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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-25
Move 10 Modernize
Disposal Plant Is
Contemplated
Stevens to Seek Booking
Of His Colleagues on
Boord Of Trade

An effort to enlist the support of
his colleagues on the Washington
. Board of Trades Committee on Re-
fuse Disposal in a drive to have
modernized the District of Colum-
bia refuse disposal plant at Cherry
Hill, Va, will be made by D. H.
Stevens, ST.. following a fire which
badly damaged the plant a week
ago.
Mr.. Stevens said today odors
emanating from the plant, while OBJ
jectionable for miles around under
normal operations, have been worse
since the treatment of refuse was
suspended as result of the fire
and said protests have been voiced
by Virginia residents within an
area of from to miles"
He added the plant should be
modernized not only for the relief
of nearby property owners. but also
because the Navy dispensary at the
Quantico marine post and the site
of the new $4,0O0,000 base hospital
under construction at Quantico are
situated in that area. The hospital,
he said, is 21a miles from the plant.
Odor Can Be Detected.
It was said at the Quantico dis
pensary today that a good deal of
odor from the plant can be detected
under normal operations when the
wind is in the proper direction"
However, the odors have not been
Objectionable during the last week
because winds have been blowing
toward the plant.
Officials at the dispensary said
they did not contemplate any action
because the matter is not in our
,hands.'
Mr.. Stevens, who lives at 1851
Quincy street NV, but who has a
country home at Cherry Hill, said
garbage and other refuse has been
strewn outside the plant since the
fire, constituting menace to
health"
He asserted that about Is fami-
lies in the immediate vicinity of the
plant have complained to him.
Mr.. Stevens said he intends for
mally to present the matter to his
committee at its next session and
ask that District officials be urged
to take remedial action.
Urges ModernizatiOn.
ut seems to me that now is the
proper time to modernize the plant
rather than to merely repair the
damage caused by the fire. he
stated. Repairs alone will not cor
rect the situation"
The fire, origin of which has not
been determined, caused between
$4,000 and $4,000 damage to the
building housing the plant, but did
not harm the main machinery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-25

thousands Of exhausted fighters ap-
parently were nearing success in
their efforts to control blazes in four
counties, which already have caused
damage estimated to approach S.
100000.
With watersheds, some 300 cabins
and homes, Arrowhead Springs resort
and scores Of stores already black
ened, damage estimates included
some $4,000, 900 to improved property
and more than $2,500,00 to water
sheds, portions Of which were valued
by engineers as high as $3.50 per
acre.
No deaths had been attributed d.
rectly to the fires, although scores of
workers and home owners were
treated for burns and eye injuries.
San Bernardino, hard hit by floods
last March, feared additional loss
from winter rains soon due. The
situation was much the same in the
Santa Monica Mountains, although
run-off from most of the blackened
canyons pours into the Pacific.
The Santa Monica fire was CEN
tered in two canyons, Rustic and
Sullivan, but neither threatened i'm
mediate damage except to the BRUSH
covered watersheds.
The blaze was burning away from
the rustic canyon ranch home of the
late humorist, Will Rogers, which was
threatened briefly yesterday. Sull-
van Canyon is wholly unimproved
and without roads.
Threat to Homes Dies.
Mountain homes Of moving picture
figures generally escaped loss. Many,
located in the exclusive Malibu
Beach sector, were definitely out of
danger. Miles separated the flames
and other palatial residences in the
Bel-Air, Riviera and Pacific Pala-
sades districts.
Among property burned was a
ranch home Of Producer Sam Wood,
on a plateau above his unframed
beach house, and residences Of Otto
Garlic, brother Of Leo GARLIC. and
Laura Mathiessen, noted painter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-25

and only entrance to the area was
by a circuitous route through the
Mojave Desert on the north side of
the range.
The latest break in Southern Cali
fornia's most serious forest fire sit
uation in years came at time when
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-25
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q major center of a recreational
area which in recent years has beer,
visited by 100000 persons annu-
ally.
All available men, many of whom
had assisted in checking the fire
on two lower fronts, were rushed
into the district, under direction of
Federal supervisors and rangers
who flew to San Bernardino from all
parts of the State. Early this
morning, recruiting of 200 fire
fighters began in the valley cities
of San Bernardino and Cotton.
Arrowhead Loss S75O,0OO.
Fifteen fire trucks, all that could
be spared from other sectors of the
blaze which already has destroyed
the $750,00O Arrowhead Springs Ho-
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TEL were in the area, Mr.. Plummer
said, adding that the present direc-
ton of the wind was carrying the
flames away from Lake Arrowhead
and other resorts to the East.
The two main highways leading up
from the valley were ordered closed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-25

Homes Of Madeline Carroll, actress,
and Richard Dix, actor, earlier re-
ported destroyed, were saved.
Both fires started about noon
Wednesday and, aided by winds
ranging as high as so miles an hour
and humidity as low as zero, spread
with such speed that foresters found
themselves almost powerless.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-25

SANTA MONICA CALFA portion Of the walls of the elaborate
residence of late HOFFMAN, in background charred
and burned the Topang Canyon blaze
mansion saved In the foreground however
the of a beach home caught by the flames.
"A. p Wirephoto
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-25

The government of Salvador is seek
ing ideas to aid its coffee growers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-02
Tax-Exempt Bonds

Removal of the tax exemptions of public bonds seems to be urged mainly as a matter of social justice. The President speaks of "a vast reservoir of taX-exempt securities in the hands of very few persons who equitably should not be relieved of taxes on their income" The reform also seems desirable from the viewpoint of fiscal policy, because this tax-exempt reservoir deprives the federal and state treasuries of money they need for public purposes.
 But there is also sound business req son for abolishing the exemptions. As wealthy citizens more and more have tended to Flock up their funds in tax exempt securities" they have thereby lessened the quantity of funds available for direct investment purposes Money has gone into bonds instead of going into business. Perhaps when the income from exempted bonds is taxed like ordinary income, great deal of idle wealth will be put to productive use in private enter prise. Such diversion of wealth is greatly needed at the present time.
 There are delicate problems involved, such as the lowered market value of bonds when they are taxed, the effect on inSur- ance companies and other fiduciary in- stitutionS and their clients. There will be difficulties during the period of read justment. But in the long run, the gen. eral situation should be improved.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-02

hard work that went into the mak- ing of his career. Quitting school at the age of twelve to become a "prin- ters devil" in the composing room of the New Haven Register, he none the less was determined to become a lawyer. While employed on the Reg ister he took the course then re- quired at the Yale Law school, con- bining his duties as foreman of the composing room with his obligations as a student. On receiving his de- gree, he entered upon his practice
 with the late Samuel A. York, at the same time engaging in municipal politics in New Haven, with service in the General Assembly following. In 1903 he was appointed judge of the Court of Common Pleas, and in
 1920 Marcus H. Holcomb named him to the Superior Court, where he served until he reached the age of seventy in 1929. Thereafter he was appointed state referee, which office he held at the time of his death.
 Always retaining his interest in legal matters, he wrote on them lucidly and well; The Courant has published many communications from him. His philanthropic inter- ests were both wide and deep, and he was for years familiar figure in the Yale Bowl during the foot ball season. A ripe personality, he lived a full and satisfactory life: the state is poorer without him.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-02
"The Road"

A rather large percentage of the ideas that bob up in the theater never get out of the idea stage, but one that has just got out of that stage should go long way toward restoring one generations interest in the theater and creating in another generation an interest where none grew before The state of "the road" is nothing to turn handsprings about now, but even when touring companies were doing land-office business "the road" was high way that carefully detoured around the nations smaller towns.
 The favored city children of a genera tion ago were immeasurably thrilled by J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan." That theatrical classic will be taken through the country's smaller communities this year for the first time, by the Clare Tree Major Theater for Children. It will be played in towns where legitimate shows have never ap- peared.
 It should be reasonably safe to say that it's audiences will no more be composed entirely of children than those have been at Snow White" In view of Peter Pans" everlasting popularity and the excellence of the producing group, it should be reasonably safe to say that those towns where the show plays will not be content to let their theatrical life end where it will have begun. A mention of Peter Pan" to veteran theatergoers brings dreamy look to the eye. Peter Pan" revived in semi-rural America may create new generation of dreamy-eyed theatergoers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-02
A Thought for Today
New Highway Dept. Boss

There should be no fear felt for the new State Highway Department CommlS- sioner. Governor Wilbur L. Cross has managed to pick good men for the key positions in our state government ln the mast. There is no reason to believe that his latest appointment, conceived as It were almost overnight, will suffer from hurry And besides who knows but WhaC the governor may not have had suc- cessor to John A. Macdonald in mind for some time past Certainly the callOre of William J. Cox seems borne out by ms present position and his past accomplish ments.
 It is no easy task that the new commis- sioner assumes He takes office at the finish of a scandal" in state depart mental circles. He follows in the foot steps of an official who was forced to retire under fire, but who i'll the fifteen years he spent with his department managed to establish considerable ot reputation for himself and this state m road-building. We have often heard Connecticut assailed for it's backward ness in highway development, but we never could see where the facts substan- tiated such charges.
 However, it is evident that the high way department had become something more than a mere arm of the government -one to which was entrusted the spend- ing of some $2O000,000 annually. Had Democrats not upset the Republican domination of the state back in 1850 With the victory of a Democratic crusader in the person of Wilbur L. Cross, much of what has transpired in recent months might never have been brought to the attention of the state Still, we wonder If the construction of the Merritt Park way might not have proved an insur- mountable obstacle for almost any Offi- :, cal, whatever his political faith.
 The regime of John A. Macdonald is over; he certainly contributed heavily to the advancement of our highways. Dur ing his administration many were the miles of new highway built across the face of the state; many were the modern concrete bridges that rose in place of antiquated wooden ones. Such things as overpasses and cut-offs came into popu larty. Roadside development became an integral part of highway building. A road became something more than the shortest distance between two communi- ties. Mr. Cox, the new commissioner, comes into the picture at time when much remains to be done along the highly-advanced lines that all states are adopting. He comes onto the scene when immense pathways are being considered and actually built. Connecticut will be intensely interested ill seeing how he meets the situation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-02

Hartford doesn't like the prospects for low-cost housing projects. At least Mayor Thomas J. Spellacy has practically reject ed the plan whereby community can ben eft under provisions of the Wagner Steagall Housing Act. It's too expensive, says Mayor Spellacy. And he adds, too, that it seems impractical to him. His con- ments came last week when efforts were being made to have him name a local Housing Authority, such as we have here in Waterbury and there is in Bridgeport As to naming an authority the mayor said that was easily done, but why appoint men to committee that will be powerless to act without funds The costs to the city, pointed out Mayor Spellacy, would amount to 10 per cent of the total ex- penditures on any projects. And this would mean an increase in tax rates, the Hartford mayor continued. Bridgeport is now finding out that it must contribute services to the extent of making it's pro- posed project tax exempt for 60 years, which represents $24,OOO year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-02

and literature and gymnastic training and beer of Germany.
 Through all of this, we have believed, immigrants more readily adjusted them selves to the new ways of their adopted country. They enriched the new culture with some of the treasures of the old. They were better Americans for respect ing their own folk ways while choosing the way of democracy and the opportun- ity of America for themselves and their children.
 All this is quite different from the pres- ent wave of adulation for political leaders in Old World countries and support of governmental ideals utterly opposed to the political liberty for which this coun- try was established. It will be well if the level-headed, truly Americanized first and second generation Americans can make that quite plain to the misguided folk who are now trying to transplant some of the "isms" and quarrels of Europe to the United States.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-02
German-American's Job

It is understandable and right that any American, whether naturalized or native born, should be interested in his racial background. Thus we have Burns soci- cites in which Americans of Scottish parentage sing the songs of Robert Burns and rejoice in praise of the highlands and delight in singing together and holding little Eisteddfods. Southeastern Euro pean groups in America in recent years have been reviving many of their folk arts the embroidery the weaving, the folk dances of the home lands. We have long had German societies devoted to the songs
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-02

The esteem in which the late Isaac Wolfe of New Haven was held was clearly manifest last week in the public tributes paid him not only in his native city of New Haven, but throughout the state Long member of the Superior Court his last years were spent as State Ref cree. Every tribute that we read paid hom- age to his ability as jurist and to the human qualities which he displayed at all times. He must have been endowed with a fine personality to have won so many friends and in so many walks of life. Not even his retirement several years ago commanded the eulogies that his death evoked
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-02
TODAY'S COMMON ERROR
 Never pronounce cognomen ];
 cog-nO-men; say, c0g-no'- men.

A. In some old Russian cities the central portion was surrounded by strong walls with towers and battle ments, and sometimes by embank- ments and meats filled with water, and was called Kremlin. The Kremlin in Moscow was originally a fortified walled area containing the palaces of the Czars and gov- ernor.
 o. Has Germany abrogated all of the Versailles treaty?
 A. Virtually all of the treaty ex- cept the territorial clauses have been abrogated, and today the Hitler government is openly demanding that the Host colonies be restored.
 If you want a copy of our book let HOUSEHOLD PESTS,' write to Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth street, Washington, ID. c. Enclose 10 cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-02

one in the crowd yelled 'bO0,' my friends thought it was the singal for the Moose moo. So they gave me 8 tremendous ovation. And that's what gave the impression the audience was hostile"
 Mail Bag
 s. N. J., Fl PasO - Reason for the coolness between the Roose- velts and their once close friend Mrs. Isabella Greenway is the former Arizona Congresswoman's hostility to New Deal policies. Elected to the House solely be- cause of the Presidents endorse ment, Mrs. Greenway repeatedly voted against Administration measures and lobbied against him on the floor of Congress. HI. H., Chicago - The "Cliveden Group" which has spread it's social net for Joe Ken nedy, American Ambassador to London, gets his name from the country estate of the Astors just outside of London. Leaders of the group are Lord and Lady AStor, Godfrey Dawson, editor of The London Times, and particularly Lord Lothian, who is one of the most powerful behind -the-scenes figures in England.
 Reason for the pro-Nazi sympathies of this group is generally attributed to the fact that all are Christian Scientists, and that when Hitler came into power, one of the group got him to exempt Christian Sci- ence from Nazi religious perse- cution.
 Lord Lothian was educated in a Jesuit school, later became 8 Christian Scientist, and has been an important influence in Great Britain in spreading Nazi sym pathies. He makes frequent trips to Germany and has personal visits with Hitler.
 The memos of these interviews, which Lothian has shown to his close friends, are most revealing. Lothian believes that while the Nazi-Fascist system is not ideal, it is a bulwark against Commit nism, and that Britain's one great foe is Russia. Therefore, Britain should accept Fascism, he believes as a temporary expedient until the world can be purged of Con- muniSrn.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-02
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A FUTURE FOR ERRAND BOYS
 Christian Science Monitor)

The town of Cardiff in Wales is attempting to make the job of er- rand boy something more than cul-de-sac; and the Juvenile Elm ployment Committee there is sub- mitting to the National Council of the Chamber of Trade its scheme, whereby pool of recommended boys, who are approaching the age of dismissal, would be drawn upon automatically to fill vacancies in higher-grade work. It is time that something of this sort was done; for the errand boy everywhere ap- pears to have less chance of a ca reer than neophytes in other pro- fessions and trades.
 By contrast, the post of office boy is, traditionally, almost as good 8 start for the business man as the proverbial half-a-crown in his pocket; and to have
 cleaned the windows, swept the floor,
 And polished up the handle of the big front door,
 is to have laid the foundations of eminence. The cabin boy may as- pire to being captain, the bootboy need not, of necessity, have his heart in his boots, and the call boy may well turn out a man of parts; but to run on errands is, at present, to run oneself to 8 standstill. On reason for this is that the er- rand boy, unlike these young work CTS, has little opportunity of learn ing the trade to which he is an auxiliary; but his job is, intrinsical- ly, no less valuable, and demands, perhaps. even more trustworthiness than their, and deserves, equally, to be a stepping stone to better things.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-02
In New York
By GEORGE ROSS

New York, May 2 - Broadway might be expected to pay fervent tribute this month to Benedictine monk named Dom Perignon, who made a few experiments with wine in the cellar of the Abbey of Haut- villiers near Epernay, France just 300 years ago. Those experiments led to the discovery of champagne and one shudders to think what Broadway would be like without the bubbling amber that lightens the heart and the pocketbook at one ] and the same time.
 As an earnest seeker after truth, this correspondent sought to deter mine just what form the Broadway celebration would take and was a little shocked to discover that most night club and restaurant proprie- tors never heard of the good Dom Perignon and had made no provis- ion to honor his memory.
 One or two of the more realistic men wondered whether a slight rise in price would bring home the value of Dom Perignon's discovery to their customers. But since champagne already is in the $1o-and-up-a-bot- tie bracket, they made no definite decision.
 Just when it seemed that the search would be fruitless, the Ho- tel Piccadilly announced that the chef could not let the day pass without commemorating the event So a special champagne dinner has been devised. And may the good Dom rest easily where he is inferred Fiend
 This week. the metropolitan pap CTS recorded the activities of a monster who delights in telephoning a home and telling horrifying story of the death or injury of 8 loved one.
 In some way, he knows that the husband. sister, mother or brother of whom he is speaking is away from home and dwells on the gruesome details of the mythical accident The calls bring hysterical women and men to Bellevue to claim sup posed bodies, only to find that they are the victims of cruel hoax.
 The story came out as the re- suit of a fortunate call made by my confrere, Bob Musel, who keeps apace of the police blotters. Seek ing information from Bellevue on another matter, Bob got a crossed wire to the information office. Just as he was about to speak, an excited woman shouted a demand for infor- nation regarding her husband who she said, had been brought in aftel an accident. In vain, the hospita attache tried to calm her. Finally she said, Tt must be true. Int man who called said he was Dr LesSinger"
 At that, the attache told hel about the many calls attributed tt "Dr Lessinger," but the woman. only half convinced, said she would gt down to the hospital and lool through the wards anyway. Mos victims of this monster do. Int astute Musel turned the weird tal' over to the local city desks. It i the story, undoubtedly, of the mean est man in the world.
 l F
 Broadway Biographies
 We polled the coryphees who grace the beauty lines of the Paradise Cabaret the other night to deter. mine their respective origins ant this is what we found:
 Mary Roland was trumpeter ii an all-girl band, career she gav' up when too many notes went flat.
 Dorothy Allen was an "extra" il Hollywood.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-02
est UT Knowledge

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.
 -" 1. What is the popular name for the Rocky Mountain sheep? 2. For what is Seth Thomas not ed?
 3. Which state has extensive ever- glades?
 4. Who wrote Worth to the Orient?" e. s. In law, what is idiocy? 6. In which city is the famous Rockefeller Center?
 '. Name the capital of Wyoming 8. What Is the name for the pro. cess by which an alien becomes . citizen?
 g. In what year was The Papa State, extinct since 1870, recreatee under the name of the State of Va. tican City?
 10. What is the name of the larg, bone in the upper arm7