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Evening star., 1938-02-04
ART GOODS VALUED.
AT $1,000 STOLEN
Owner of Car Sees Two
Boys Take Out Suitcases
of Tapestries, Etchings.

The theft of $1,000 worth of 18th
century tapestries and etchings and
number Of hold-ups were listed
among the activities of thieves in the
District last night.
Julia Ayevry Of Mount Vernon,
N. Y, reported two small colored boys
broke into her automobile, parked in
the 1000 block Of New Hampshire
avenue NV, and escaped with two
suit cases containing the tapestries
and etchings. She said she saw the
boys leaving the car. but they ran out
Of sight up the street.
Walter Bierwaggen, bus driver for
the Capital Transit Co., reported he
was robbed of about IS by an armed
bandit who held him up when he
pulled in at bus stop at Kansas ave-
nue. and Sherman Circle NV.
The same man was believed to be
the bandit who took SO from Albert
F. Carroll, "a, q cab driver, after
forcing him to drive to an alley near
the 1900 block of Shepherd street NV.
The driver told police the man drove
off in his cab, but he later found it
abandoned Descriptions of the
bandit in both cases Tailed, police
said.
lockwood L. Butler. 220S Flagler
place NV, said two colored men fol-
lowed him when he walked out of q
restaurant at Second and w streets
NV. and after walking behind him
a short distance one Of them asked,
Where do you think you're going?"
Mr.. Butler said he replied. Is this
. hold-up?" The men said 1t was and
took $l.80 after threatening him with
a gun, he said.
Two men who previously had tried
to engage him in q penny-matching
game took $40 from Harry s. Coates
Of CORTLAND, N Y, after strong
arming" him at the corner Of Second
and H streets NV.
Maurice v. O'Connell. 1910 Summit
place NE. was accosted by an armed
colored man who jumped on the run
ming board OF his car at First and
Douglas streets NE. but threw him
to the street when he suddenly started
his machine. The man fed. he said.
About IS other purse snatchings.
housebreakings and petty and grand
larcenies were reported to police last
night,
Evening star., 1938-02-04
C.L.O.LAWYERH|TS
LABOR REGULATION
Pros and Cons of Govern
ment Rules for Unions Ar.
qued at Charlottesville.
nv the ASeor{atnA Dvaee


CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Feb. A.
A representative of the Committee for
Industrial Organization and q Char
lottesville attorney argued the pros and
cons last night of government regula-
ton of labor unions.
"The solution for Americas labor
problems lies not in the regulation of
trade unions" declared Joseph Kov-
ner, assistant counsel for the c. I. O.
1T lies rather in further regulation
Of the vicious practices Of employers
Of labor and in a stricter enforcement
OF the National Labor Relations Act"
In opposition, T. Munford Boyd
argued it was only reasonable to ex-
pect Congress would sooner or later
amend the Wagner Act 50 as to pre-
scribe what may and what may not be
done by labor.
If labor relations are to be placed
upon a contractual basis" Mr.. Boyd
said, "the two contracting parties must
be equally responsible by law both as
to the capacity to contract and as to
answerability for breach of contract" ;"
Employers, he said, have a natural
and legitimate desire" for assurance as
to both the legal and moral responsible
tiles Of organizations with which they
were dealing.
And" he added, members Of such
organizations are entitled to protection
against the misuse of funds which they
contribute, misdirection Of power in
illegal or futile strikes and against
racketeering by unscrupulous leader
ship"
Evening star., 1938-02-04
C. OF C. WILL PROBE
ABATTOIR PROJECT
Prince Georges Trade Body Plans
Investigation Despite Issuance
of Permit
of Permit.
BY Stan Correspondent Of The Star.

BY Stan Correspondent Of The Star.
UPPER MARLBORO, Md. Feb. A.
A thorough investigation of complaints
against the establishment Of an abat-
tolr. meat-packing plant and stock
yards at Muirkirk, on the Baltimore
boulevard, will be made by a commit
tee appointed by the Prince Georges
Chamber of Commerce despite the fact
that the county commissioners have
issued permit, it was said today by
c. D. Anderson. secretary.
In permit issued Tuesday the county
commissioners authorized the con-
struction Of building at a cost of
$685. 900, to be used for meat pack
ing. with abattoir and stockyard pens"
The permit was issued to A. j. Niles,
representing the Standard Packing Co.
A full report of the chamber COM
mittee is expected at the regular meet
ing of the Board of Directors Monday
night. Mr.. Anderson said the trade
group would decide whether to oppose
or favor the project.
MIR. Niles pointed out that most of
the criticism Of the project has been
directed at the Slaughter house" angle
and expressed the belief that opposi-
ton would be lessened by the fact that
"a modern meat-packing plant which
Will be credit to the county" will be
operated in connection with the aba.-
toir
Evening star., 1938-02-04

they used to do 1t out Of New Bedford,
Mass.
Il didn't know what to do. They
don't 60 in for that kind of New
Bedford whaling any more. I searched
through some books on whaling and
found that the whales come pretty
close to the shore in New Zealand
during their migrations.
II sold the idea of New Zealand to
the whaling pictures hacker. It was
swell for me-honeymoon in New
Zealand. The only trouble was that
when 1 got down there we couldn't
find any whales. I wrote as much to
the pictures backer, and he wrote
back:
"'Stay there until the whales come,
and if they aren't large enough put
little boys in boats for the sake Of
contrast"
Woodard finally found not only
some big whales but also an old New
Bedforder with a good South Sea
name of Capt. Cook to take the part
of whaling captain.
Mexican Child Inspired II.
When Mr.. Woodard was young in
California he lived in the country,
and his adventures were shared with
the animals who lived about him.
Chico is an attempt to recapture
the spirit of his childhood and to
portray how animals will reciprocate
If children are kind to them.
The inspiration for Chico" q 10
year-old Mexican child whom the
Woodards had to teach to speak Eng
.lsh before they made the film) came
from old stories about the little road
runners ability to kill rattlesnakes.
One story current in the Southwest
is that q road runner could peck
holes in the skin Of . rattler and
plant cactus in the holes. but the
Woodards didn't believe that Alto
gether. However. they proved that
the little bird. which is . relative Of
the cuckoo, can kill rattlers. and the
biologists of the American Museum
of Natural History in New York were
very much impressed by the picture
of the fight.
Evening star., 1938-02-04
FAIRFAX HARRISON
RITES SET TODAY
Services for Ex-President of
Eight Railroads Slated in
Alexandria Church.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ALEXANDRIA, Va Feb. 4.-Friends
and former railroad associates gathered
for funeral services for Fairfax Har-
rison, SO, who served as president Of
eight railroads, at Christ Church here
today.
Mr.. Harrison died Wednesday in q
Baltimore hospital, where he had been
a patient since october 2l. two months
after his retirement from the presi-
dency Of the Southern Railway.
Other roads which he had served as
president were the Chicago, Indian
apolis & Louisville; the Mobile &
Ohio; the Cincinnati, New Orleans &
Texas Pacific; the Alabama Great
Southern, the New Orleans G North
western, the Georgia Southern &
Florida and the Northern Alabama.
Mr.. Harrison was born in New York
but was closely connected with Vir-
ginia. His home at the time Of his
death was in Fauquier County.
He was = son Of Burton Harrison,
secretary to Jefferson Davis. and the
former Constance Cary. author Of the
book, "Recollections Grave and Gay"
in which she recounted her expert
ences in Richmond during the War
Between the States.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Hetty
Cary Harrison, and four children.
Evening star., 1938-02-04
BAYH WILL LEAD
CONFERENCE TALKS
Physical Education Association
Will Hold Third Annual
Meeting.

The third annual conference of the
Physical Education Association Of the
District will be held tomorrow from 10
am. to S pm. at the Young Women s
Christian Association Building, Sew
enteenth and K streets NV.
Dr.. Jesse Williams of the physical
education department of Columbia
University will be principal speaker at
the session.
More than 200 reservations already
have been received for q luncheon at
1890 pm. at which there will be sew
eral prominent speakers. including DR.
H. c. Byrd. president Of the University
Of Maryland; Mrs. Louise Kjelstron
and Miss Grace Jones of Summit. N. j.,
member Of the National Committee on
Women's Athletics.
Birch Bayh. head of the physical
education department of the District
public schools, will lead the mems dis
cussions throughout the session, and
Miss Ruth Atwell Of George Washing
ton University will lead the women s
group discussions.
The conference was arranged by the
ofhcers Of the association. They are
Miss Jenny Turnbull. president;
Charles Mackert. vice president: Miss
Maude Parker. secretary, and Stanley
Collins, treasurer.
Evening star., 1938-02-04
TREASURY TO ASK
NEW WM0NEY'L0AN
Borrowing May Be Last of
Its Type in Generation,
Officials Say.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Treasury announced last nipht
1t would begin February 20 what NAV
be its last new money" borrowing
from the public for generation.
Between 100000, 900 and $500 ,o0o,.
600 will be borrowed through the sale
OF discount bills in weekly installments
OF $50 100000 in anticipation Of June
IS quarterly tax collections. Whether
these sales will run four or six weeks
will depend on how well March Is
tax collections replenish the Treas
urys Golfers.
These borrowings are called new
money" because they are intended to
finance governmental expenditures, in
contrast to other weekly sales of dis
count bills which merely replace ma
turing issues.
The amount Of the national debt
outstanding in the hands of the
public Is expected to decline gradually
after this issue, principally because of
the investment of social security tax
money in Government obligations to
create a reserve fund for the future
payment of old-age pensions.
For instance, President Roosevelt
has predicted approximately a 81 ,0O0,-
OO0,0 increase in the Federal debt
in the next fiscal year, but govern
mental trust funds are expected to
absorb all of this, plus an additional
5000 100000 of Federal securities now
owned by the public. Federal trust
funds already own about 81, ,000, 900, 900
Of the $37,5Oo, ,0O0, 900 Federal debt.
Evening star., 1938-02-04
law enforcement cam

determined law enforcement cam
paigns.
Mr.. Wood is another Of numerous
members Of the House District Com
mittee who will support the numbers
legislation If it ever gets q chance.
Thus far it hasn't had.
The bill never seems to emerge from
the committee files in which 1t has
nestled snugly since the Senate passed
1t and sent it over to the House Feb
ruary II, 1887.
Asked today when the numbers bill
is likely to come up before the COM
mittee, Chairman Palmisano said he
didn't know.
Palmisano Opposes Bill.
Mr.. Palmisano Is opposed to the leg
islation. because, he says, 1t Is dis
criminatory, in that 1t penalties only
one Of the many forms Of gambling
which are widespread here, and fur
ther, because, In his opinion, it would
give the police authority to invade
private homes and persecute people
in their search for numbers tickets.
But the Maryland Representative
pointed out that during consideration
Of the District appropriation bill this
week he had supported an amendment
to increase the metropolitan police
force-an amendment which was lost
and also had urged retention Of .
special fund of $4,000 for undercover
police investigation, which was kept
in the bill.
I'm not against law enforcement"
Mr.. Palmisano added. I'm against
persecution and discrimination"
Evening star., 1938-02-04
$4,000 IS SOUGHT
IN WAR ON CRIME
Criminal Justice Association
Organizing "Community
Sales Force"

The Washington Criminal Justice
Association Is organizing q community
sales force" of 100 men and women to
conduct q canvass Of 1000 firms and
individuals In the associations drive
for $35 900 with which to carry on an
anti-crime campaign here.
A total of $1,000 already has been
subscribed by two organizations and
two individuals, 1t was announced to-
day by Clarence Phelps Dodge, CAM
paign chairman. The subscriptions
were obtained by special subscription
committee, composed OF about 30
business and professional men and
women.
Mr.. Dodge said about 300 organiza-
tions and individuals will be solicited
during the next two weeks by members
OF the special committee. The COM
mittee agreed at luncheon yesterday
to assume responsibility for $2s, 900, or
30 per cent of the $35 900 goal.
The Community sales force" will
take the field in active solicitation
FEBRUARY II In an effort to raise the
nnal 20 per cent. or $1,000.
The first report meeting of the
Special Subscription Committee will
be held this afternoon at the Willard
Hotel. The personnel OF this COM
mittee follows: Mr.. Dodge, Miss MORA
Archbold, Fontaine c. Bradley, Lee
D. Butler, Julian Brylawski, Morris
Cafritz, James A. Cobb, Fred A,
Emery. William J. Father, jr.; Bishop
James E. Freeman. Mrs. Charles C.
Goldsmith. James M. Hepbron, Frank
r. Jelleff. Willard M. Kochenderfer.
Clarence w. Grosner, Sidney B. Lust,
Curtis E. McCalip. Eugene Meyer,
Charles F. Moore, jr.; DR.. James A.
Nolan, Benjamin Ourisman, John A.
Remon. Joseph E. Rice, Mrs. George
P. Scriven, C. Melvin Sharpe, Arthur
Clarendon Smith, the Rev. Anson
Phelps Stokes. William Roy Valance,
Miss Ella c. Werner and Zantus w.
link.
Evening star., 1938-02-04
MEDLEY INTRODUCES
MILK-PRICE MEASURE
Delegates From Northern Virginia
Join as Patrons to Curb
State Commission,

By the Associated Press.
RICHMOND. Va, Feb. A bill
TO curb the broad price fixing powers
OF the State Milk Commission was
introduced in the House today BY
Delegate William D. Medley of Arling-
ION County.
The measure, which bore the names
OF three other Delegates from North
ern Virginia, where the State has had
70 resort to the courts to enforce its
regulations, would prevent the COM
mission from establishing the distribu-
tor to consumer price of milk. It
would not affect wholesale prices.
: The bill carried the co-patronage
Of Delegates Maurice D. Rosenberg
81 Alexandria,, Francis P. Miller of
Fairfax, Frank P. Moncure of STAFF
ford and John B. Boatwright of Buck
Mgham
1t would amend the State Milk Con-
troll Act, approved March 2s, 1894, by
adding an additional section provid-
ing:
Notwithstanding any provision in
this act to the contrary, nothing in
this act shall authorize or empower
the State Milk Commission to fix or
regulate. and the State Milk Commits
sion shall have no authority to fix or
regulate, any price or prices at or for
which milk may or shall be bought or
sold, except in transactions between
producers and distributors and be-
tween producer distributors and dis
tributors'
? Co-patron Moncure said the Medley
bill was designed to bring down the
retail price of milk, particularly in
the Arlington Alexandria market.
'"The people in Northern Virginia
don't want the commission to fix the
retail price of milk. They've got it
too high now," he said.
Recently, the commission has OBJ
tanned injunctions against several
diaries in Arlington County and the
District of Columbia restraining them
from selling milk retail at prices below
the established 14-cents-per-q quart
price.
Evening star., 1938-02-04
W.P.A. SETS RELIEF.
AT $1,1oD,oDD,0)D|
Congressional Leaders,
However, Advise Lesser
Sum for Next Year.
b the Associated Press.

D the Associated Press.
Works Progress Administration off,
cials, it was learned today, have sug-
gested informally to congressional
leaders a $l,1OO,O00,00 relief appro-
priation for the year starting July l.
Administration lieutenants at the
Capitol have advised them to ask for
only 81, 900 ,000, 900. reduction of one
third from the $500, 100000 appro-
priated for the current fiscal year.
Il think they can get along on
that" said one Democratic chieftain.
Personally, I don't want to have to
60 to bat for any larger figure"
Legislators do not expect a definite
relief recommendation from the PreSi-
dent until Spring. They said it had
not been determined whether a sup
Elementary fund would be needed for
the present year.
100000 remains. congressman noted.
however, that February and March
usually put the heaviest strain on
relief funds.
A pickup in business, they said,
would tighten the relief burden and
might make it unnecessary for w.
P. A. to ask for additional money for
this year.
Secretary Morgenthau said yester-
day that no additional W. P. A. funds
would be needed before July. but that
a special appropriation might be re-
Qulred for needy farmers.
Agriculture Department officials de-
clared an emergency as well as pos
sible longtime relief problem was de-
veloping in the Great Plains. The
emergency needs. they said, would be
at least s25 100000.
These officials explained that unless
rains fall soon in the winter wheat
belt-particularly in the dust bowl"
area OF Kansas, Colorado, Oklahoma,
Texas and New Mexico-as we'll as in
the spring wheat States (the Dakotas
and Montana), the Government might
have an Unexpectedly heavy rural re-
lief load until the 1899 harvest.
The Farm Security Administration,
which handles rural relief, started the
rev year with roster of 10 900 farm
families to which approximately 81
100000 was being granted monthly.
Since that time. officials said, the
number has increased several thou
sand"
Many of the relief families are ap-
plying for loans to finance planting of
new crops this spring, but their ap-
plications will be rejected, officials
said. unless heavy rains fall before
seeding time.
Evening star., 1938-02-04

delegates ended their sessions yester-
day in cheering approval of similar
sentiments expressed by their one
time president, 1t. Gov. Frank j.
Hayes of Colorado.
In between, there were resolutions
making it all official.
Dubbed "Battleaxes."
Possessed of picturesque vocabu-
larry. Mr.. Hayes delivered the opinion
that the ladies OF the D. A. R. are
"sour-faced old battle-axes," spoiled
daughters of fortune" and "old scare
crows" The assembled miners greet
ed these remarks with applause.
Although the D. A. R. made no Off
cial comment on the situation, sew
eral members, among them Mrs. Vim
ton Sisson. national defense chair
man, and Mrs. Charles Haig. District
Of Columbia regent, joined in the opin.
ion that Mr.. Hayes not only was "un-
gentlemanly." but also poorly informed
about the D. A. r.
Explaining that they are neither
richer nor poorer than any comparable
group. they denied allegations of snob-
bishness.
d. A. r. Stands Pat.
AS for the availability of Constitu-
ton Hall, which was the reason for
the entire episode. the D. A. r. spokes-
women held consistently to their ex-
planation that prior commitments pre-
vented its being leased to the miners.
The enthusiasm of the delegates
ove- the announcement of the D. A. r.
was matched only by their enthusiasm
over the suggestion by Mr.. Hayes that
John L. Lewis, their president, is presi-
Dental timber.
With the convention over, the Exec
utive Board of the union was holding
q closed session today.
Evening star., 1938-02-04
UNIFORM SAFETY CODE
FOR HIGHWAYS SOUGHT
Quiet Campaign IL Started by
Congressional and Govern
ment Experts.
b the Associated Press.

b the Associated Press.
Congressional and Government high
way experts, 1t was learned today, have
started . quiet campaign to obtain
uniform safety codes and route mark
inss for the Nations motorists.
They have drafted legislation en-
powering Secretary Wallace to with
hold road allocations from States
which do not have what he considers
An adequate uniform code for safety"
The bill specifically authorizes Sec
retary Wallace to cooperate with
State highway departments in drawing
up . single scheme Of markers.
Thomas H. Macdonald, Chief Of the
Public Roads Bureau, has started
working on safety codes, even though
the pending bill would not require
them for two years.
Evening star., 1938-02-04

The disturbance that was over Lake
Superior Thursday morning is advancing
north-eastward over Quebec. Father Point.
1884 inches and a secondary disturbance.
central over Eastern Maine. Eastport,
29SS inches. is movire northeastward:
Another disturbance is moving eastward
over Wyoming. Cheyenne. 29.72 inches.
and still another disturbance is central on
the North Pacific Coast. Tatoosh Island.
Wash. 29.46 inches: A high pressure
area, central about $50 miles east-south-
east of Newfoundland. Cape Race. 3o.i
inches. is moving eastward. Another high
pressure area is moving eastward over
the Ohio Valley Columbus. Ohio. 30: AZ
inches. and another anti-cyelone is moyins Hits
River 3O4S inches. During the last "a
hours rains have oce%sTsd in the Apnsa Pnsc
chisn region the lower Lake region and in
portions ef the Middle Atlantis end North
Mountain region. Oklahoma. Western Texas
and New England. while they have fallen
in the Ohio Valley the Lake region ana
in the middle Plateau.
Evening star., 1938-02-04
Your rIncone
Tax
No. IL.
DEDUCTION FOR BUSINESS
EXPENSES.

No. IL.
DEDUCTION FOR BUSINESS
EXPENSES.
Deductions for business expenses
form = large item in the return Of
many taxpayers and must have GER
tain qualities to be allowed. Such
deduction must be for an expenditure
In connection with the maintenance
and operation Of the taxpayers busi-
ness or business properties; it must
be an ordinary expense, and 1t must
be q necessary expense. In insisting
upon the latter qualifications the Bu-
reau of Internal Revenue is upheld
by the Board Of Tax Appeals and the
courts. Ordinary and necessary ex-
penses are only those which are usual
and essential in the case Of similar
taxpayers and do not include ex-
traordinary and non-essential ex-
penses"
Typical business expenses Of q mer-
camille establishment are amounts
paid for Advertising. hire Of clerks
ana othef employees, stamps, telephone
property insurance and delivery ex-
penses.
The expenses of . manufacturing
business include labor, supplies. re-
pairs, light and heat. power, selling
cost administration and other SINH
lar charges.
The farmer may deduct all neces-
sary expenses incurred in the pro-
ductton. harvesting and marketing OF
crops. including labor. cost Of seed
and fertilizer used, cost Of minor re-
pairs to farm buildings other than
his dwellins) and small tools used
up In the course Of year or two. A
taxpayer may conduct more than one
business and claim the business de-
ductions Of each.
Evening star., 1938-02-04
SAFE-CRACKERS ROUTED
Policeman Empties Gun at Two
Fleeing Post Office.

CL1FFSIDE PARK, N. j.. Feb. 4 LPy.
Two cracksmen who tried to blow
the safe at the borough post Office
escaped early today as a policeman
emptied his gun at them.
They had drilled half way through
the steel door and had their explosives
and fuses ready when Patrolman
Frank Linardi. trying the front door
on his routine rounds at lis am.
spied them working by aid of the night
light
Seeing them leap through a rear
window where they had broken in, he
raced to the rear Of the building ana
fired at them. He didn't know if he
hit either man.
Several drawers in the two-year-old
building were jimmied and many
packages slashed open, but Postmas-
ter George Wagner said nothing was
stolen.