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Evening star., 1938-02-15
JOHNS HOPKINS ALUMNI
HOLD DINNER FRIDAY
DR.. J. B. Mertie, Jr., Of Geolog-
ical Survey, to Give Talk
on Alaska.

The annual dinner meeting of the
Johns Hopkins Alumni Association of
Washington will be held at the Cosmos
Club at pm. Friday, with DR.. John
B. Mertie. jr.. graduate of 1911, maxi
ing the principal address.
DR.. Mertie, who is with the Alaskan
Division Of the United States Geoloei-
cal Survey, will give an illustrated
talk on Alaska. Among the guests
will be Delegate Anthony J. Difnond
of Alaska.
Dr.. Isaiah Bowman, president Of the
university, will invite the alumni to
attend an exhibition at the school
in connection with the Goth ami
versary Of the founding of the Johns
Hopkins Press, the 4 first university
press to be founded il America. Dean
Edward ". Berry or the undergrad
uate school will also speak.
Evening star., 1938-02-15
SLIGO REzON|NG
PET|T|ONGRANTED
Montgomery County Board
Allows Apartment Con.
struction on Parkway.

The Board of County Commissioners
today in district council granted
petition of the Sligo Properties, Inc,
to rezone a section of Sligo Park Hills
from residential A to residential c.
The Montgomery Civic Federation last
night passed an emergency resolution
opposing granting of the petition.
Re-zoning of the tract. which is
opposite Sligo Park and the new
Montgomery Blair High School. will
permit erection of apartments In
what was formerly a one-family
dwelling area.
Commissioner Charles E. King,
Fusionist. joined with Commissioners
Robert D. Hagner and Richard H.
Lansdale, administrative Democrats,
to approve the re-Doning, which was
opposed by Commissioners Frank H.
Karn, board president. and Paul NJ
Coughlan, in whose district the prop
erty lies
Only two persons appeared at the
hearing two weeks ago to favor the
re-zoning, E. Brooke Lee and Roger
Whiteford. attorney. while about 40
property owners from the vicinity
were on hand to oppose It, Mr.. Cough
ian recommended the re-zoning be
denied The Montgomery County
Civic Federation at its meeting last
night went on record as opposing
the change.
The area comprises about 20 acres
paralleling the edge of Sligo Valley
Park and permission to rezone it to
permit erection of row houses. fats
or apartments has brought from civic
bodies in the Silver Spring area a
storm of disapproval since hearing
on the petition January 81 Action of
the federation last night made civic
opposition tc the move unanimous.
The resolution, introduced in the
federation meeting last night by A. H.
Gardner, delegate from the Woodside
Park Civic Association. pointed out the
park and other restricted areas would
eventually be hemmed in and ruined
if a precedent were set.
1t further pointed out that the
Maryland Park and flaming Com
mission has advanced no reasons JUS
tifying recommendation to approve
the petition and that the National
Capital Park and Planning Commits
sion, which has joint powers with the
Maryland commission in planning
park areas, has not been consulted in
the matter
A resolution asking the county COM
missioners and the Montgomery Coun-
ty Delegates to the General Assembly
to secure adequate patrol Of State
highways in the county by State po-
lice was unanimously passed by the
federation.
Evening star., 1938-02-15
CAPT. A. J. eOlDUC, SO,
IS DEAD IN GLEN ECHO
Retired Army officer Served in
Boxer Rebellion and in
World War.

Capt Alfred ]. Bolduc, &c. retired
Army officer, fell dead in front OF
a store while taking a walk near his
Glen Echo, Md, home last night.
Death was attributed to heart
attack.
Capt. Bolduc served 80 years in
the Engineer Corps. He was in China
during the Boxer rebellion and was
the seventh man to enter the wall at
Peking. During the World War he
was gassed while serving overseas.
A French Canadian BY birth, Cart.
Bolduc became an American citizen
many years ago. He belonged to the
Bethesda Masonic Lodge, His wife,
Mrs. Eugene Bolduc, was selling
tickets for the Chapel Of the Little
Flower when Capt. Bolduc dropped
dead.
He is survived by 4 step-son, Nor
rison Moreau, and 81 keral brothers and
sisters in Rhode k3hd. Funeral ar
rangements had nps Been completed
this morning.
Evening star., 1938-02-15
NAVY TEST REPORT
DECLARED BANNED
Maverick Says Findings on
VuInerabiIity to Planes
Suppressed.

The administration has suppressed
reports Of tests demonstrating that
battleships are vulnerable to airplane
attacks because it is determined TO
have big fleet of big ships, Repre-
sentative Maverick, Texas Democrat.
declared today.
Mr.. Maverick, consistent New
Dealer and leader of the liberal House
bloc, has broken with the administra-
ton on the supplementary naval ex-
pansion program, contending the
planned dreadnaughts and airplane
carriers are instruments of offense
and aggression, not essential to ma
tional defense. If more money Is to
be spent on armaments he sides with
the group in Congress which wants
more airplanes
The existence of the reports on the
vulnerabilitv Of an attacking feet TO
airplane defense is not denied" Mr.,
Maverick said. Il have been told 1
could see the reports if would keep
them secret. but that the War Depart
ment has orders to keep confidential.
Obviously the secret is one that is
being kept from the American people.
1t is not military secret. because
there is nothing to keep potential
enemy countries from making the
identical tests. and doubt if they are
SO dumb that they haven't ALREADY
demonstrated for themselves what the
United States has learned in its tests
in the Pacific.
But President Roosevelt wants a biz
feet Of Whopping big battleshps, and
anything that casts doubts on their
usefulness is not for the public to
know"
Mr., Maverick said there we're r
number of tests made of the efTec-
tiveness of aIrplanes against varships
under simulated battle conditions.
The air defense units we're merely
told that An enemy fleet was some
where at sea near the coast, and 1t was
up to them to find and stop them
Mr.. Maverick continued. 1t was p
sort of dare by the Navy. and the
Navy WAS given the surprise Of It's life
when the airplanes found the ships
and plastered them with sandbag
bombs.
The Navy and War Departments
had plenty Of evidence before that.
I have talked with men who know
their business. moi admirals and gen.
erals whose education stopped with
the battle Of Manila and whose theo-
ries are diluted with politics. It was
demonstrated on actual ships with
real bombs that to sink man-o-
war a direct hit is not even necessary
A 2,00o-pound bomh-and We make
them twice as blg--Will blow big
cruiser half out of the water and Grip
pie it if it drops hundred feet from
the target
The same amount Of money sought
for big battleships invested in pursuit
planes and bombers would make the
United States invulnerable from at
tack" Mr.. Maverick declared.
Mr. Mavericks arFuments-he Is
member of the House Military Affairs
Committee-prettv we'll express the
opinions of considerable of the Army
personnel The Army sentiment is
that the Navy is getting everything.
the military nothing but slight in
crease in its reserves, which does not
interest the Army very much.
Evening star., 1938-02-15

say much for fear it would hurt Mrs.
Castles chances Of getting Guy out
of Spain. but she said Mrs. Castle had
written that her son was better" and
that his wounds we're In the right
hip and the left leg.
Mrs. Castle sailed for Europe early
in November after receiving brief
message from her son that he had
been wounded while fighting with the
insurgent forces near Saragosa. 1t
was the first word she had from her
son since he entered Spain The
letter bore smudged postmark and
had been sent from military hospital
The letter revealed that the youth
had joined the Spanish Foreign Legion
under Gen. Frances banner on July 9
and had been sent to the front i'm
mediately. His family here had no
idea when he sailed for London in
June that ne was planning to fight
IN the Spanish civil war
Mrs. Castle, who is well-knoWn in
Washington society. is the widow of
Comdr. Guy w. S. Castle. U. S. N. Her
son is graduate of st. Adams School
and served for nearly three years In
the United States Marine Corps.
Evening star., 1938-02-15

on the premises.
While this law violates the Fed
eral search-and-seizu clause. it has
not been tested in the United States
courts. because. Lawyers point out. it
is entirely local provision and there
Is no Federal question involved.
Abuse Held Rare.
Despite the stringency of the New
York statute, it has rarely been abused.
according to high official of the
New York Police Department.
The law while allowing police to
enter premises without warrant,
gives an agerieved owner or lessee
remedy at civil suit. Few such suits
have been filed, the official said
Knowing they are liable for errors
in judgment officers are doubly care
full not to "crash" doors unless they
are sure of their ground.
No one is advocating such a law
for the District. but the example is
cited merely to show that the clause
in the proposed amendment to the
Washington gambling law is not as
drastic as similar provisions in New
York and some other States.
Allows Swift Action.
An assistant in District Attorney
Thomas E. Dewey's office explained
to The Star that search without war
rant is resorted to only when the au-
thorities are reasonably sure they are
dealing with known criminals. The
law was found useful in making swift,
unheralded raids on hangouts used
by the Dutch Schultz mob when Mr..
Dewey was gathering evidence with
which to smash the policy Cnumbers)
monopoly, which ruled New York's
gambling racket through terror for
several years.
Scores of the little fellows OF the
racket-writers. runners and control
lers of erritories-were rounded UP in
these raids, and enough OF them
talked" to uncover evidence against
Evening star., 1938-02-15
CHAUTEMPSF FACES
LABOR CODE CRISIS
Life of Cabinet Staked on
Parliamentary Vote on
Bill Today.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Premier Camille Chautemps nho
reformed French cabinet January
II, after ,peek Of cabinet crises
as result Of break-up OF the Peoples
Front January H. has endeapored
NTH his ne,U predomindntly Rad
ical Socialist cabinet to concilidte
employees and employers. With this
utetc a neU labor code ,Das prepared.
BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, France, Feb. 15.-Premier
Camille Chautemps staked the life Of
his middle class Radical Socialist gov
ernment today on an effort to win
prompt parliamentary Endorsement of
a modern labor code to end continuing
strife between workers and employers.
The council of ministers was called
to 1eview the situation this morning
before the Chamber began debate on
the labor bills this afternoon.
Deputies said the premier informed
the Chamber Labor Committee the
government would ask vote of con-
fidence, threatening to resign unless
essential elements of the code were
passed without vital change before
the end of February.
The first section of the code tG
come before the Chamber was bill
for conciliation and arbitration of la
Dor conflicts, to replace the present
compulsory arbitration law which ex-
pires March /.
The Labor Committee submitted a
report approving the bill. which would
empower government arbitrators to
render and execute a verdict If direct
negotiations between workers and en-
ployers failed
Five other sections of the code still
were being considered by the Labor
Committee. following cabinet approval
January az.
These sections provide for regula-
ton of hiring and firing of workers,
define workers delegates, require a
majority vote to call strike, devise
collective contracts. and modernize
employment agencies.
The code, a compromise of the views
of the General Considerations of
Labor and Employers, threatened the
government with loss of support both
from extremists and conservatives
who united in the first vote of con-
fldence January 81.
Evening star., 1938-02-15
Weather Conditions Last 81 Hours

Weather Conditions Last 81 Hours.
The disturbance that was over Southern
New England Monday morning has ad-
vanced rapidly eastward, being central
about 500 miles south of Newfoundland
with lowest pressure about 20 90 inches:
Another disturbance is moving eastward
over the southern Rock Mountain. region.
Grand Junction, Colo. 2g.S4 inches.
high pressure area of great intensity is
moving eastward over the Canadian north
west. Ou'Appelle, Saskatchewan. 81 02
inches with wedge extending southeast
ward to the Middle Atlantic and North
Atlantic States Richmond. Va. 30 AZ
inches During the last "A hours rains
have occurred in the Pacific States. the
Southern Plains States. the Middle Missis-
sippi Valley. the interior of the Gulf states.
in portions Of the Middle Atlantic States,
in the lower Lake. region. the north @ por-
tion of the North Atlantic States. the Mid
ole and Northern Plateau. the Northern
Rocky Mountain region and the Northern
Plains States. Temperatures nave 1allen
in the Ohio and Middle Mississippi valleys
the Lake region. the Middle Atlantic and
North Atlantic States. Arkansas, Central
Texas and Western Montana. while they
have risen slightly in Kansas.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear
at Harpers Ferry. Potomac clear at Great
Falls today.
p.unrt fnr Iaxt 81 Hours.
Evening star., 1938-02-15
DR.. WI. 'KENNEY,
MINISTER, IS DEAD
Native of Maryland Once
Held Many Pastorates
Here-Was 90.

The Rev. Dr. William I. McKenney
90. of 1915 Fourteenth street NE.
retired minister of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, died Sunday night
in Sibley Hospital He had been in
failing health for some time
DR.. McKenney's wife, who u 70. is
in serious condition in Walter Reed
Hospital, suffering from fractures OF
the hip and shoulder, received in q
fall about three weeks ago. Her in
juries resulting in three weeks
separation between her and Dr. Nc.
Kenney was the longest period ir
which the couple had been unable to
see each other during the 81 year.
they had been married. Prior to her
fall, Mrs. McKenney had for several
years attended DR.. McKenney. who
had been confined to bed.
Dr. McKenney. who had been
pastor of several Methodist Episcopal
churches in this city, was a native of
Anne Arundel County, Md. and first
preached in St Mary's County of his
native State as a circuit rider. His
pastorates in Washington included the
Hamline Dumbarton Avenue. Wesley
NJ E. churches and others
Retired Is Years Ago.
DR.. McKenney received his D. D.
degree from the old Columbian Col
lege now George Washington Univer-
sity. He retired about 18 years ago,
after 54 years service. In recent years.
up to about five years ago, he served
as supply pastor in several local
churches. Until few years ago he
conducted a mems Bible class at the
Brookland NJ. E. Church.
At one time Dr. McKenny was dis
trjct superintendent of the Frederick
(Maryland) district of the Baltimore
Conference of Methodist Episcopal
Churches
Besides his widow. he is survived by
son. Col. Henry j. McKenney, re-
tired cavalry officer Of the Regular
Army, whose home is in Ell Paso, Tex:
two grandchildren and three sisters,
Mrs. L. M. Barnes, this city: Mrs.
Dorsey Carr, Fort Knox. KY, and Mrs.
John r. Clarvoe. Tampa. Fla.
Col. McKenney and his wife came
here from Florida when the elder Mrs.
McKenney was injured.
Friend of Gov Shepherd.
Mrs. Henry ]. McKenney, a retired
officer of the Army Nurse Corps, has
been helping take care of Col. Nc
Kenneys mother
Dr. McKenney's father-i law, the
late Henry Birch, was a close friend
of Gov Shepherd. Washinston's Gov
ernor of the seventies.
Funeral services will be held at
2:30 pm. tomorrow in the Oak Hill
Cemetery chapel The Rev. DR.. J.
Martin Gillum of Brookland M. E.
Church will officiate
The list of pallbearers includes
Commissioner Melvin G. Hazen. W. A.
Roberts, the Rev. DR.. John r. Ed
wards, the Rev. DR.. Clarence Corkran,
j. Maurice Woodward and Thomas M.
Baldwin.
Evening star., 1938-02-15
Congress in Brief
TODAY.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Sena tors
resume filibuster,
TODAY.

Anti-lynching-Southern Sena tors
resume filibuster.
House-Considers secondary bills.
Naval-Representative Fish, Repub-
lican, of New York continues testi-
mony on expansion program. 10 am.
Moratorium-f1ouse judiciary Com
rhittee debates Frazier-Lemke mora
torium extension, 1890 am.
Relief-House Appropriations Com
mittee discusses $3.50, 100000 relief
Senate:
Votes again on cloture rule to limit
debate on anti-lynching bill.
judiciary Subcommittee resumes
hearings on need for additional Judges
outside Of Washington.
Banking Committee meets (execu-
tive SESSION. on proposed regulation
Of over-counter markets. 1890 am.
Appropriations Subcommittee con-
tinues hearings on District apprtpria-
ton bill.
House:
Considers relief appropriation bill.
Appropriations subcommittee con-
tinue hearings on War, Agriculture
and Interior supply bill, 10 am.
judiciary Subcommittee considers
bill for diversification of employment
Of Federal prisoners, 1880 am.
District Committee considers mis-
cellanepus bills, l0:30 am. 80
Fisu affairs Subcommittee Of Dis
tfict Committee resumes hearings on
revenue BILL, 10 AN.
Evening star., 1938-02-15
Your Income
Tax
No. 70.
DEDUCTION FOR DEPRECIATION,

DDD oAk DLH lOINs
The revenue act provides for "a
reasonable allowance for the exhaus-
ton, wear and tear Of property used
in the trade or business, including a
reasonable allowance for obsoles-
cence" For convenience, such allow
ance usually is referred to as de-
probation.
In claiming deduction for depre-
citation several fundamental princi-
pies must be observed. The deduction
must be confined to property actually
used in trade, business, and/or pro-
fession, and to improvements on real
property, other than property used
by the taxpayer as his personal resi-
dence. In general, it applies to the
taxpayers capital assets-buildings,
machinery, etc.-the cost Of which
cannot be deducted as a business ex-
perse.
A lawyer, doctor. or other profes-
sional man may not charge of as .
current expense the cost Of a library
used wholly in his profession, this
being . capital expenditure and the
library 4 capital asset; but he may
deduct an allowance for depreciation
based upon the useful life of the
library. II part Of a professional
mans residence is used by him for
ofiice purposes, proportionate amount
of the depreciation sustained may be
deducted, based generally on the ratio
OF the number Of rooms used for such
purposes to the total number Of rooms
in the building. The same principle
applies II taxpayer rents to others
portion Of his residence. Under such
conditions, however. the taxpayer must
include in his gross income the rentals
received.
Evening star., 1938-02-15
145 CONTAGIOUS CASES
REPORTED IN ARLINGTON
Chicken Pox Heads the List With
100. According to Health
Officer.

The Arlington CVa) County Health
Department received reports of las
cases of contagious diseases during
January, according to the monthly
report submitted yesterday by Dr.
Earle G. Brown. county health officer
OF the total, 100 were chickenpox
cases. 70 per cent of which involved
children between the ages of 5 and 9
years. Only one case of diphtheria was
reported. The report showed 54 cases
treated at the county's tuberculosis
clinic and 1863 inspections of stores
and food distributing establishments
There were 81 births and 25 deaths
during the month.
Evening star., 1938-02-15
BEN JONES PRESENTED
AT COLLEGE OF MUSIC

Ben Jones, young New York City
pianist was presented in q recital by
Edwin Hughes at the Washington
College Of Music on Sunday eve
ming.
Included among his well-received Sc
lectiofis were Bach,s "Chromatic Fan
TASTE ana Fugue," Brahms Sonata
F Minor" Chopin's &C Minor Noe
turne" and his waltz in E Minor"
For eilcores Mr.. Jones played
the Chopin "Fanttsie Impromptu," the
Rachnaaninon arrangement OF the
Bee" ana the feet "Toccato" BY
Claude Debasss,
Evening star., 1938-02-15

n N RS. n A n n l f. bA4NE
M CASTLE of Oxon Hill. Md,
VI whose wounded son Guy is
a in A hospital in Seville. Spain,
is on her way to see Gen. Francisco
Franco, head of the insurgent forces,
to ask for the discharge OF the "a
year-old soldier, according to an Asso-
ciated Press dispatch from Gibraltar
today.
Mrs. William Goodacre. Mrs Castle s
sister, who also lives at Oxon Hill,
said today she had received a num-
her of letters from Mrs. Castle. but
that they contained little information
about the progress she has made in
getting permission to bring her son
home from Spain.
Everything coming out of Spain
is so censored that we can't tell much
from Mrs. Castles letters Mrs.
Goodacre said. But we have several
letters from her postmarked Seville
and we know she has been there with
Guy"
Mrs Goodacre said the latest letter
from Mrs. Castle was received here
several weeks ago. She hesitated to
Evening star., 1938-02-15
THE WEATHER REPORT


moderate o
Vina-Cloudy n portions
Maryand-Coudy
West vrginiaCoudy followed by north south
Evening star., 1938-02-15
More Silk Crayats Worn.

While post silk manufacturing con.
Germs in(fance are depressed makers
Of cravAn declare that moro men are
Wearing silk eravats than year 40.
Evening star., 1938-02-15
Tunnel Noise Reduced.

Noise is Il be reduced by 80 per cent
in the So alahiles Of subway tunnels
between 6olders Green and Camden
Town, In England.
Evening star., 1938-02-15
Proposed d. C.. Numbers La,u
Far Milder Than Ne,c X0rk's
Searc1,-and-Seizure Provisions Permit.
ted Rockets to Be Killed, Yet Rights
of Citizens Are Guarded.

The situation in the District of Columbia
national disgrace
conditions body Of zeny
Indifferent, uniformed hostile"
ATTORNEY GENERAL CUMMINGS
Evening star., 1938-02-15
Cave Burns Like Old Pipe.

Idaho's mysterious burning cave"
smells like an old pipe. and puffs like
one, its explorers reported.
Evening star., 1938-02-15
By CARTER BROOKE JONES.

New York where longer flourish has
to
which object
enter
building without
Evening star., 1938-02-15
Prscipitatjon,

Monthly precipitation in inches In the
Capital tcurrent month TO datel.
Evening star., 1938-02-15
Report for Last ~ Hours.

Record for Last "a Hours.
From noon yesterday 20 noon today
Highest. 6s. noon yesterday. Year
lowest. 90. 7:15 am. today. Year
ago. -.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, So on February g..
Lowest. 1S on January rs.
Humidity for Last "a Hours.
fFrom noon yesterday to noon today)
Highest, SO per cent. at 7:30 am. today.
Lowest, 90 per cent at pm. yesterday.
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey
To-day Tomorrow.
fnW fnSa $50 am. 3:3s am.
Hieif . R:5Opm. 9:3S pm.
Low - 3:12 pm. 400 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Rises. Sets.
I'm. today ZOO $40 4
Nh tomorrow $50 546 I
Noon, today ----- T:13 pm. 1907 am 1
Automobile lights must be turned on
sns-haH hour after sunset.
Evening star., 1938-02-15
FISH SAYSBR|TA|N
DUE BIGGER NAVY
House Group Told England
Needs Larger Fleet Than
u. S. Does.

BACKGROUND
President Roosevelt has asked
Congress for authorization to er-
pand the Navy BY 30 per cent OF its
tonnage. GroWinq menace from
abroad brought the request. Hear
tngs on the bill hare reUtued other
defense measures long considered,
one OF the chtet ones being bill to
take the profits out OF 1Udr