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Evening star., 1938-07-31
l2lst Engineers Rush Test
Of Mobilization at Si,1,,,ls
Rigid Physical Examination to Be Gire,,
District National Guard Unit Before
Leaving for Camp Richie.

The officers roster for the 26Oth
Coast Artillery follows
Col. Burns, commanding: 1t. Col.
lie Roy S. Mann. executive officer, Mai
Stewart M. Grayson. surgeon; Mai.
A. A. McCallum, chaplain; Capt.
James H. Heller, adjutant; Capt. Rob-
ert J. Martin. plans and training;
First 1t, Ted W. Lowrie, supply; Sec
ond It. Richard D. Davis, communi-
cation; 1st Battalion headquarters,
Maj. William ]. Heale commanding;
Capt Lawrence w. Linderer, adjutant;
First 1t. Herbert F. Mitchell. plans
and training; headquarters detach-
ment and combat train. lst Battalion,
Capt. James F. Angler; Second Its.
Charles Talbot and Howell A. Nash;
Battery A. Capt. Lee J. Rutz. First
1t. Wilmer G. Kemper. Second 1t.
Calvin M. Pentecost; Battery B, Capt.
Rex, P. Mulligan, First 1t. John A.
Bartlett, Second 1t. Raymond o.
Watson; Battery c. Capt. Perry o.
Ruff, First 1t. George v. Selwyn.
Second It. Edward E. Williamson;
Battery D. Capt. Carl Santilli, First
1t. Charles P. Reichel; I'd Battalion
headquarters. Capt. William F. Bulls
commanding; First 1t. Augustus C.
johnson; Battery E. machine guns,
Capt. Bulls, First 1t. Park F. An
derson, Second 1t. Paul Meyer; Bat
terry F, machine guns, Capt. Anthony
B. c. Graves, First 1t. Charles r,
Haig, medical department detach-
ment, Maj. Grayson commanding:
Capt. Samuel Ross Taggart, M. D.;
Capt. John r. Mcintyre. detanl off,
GER; First It. Melvin w. Glover, M. D.
The 372d Infantry. colored troops,
under Capt. Arthur c. Newman. left
yesterday for two weeks at Camp
Richie.
While three units of the Guard were
leaving two others were returning
from summer camp. They were the
29th Division Special Troops under
Maj. William T. Roy, assistant par
liamentarian of the House of Repre-
sentatives, and the 104th Quartermas-
ter Corps under Maj. Fletcher F.
Bernsdorff, which spent two weeks
with staff officers of the 29th Division
in field maneuvers near Front Royal,
Va.
Evening star., 1938-07-31
P.W.A. CETSCASH
T0BUY CANALF0R
USE AS PARKWAY
Purchase Near Completion
as S2,50O,0OO Is Sent
Agency by R. F. C..
c. c. c. TO HELP REBUILD
168.MILE WATERWAY
Some Time May Elapse Before
Clear Title Is Obtained From
c. & 0. Owners.

Purchase of the old Chesapeake &,
Ohio Canal for recreational area
neared completion when the Public
Works Administration yesterday an
nounced receipt of check for 81
100000 from the Reconstruction
Finance Corp. with which to defray
the cost. The money came from the
sale of P. w. A. bonds.
Representative Lewis, Democrat, of
Maryland had announced earlier in
the day that the P. W. A. had given
the Baltimore g. Ohio Railroad part
owner of the canal. check for ST.
100000 in payment. Confirmation Of
this was lacking.
The r. F. C. check, officials said,
will be transferred to the National
Park Service of the Interior Depart
ment, which is negotiating with re-
ceivers of the Chesapeake a. Ohio
Canal Co. for acquisition of the prop
erty. 1t was understood the trans
action must be approved by the courts
in the District of Columbia and Mary
land having jurisdiction. The West
ern Maryland Railroad also was said
to be party to the deal.
To Restore Canal.
Plans for development of this l6s-
mile waterway. which runs from
Washington to Cumberland, Md. IN
clude restoration of the canal as a
functioning waterway for some dis
tance from this city. This involves
rebuilding of locks, gates. sidewalks
and ducts between Washington and
Seneca Creek and restoration of the
dam at Seneca Greek.
Reconstruction of the noted Great
Falls Tavern also may be undertaken.
Plans call for work by the Civilian
Conservation Corps in rebuilding the
old teWpath, drainage of channels and
revetment walls damaged since the
canal was abandoned in 1924.
The P. w. A. indicated some time
may elapse before clear title to the
property can be obtained A ma jority
Of the stocks and bonds of the old
Canal Co. are owned by the Baltimore
&, Ohio Railroad which pledged them
to the r. F. c. as part collateral for
q loan.
The right of way. from 120 to l60
feet wide, will be converted into recre-
ational areas. Most Of the develop
n1ent of this nature will be between
Washington and Seneca Plans of this
nature have been studied long time
by the office of National Capital Parks
and the National Capital Park and
Planning Commission.
The old c. g. o. Canal was $l5,-
100000 commercial venture and sue
cessful one for more than a century
1t dates back to about 1850. The cec-
ton above Washington is still utilized
to supply water power for Georgetown
factories. Legal adjustments to take
care of these factories had to be made
Intensive use of the canal for boat
ing and canoeing is being anticipated
by the Park Service. Plans of this
nature, however, will be postponed.
Evening star., 1938-07-31
Bv ROBERT A. ERWIN.

Located for three days in the hillside
barracks of Camp Simms. D. c.. the
l2lst Engineers Of the District Ma
tional Guard were prepared to pro-
ceed full speed today with a test
mobilization that will determine their
readiness for action.
Companies A and B of the 1st
Battalion were scheduled for rigid
physical examinations while their
officers continued property check
begun yesterday, after the regiment
made itself at home in camp after
smile march from the Armory
Medical officers under Maj. Joseph
J. Greenlaw were to examine the men
of Company A. under Capt James
r. Quade, at 8 am. today. Company
B. under Capt William I. Mushake,
was to be examined at 10 am.
Religious services were to be con-
Quoted at I am, Immediately after
breakfast, by the new chaplain of the
Engineers. Capt. Simpson B, Daugh-
erty, who recently succeeded Maj.
Arthur L. Smith. retired.
The camp was turned into a
medical clinic for the mobilization
test, with staff officers augmented by
a contingent Of reserve medical and
dental officers from Pennsylvania.
Will Leave District.
Company c of the lst Battalion, OF
which Mai. Ralph Childs is COM
mander, will be examined at am.
tomorrow. The medical staff Will start
examination of the I'd Battalion. un-
der Mai. Clarence S. Shields. with
Company D at 10 am. tomorrow, and
Companies E and F on Tuesday.
After the mobilization has been COM
pleted. Col. John W. Oehmann. COM
manding officer of the Engineers, will
lead them out of Camp Simms at Z
an. Wednesday for rail trip to Camp
Albert G. Ritchie, Cascade, Md. where
10 days of military training and field
maneuvers will fill out the tWo-week
summer encampment.
The executive staff, including Col.
Oehmann. 1t. Col. Julian S. Oliff, ex-
ecutive officer; Maj. Childs, Maj.
Shields and Capt. Edward H. Walter,
Regular Army instructor for the Engi-
neers, are quartered for the mobiliza-
ton period in a small house at the
foot of the camp.
More than 500 Engineer officers
and enlisted men were in their bar
racks by noon yesterday after the
march from downtown. Ohicers re-
ported that only four enlisted men
dropped out of line on account Of
fatigue. They finished the march
in trucks.
While the Engineers proceeded with
their mobilization, another major
unit of the District Guard, the 260th
Coast Artillery under Col. Walter W..
Burns, departed on the Norfolk &
Washington steamer Southland for
Fort Story, Va, for two weeks OF
anti-aircraft target practice.
Camp Is Prepared.
A motor convoy went ahead Of the
main body Thursday to prepare the
camp. Onicers have fixed COM
plete daily practice schedule. leaving
each night, Sunday, and Saturday
and Wednesday afternoons free Tor
recreation ct nearby beaches.
Evening star., 1938-07-31
STAFF FOR PLAY
UNITS S|SPROBLEM
W. P. A. Deputy to Confer
With D. c. Co.ordinator
tomorrow.

Ross Haworth, acting W. P. A.
deputy administrator for the District,
will confer tomorrow with Lewis R.
Barrett. District co-ordinator of
recreation. in connection with the
stating of l3 additional school play
grounds and parks grounds as means
of keeping young children of the
streets.
1t was reported the 13 grounds, to
be opened in addition to the more than
100 Fairgrounds already operating,
will be ready near the end Of the week.
The supervisors will be w. P. A.
employees with recreation leadership
experience. About 225 such workers
now are employed under a joint rec
reation project between the Board of
Education and the Department of
Fairgrounds. Employees added under
an extension OF this project will bring
the total to about 800. it was said.
Recreation officials had estimated a
need Of two supervisors to each of
the l3 grounds, thus requiring only
26 workers. Acting Superintendent of
Schools Chester w. Holmes said yes
terday. however. that if W. p A. could
provide the trained leadership. still
other additional grounds might be
opened.
Nevertheless" he said "a survey
of the grounds now in operation will
show the city to be pretty we'll covered
and the opening Of the 13 new
grounds will make it even better
covered"
Mrs. Elizabeth K. Peoples. director
of the Community Center Depart
ment, said there was no money
available for equipment for the
grounds to be opened, but added that
some equipment might be available
through the w. P. A. as we'll as super
visors
Evening star., 1938-07-31
DC. C.TAXDEADL|NE
IS PASSED TODAY
Only Chance to Escape
Heavy Penalties Is to
Mail in Returns,

Property owners and business and
professional operators will have their
last chance today to mail their tax
returns for the new fiscal year in
time to escape heavy penalties, which
taxing authorities declare they will
begin to apply tomorrow without fear
or favor"
When the personal property and
business privilege tax Office closed at
l pm. yesterday, it was estimated
thousands of returns still were lack
ing. However, such returns may be
sent in by mail and if postmarked
before midnight tonight, will beat the
deadline.
Officials anticipated they would re-
ceive flood of returns in the mail
tomorrow morning. but voiced deter
mination to apply penalties to all de-
linquents and insisted they would de-
cline to recommend any extensions.
Dog Owners in Line.
Dog owners showed more concern
yesterday than other property holders
More than 1000 worried owners stood
in hines IN a crowded corridor before
the cashier cages in the ONCE Of
Tax Collector Chatham M. Towers to
buy the 50 tags for their pets. How
ever, thousands of dogs still remained
the legal prey of Poundmaster Frank
Marks-if he can find them.
Mr.. Towers reported that only H.
SIS tags had been sold for the new
fiscal year. whereas he estimated at
least $4,000 should have been obtained.
Mr.. Marks has warned that his agents
will start the pound wagon rolling
tomorrow to capture unlicensed dogs.
Those captured by the dog-catchers
will be taken to the pound. They can
be bailed out there by the payment
Of an extra 50 fee.
District officials. meanwhile. revised
their estimates of the total number of
business privilege returns to be ex-
pected-which reduced the anticipated
number of delinquencies. Allan F.
Brooke, administrator of the business
privilege tax. reported that some H.
500 returns had been received. He
said he expected a large number would
be received in the mail tomorrow
morning
Revfses Delinquent Figure.
He had estimated that about 10000
returns would be due for the new year,
but yesterday revised this figure to
about 1900. This would indicate f.
500 or so business operators will face
delinquency penalties unless they mail
their returns today. The penalty in
this case is 10 per cent addition on
the tax, for the first month of delin-
quency, and per cent additional for
each additional month
Charles A. Russell, deputy assessor
CT taxes, in charge of the personal
property levy. reported that only
about 10000 personal property returns
had been received. indicating about
10000 were still due. He, too. ex-
pected a large number to come in
with the mail tomorrow morning
as was the case year ago.
Mr.. Russell said nearly 5000 per-
sonal property taxpayers last year
paid penalties for delinquency. The
penalty in this case is an addition of
20 per cent on the assessed value of
the taxable property.
Asked if there would be an ex-
tension of the deadline for filing re-
turns, Mr.. Russell said, There will
not"
Evening star., 1938-07-31
FUTURE REVENUE
NEED IS STUDIED
Data on D. C. Taxes to Be
Submitted to Pond for
Survey Use.
BY ]. A. O'LEARY.

One of the first steps to be taken
in the new survey Of District taxa
ton just getting under way will be
the preparation of an approximate
forecast of the revenue needs Of the
city for several years to come. DR..
Chester Pond. directing the study for
the Joint Committee on Internal
Revenue Taxation, indicated yester-
day.
Maj. Daniel J. Donovan, District
budget officer. who already is at work
assembling this information for the
congressional experts, said the in
tention is to have it cover a seven
year period. The purpose in looking
that far ahead, he said, is to avoid
the necessity for frequent or annual
revision Of the tax structure.
With a staff of assistants at MS
disposal in the Senate District Com
mittee room at the Capitol, DR.. Pond
is devoting the first few weeks of the
survey to a detailed study Of the tax
system as it exists today.
Future Needs Studied.
Before getting down to a considera-
ton Of possible changes in the sources
of revenue. DR.. Pond made it clear
he believes 1t Is essential to determine
as nearly as possible what the revenue
requirements will be in the immediate
future.
For the current fiscal year the Dis
trict appropriation act amounts To
s47,255l55. plus some supplemental
items that were in the last deficiency
bill. Toward this total the Federal
payment remained at the lump-sum
figure of S50O0,000. leaving the rest
to be met from local sources. To
enable the District to meet its share.
a $500 900 tax program was enacted
for the current year.
1t is too early to tell. District Of
ficials say, whether this years total Of
nearly s48, 900 900 is approximately the
amount that will have to be figured on
for the next few years.
Forthc 0ming Improvements.
For example. they point out that
the number of new Improvements to be
asked for in the next two or three
years will depend somewhat on how
many projects are obtained from the
new Public Works Administration
program Congress authorized the
District to apply for P. w. A. loan
and-grant projects up to a limit Of
$l8, 10000. and to date allotments
to the District have amounted to ap-
proximately s6,20o,000.
Chairman King Of the Senate Dis
trict Committee said shortly after
Congress adjourned that he would
favor making the tax survey broad
enough to cover every element enter
ing into the drafting of fair revenue
plan" including the increasing amount
Of non taxable federally owned prop
erty. If the congressional committees
60 into this latter question when they
take up the District tax problem next
January, it would pave the way for
consideration of what would be fair
Federal payment toward District ex-
penses as well as the determination of
an equitable local tax program.
Evening star., 1938-07-31
.RIVERDALE TO OPEN BIDS
Street Work Program Comes Up
August IL.

RIVERDALE. Nd, July 80 Especially T..
Bids on a portion Of the P. w. A..
street improvement work. here will be
opened at a public meeting at 1880
pm. August II at the Municipal
Building.
Although construction amounting to
approximately 100000 has been ap-
proved, the first contract will be for
approximately $4,000. The balance
in construction contract No. 2, which
will be advertised for bids In several
weeks.
The two bids were made necessary
due to change In the original street
work plans.
Evening star., 1938-07-31
LAWN PARTY PLANNED
FOR HOSPITAL Benefit
Arlington Ladies' Auxiliary to
Give Fete August 16 as
Aid to Association.

A benefit lawn party sponsored by
the Ladies Auxiliary Of the Airing
ton (Va) Hospital Association will
be held Tuesday. August 16, in the
grove in the $500 block of Wilson
boulevard, according to plans an
nounced yesterday by Mrs. Clarence
w. Watts, Finance Committee chair
man.
The program will begin at 7 pm.
Other members of the Committee on
Arrangements assisting Mrs. Watts
are Mrs. w. d. Martin, Mrs. Ger
trude Dawson, Mrs. Maude Hays, Mrs.
Carrie Gibson, Mrs. r. L, Edwards
and Mrs. Jessie LAsWel.
Evening star., 1938-07-31
SASSCER WILL SPEAK
AT AUG. II TOURNAMENT
Marshall Hall Park Program
of Events to Begin at
O'clock.

Lansdale G. Sasscer. Maryland
Democratic gubernatorial candidate,
will speak at the annual tournament
at Marshall Hall Park, Md, on We'd
nesday, August II.
Eight prizes. totaling 500, will be
given at the tournament. which will
begin at pm. Members of the Com
mittee on Arrangements include A. D.
Lapgley of Clarendon. Va; Sheriff
Howard of Charles County. E. w.
Hungerford and L. G. Addison.
In case Of rain the tournament will
be held a week later,
Evening star., 1938-07-31
DISTRICT COUPLE OBSERVES
ANNIVERSARY.

Mr.. and Mrs. William Hen
ming yesterday celebrated
their golden 1Uedding dnniuer-
Sdry at their home, 1925 Park
place Sc. Mr.. Henning, ,0ho
at 1S 1Dorked on the conStruc-
ton OF the Washington Monu-
ment, Das a pioneer builder
of the T1Dini1g City and
Rdndls Highlands subdivi-
sions. They are the parents
OF 10 children, haze II grand.
children and 2 1reat-grdnd-
children.
-Hdrrts-xtDtng Photo.
Evening star., 1938-07-31
40.S Entertainment Postponed.

Wet grounds have caused Glendale
Sanitarium officials to request that
entertainment plans for this afternoon
by Forty and Fighters of the District
of Columbia be postponed until later
date. The new date will be announced
some time in the near future.
Evening star., 1938-07-31
Heads Advisory Board.

Herbert Simpson was elected chair
man of the Advisory Board of South
ern States Cooperative at its annual
meeting at Mitchellville, Md.
Others elected to the board were
r. P. Phibbons, r. E. Nelson and
Pierce Weaver. All are Of Mitchell
vile.
Evening star., 1938-07-31
STEAMSHIP SERVICE
TO BEGIN ON TUESDAY
First of Five Former Atlantic
Liners Will Leave Baltimore
for Pacific Coast.

The first of five former trans-At-
lantic liners of the Baltimore Mail
Line to sail in the intercoastal serv-
ice of the Panama Pacific Line from
New York and Baltimore to the West
Coast will sail from Baltimore Tues
day, the Baltimore line announced
yesterday.
The liner formerly known as the
City of Havre and rechristened City
of Los Angeles, has been undergoing
reconditioning in Baltimore the last
month. Passenger accommodations
have been redecorated, dining salons
air. conditioned and provision made
for awnings on boat decks.
Smyrna times., 1938-12-29

Some time ago l spent a week
end with a very dear friend. At
breakfast, a glass Of orange juice
was placed before me. One sip
and the breakfast was spoiled so
far as l was concerned.
Questioning carefully, I learned
that my friend had reamed this
juice the evening before and placed
it in the refrigerator so that it
would be ice cold for breakfast. It
was ice cold, but it was almost
flavorless.
Orange juice should be consumed
within thirty minutes after it is
reamed. Mother Natures protect
ing peel will hold the favor for
weeks or months, but the flavor be
gins to disappear almost as soon
as the orange is reamed. Not even
a covered container and an ice cold
refrigerator will retain this favor
for more than a few minutes.
l told this story as diplomatically
as possible to that friend Of mine.
She tried serving freshly reamed
juice from ice cold oranges and one
more family quickly learned a les
Smyrna times., 1938-12-29
Radiant Living
THE WAY
BY Rev. c. NJ. Griffeth
Methodist Pastor of
Deals Island, Maryland

Have you ever been in one Of
the deep canyons Of the West :?
What a wierd feeling seizes one as
he stands on the narrow floor of
such a deep canyon and looks up
the almost perpendicular walls of
the canyon to the long narrow
streak of blue sky above! Then
comes the desire to climb these
rugged walls and to reach at last
the sunlit plateau above.
There is just one way only by
which it is possible to climb out of
such a depth and that is to reach
for something higher than your
self and pull yourself up to it.
There are other depths in which
man finds himself besides canyons
There are the depths of discour-
agement, of disappointment of
+ disillusionment, of low living. But
the way out is always the same.
Reach for something higher than
yourself and pull yourself up to it.
/ A certain man picking up one of
the passing novels Of the day.
found it a captivating story of
thugs, wild women, drinking and
profanity. AS he was reading it
an arresting thought came to his
mind. why should l by reading
enter into the low living of such
characters with whom l would re-
fuse to associate in actual life ?"
Facing squarely such question as
this, he threw the book aside and
reached for book that portrayed
life above that which he was
living.
One can not life himself higher
by reaching out to those things
which are on his own level.
Let US reach UP toward the
cross and we shall be lifted up to-
ward heaven.
Smyrna times., 1938-12-29
PERSONALS

Edward Farrell, of San Francis
co, came on East last week, max
ing the time to Philadelphia in
five days and eight hours. Mr..
Farrelps wife and daughter came
on in October and have been
spending the time mostly with his
brother. Mr.. Farrell it is under
stood intends to buy or build a
home in this town for his future
residence, and will be welcomed as
a citizen among us again after an
absence of SO years. AS was stat
ed in our last issue, he has bought
the valuable DR.. Stout farm in
White Hall Neck and will give
some attention to agriculture.
The following pupils at distant
schools are enjoying the holidays
at home: Mable Thompson, Wilson
College; Nettie Tschudy, Borden
town Institute; Fannie VanGas-
ken, Woman's Medical College
and Miss Sue Culbreth, Private
School, Philadelphia; Clarence 3
Raymond, Military Institute. Ches-
ter; Ralph G. Hoffecker, Marston's
School, Baltimore: w Roland Bell
Bordentown Military Institute
william w. Wharton and Irving
Cooper, Business School, Philadel-
phia; Frank Bailey. Lafayette Col
lege; Alex. G.. CumminS, Jr
Smyrna times., 1938-12-29

can stand. But if the stander is old,
i'll or extremely tired, then I stand.
Sometimes I'm thanked More often
I'm not. But thanks or not, don't
have any arguments with myself
Speaking of subway seats, there
was that neat scheme worked out
by husband and wife whereby they
each sat. If seat were available,
he'd rush in ahead, push his wife
out of the way and grab it. Gener-
ally some indignant male passenger
would bounce up that the wife might
sit down. The husband missed
glares by burying his snoot in
newspaper. One day a big man,
evidently from out of town, got up.
But he didn't stop with giving the
wife his seat He yanked the hus-
band up and, giving him the buns
rush, tossed him out onto the plat
form just as the car doors closed.
Despite the fact that I'm no light
weight and am fully crowd trained,
there is one place I avoid during
the rush hour whenever possible
That's the Times Square shuttle
Both at Grand Central and Times
Square there are mob scenes that
result in trampling, torn clothing,
fist fights, and sometimes injuries.
The trains are spaced just about a
minute apart but apparently those
60 seconds mean more than may
hem, fights or sense of decency.
That holds true to such an extent
that, to me, football scrimmage
seems like child's play in COM
parison.
Saw something funnler than hats
on Park avenue-a very dignified,
morning-coated gentleman endeav-
oring to give half-pint Pom an
airing. The pouting pooch simply
didn't want to be led and when the
big fellow tried to pick it up, took a
bite at him. AS I left the scene the
contest was still on-with the Pom
having most of the points.
g Bell Syndicate.-WNU Service.