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Evening star., 1938-12-23
U. S. Treasury Position
BY the Associated Press

Treasury position, Dec. 21: Receipts, s1s,.
200. 244 A; expenditures. S27- 573,30l ,s4:
S2,55S. .175437.65 working balance; Gus.
toms receipts for the month. S1s,74o,s
54126
Receipts for the fiscal year lsince July
y, So, S52 4s5,0S2.91; expenditures, So.
33a.971 G14.53 including S1.415. 399,.
of expenditures .4ST4S5,991 .G.2; erokf
debt. $50 400. 7S1 .045.11, an increase Of
S3.324. 1928 over the previous day. gold
assets, S14,453,7 705,2O2 &c.
Evening star., 1938-12-23

Glass doors for railway passenger
cars are being tested in England.
Evening star., 1938-12-23
Danger Of Fuel Oil
Shortage Doubted
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Bureau of Standards says
that although potential sources of
fuel oils are much more limited
than the supply of solid fuels, par
ticularly coal, the Nation need not
fear any early shortage of liquid or
gaseous fuels because these can be
manufactured from coal as q result
of modern scientific developments.
Evening star., 1938-12-23

Also extra or extras.
eDeclared or paid so far this year.
Paid last year.
Evening star., 1938-12-23
New York Bank Stocks

NEW YORK. Dec 90 LP,.-1nvestm.
Bankers Conference. Inc):
Quotations as of 7 o'clock)
Evening star., 1938-12-23
| New wFinoncing
| Rises Far Above
| 1887 Levels
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 23-New
financing for the week, $3.50 ,426,
was more than four times the
amount of the corresponding period
of 1887, Poor's Publishing Co. re-
ported today.
Details were:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-06
THIEVES Get
$3.50 IN NIGHT

Two purse snatchings and four
housebreakings Melted District
thieves $3.50 last night, while po-
lice arrested a colored man after
ward identified by a woman as her
aSSailant.
Police will parade at lineup to-
night 30-year-old Carl Shelton, of
the 700 block of Third st. S. w.
He was identified by Ruth Simms,
of 234 st. S. W., as the man who
grabbed her pocketbook as she
walked on the street near her
home. Still being sought is a small
colored boy who Snatched a hand
bag containing $40 from Mary E.
Erickson, of 1925 Seventeenth St.
N. w.
A pistol, three watches and sew
eral yards of silk, all valued at
$50, were stolen from his apart
ment in the first block of Florida
Ave. N. w. last night, Albert
Gongee reported to police.
Jewelry and radio valued at
$35 were missed by Nellie Seal
when she returned to find her
room at 1923 Massachusetts Ave.
N. w. ransacked. Marion Morfitt,
of IT'S P st. N. w., and Erma
Corey, of 1885 Kalorama Rd.
N. W., lost clothing valued at $25
and $40 to thieves who forced the
doors to their apartments.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-06
LT.LETTERMAN
13PREC|NCTHEAD

Lieut.. Oscar J. Letterman, now
attached to the Fourth precinct
police station. was named to head
the new Thirteenth precinct to be
formed July l, Major Ernest w.
Brown announced today.
Also to be assigned to the new
precinct which will be formed
from the present No. are acting
Lieut.. Tom Mason, of the Hack
office; acting Lieut..
John E. Scott, Metropolitan Po-
lice Boys Club director, and Detec-
tive Sergeant Clyde N. Strange, of
the Homicide Squad. All will be
stepped up in rank. Major Brown
said.
Until the Women's Bureau is
vacated, the new precinct will
share quarters with the Second
precinct station house in the 900
block of U st. N. w.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-06

Mrs Wright, one of the most gallant spirits I
have ever known, has lived through everything
q woman can and yet carries on with smile
and never a word of complaint; she herself has
O beautiful voice, and it is through her care and
training that little Cobina, as call her, is start
ing out on what, in my opinion, will be great
future.
Then there is Adelaide Moffett whom I heard
sing for the first time recently. She is not as
young as Cobina, but she has very sweet voice
and, with her lovely dark eyes, makes most
appealing picture.
If anyone thinks it is fun for these children
to sing before that microphone in front of
large room full of people, they are much mis-
taken; their little hands are like ice and the
nervousness they suffer is really pathetic.
Sing Because They Need Money
NOW, these two girls don't sing just for the
Az glory of it but, as I understand it, because
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-06
Sousa's Grandson Doing Well

THERE'S another brilliant young man down
there - John Philip sousa, 3rd, who just
graduated from Princeton. He is delightful boy,
with a fine band, and think he also is 60
ing far. His grandfather-dear old sousa-used
to play for me when was very, very young; he
was head of the Marine Band in Washington.
It was he who wrote the washington Post
March" for our newspaper; his was one of the
most beautiful bands that ever existed.
Yes, take my hat off to these gallant young
people. They at least are not loafing and liv-
ing off their friends, and think that what they
are trying to do is so well expressed by the
beautiful words:
IT sing a song Of a new dawn awaking,
new wind shaking the children of man."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-06
WORK TO START
At WATERFRONT

Work on the long-sought i'm.
provement of the Potomac River
waterfront is expected to start
this week, it was announced to,
day by Major Walter D. Luplow,
Army engineer, who will direct
the development.
Major Luplow'S statement came
following the approval of Secre-
tary Woodring of an allotment of
$342,489, which assures the prof.
ect. The funds include a $4,000
contribution made by the District
government.
Plans for the development will
include construction of the east
ern "halves" of two yacht basins,
removal of old buildings, prepa-
ration of bulkhead walls, berthing
and service piers, and a service
building.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-06
WEDNESDAY, APRIL
By E0alyu Walsh Mclean

they need the money. had an interesting talk
with my little hairdresser-a talk which, of
course does not apply to my two little friends.
I was telling her that I objected to women with
plenty Of money starting in any kind of bust.
ness just for the excitement of it, or amusement,
as with their competition girls or women who
really need the money could not carry on, and
her answer was so natural She said: "Well,
Mrs. Mclean, after all, they may be lonely, they
may be seeking an escape from their troubles
and worries and, if it helps them any, let them
go ahead and do it," My only remark was:
well, if these women wanted excitement or
real interest, all they had to do was to start in
on the charity angle-work for the Salvation
Army or the Red Cross, and they'd have plenty
to do"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-06
Irish Night
NOtre Dame Alumni
Celebrate April rs

Joining in plans for the nationsl
celebration of Universal Notre
Dame Night" April Is, the local
alumni of the university announced
today they will play host to the
Right Rev. John F. O'Hara, csc,
president of the university, who
will address, their banquet at the
Mayflower Hotel. Father O'Hara' S
remarks will be nationally broad
cast.
The Washington dinner and re-
ception will be the key affair Of
the national festivities, which will
include broadcast from the Notre
Dame campus of the university'S
80 piece band, and songs from
Hollywood by John Mccormack,
who received the Notre Dame
Laetare Medal in 1888.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-06
HOUSE GROUP
o. KS BEER TAX
FOR DISTRICT
Insert Levy After
8 to Z Vote

After reconSidering it's rejection
of local tax on beer, the House
District Committee today REIN
serted the beer tax, at so cents q
barrel, into the new District reve-
nue. bill.
The House District Fiscal AT.
fairs subcommittee originally pro-
posed tax of rs cents a barrel
on beer, but at an executive SeS-
sion yesterday the committee ten
tatively voted, 5 to 4, to eliminate
the tax from the measure.
On reconsideration today, the
tax was placed back into the bill
only after a compromise had been
agreed to. The compromise was
recommended by Representative
Vincent L. Palmisano CD Of
Maryland, committee chairman,
who has been protesting the entire
beer tax.
S-TO-7 VOTE
The vote on the beer tax, taken
in another executive session, was
eight to seven in favor of retain
ing the levy, which is expected to
yield approximately $4,000
After disposing of the beer tax,
the committee began consideration
of the controversial income-tax
provisions of the revenue bill.
AS recommended by the fiscal
affairs subcommittee. headed by
Representative Jack Nichols CD
of Oklahoma, the tax is a gradu-
ated levy on individual and cor
porate income, ranging from
to 10 per cent on individual in
come. and from 4 to 6 per cent
on corporations.
EXEMPTS CONGRESS
The income tax provisions ex-
empt members of Congress, the
President, the Cabinet, members
of the Federal Judiciary, and
secretaries of members of Congress
who are not residents of the Dis
trict of Columbia.
The measure also provides for
continuation Of the SITS rate on
real estate, and for continued en-
forcement of collection of the now
defunct business privilege tax.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-06
Friendship House
Plans Three PLAYS

Aspiring young amateur actors,
under the direction of Miss Gladys
Rowley Gum, will display their
talents in three one-act plays at
Friendship House, 619 E st. S. E.
tonight at 8 p. m. Proceeds from
admissions to the plays will go to
the social settlement house. In
the casts of the plays are Alice
johnson, Jane Lewis, Ann Nichols,
Mary Jane Dawson and Dorothy
Danly.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-06
William J. Crane
Heads r. [. Society

William J. Crane. attorney with
the Department of Justice, has
been chosen to head the Rhode
Island State Society for the com.
ing year.
Other officers elected at the
annual meeting last night include
Edward j. Higgins. first vice presi.
dent; George Clifford, second vice
president; Mrs. A. j. Forand, third
vice president, and George E.
Bigge, treasurer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-06
Students Are Due
For Holiday Here

Eight Syracuse University stu
dents will return to their homes
here Saturday for spring vaca-
ton, which lasts until Monday,
April 10.
They are Kenneth Dreyer, Of $50
North Carolina Ave. S. E.; John
Harris, Of 2013 Portner Pl. N. W.;
Phyllis Hickman, of 230 Fifteenth
st. N. E.; Jean Houghton, of 1905
Emerson St. N. W.; Sigurd John.
son, of 638 independence Ave.
N. W.; William Kennedy, of 2915
Connecticut Ave. N. W.; Char
lotte McConkle, of 3107 Nineteenth
st. N. w., and Virginia Wakeman,
of 4817 Forty-SiXth st. N, w.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-06
lands 'FIANCE'
OF D. C. NURSE

James L. Lands, probationary
fireman charged with the "lovers-
lane" murder Of his young wife,
Mrs. Blanche Gertrude Lands,
gave a diamond engagement ring
and another ring to a pretty
Washington nurse, police an
nounced today.
Detective Sergt. William Liver
man, who has been working on the
Lands case, returned to Washing
ton today after a trip to North
Carolina, where he talked with
the nurse, Miss Virginia Simpson,
%.
Miss Simpson admitted, Liver
man said, that she had had many
dates with Lands, and that he
had never told her he was mar
ried.
It was only after the murder Of
Mrs. Lands that she learned of
his marital status, and then she
gave the two rings to a friend to
return to Lands.
Describing Lands as a perfect
gentleman" Miss Simpson said
they had often gone to dances and
on automobile rides together.
After the murder of Mrs. Lands,
Miss Simpson asked for vacation
at Episcopal Eye, Ear and Throat
Hospital where she is employed
and returned to her home.
Police indicated that she will be
summoned as a witness at the
trial of Lands.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-06

American Civilization" and
"American Citizenship" and
under her own name has
written "Woman's Work in
Municipalities" ION Under
standing Women" America
Through Women's Eyes" and
other books, is seriously in
tent on the business of max
ing the National Archives rec
ognize the achievements of
women.
At the present time men
are the only people spoken of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-06
Catholic Alumnae
Benefit on Nav 5

A card party for the benefit Of
the Sisters Scholarship Fund, was
announced today by the local
chapter of the International Fed
Grafton of Catholic Alumnae, for
May S, at the Wardman Park
Hotel.
Miss Elizabeth J. Dolan Is gen.
eral chairman, assisted by Miss
Dorothy Rhodes, Miss Mary Han
nan, Miss Elizabeth o. Leach, Miss
Mildred Stohlman, Mrs. Paul ].
Hurney and Miss Evangeline Rice.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-06
COlOred MasOns
Mark Anniversary

Celebration of the sixty-ninth
anniversary of Meridian Lodge of
the local colored Masonic craft
will be held Sunday night at 1870
with special services at Trinity
A. M. E. Zion Church.
The Rev. Anthony E. Williams
will speak. Naomi Chapter of the
Order of Eastern Star and Doric
Lodge Of Masons will participate
in the service.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-06

One is a beautiful child Of
16 years-Cobina Wright. She
has a lovely face, a perfect
slender figure, and sings de-
lightfully before the micro
phone. BY all rights, this
child should have been a pro-
tected, care-free girl if life had
not played such an unfair trick
on her. She comes from one
Of the best families in the
country, and her mother is
tr11lv a remarkable woman.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-06
First Lady to Help

MRS. JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER is tremen-
dously interested in Mrs Boards crusade.
She has offered $1,000 as an initial donation
to the cause, providing of course that women
seem to want to write down the successes of
their sex for generations to admire and initiate.
Mrs Roosevelt has also promised Mrs. Beard
help. She is going to suggest some names of
women who have made good.
The question arises In my hayward mind
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-06

as successful in the official records of the history
of this country. Mrs. Beard feels quite rightly,
that many women have done their little bit in
making the world go round. So why should
they be left out of its story?
Few countries it seems, officially pay any
attention to the achievements of women. France
has mentioned Madame Cuie but almost no
one else.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-06
Ren1Ove Cause of Depression

TIE great need, as it seems to me, is to begin
at once to remove the causes of depression
and among these are this very collection of
progressive policies" They include managed
currency" "the easy-money policy" and the
notion that democratic Government such as
ours is suited for planning our business and
economic life.
Above ALL they include the demoralizing "pro-
gressive" notion that each individual, no matter
what his capacities are, has right to share the
wealth. This is the spirit of "the Government
will provide"
would be the last to deny the need of some
spending. know as well as you that people
must be aided when necessary. The plight Of
millions of young people who cannot get jobs
is particularly appealing to me.
What I am saying is that Cd the Govern
ment spending should be cut to minimum re-
quired by necessity for relief and 90 the grounds
for uncertainty and fear on the part of honest
savers, investors and business men should be
at once and forever eliminated.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-06

Miss Kiendl, who early yester-
day fled a mile through the woods
to escape a colored bandit, and
later rode in police car which
sped after the man, with officers
firing at him, was supposed to
be a guest at the home of Dean
Acheson, former Undersecretary
of the Treasury and a friend of
her father.
But at the Acheson home it
was said Miss Kiendl is not there
and they do not know where she
is.
POSTED $1,000
Miss Kiendl, who made her
debut at a brilliant ball at the
Waldorf-Astoria this winter, left
Rockville late yesterday with the
Achesons, after Mr.. Acheson had
posted $1,000 bond to assure her
appearance before the grand jury
as complaining witness against
Edward N. Jackson, colored, who
she identified as the man who
robbed her.
The bond was ordered by States
Attorney James H. Pugh after
Police Judge Harold Smith, who
ordered jackson held for the
grand jury, instructed police 20
make certain that Miss Kiendl
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-06

The "Government-speAding
school has this time picked
the railways as the place to
dump the money. The more
money" advocates are below
ing again. Even the life-begins-
also racket is being revived
under the guise of a depres-
sion remedy.
Crack-pot letters from per
sons who think they have dis
covered the way to Utopia are
beginning to show up in my
mail.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-06

More Serious Than Usual
ITO my mind, however, the thing is much more
l. serious than usual, because of the lengths
to which we already have gone in the futile
attempt to spend our way out of the preced-
ing depression. For five years we have been
trying to defy economic laws and common sense,
and in those five years we have built up pub
lie debt and an army of unemployed that put
Hitler and Mussolini to shame.
Thus we start the new war on depression
before we have quit warning on the last one.
The CCC camps for youths are being financed
for another year, and the CCC Commodity
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-06
World of Finance By LezOi, Haney

Credit Corporation) holds over five million bales
of this years cotton crop.
AS Mr.. Harry Elmer Barnes says, we have a
most impressive collection of progressive poll
cieS'-which is just our trouble. We are on our
way, but don't know where we are going.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-06
n. Y. Deb Heroine
Missing From D. G.

Whereabouts of Miss Helen V. Kiend New York debuane
who took French leave from exclusive Sarah Lawrence Col
ege into adventure the wds of Montgomery county
TODAY shrouded in mystery.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-06

MRS. CHARLES A. BEARD, who as Mary
Ritter Beard helped her husband write "a
History of the United States" "The Rise of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-06
Dear Washington
By Helen Essary

what is to be done about the feminine powers
behind the throne?" There have been a num-
Der Of these insinuating creatures whose names
might be written down. And, of course, some
others who must be nameless. And what about
ladies like Cleopatra and the Duchess Of Windsor?
Does an archivist give any of these subtle ladies
a good mark?
How many points in an intelligence test does
the knowledge of how to play "bingo" give? It
seems to me that too many people are playing
bingo for the good of the world. In hotels, on
shipboard, on vacation trains, at the seashore,
in the valleys and hilltops people are playing
bingo.
Bingo "SOur" Game
WHILE private and public life goes on the
w rocks, thousands of people sit solemnly COW
ering up little numbers on cards. Bingo is not
a happy game. It's sour and silent. There's
never a sigh Of pleasure except from the one
lone winner among the hundred who pay in
their quarters and dollars. Maybe bingo is
spectator sport escape 1t requires no physical
or mental effort and almost no eyeSight It's
kindergarten stuff.
DR.. William F. Foshag Of the Smithsonian
Institution, says it isn't necessary to apologize if
the emerald necklace you give your wife at
Easter is imitation. He says that paste emeralds
are more expensive than real emeralds.
He says if you have weakness for real emer-
aids in spite of their cheapness you can find out
what your stone is by dropping it in a glass cup
of Glove and cinnamon oil. After that the next
step is very simple. 1.-THE boundaries of the stone
disappear and its characteristics can be studied
without interference by reflections from the
facets"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-06
My

THERE were several young people down In
l. Palm Beach, while was there, who are really
remarkable in their own way and think deserve
q oraot dno1 of rroica
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-06

NEW YORK-As usual, at the bottom of a
depression, demands for St1mulants and
schemes to pull us OUT are appearing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-06
WANTED TO RIDE

would be present when needed to
testify.
WANTED TO RIDE
The debutante explained that
she decided it would be fun" to
get away from home and drive
around the country by herself In
the nice spring weather.
Also, she said, she wanted to
visit friends near Middleburg, Va.
and ride their horses.
So without saying a word, she
jumped into her car Monday and
started south, first stopping sew
eral hours to visit a friend at
Princeton.
HAD TAKEN PURSE
Arriving in Alexandria about
midnight, she decided to return
to New York, and it was then
she became lost and ended up in
Montgomery county, with jackson
trailing her in a car.
He forced her off the road. she
said, and as he jumped in her
car she fled. Police said that
jackson later admitted he had
followed her with the intention OF
robbing her. When he was cap
tured, he had her purse contain,
ing about SO.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-06

would be present when needed to
testify.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-06

news tips phoned to The Times Tip Editor at
Republic 1884. There will be given SIS weekly
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-18
Rons.Crusher's Break

The great sport of wrestling as approxi- mated in the United States today, has finally lit on something The shot in the arm which ugly run,ors had intimate9 was necessary ought to be administered any day now. The formula for the injec. ton must certainly have revealed itself to promoters in binding flash when Joe Reno and Roughhouse Ross went at 1t in Minneapolis the other day in 8 ring buried beneath 315 gallons of strawberry, chocolate, and vanilla ice cream.
 Mud-wrestling was, as you might say, something of flop, but when 1t lead to sundae-wrestling 1t lead to field of un- limited possibilities. The star that wres- ting can now hitch its wagon to is, of course, the great American shooting star of commercial exploitation.
 "Comingl Butch the Crusher and Tramp Terwilliger, in 300 Gallons of Excelsior Facial Creaml" "0yp the Blaster says: T Owe My Physique to Wrestling Exclusively in Pierre's Clam Chowder.' "Wrestling Just Isn't Wrestling Without schutz's Motor Oil" The nice thing about 1t is that 1t wouldn't lower the sport an inch. You can't lower a thing that's resting on rock bottom al- ready.