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Evening star., 1938-01-18
W. P. A. ROLLS HERE
UP 104 FOR week
Total Employed in District Shown
as 6,229-Rise for Nation
Is 1,436.

The Works Progress Administra-
ton disclosed today an increase of
104 in w. P. A. relief employment
rolls in the District for the week
ending January 3. This was q part
Of An increase Of 41,436 shown in
rolls over the country.
The total employed by w. p. A. here
FOR that period was 6,229. Virginia
and Maryland also showed increases
of 523 and SAT, respectively. advanc-
ing their totals to 19,08e and 1856.
For the country at large, the sum-
mary showed 1,712,o53 on the rolls
January 8 as compared with 1,670.-
GIT for the week ending January l.
Since the low point in w. p. A.
employment In early October, the
rolls have increased 262,053 persons.
Evening star., 1938-01-18
D. c. RANKED HIGH
|NJOBLESSSURvEY
Proportion Of Idle to Pop.
uIation Put in Second
Place in Nation.

The proportion Of unemployed in
the District of Columbia in relation to
the estimated population-627,0 ,000-is
the second highest in the United
States, amounting to s per cent, &C.
oording to further breakdown on the
unemployment census made today by
Administrator John d. Biggers.
In addition to analyzing total un-
employment and emergency employ
ment, such as in W. p. A. and the like,
for which figures were given earlier
this month, the new tabulation reports
on the number Of persons partly en-
ployed and seeking more work.
It is based entirely on the voluntary
registration, the test check that fol-
lowed this not being sufficiently WIDE
spread to figure percentages on the
variances disclosed. It covers each
county and city of more than 10000
and the District totals are compared
to those for each State.
The highest percentage of unem-
ployed-6.4 per cent-was found in
Rhode Island.
In the United States Is . whole
the total unemployment was IS per
cent. based on estimated population
Of 12s.257,o
In the District, emergency employ
ment was 1.6 per cent, as compared
to the national average of is. Partly
employed and wanting more work wa
10, against . national average Of rs.
Emergency employment was highest
in Montana, with 81 per cent, and
New Hampshire reported the highest
percentage Of partially employed and
| wanting more work-4.2 per cent.
The lowest ratio Of unemployed wa
in Iowa, a. per cent, while Virginia
was sixth low with 81 and Maryland
twelfth low With IS.
Maryland had the lowest proportion
Of emergency workers, the figure BE-
ing eight-tenths Of per cent, and
Virginia was per cent even.
Maryland reported 1.6 per cent OF
the population partly employed and
wanting more work, and the Virginia
figure was 2 per cent.
As was announced previously, total
unemployed, including emergency
workers, as developed by the voluntary
registration, was 7,S22,912, while the
test check indicated . rise to TO-
$4,000.
In the first report the District showed
$1,000 totally unemployed and 9,7e5
on emergency work. The partly en-
ployed who want more work were
shown today as 12,164. divided 1881
men and 1912 women.
In Maryland, the total unemploy-
ment is 2s,202, divided 22.866 men
and $3.50 women, and in Virginia 1t
runs 53,10S, 43, ,437 and 9,67l, respec-
lively.
Later reports will classify the re-
turns by color, age, occupation and
other factors.
Evening star., 1938-01-18
$4,000 RELIEF
EST|MATESTUD|ED
Street Called by Subcom.
mittee on Aid for D. c.
UnempIoyabIes.
Budget Bureau recommendations for

Budget Bureau recommendations Tor
an appropriation of 100000 in the
coming fiscal year for relief of un-
employables and aid to dependent
children were considered today by a
House Subcommittee on Appropria-
tions as it neared completion of q re-
view Of the 1899 District budget.
Elwood Street, director of public
welfare, and Miss Alice Hill, super
visor Of public assistance, were called
as the principal witnesses.
May Study Cases.
Chairman Collins indicated the sub
committee proposed to make an in
tensive study of the relief situation
and examine the case history Of some
Of the individual cases handled by
public assistance ofncials.
A review Of the public school esti-
mates was completed late yesterday,
after which Mr.. Collins intimated the
subcommittee would abandon plans
to force construction Of the proposed
Northwest health center ON the site
Of the Jones School at First and L
streets NV. The current appropria-
ton act carries $175,000 for estab-
fishing the health center, which would
be the first of q series. The 1899
budget contains recommendations for
locating the second health center In
Southwest Washington.
"Cool" On Site Proposal.
Mr.. Collins said his subcommittee
had cooled" on the proposal to place
the health center on the Jones
School site and indicated that q pro-
vision in the 1899 budget for funds
to erect another building for the
Jones School at First and Pierce
streets NV. would be eliminated.
Virtually all other school items in
the budget, it was said, received tacit
subcommittee approval.
Evening star., 1938-01-18
ECUADOR TO HONOR
BISHOP FREEMAN

Ambassador to Present Order Of
Merit in Recognition Of Clergy
mans Contribution to The Star.
senor Captain Elroy Alfaro, Am
bassador Of Ecuador, this afternoon
will present to the Right Rev. James
e. Freeman, Bishop Of Washington, his
country's Order Of Merit In recognition
of editorial feature contributions to
The Sunday Star.
The presentation will be made at
Bishop Freeman's home, Mount st.
Alban, at s O'Clock. Only . few friends
and members Of the family viii at
tend the ceremony.
Bishop Freeman has written IN edi-
torial message for Star readers each
Sunday for II years.
Evening star., 1938-01-18
Central STUDENTS
HEAR TALK on WORK
Eight Speakers Appear in Connec-
tion With 7. N. G. A. Voca-
tional Guidance.

Eight speakers addressed students at
Central High School today tn con-
nection with vocational guidance, un-
der auspices Of the Young Mems
Christian Association in cooperation
with the public schools.
The addresses were delivered with
. view to giving students flrst-hand
knowledge Of professions or vocations
they may want to follow:
The speakers and their subjects
were:
Thomas H. Urdahl. consulting en-
gineer, General Engineering; Sam
uel r. Broadbent of the United States
Forestry Service, forestry; Miss
Jean Green, writer on home eco
nomics, Home Econowics"; Ross H.
Snyder, lawyer, Law; George B.
Moreland, in charge Of the children's
reference department, Mount Pleas
ant Branch Public Library, Eli
brarian"; DR.. ]. N. Barber, physician,
Medicine; c. G. Cappel, manager
of the National Symphony Orchestra,
''1Cusic," and c. N. Smith. educa-
tional adviser Of the Bureau Of Navi-
eaton, Navy Department, Army, Navy
and Coast Guard"
Evening star., 1938-01-18
I've From D. G. to Take Tests.

Two applicants living In the Wash
ington area will compete In June for
appointment - cadets at the Coast
Guard Academy at New London, Conn,
It WAS announced today By Rear Ad-
miral r. r. Waesche, commandsnt Of
the Coast Guard. The two, among Is
who win take the tests. are George H.
Lawrence, United States Naval Hos
pital, and Henry Clay Keene. lis
Lucas lam. HetheedA, Nd.
Evening star., 1938-01-18

the cooperative while the chain ware
housing Is not taxed.
The question whether q cooperative
is engaged in business or CONNER
cial activity" in the District, under
the meaning Of the business priv
ilege levy, apparently depends on
circumstances. Corporations owning
cooperative apartment houses sell
stock to their members to represent
the portion of the building they hold
as residence and the cost OF mainte-
nance and operation is prorated. The
corporation counsel has ruled that
this kind of cooperative is not taxable,
except where the corporation rents out
an unsold unit, or where q corporation
member. wishing to live elsewhere
rents his quarters.
Generally speaking, the rule is that
revenue-producing real estate Is con-
sidered as subject to the gross receipts
tax where the owner provides the
tenant with heat, light or janitor SER
vice, but the operation Of a co-opera-
tive apartment was deemed not to be
business" under the meaning of the
business privilege tax.
Evening star., 1938-01-18
MISS EARLENE White
AT "LADlES' NIGHT" FETE
Postmistress at Senate Post ONCE
Will Address Sons of Amer ~
ican Revolution.

Miss Earlene White, postmistress OF
the Senate Post once and president
of the Federation of Business and
Professional Women's Clubs, will be
the speaker at the annual ladies
night" banquet of the District Society,
Sons Of the American Revolution, to-
morrow at pm. at the Mayflower
Hotel Her topic viii be ''The Consti-
tuition Of the United States" DR.. Cliff
ton p. Clark, president of the society,
will preside.
In . musical program following the
banquet selections will be sung by Mrs.
Charles Carroll Haig, regent for the
District Of the Daughters Of the Amer
ican Revolution, and Miss Lillian
Chenoweth, vice regent, who will be
accompanied ut the piano by Miss
Doree 0ermaine Holman.
Committee chairmen arranging the
affair are Col. John p. Hams of the
Banquet Committee and Robert G,
Tracy Of the Floor Committee.
Evening star., 1938-01-18
SOLDIER FOUND DEAD
Man, IS, Expires on Bus En- Route
From Baltimore.

Slater L. Bots, IS, who WAS dis
charged from Soldiers Home On jan
uary 10, was found dead when . New
York to Washington bus on which he
was . passenger pulled into the
Twelfth and New York avenue NV.
terminal last night.
A native Of Bohemia, Mr.. Bots
served with the United States Army
q . cook from 1901 to 1904. He was
attached to + Troop, LIST Cavalry.
According to police, Mr.. Bots, who
died Of natural causes, boarded the
bus at Baltimore. A sister, Mrs. Johan
Hranicka Of Nmmitshurg, Nd, Is his
closest relative.
Evening star., 1938-01-18

Oh Tic 1OOQ INDUSTRY, appear III tNe
rulings at the District Building on
specific questions on the effect OF the
law. The complaint is made that the
District government, whether nten-
tionally or not, has been placed in the
position Of handicapping the efforts Of
the independent grocers to meet the
competition Of the large chain stores.
Sales by Co-oferatives.
The complaint turns on application
of the tax to the sales made to the
independent grocers by their CO.
operatives which were created to en-
gage in large-scale buying and ware
housing, to put the independent grocers
on a more or less equal footing with
chain organizations.
The chains buy food products in
large quantities, store them in central
warehouses and distribute the products
as needed to the retail units of the
chains scattered over the District.
These entire systems are owned by
the chains There is no actual sale
from the chain warehouse to the chain
retail unit and therefore no tax on
this transaction.
The independents reply that their
central buying and warehousing cor
porations are co-operatives, not Gre
ated for profit, that NO dividends are
paid, that the overhead costs are
borne by the members by assessments
or charges Of one kind or another.
Under the law as now written, how
ever, the legal ruling Is that the CO.
operative warehouse Of the independ-
ents must report and pay the tax on
the gross receipts Of the warehouse
from sales to the retailer.
Independent Grocer's Comment.
One Of the Independent grocer
spokesmen declared: In these in
stances the assessment Of the tax
against the wholesale function is then
duplicated against the retail members
themselves, whose total business Il
therefore doubly taxed.
"They are in competition, and in
keen competition, with organizations
of the corporate chains, and unless
these chain store organizations are
likewise taxed at the wholesale ware
houses for warehouse volume, plus
the retail volume through the retail
outlets, it will place the Independent
merchant thus grouped together to
meet competition at very substan-
tial disadvantage"
The ruling by the District, however.
was that while = cooperative was
created for non-profit operations, "The
fact Is that the corporation does buy
groceries and sell them to its mem
bers, Its members are distinct from
the corporation-so much so that
each Is entitled to the exemption OF
$4,000 for the individual store. This
is not true as to the chains which
have but one exemption Of $4,000. In
our opinion, the operation Is foA eco
nomic gain and the benefit OF the
corporation and its total sales must
be reported and the tax computed
thereon"
Effect Of $1,000 Exemption.
A spokesman for the cooperative
replies that while the granting Of the
$4,000 exemption for each independent
store Is . help, ut doesn't anywhere
near make up for the application OF
the tax to the wholesale operations to
Evening star., 1938-01-18
HUNT CONTINUES
&. ". q. Student Reported Seen
at Meeting Last Night.

Police today were continuing Q
search for Charles Z. Hoffman, 40
year-old George Washington Uni
verEty student, who disappeared Sat-
urday from his home at s720 Thirtieth
street, Mount Rainier, Nd, leaving .
note intimating he may take his own
life.
Ths search, led By Detective John A.
Apostolides, centered today around the
report received from IN acquaintance
Of the missing youth that he was seen
ct 9 meeting in Central High School
last night. Lookout. have been sent
principal cities In the South.
Evening star., 1938-01-18
Dress Suit Renters Vanishing From Congress

1. More owners Of the tuxedo
than any previous Congress.
:. A plethora Of braid-oordered
trousers.
:. A comparative scarcity OF
swallow-tai1ed coats.
This doesn't mean the renters OF
the formal garb aren't doing any
business. They Just aren't reapins
the harvest they once oao 1ro4n
Capitol Hill.
Time was when they estimated
tl,ere were fewer than 100 home
exnsd dRss aatts n eooessss,ona
Evening star., 1938-01-18

wardrobes. Their guess now =
about $50. Congress has 53l mem.
bers.
More than IS dress suit renters
once hourished here. Six shops
represent the industry now.
There's another change that
ought to be noted. Congreasmen
either are, getting smaller, or the
larger ones aren't in the rental
market.
The most popular model before
the war was . A STOUT. To-day It's
s&in . Stout, but = -.
Evening star., 1938-01-18

Demands for the swallow-taH Of
the claW-hAmmer coat still are
numerous, but the rental market
for beaid-bordered trousers Il away
Oh. The clothiers say this Il BE-
cause most Legislators own tuxedos.
When . full-dreas function comes
along they hire . cost and use their
own trousers.
The high-hat situation has the
renters guessing. Either . lot Of
lawmakers own than now OF they
are going without For the calls
1oI than Ass 1ow. i
Evening star., 1938-01-18
~ EDDY GILMORE.
Associated Iress star Nriter

4 ID to the list Of vanishinr
~ Americans the laWmarer
~, who has to borrow . boiled
= shirt and hire . high hat
tor White House functions.
Last night beiny the eve Of the
ANNUAL presidential reception 1or
members Of Congress, this reporter
went out and measured the starched
shirt situation.
T1ae tailored conclusions alov
~ oe@saty-afth Congzaae has:
Evening star., 1938-01-18
State Officers to Visit.

The Andrew jackson Council, No. 6.
Jr. o. U. A. NJ, will receive the State
councillor and his stan Of oincers at .
meeting at : o'clock tonight at sos
I street NV, is was announced to-
day BY w. N. Ia Roche, recording
secretary. 1900
Evening star., 1938-01-18
BAND CONCERT.

BY the Soldiers Home Band Orches-
ira, at $50 pm. today In Stanley
Hall: John 8. M. Zimmerman, band
master; Anton Pointner, assistant.
Program.
March, "Thundering Cannons"- -Wacek
Overture, Der Wildschuts" CThs
Poacher) ------------.----Lo -Lortxing
Morceau, "Barcarolle" -Rubtnstein
Excerpts from musical comedy,
1.-THE vagabond King" Ffiml
Popular numbers
"Gra-Na-Da" Spencer
"Just Like Butterfly" Woods
Waltz suite, ARTISTS Life"
(Kuenstler Leben) Strauss
Finale, 'Topsy"-
'.The etAr-GpanGlsd BAnnaR..
Evening star., 1938-01-18
Jefferson Shrine Meeting OF.

The meeting Of the Thomas Jeffer-
son Memorial Commission, called to-
day to consider . new site for the
SO .o00. 900 memorial which has been
authorized, was postponed for one
week because Of the Illness Of Chair
man Boylan, Democrat, OF New York.
Evening star., 1938-01-18
Red Cross Organizes Glasses.

The District Red Oross Chapter
today announced organisation Of .
class in nutrition and food values to
begin Wednesday at 1880 pm. at. the
chapter house, 1850 Z street NV,
with Mrs. William q. Finn q instrue-
tor.
Evening star., 1938-01-18
By DON s, WARREN.

Illustrations Of how the business privilege applied
four times nsncesbu equally all
found from study the application the the food
ing the producer broker wholesaler retailer the District
it pyamdng
disguise Sometimes course
in picture
Even evidence that still applied
Evening star., 1938-01-18

After the bath the birds wrapped opels
catching cod aient from whh
1H start March and Mr. Ltn
1htch the females Ul make their
hair the foor With this the
pease eggs they uH oy After the days.
tenaale puts the father
Evening star., 1938-01-18
Business Tax Aid to Chains,
Independent CrOcers Declare
Exemption of Corporations, Warehouse.
While Co.operatiues Are Assessed,
Deplored by Group Spokesman.

This the third articles discussing the basis
plants privilege
being applied connection
inequities continued another
Evening star., 1938-01-18

saturday night" comes only for the birds.
Mr. Letner bathes them 0h shaving fathers
,uith his shauing brsh He feeds them special mixture OF
Seed prepared BY himself The Spanish caused
trouble en shipments of certain seed stopped after
outbreak OF hosties but it found similar
could be bought from Turkev
Evening star., 1938-01-18
Effect Of $4,000 Exemption.

A spokesman for the cooperative
REPLIES that while the granting Of the
$4,000 exemption for each independent
store Is q help, ut doesn't anywhere
near" make up for the application OF
the tax to the wholesale operations to
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-08-11
WOULD YOU SPEND
s0.75
TO MODERNEzE YOUR KITCHEN?

Certainly you would .. il it n.ear-t
cleaning walls of Faience tile, new
and grander sink, IinoieuIn lcor and
perhaps new set OF kitchen utensils
with red handles!
But would you. viii you, rather,
spend 1915 to accomplish something
even more fundamental: 10 put behind
you foreUer, the labor, Inconvenience,
discomfort, the time-wasting, food
wasting extravagances of obsolete
cooking n2ethodc2
Will you cal Us cc2d say, Yes, I a2a
through with wood boxes and Goa;
scuttles and SCOT ard ashes and kir.-
ding and wicks and fre-bailding
/ want the speed, the cleanliness, the
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-08-11
YESTA

The Christian Mothers Aid at
the home Of Mrs. B. J. Dunno
Wednesday afternoon was well
attended
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Crane and
daughter Marjorie of Winthrop
were Sunday callers at the Her
man Viergutz home. Marjorie re-
manned to spend several weeks
with her grand parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Hans
mann and Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Atkinson and daughters left
Wednesday morning to visit MIR.
and Mrs. Ernest Hansmann at
Waubay, S. D., MIR. and Mrs.
Freeman Hansmann of Hazel, S.
D., and Mr.. and Mrs. Orville
Wright of Redfield, S. d.
Harriet Gall left Wednesday
morning to spend her weeks vaca-
ton at the Peter M. Drees home
at Grand Forks, N. d.
Guests at the Timgren family
reunion at the Ramsey park Sum
day included Mrs Charles Lewis
and daughter Audrey of Los An
geles, MIR. and Mrs. Christensen
and son Larry of Evan, MIR. and
Mrs. Lawrence Timgren and
family, Wallace Tingren of Cot
tonwood, Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Ro-
land of Wood Lake, Mr.. and Mrs.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-08-11
CHURCH NEWS

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Rev W A Dalton Minister
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-08-11

Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Krause and
son Bobbie returned Saturday
from a weeks visit with Mr..
Krause's parents at Revillo, South
Dakota.
Leonard Johnson came from
st. Paul Saturday to spend a
few days with his family.
Margaret Burmeister left Tues
day morning to spend few days
with friends at Lake Koronis.
A group of friends gathered at
Miss M. Alice Ide's home Mon
day evening, to celebrate her
birthday.
Robert and Richard Anderson
are spending the week with rela-
tiVes in Minneapolis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Anthony
and son Robert left Thursday
morning for their home at Cam
anche, Iowa after a short visit
with Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Anthony.
Miss Maude Anthony who motor
ed here with them remained
until Saturday when she accom-
panied her nephew John Anthony
to Minneapolis.
Mrs. Frank Lobdell, Mrs. E.
Osborne mildred LobdelD and
Elizabeth Osborne of Minneapolis
motored here Wednesday to visit
Mrs. l. NJ. Stensvad who is re-
covering from her recent opera
ton at her home. Returning in
the evening they were dinner
guests of Mrs. Irene Rudberg at
Winthrop.
Mr. and Mrs. w. C. Bluhm and
daughter Barbara Jean visited at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Leon
ard Zitzman Sunday.
CARD OF THANKS-We wish
to express our gratitude and sin
cere thanks to all who SO kindly
assisted us during the Illness and
death of our beloved husband
and father. Also the pallbearers,
Rev. Ghebhard, the choir, those
who furnished cars and for the
many beautiful floral offerings
Mrs. Rhoda Campbell and fam
lily. d.
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economy CT 'PYRoFAX' Gas Service"
"PYRogAx" Gas regulating equip
naent IS provided 70 you az no charge;
al you pay is the small installation
charge of 1915. The gas itself costs
as little as 34e per person per meal.
Then you ca1 select from the beauti.
FIJI, modern Magic Chef "pyRoFAx'
Gas Ranges just the one you Like best.
Perhaps your present stove will take
care OF the down payment. In any case
We can arrange deferred payments to
cuit yor- convenience.
Il yo,tr cooking facilities are mod
ern, your kitchen is modern. Think it
cve- tonight .sObile yoa're getting
dinner.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Sheehan
returned Friday morning from
Chicago where they had been en-
joying their vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Brown and
daughters Irene and Lola and Or
ME StraWZell spent Sunday IN
Slayton visiting friends.
Clinton Johnson spent the
weekend at his home in Isanti.
Saturday he served as best man
at his sisters wedding.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. c.. Austbo and
children left this morning to
spend their vacation in northern
Minnesota.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Robbins
and children Richard and Ed
rich of Appleton were weekend
guests at the Fred Sonnichsen
home.
Esther Hagen went to Mlnnea-
polls Sunday and visited her sis
ter Mrs. Frank Ceilings until
Monday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Alexander
of Lynd were Sunday over night
guests of DR.. and Mrs. c.. a.
Alexander.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. F. Zehetner
and son Howard motored here
from Ivanhoe Sunday bringing
Mrs. Elizabeth Zehetner who had
been at their home for two weeks.
They were guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Vern Pryor.
Mrs. John Stewart of Medford
accompanied Mrs. Ralph Cornell
and children of Clarion, Iowa
here Tuesday. All are guests Of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Colville.
WHAT IS AHEAD? 1t all de-
ponds on what you do now. Man
kato Commercial College, Man
kato, MINI. will point the way.
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