stan in the tax asses
sor's ofice to handle all inquiries
Attention also was called to the fact
that failure to file . return on time
viii automatically result In . 10 per
cent increase In the tax ~ = penalty.
Evening star., 1937-10-06
AITcHIS0N IS HoN0RED
BY |. C. C. ASSOCIATES

Completing 20 years as q member
OF the Interstate Commerce Com
mission, Commissioner Clyde B.
Aitchison yesterday was the recipient
OF flowers from associates who staged
. surprise party in his Office at noon.
G. M. Crosland expressed the felici-
tations of employees from the Bureau
of Traffic, which reports to, the COM
mission through Commissioner Aitchi-
son, and from Aitchison's own staff.
In his response the commissioner
recalled the circumstances surround
ing his swearing in on october S,
1917. and read from a diary the names
Of those present then.
Commissioner Aitchison's service is
exceeded only by that Of one member
Of the 1l-member group-Balthasa
H. Meyer-who observed his silver
jubilee last December. 4
Evening star., 1937-10-06
CENTERS TO GIVE.
TRADES" COURSES
WILL Be SET up
School Officials Act to Es-
tabIish 0ccupationaI
Education Units.
LOCATIONS SELECTED
FOR 3 INSTITUTIONS
Special Manual and Household
Arts Instructors Will Be
Appointed.

School officials are moving swiftly
to establish experimental centers of
occupational education in three ele-
mentary schools within the next few
weeks.
The centers will take care of those
children who, school ofiicias feel,
will never reach the junior high
schools, either because OF overage or
low intelligence quotient.
According to Robert L. Haycock,
first assistant superintendent Of
schools, the locations have been Sc
lected, but no curriculum plans are
yet complete. The schools chosen are
the Curtis, o street near Thirty-third:
the Taylor, Seventh and G streets
northeast, and the Webb, Fifteenth
and Rosedale streets northeast.
The locations were taken, Haycock
explained, as the centers of areas
where the need is greatest, as re-
evaled in survey recently presented
to the Board of Education, giving the
number Of overage pupils unsuscep-
tible to academic training in the
various divisions of the school system.
Curtis Held Center.
The new center at the Curtis will
serve the Georgetown area and will
include double section, one of boys
and the other of girls. The Northeast
sections will be taken care of by
boys center at Webb and a girls
division at Taylor A few more than
100 children will be affected.
No funds have been made available
specifically for this project, Haycock
said. SO it must be operated on what
the schools already have. This will
mean the transfer Of present teachers
to the occupational work. rother than
the appointment of additional aid, ex-
cept for the appointment of a special
manual arts director for the boys and
a special household arts instructor for
the girls.
The assistant superintendent added
school officials are in hopes of getting
a congressional appropriation in the
1888 budget to allow the extension OF
these classes throughout the city.
Outgrowth Of Act Of Congress.
Establishment OF the centers is the
of an act of Congress in
April, 1896. and the experience gained
by Supt. Frank w. Ballou in a tour
study of occupational education in
more than a dozen of the large cities
of the country last June. The legis-
lation was enacted an an amendment
to the teachers salary act of 1924,
fixing salary scales for teachers of
occupational education in the ele-
schools and trades classes in
the senior high schools, where feasible.
Following the return of DR.. Ballou
from his tour last Summer. a COM
mittee was appointed, under Mrs.
Florence Rogers, supervising principal
of the sixth division, to study occupa-
tional education opportunities in the
local system. I.
The committee reported to the board
at its second meeting of the current
year with survey Of the needs and is
now working on an outline of curricu-
lum. The board approved the estab-
lshment Of the experimental centers
at the same meeting.
Evening star., 1937-10-06
BOARD OF TRADE UNIT
BACKS HIGHWAY PLAN
5-Year Program Approved by
Street Committee After Hearing
Sultan and Whitehurst,

The five-year building program of
the District Highway Department was
approved in principle yesterday by a
joint session Of the Streets and Ave-
nues and Bridges Committees of the
Board of Trade.
George Graham, chairman of the
Streets and Avenue unit, followed this
action by appointing a special sub
committee to study the proposed pro-
gram and suggest which projects
should be given priority. A. j. Dris-
coll was named chairman.
Capt. H. c. Whitehurst, director Of
highways, and Engineer Commits
sioner Dan I. Sultan addressed the
gathering on the program, and invited
members Of the committees to make
suggestions and recommendations to
them.
Evening star., 1937-10-06
MAN WHO TRIED TO CASH
CHECK SOUGHT IN Theft
Wanted by Postal inspectors for
Stealing Mail Bag From Lobby
Of Building.

A man who tried to cash a check at
the Riggs National Bank and fed
when Identification was asked was
sought by post ofiice inspectors and
police today for the theft Of a sack Of
mail from the lobby of the Garry
Building, 927 Fifteenth street, yes
terday.
The man left the check and postal
inspectors identified it as part Of the
loot.
Two bags OF mail were left in the
building lobby for = carrier to pick
up, inspectors said. One. containing
papers, was not taken. The stolen sack
contained some 800 letters, Of unknown
value.
Evening star., 1937-10-06
NEW TAXES CASE
BEING HELD UNDER
AMUSEMENT HERE
Justice Bailey Hears Argu.
ments on Business and
Receipts Levies.
INTERSTATE COMMERCE
BURDEN POINT STRESSED
Constitutionality Attack in Suit
Brought by Howard W. Berry,
Advertising Man.

After hearing arguments attacking
and defending the constitutionality
OF the ew business privilege and gross
receipts tax, Justice Jennings Bailey
of District Court took under advise
ment today the suit by Howard W.
Berry. advertising man, to invalidate
the law.
The principal disputed point was
whether the gross receipts levy con-
stituted burden on interstate COM
merce, with Berry's attorney, Richard
L. Tedrow, contending it was void
for that reason.
Relying on suit against the Dis
tifct by the Potomac Electric Power
Co.. decided last July by the United
States Court of Appeals, Special AS
siStant Corporation Counsel 10 v.
Morgan argued that gross receipts
were the yardstick by which the tax
was measured an not the subject of
the levy.
Electric Company Tax Upheld.
In the case cited the Appeals Court
upheld tax on the electric company
based on its gross receipts which
included revenues drawn from nearby
Maryland.
Admitting that Congress had no
power to control interstate commerce
in purely local legislation unless it
stated it was doing so, Morgan argued
that the groSs-receipts statute indi-
Gated Congress SO intended in the pres
ent case.
II Berry's advertising business in
wolves interstate commerce, Morgan
added, most businesses located in the
relatively small area of the District
also must be considered in interstate
commerce.
He pointed out that the only inter-
state activities claimed by Berry were
the making of contracts to place ad-
vertisements in out-of-town publica-
tions, the placing of the advertise
ments and the sending of the necessary
layouts to the publications.
Congress Declared without Authority.
Tedrow argued that Congress had
no authority to burden interstate COM
merce in conjunction with District
legislation, since the Constitution re-
quires that regulation of interstate
commerce be uniform throughout the
United States.
He said Congress either must levy
q uniform interstate commerce law or
conflne the operation of the statute
strictly to the District.
Although net income tax bears
only indirectly on Interstate COM
merce, a gross receipts tax is, in
effect, a levy on every individual
transaction and therefore is invalid if
the transactions are in interstate COM
merce, he continued.
Tedrow told the court the tax was
unfair because it imposes an unequal
burden on the man whose business in
wolves a large turnover and a small
profit and the enterprise with a small
turnover and large profit.
Justice Bailey did not indicate when
he would decide the case, which was
before him on motion to dismiss and
. motion for preliminary injunction.
Evening star., 1937-10-06
MOTHER SEEKING WORD
OF MISSING DAUGHTER
Dorothy shockley, II, Has Been
Missing From Home Here
for IL Days.

"A frantic mother who has been
waiting through II long days and
nights today issued = plea that any
one with information concerning her
missing daughter, Dorothy Shockley,
II, please communicate with her.
The mother Is Mrs. Ollie SINNERS,
1926 Seventeenth street, who has been
under care Of = physician since her
daughter left home September rs.
Dorothy Is described Is being feet
2 inches tall, with light blue eyes and
light hair. She was wearing = gray
sweater, Z sports skirt and blouse
when she vanished.
Evening star., 1937-10-06
d. c. Employees
Must Take Oath
AfterPrOnlOtiOu

Employees Of the District Of Colum-
bia must continue to swear to sup
port the Constitution and faithfully
discharge their duties every time their
status is changed-by promotion or
otherwise-although Federal workers
generally are exempt from this pro-
cedure.
This decision, made by Acting Con-
troller General r. N. Elliott, was rem
dered to the District Commissioners
because of passage by the last Con-
gress of legislation doing away with
multiple oaths In the past, Federal
employees took oath on entering service
and then renewed these whenever the
conditions of their employment
changed.
The new statute was enacted to
eliminate what was considered a lack
OF unnecessary work. II happens,
however. that two different statutes
cover the administering of oaths to
Federal and District employees, and
in passing the law to simplify the pro-
cedure Congress neglected to make
mention of the statute regulating oath
taking for the District government.
Evening star., 1937-10-06
OPPOSES SESSION

Chairman Palmisano of the House
District Committee said today he has
no District legislation in mind to be
pressed for action in event a special
session of Congress should be called
next month.
He said he did not believe any i'm
portant interest could be served By
the suggested extra session.
Evening star., 1937-10-06
DENTAL TESTS SET
Army Examinations to Be Held in
Four Cities February 7-12,

Examinations of applicants for ap-
pointment as first lieutenants in the
Dental Corps Of the Regular Army
will be held in Washington and three
other cities February 7-l2, according
to a War Department announcement.
To be eligible for examination the
applicant must be a citizen of the
United States. a graduate of a recog-
nized dental school, in good standing
in his profession, between the ages
off % years 6 months and 81 years
9 months at time Of examination and
must have been engaged in dental
practice at least year and IL months
subsequent to graduation.
Evening star., 1937-10-06
Odd White House Gifts Find
Way to SSCI,amber of HOrrOrs''
Room OuerfO,vs With Crude
Homemade Articles-NO One Tells
Where They Eventually Go.
BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG.

Somewhere in the White House known unociay
chamber o
There
this
are put until they be used otherwise
President
Evening star., 1937-10-06
Size of Statue Of Liberty.

The head Of the Statue Of Liberty
Is large enough to accommodate 90
persons standing upright
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-03
Canning Time Table
FOR LARGE FRUITS

ApPLEs-Cut and scald in boiling water one and half minutes. Pack ,n iars, stand in boiling water to cover and let cook for l2 minutes. PEACHEs-Whole, scald in boiling water one or two minutes; cut or pack whole in jars, stand in boiling water to cover for IS minutes.
 PEARs-Whole, scald in boiling water one and one half minutes; cut and core or pack whole in jars; stand in boiling water to cover 20 minutes.
 PLUMs-Pack whole in jars; stand in boiling water to cover and let cook for i6 minutes.
 oUINCES-Scald for two minutes in boiling water. Cook in jars cov- cred with boiling water for 20 min utes.
 For Small Fruits
 CHERRIES-Pack in jars; stand in boiling water to cover and cook for IS minutes.
 GOOSEBERRIES-Same process; under boiling water for 12 minutes. GRAPES-same process; cook L6 minutes.
 BLUEBERRIEs-same process; cook IS minutes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-03

them all.
 Holding an important place on the menu at Outpost Inn in Ridge field, Conn.,, and appearing there frequently Is Apple Meringue Pie- a tasty and ingenious dish created by Chef Gian-C Carlo Scala, and one which Is a great favorite with both sexes.
 It will please father and son, who usually go in for buildings and other heavy fare, as well as daughter, who craves charlotte russe and other frothy bits, and at the same time must keep an eye on her waistline. Apple Meringue Pie is recon- mended as the piece de resistance of hot weather menus. It Is hearty without being heavy and adds a nourishing touch to an otherwise light meal.
 Here Is the recipe by which Apple Meringue Pie should be made:
 1 l-2 cups pastry flour
 l-2 teaspoon salt
 l-2 cup lard or other shortening
 Ice water
 Mix salt and flour. Gut in lard with flour until fine (about the consistency of coarse meaD. Add enough water to make a dough. Toss on floured board, sprinkle with flour, pat and roll out in as circu- lar form as possible. Roll about quarter inch thick and Q little larger than the pic plate to allow for shrinkage. Line pie tin with paste.
 Apple Filling
 1 or 5 apples 1 cup sugar Cinnamon
 Pinch of salt
 tablespoon butter
 Fill pie crust with apples which have been pared and sliced. Over this pour sugar which has been favored with cinnamon and salt. Add butter and put in oven to bake. When done allow to cool. Meringue
 3 egg whites ' l-2 tablespoons powdered
 l-2 teaspoon lemon extract
 IA teaspoon vanilla
 Beat egg white until stiff. Add four tablespoons of the sugar grad ually. Beat vigorously and add flavoring. Mix In remaining sugar. Cover pit with meringue and place in slow oven to brown - for 5 to 10 minutes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-03

240 degrees r. Remove from fire and add the fruit juices and the rest of the water. Mix well and add the ninth. Chill, pour into freezing unit of refrigerator and freeze to a soft mush. Stir, return to freezing unit and when 1t a gain reache sthe rnuShy stage, stir once more. Re- turn to refrigerator and continue freezing uutil the ice is set.
 Another favorite frozen dessert is one call:
 Frozen Julep
 l-2 cups sugar
 ? cups sliced peaches
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-03

oughly chilled; try these and ale most any other mixture of fruits that occurs to your mind, and des- certs will come to have new mean
 ing not only for summer menus, but for year-round use. You will feel better after desserts of this type;
 and you will have made definite contribution to health and beauty.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-03
1 teaspoon vanilla

Put the two-thirds cup sugar in a baking pan and heat, while stir- ring constantly, until sugar has melted and a syrup of light brown color is formed. Set pan at once in larger pan of cold water to stop the cooking, and let stand about one minute, turning the pan to al- low the caramel to coat sides as well as bottom. Beat eggs slightly. add the quarter cup sugar, milk, salt and flavoring, and strain into the pan lined with the caramel Set pan is hot water and bake until firm in a slow oven (300 de-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-03

DANISH CUsTARD 2-3 cup sugar, carmelized A cup sugar 5 eggs 1 quart milk # teaspoon salt
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-03

full of beneficial sss:ss ;s:zEs does that no room
 would be left forl
 negative warnings.
 For example. .l
 this argum m n tl about cuttingIM $ down on dessertsl during the suinmer| "a season. Why could ga not these soberE$S3 3 souls who would E deprive Us of theE course most of usE enjoy most of all have couched their message in more positive terms and tantalized the appetite with suges- ton after suggestion about the right kind of desserts for summer menus? With enough of these on bond, 1t might never occur to us to long for forbidden recipes.
 We have only to remember the tonic properties of fruit and the quick energy value 0f sugar to know that all the fruit ices, Sherbets, fruit gelatines and tapiocas-well chilled. VI COuIoC-4EuAO CuPo uho COtiApOto and frozen punches are not only permissible during hot weather. but highly desirable. With every fruit in market at lowest prices now, there Is a never-ending variety with which. to work, SO that each days menu may have a different dessert.
 One of the most refreshing of the tonic desserts think is orange and fresh mint ice. Oranges and lemons contain what is known as the nerve mineral which relaxes nerves, cools and refreshes the system. The sugar used provides energy and gives lift to digestion, too.
 Orange-Mint Ice
 6 tablespoons sugar
 tablespoons white corn syrup
 3 tablespoons lemon juice
 1 l-2 cups orange juice
 1 cup water
 l2 tablespoons chopped fresh
 mint
 Cook the sugar; one-half the wac ter and the corn syrup together to