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Evening star., 1938-03-11
CONFEREES MEET
TODAY TO ADJUST
PROGRAM FORD.C.
Senate Amendments Which
Added 100000 to
Face Scrutiny.
AGREEMENTS NECESSARY
ION HIGHWAYS AND AID
Parking Meter Plan, Challenged
by A. A. A., Also Must Be
Decided.

House and Senate conferees are
slated to meet for the first time at
2 O'Clock this afternoon to settle diff
ferences over detailed features of the
1889 District appropriation bill, with
Senate amendments amounting to
more than $3,000,O00 awaiting ADJUST
ment
The Senate's move for an immedi-
ate survey of relief needs by an out
side expert, to determine whether the
100000 in the pending bill should be
raised later in \ deficiency measure,
is one of the main questions to he
considered. The House proposed an
inquiry by the House District Com
mittee, but there was no provision
to have it start prior to July /, when
the new appropriations become avail
able
Highway Programs Vary.
The conferees also must decide as
between alternative highway and
bridge programs adopted by the two
houses under the highway fund Also
OF general interest is the Senate
amendment to authorize a trial of
parking meters in Washington.
There are a score of other amend
ments. increasing House figures for
various municipal agencies and elimi-
mating several House items. The con-
ferees will pass on the Senate's action
in striking out House provision des-
lgnatlng part of the municipal center
area as site for a new Public Lii
brary Building and allowing 1000
to prepare the plans. The Senate also
struck out the House proposal to ac-
quire Homeopathic Hospital as a
health center, instead of building a
new one in the same vicinity.
Collins Heads House Group.
The House conferees will be led by
Chairman Collins of the House Sub
committee on District Appropriations
and by Chairman Thomas Of Okla
homa of the corresponding Senate
subcommittee.
The validity of the parking meter
rider in the District bill was ques-
toned by the American Automobile
Association yesterday in view of its
origin in the Senate. The A. A. A.
pointed out the constitutional pro-
vision that all revenue bills must orig
mate in the House and said:
The sponsors of the legislation
themselves point out that the meters
will bring in an additional 100000
OF revenue. Our question is this: If
bill which raises 100000 of new
revenue Is not a revenue measure
then what is it?"
The A. A. A. few days ago re-
quested a congressional investigation
OF the causes for the high price of
parking meters.
Evening star., 1938-03-11
PALMISANO TO GIVE
RACE BILL CHANCE
Pledges Not to Block Action
but Warns Against
'Railroading.'

Assurance was given today by Chair
man Palmisano of the House District
Committee he would make no effort
to block consideration of the new bill
to legalize horse racing in Washing
ton.
The measure. he said, would be
referred Wednesday to the judiciary
Subcommittee for hearings. It was
introduced about 10 days ago by Rep
resentative Sacks. Democrat, of Penn
sylvan1a, a member of the District
Committee.
Mr.. Palmisano said he would not
oppose the bill if the people of the
District want legalized race track
gambling, but he did not propose to
see it "railroaded" out of his COM
mittee, like the former racing bill
which was killed.
A number of Washington sports
men and business men are said to
be interested in the new bill and have
promised to help finance ST, 500, ,0OO
racing plant on the site of the old
Benning race track if racing is legal
lied.
Evening star., 1938-03-11

in the mind of the cashier that SO
is due instead Of the SO laid down,
he would have to doubt both the
student and the professor to prove
it. And that, it is admitted, would
be bad for morale.
There is one "out" for students
who leave early or report back late.
They can always get doctors Ger
tif1cate that they were unable to at
tend school that day. And, it is
claimed, these certificates are to be
had If the student knows his way
around. Even at that 1t costs 81
for the certificate.
In the absence of a doctors Ger
tificate, the student may apply for q
leave Of absence 1T least q week In
Evening star., 1938-03-11
AUDITOR STUDIES
LOAN ASSOCIATION
Dissolution of Montgomery
Firm Nearer as Result
of Court Action.

The Montgomery Building and Loan
Association, whose directors told the
District Court February that it had
insufficient capital to continue in busi-
ness, was one step nearer formal
dissolution today following reference
Of the case to the auditor late yes
terday by Justice Jennings Bailey.
Consideration of the case by the
auditor probably will take two weeks
to month, and then a report will
be submitted to the court which will
provide factual basis for a decision
whether dissolution is warranted.
Then the matter must go back to
the auditor-should the court order
the corporation dissolved-for de-
termination of priority of claims,
sums to be paid creditors and similar
matters.
Fight in Prospect.
A determined fight is expected to
be waged by representatives of hold
ers of foundation surplus certificates,
of which some $320,5OO are outstand-
ing, against any plan which does not
call for their full reimbursement be-
fore any of the stockholders are paid
Representatives of 239 certificate
holders have claimed in an interven-
ing petition that the certificates were
sold to them by means of false rep
reSentations and demanded that
their contracts of purchase be re-
scinded and their money returned.
They fear that the plan submitted
by the directors, which calls for sale
of the institutions assets to the Per-
petual Building Association, does not
provide for them.
$563,063 Liabilities Listed.
In the dissolution petition the d.
rectors listed the assets at $567,3 1855
and liabilities at $563,063. The claims
Of stockholders of classes A, B and
G total close to the first-named
amount. =
Justice Bailey's action yesterday by
implication indicated his approval of
the legal procedure invoked in the
directors to obtain dissolution of the
corporation. Attorneys for number
Of certificate owners contended at a
hearing Monday that the procedure
was improper because different
method was provided in more re-
Gently enacted statute. The more
recent statute allows dissolution at
the request of the owners Of two
thirds Of the stock.
Evening star., 1938-03-11
TAXPAYERS UNION
P|CKETERS FINED
Charges of 0bstructing
Sidewalk Bring Terms
or $40 Penalties.

After closely questioning one de-
fendant and witness as to their rea-
sons for coming to Washington, their
means of livelihood and their his
tories. Judge Edward M. Curran in
Police Court late yesterday convicted
four of six persons arrested February
IL on charges of congregating and OBJ
structing the sidewalk in front of
1903 H street Fines of $40 or Jail
terms of 10 days were imposed in each
case.
Those fined were Alfred Tanz, for
mer New York attorney, former men,
Der of the International Battalion in
the Spanish civil war. and now Dis
trict organizer for the Workers Al
lance; Jack NJ Sherry, 1919 Eye street
NV: Dora Shore, BIS Georgia ave-
nue. NV, and Laura White, colored,
764 Morton street NV. Two others
arrested at the same time. Gertrude
RIMS, 600 Roxborough place NV. and
Josephine Boyd, 906 Twenty-seventh
oohSSo A>." 4oAlSllCd DIV SdCIl.
Police testified that the defendants
were engaged in picketing the Wash
ington Taxpayers Union in protest
against testimony before a congress
sional committee urging that relief
funds be slashed here The picketers
allegedly were walking in a circle but
claimed they left ample space for
pedestrian traffic.
Judge Curran heard only the testi-
mony of John E. Parker, manager of
a local brokerage firm, who testified
that one of his clients had been in
convenienced by the picketers and at
tendant crowd of curious; John J..
German, insurance man of 1903 H
street, who said the defendants were
blocking traffic, and Pvt. John Lof-
man of the third precinct for the Gov
ernment, and Mr.. Tanz and Miss
Esther Elizabeth Forbes Eldridge, q
visitor from Cape May, N J.
Both Mr.. Tanz and Miss Eldridge
were questioned closely by the court
not only as to their means Of liveli-
hood but as to their vocations and
social leanings. Miss Eldridge said
she had private income from a trust,
while Mr.. Tanz said he gave up his
practice to devote his talents to help
ing the needy
The case was prosecuted by As
sistant Corporation Counsel Oliver
Gasch, who is a roommate of John H.
Pratt, one of the defense attorneys.
The other defense attorney was Sol
M. Alpher, counsel for the American
Civil Liberties Union.
Evening star., 1938-03-11

BY Stan Correspondent Of The star.
COLLEGE PARK, Md, March
11.-Students at the University Of
Maryland who cut classes to hurry
home for turkey and cranberry
sauce and failed to get back on
the campus before their next
scheduled session with the pro-
fessors must pay for their dalliance.
On most days of the year q class
cut might be very conveniently
overlooked, but on the day pre-
ceding and the day following .
legal holiday each class missed
costs the student 50, with q maxi
mum Of 50 per holiday.
But there comes . time when
students may profit BY paying the
Evening star., 1938-03-11
BURIAL TODAY IN IOWA
FOR MRS. SPENCER, rs
Wife of Junior Executive of
Woodward & Lothrop Ill for
Several Months.

Mrs. Harriet McCune Spencer, 25, of
1854 Kalorama road NV, who died
Wednesday in Garfield Hospital after
an illness of several months, will be
buried today in Ottumwa, Iowa, her
native city. Funeral services were
scheduled to be held there at $3.50 pm.
Mrs. Spencer. an employe of the
Agriculture Department, was the wife
of Lynwood F. Spencer, a. Junior ex-
ecutive at the Woodward l. Lothrop
department store here She was edu-
Gated at the University of Iowa and
at George Washington University. She
belonged to the Kappa Kappa Gamma
Sorority at the latter.
Besides her husband, Mrs Spencer
leaves two brothers, Ralph and Robert
McCune. both of Ottumwa, and
sister, Mrs. George Bangs of Chicago.
Evening star., 1938-03-11
APPALLING WANT
SHOWN IN REPORT
Welfare Agency's Survey of
Forty Families Reveals
Near-StarvatiOn.
(Story on Page A-1.)

The Board of Directors of the Fam
lily Service Association. oldest and
largest of the private family welfare
agencies of the city, were presented
with special report yesterday in
dicating "an appalling lack of food,
overcrowding. evictions, illness and
moral and physical breakdown of pre-
viously self-respecting and self-sup-
porting families in Washington"
The report was based on an ex-
haustive study of 40 of the 399 needy
families which applied to the organiza-
ton for relief during January. A
trained worker visited the home of
each family, interviewed either hus-
band or wife or both, and made an
analysis and detailed report on condi-
tions.
The findings disclosed that none of
the families has enough food even to
approximate minimum subsistence
diet. Four of the 40 families have
been split up by the financial crisis. A
family of six was living in one dark
room. For 80 of the 40 families there
were not enough beds to go around.
The children of more than one-third
Of the families are kept out Of school
by lack of clothing.
Total 233 Persons.
The families total 233 persons They
range in size from three to IL per-
sons each, average six per family. In
the 40 families are 153 children, all
but five younger than II, IS of them
of pre-school age. All the families
have lived in the District five years or
longer: three of them are lifelong
residents.
Only 16 of the 40 families have
previously received relief. Twenty-Five
heads of families belong to the un-
skilled labor group; six are semi.
skilled workers, 10 are skilled and two
are members of the white collar work.
ing class. Their previous earnings
averaged from SIS to $50 a week. In
more than half the 40 families the
Wage-earner has been unemployed for
two months or less.
These figures indicate" said Will
liam H. Savin, director of the Family
Service Association, that at least 10
of the 20 families who have lived in
Washington less than five years have
been, until very recently, engaged in
useful private employment which not
only supported their families but con-
tributed to the respective enterprises
of their employers"
Best Meal Cost 10 Cents.
Money obtained through begging,
borrowing, or insignificant short-lived
jobs. is all that is used for buying
food. In the week before the investi-
cation was made the best meal one
family ate was bought with 10 cents
worth of black-eyed peas. The head of
the family considered this good
meal"
In 28 of the 40 families no milk has
been consumed since the beginning Of
unemployment. The diet of 36 Of the
families consisted almost entirely Of
navy beahs, black-eyed peas, potatoes,
rice and bread. Eighteen OF the homes
lack bath tubs, and 1S have no run
ming water inside the house.
Paper, cardboard and occasional bits
Of wood found ip the streets serve as
fuel.
Evening star., 1938-03-11
Four More Days to File.

BY the Associated Press.
There are just four more days for
filing Federal income tax returns,
Treasury officials pointed out today.
Returns must be brought or mailed
to the nearest internal revenue COL
lector's Office in order to reach him
before midnight OF Tuesday, March Is.
Evening star., 1938-03-11
BANQUET Is Tonight,

The forty seventh annual banquet
of the Vaughn Bible Class will be
held this evening at $50 o'clock at
the Calvary Baptist Church. DR..
Joseph M. M. Gray, chancellor Of
American University, will address the
group.
Evening star., 1938-03-11
$780, 900 to Fight Fires.

HARRISBURG, Pa, March II P).
Pennsylvania aimed q 100000 blow
today at forest fires, springtime
scourge of the woodlands.
Fire Marshal George Writ, aware
that April and May take a greater toll
in burned areas than any other two
months Of the year. has turned that
sum of money into new picks, shovels
and axes, water and chemical sprayers
and improvements in telephone and
radio connections of the 145 observa-
tion towers maintained by the State.
Evening star., 1938-03-11
Plunge Is Fatal.

CUMBERLAND, Md, March II LP.
John Henry Gerdeman, ~, died last
night Of injuries he suffered yesterday
in a 40-foot fall from the top of q
building at the Potomac Edison Co.'S
new power plant project here.
Evening star., 1938-03-11
By CARTER BROOKE JONES.

Some casual observer Straylng into
the hearings which the House District
Committee is conducting on legisla-
ton aimed at the numbers game prob
ably would think the police, the judges,
the churches and the newspapers-not
the numbers racket-were on trial.
At least the hearings, in weekend
recess today, have wandered from the
numbers to disputes over whether the
police were doing their duty, thence
to whether the judges were imposing
severe enough sentences. and, incl
dentally, to whether the churches
should raise money by running such
games as bingo. Publication of racing
news also was dragged in.
Indeed. in the midst of several
rather heated exchanges around the
committee table at yesterdays hear
ing, the numbers racket was pretty
we'll forgotten for the moment AL
most every other topic was brought up
The committee got into a contro-
versy over law enforcement in gen.
eral, and the suggestion was made that
it might be a good idea to call in the
judges and question them.
May Go Back to Numbers.
With these sundry points still up
in the air, the hearings were recessed
until Tuesday. Several members. how
ever, were determined to steer the
probe back to the numbers racket at
the next session.
These members pointed out that the
legislation under consideration was an
amendment putting more teeth in the
District lottery law and this was the
only matter at issue.
The only witnesses thus far to testi-
fly in support of the bill, United States
Attorney David A. Pine and Police
Supt. Ernest w. Brown, declared the
more stringent law was needed ur-
gently to curb a racket which thev
charged with encouraging crimes OF
violence. With its enactment, they
indicated, smashing blows could be
struck at the racket.
After hearing from these two wit
nesses, the committee for some un-
explained reason, turned from advo-
Gates OF the legislation to hear op-
ponents. One of the latter, Richard
Il. Atkinson, a colored attorney, testi-
ned yesterday, declaring the present
law was strong enough TO reach num-
bers writer's and runners and the more
drastic law would not hit the bank
ers.' The proposed law. he said, would
be used mostly to harass those who
are poor and without influence, espe-
cially colored persons.
Following the committee session YES
terday afternoon, the Commissioners,
Corporation Counsel Elwood Seal.
Police Supt. Brown and Representa-
tive Jack Nichols, Democrat, of Okla
homa, member Of the District Com
mittee, and civic leaders conferred
over the situation.
Fight For Law to Continue.
Commissioner Melvin c. Hazen said
officials would wage determined fight
to get the numbers legislation through
Congress at an early date.
Maj. Brown explained to the con-
ferees that while the police had made
headway against bookmakers, they had
found great difficulty under existing
law In convicting numbers racketeers.
Commissioner Hazen said crime in
general and especially the numbers
racket would be the objective of law
enforcement agencies.
Evening star., 1938-03-11
Flag Day Bill introduced

President Roosevelt would officially
designate June IA each year as Flag
Day in the District Of Columbia and
the territories If Congress approves
. concurrent resolution introduced
yesterday by Senator Sheppard, Dem
ocrat, of Texas.
Evening star., 1938-03-11
BACKGROUND

For several years law-entorce-
nlent agencies hare sought stringent
law to cope With numbers racket,
uhich is reputed to yield its hackers
incomes running into the millions
and is blamed by officials for much
OF Districts crime. Bill strength
ening lottery ldD Uas passed BY
Senate more than year ago and
slumbered in House District Com
mittee until recently, When it 1Das
reDiDed and made subject OF pres
ent hearings.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-06-02
ZONE BOUNDARY
LAKES DEFINED

Fishing bass, crappies, and sun
fish in lakes lying on the boundary
line between the southern and
northern zones Is permitted as in
the southern zone, according to
Harry e. Speakes, director of game
and fish. Many inquiries have
come to the department as to
whether or not lakes on the bound
airy line are open as Of May %.
Where the boundary line passes
through a lake, the entire lake is
open, but connected lakes are not
open, and remain closed to the fish
ing of these species until the sea-
son opens in the northern zone on
June 81, says Mr.. Speakes. The
boundary line between the two
zones Is the north line Of township
124 west Of the fifth principal mer-
idian, and the north line Of town.
ship IS east Of the fifth principal
meridian.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-06-02

Mr.. and Mrs. j. c. Matthiesen
and Mr.. and Mrs. J. Gritzmacher
spent Sunday with friends in Slap
les, MINI.
Mrs. r. H. Enkhaus and son, Ger
aid, spent Memorial Day as a guest
at the home of her sister, Mrs. J.
Gritzmacher.
Mr.. and Mrs. Michael lilies, Of
Minneapolis, Sister Cyril, of st.
Cloud, and Mr.. and Mrs. John lilies,
Of Elrosa, were guests over Decora-
ton Day at the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. August lilies and daughter,
Lena, in this city.
Paul Gritzmacher, Of st. Peter,
and Henry Gritzmacher, of Glen
wood, employees with Lampert
Lumber company, spent Sunday
and Memorial Day with their par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. Gritzmacher,
and friends. They returned Monday
evening.
Completing her first year in the
st. Cloud hospital nurses school,
Miss Mildred Thiegs returned to the
home Of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Thiegs, Wednesday. Miss
Thiegs, after a weeks vacation, will
resume her training beginning the
second Of the three-year course.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-06-02

Lutheran Church of the N. L. G. A.
Carmen p. Thronson, Pastor
Sunday school 1000 a. m.
Services Pentecost Sunday 800
pm. Special music.
Confirmation Thursday 200 p. m.
Little Sauk-Long Bridge Lutheran
Church
Carmen p. Thronson, Pastor
Services Pentecost Sunday $50
q. m.
Sunday school 10:30 a. m.
Choir practice Friday 500 p. m.
Confirmation class Saturday at
200 p. m.
Ladies' Aid Thursday, June 9th,
at home Of John Langlie.
Methodist Church
M. l.. Brann, Pastor
900 q. m. Sunday school.
1890 q. m. worship.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-06-02
City News Items

Mrs. w. H. Richards, Detroit
Lakes, Mr.. and Mrs. Bruce Wilcox
and son, Of Wadena, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Foster Wilcox, of Little Falls,
were visitors Sunday and Monday
at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. C. D.
Wilcox.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Foslein, Of
st. Paul, and Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford
Foslein, of Alexandria, were week
end guests at the Spring Park cot
tage home of Mr.. and Mrs. Lester
y. Brown. The gentlemen are broth
ers Of Mrs. Brown.
Mrs. s. c. McKinnon, Of Mime
apolis, was guest Of her son and
wife, Mr.. and Mrs. Lorenz McKin-
non, at their Sank Lake cottage
home in the Country Club addition.
Arriving Sunday noon, she return
ed Monday evening to her home.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. G. Schwarzbauer,
Of this city, Mrs. August Koopman,
Of Buffalo Lake, and Mrs. Gunder
Jensen, Of Brainerd, attended fune-
raj services in St. Cloud Monday
morning for their uncle, Franz Dol
Ter, So. He was buried from the
new Cathedral Of the Immaculate
Conception.
Mrs. Mary Cumming and Lettie
Wilcox came up from Minneapolis
and attended Memorial Day exer-
cises with Mrs. F. M. Connolly and
relatives. Miss Wilcox returned to
Minneapolis Monday. Mrs. Cum
ming remained for the commence
ment exercises and will return to
her home the latter part Of the
week.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-06-02
Credit to Paul Bunyan

Paul Bunyan, legendary giant
lumberjack Of Wisconsin, is credit
ed not only with starting the cool
summer breezes blowing, but also
with the creation Of the thousands
of lakes. One fine summer day, so
the story goes, old Bunyan was in
spired to try diving from the sum-
NIT of Rib mountain into the Wis
consin river. The depositing Of great
quantities Of water in spots for
miles around by the resulting plash
is said to have been the beginning
of Wisconsin's multitudinous lakes.
Other Bunyan fans say the lakes
are the rain-filled footprints of
Paups great blue OK Babe. Between
the horns Babe measured AZ ak
handles and a plug Of tobacco. How
ever they came and whether Paul
Bunyan had anything to do with
their origin or not (geologists seem
to think the glaciers had something
to do with i0 there are more than
1000 lakes in the state.