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Evening star., 1938-06-26
CATHOLIC U. TO OPEN
SUMMER TERM TODAY
High Mass Will Be Held at 10
AM, With Glasses and Lectures
Re0inpinr ToYnorrow

Summer sessions at the Catholic
University open formally this morning
with high mass at 10 O'Clock in the
National Shrine of the Immaculate
Conception. Glasses and lectures are
scheduled to begin tomorrow.
A total of 385 courses will be given
In 81 departments by faculty of 1874.
Sixty are visiting instructors. The
Department of Education with II
courses has the largest offering. The
sessions will end August 6.
Evening star., 1938-06-26

The ancient art OF hawking is still
] spraeticed in Egypt among the
Bedouins.
Evening star., 1938-04-01
PLUMBING CONTRACT
INQUIRY REoPENED
Justice Department Acts on 1ckes'
Request Charges of Papers
Be Probed.

At the urgent request of Secretary
of Interior Ickes, the Department Of
Justice has reopened an investigation
of an alleged conspiracy to defraud
the United States in connection with
plumbing contracts on five Federal
housing projects in the Chicago area,
it was announced today at the ofiice
of Attorney General Cummings.
A previous study by the Criminal
Division of the Department of Justice
failed to reveal a cause for prosecu-
tive action, it was disclosed.
Mr.. Cummings has appointed
Charles Carr, one of his special as
sistants, to re-examine the Illinois
cases with view to determining If
criminal proceedings are warranted
After comforting here with Interior
Department officials, Mr. Carr will go
to Chicago for a flrst-hand inquiry.
Newspapers in Chicago have charged
that several plumbing contractors, a
union official and others have en-
gagged in bid-rigging combines that
have boosted the cost of the Govern
ment's low-rent housing projects in
Cook County. 1t has been charged
the alleged Irregularities have cost
the Government half million dollars.
Evening star., 1938-04-01
FOUR PERSONS CHARGED
AFTER VICE SQUAD RAIDS
Numbers Slips and Liquor Are
Taken at Esta blishment in
Balls Court S.W.

-Four persons were charged follow
ing vice squad raids on alleged num-
bers and illicit whisky establishments
yesterday.
A raid in the TOO block of Balls
court S.W. netted a quantity of num-
bers slips and liquor and resulted in
the arrest of eight colored persons.
Two of them, both women, were
charged. Estelle Butler, 43. of the
Balls court address, with selling liquor
without a license, permitting gaming
and keeping liquor for sale, and Clara
Underwood, 81. of the same address,
with similar offenses. Bond for the
pair was set at 81 900 each.
In another raid, Lucille Jackson.
80, also colored, was arrested at her
home, in the first block of Naylor
court NV and charged with selling
liquor without license and keeping
liquor for sale.
Picked up in the 400 block Of H
street NV, Theodore D. Queen. So,
of BIS Fifth street NV, was charged
with operating a lottery.
Evening star., 1938-04-01
ROOSEVELT WINS
BATTALION H0N0RS
Flag, Cup and Gold Medal to
Be Presented After Drills
on Thursday.

The first battalion of the 5th Cadet
Regiment at Roosevelt High School
will receive flag and silver cup, and
Cadet Maj. Edward Wood, command
ing officer of the unit, will be awarded
a gold medal following the regimental
drills Thursday at Central High School
Stadium as the result of their victory
yesterday in the annual battalion drill
competition
Second place yesterday went to the
first battalion of Mckinley High
School and the first battalion at Wood
row Wilson took third honors.
The competition was featured by the
first appearance of a cadet battalion
from Anacostia High School. The
senior high school was opened there a
year ago last February, and has de-
Veloped one battalion, oficered by
cadets from Eastern High School,
which is the nucleus Of the 7th Cadet
Regiment
Although the new unit failed to
place, it gave very impressive initial
performance. according to the judges.
Under cloudy skies and on a damp
held. the 13 battalions were nut
through their PAGES before Mai. Alex
ander Boiling, Capt. James Regan. tr.
and First 1t. Forrest Caraway. all of
the infantry, who judged the drills.
The blue-clad units entered the
stadium from the southwest corner at
l5-minute intervals, preceded bv the
regimental bands. and formed in
platoon fronts facing the stands for
inspection and the manual of arms.
after which they passed in review be-
lore their commanding officers.
Col. Wallace NJ Craigie. professor of
military science and tactics for the
white high schools, supervised the
competition.
Other awards to be presented after
the reglmental competition Thursday
include prizes to the winners of the
map war games held early last month
reg1mental prizes and awards for the
best band.
Evening star., 1938-04-01

headquarters, probably will conduct
his defense by mail Officials Of the
G. H. A. declared they would back
him to the limit" The charges
against him followed the recent ex-
pulsion of DR.. Mario Scandifio, G.
H. A. pediatrician, by the District
Medical Society.
Girl Improving.
Meantime a 6-year-old girl, who
was operated on for appendicitis by
DR.. Selders at Garfield Hospital, con-
tinued to show improvement today.
DR.. Selders had once been on the
temporary courtesy list of the hos
pital, had been removed from it, and
had been denied the right to operate
on young woman member of G. H. A.
But early Wednesday morning, when
he brought in the daughter of
Government employe who is q mem
ber of G. H. A., and testified in writ
ing she was in acute condition from
appendicitis, DR.. Selders was permitted
to operate. He had to sign q state
ment, g. H. A. of6cials said, indicat-
ing she was threatened with death
unless operated On.
Evening star., 1938-04-01
Reporter Shifts Limburger
And Traces 1t Back to Noah

The reporter who found limburger
cheese in his desk this morning can
blame it on Noah.
He can, that is, if he will listen to
reason Just at present, however,
he's hardly fit to be tied to q few
facts.
But the truth, like limburger cheese,
will out. no matter how cunningly hid
den. The real low-down on April
Fools Day, and there Is nothing lower
down, is that Noah started it all by
releasing q dove too soon
People laughed and laughed at poor
old Noah after that. Probably they
were a little sore at him because he
didn't get his feet wet. Anyhow, when
they no longer had the old mariner to
laugh at, the scoffers went right on
laughing at his children.
Thus, Noah's children of this funny
day and age look askance on messages
to telephone "Mr. Herring or Mr..
Fish" They may get the Senator or
the Representative, and they may get
the aquarium-they never can tell.
Neither could the reporter Of the
cheese incident. After smiling the air
suspiciously for several hours, he re-
marked:
Evening star., 1938-04-01
MRS. COOLIDGE RITES
WILL BE HELD TODAY
Burial to Be in. Arlington
Cemetery-Served in Navy
During World War.

Mrs. Florence H. Coolidge, 56, of
4409 Elm street, Chevy Chase, Md,
who died in Mount Alto Hospital We'd
nesday, will be buried in Arlington
National Cemetery today, following
services at pm. in the w. w. Cham
bers chapel, 1400 Chaplin street NV.
Mrs. Coolidge came to Washington
from New Hampshire during the World
War and served in the Navy as a
yeomanette. She worked for the Fine
Arts Commission after the war for
several years before transferring to
the Interstate Commerce Commission.
At the time Of her death she was q
secretary in the Bureau of Trafi1c.
She is survived by her husband,
Frederic A. Coolidge, United States
Tariff Commission official.
Mrs. Coolidge WAS a member Of the
U. S. S. Jacob Jones Post, No. 2,
American Legion; Mrs. Ellen Spencer
Mussey Tent. No. l, Daughters of
Union Veterans, and Thomas Mar
shall Chapter. Daughters of the
American Revolution. The Legion
post held memorial services for her at
the Chambers funeral home last night.
Evening star., 1938-04-01

II smell something like limburger
cheese, but know there's none around
here!"
Well, it being April Fools Day, he
was wrong.
So were the trusting souls who
thought that by calling the White
House number they could get "Mr.
Franklin" on the telephone. They
couldn't get "Mr. Shipp" at the navy
yard, nor Miss Justice" at the Su-
preme Court, to say nothing of that
venerable gentleman, "Mr. Fox" at
the Zoo.
Just to prove Noah started some
thing when he turned that dove loose,
take the plight of two red-faced un-
der graduates Of Washington and JEFF
ferson College, who offered to form a
Thomas Jefferson" brigade Of 200
men and 60 horses to fight for
Czechoslovakia.
The practical jokers telephoned the
Czechoslovakian Legation here to
proffer the services of the brigade"
the Associated Press reported, and
now the whole college is considering
an apology.
Yes, Noah has 4 lot to answer for!
Evening star., 1938-04-01

they maintain a residence without
the District of Columbia" although all
other non-residents will be required
to pay the tax
Service Officers Must Pay.
There are many other similar ex-
amples of odd discrimination. Army
and Navy officers. for instance. will
be required to pay the tax as long as
they are stationed in Washington, re-
gardless of where their permanent
residence might be, if they have one.
But If the Army officer is fortunate
enough to be stationed at Fort Myer,
just across the Potomac in Virginia,
ne would not pay tax on his salary.
Neither would the naval officer sent
to Annapolis, less than 40 miles away.
The tax on their salaries only serve
to constitute penalty for the privi-
lege of serving an assignment in
Washington.
Then there are two classes of non-
residents who work in Washington
who are going to feel the prick of the
income tax-the Federal employe and
the employe of private concern.
The less fortunate, perhaps, will be
the Federal worker living in Maryland
and Virginia, whose income is not
taxed by the State in which he lives.
The employe Of private concern in
Washington, living in either of these
States, is now paying an income tax
to the State. He will get the benefit
OF credits on the District income tax
for taxes paid in the State in which
he lives. although he will be paying
triple tax on income-Federal, State
and District. And the Federal en-
ploye will be paying a double tax, but
he will pay more to the District, on
the basis of comparable taxable in
come, than the employe of a private
concern.
Evening star., 1938-04-01
Man CAB DRIVER NABBED
IS HELD FOR GRAND JURY
Inglehart Enters Not Guilty Plea
on Attempted Robbery
Charge.

Arrested Monday after a taxicab
driver reportedly had taken his gun
away from him in what police said
was an attempted hold-up, Harry N.
1nglehart, %, of the 400 block of
Third street NE, pleaded not guilty
in Police Court today to a charge of
attempted robbery. He was ordered
held for the grand jury under 81 900
bond after he waived a preliminary
hearing.
Inglehart was arrested early Mon
day after he came out second best in
a scuffle with Lawrence Erhardt, cab
driver, whom he allegedly attempted
to rob. Police said Mr. Erhardt seized
the mans gun as they were riding
near Fourteenth and K streets NV.
and after wrestling with him in the
car held him until police arrived.
Evening star., 1938-04-01
CHEVY CHASE LAKE
LINE RIGHT Of WAY
PURCHASE SOUGHT
Maryland Property Owners
on Connecticut Avenue
Claim $4,000 Fair.
APPEAL TO BE MADE
TO ROADS COMMISSION
Citizens Committee to Seek
Immediate Repaving and
Improvement.

A group of Maryland residents own
ing property along Connecticut avenue
beyond Chevy Chase Circle made
plans yesterday to appeal directly to
the Maryland State Roads Commission
to purchase the right of way OF the
Capital Transit Co, from the circle
to Chevy Chase Lake at the transit
firms offer of $4,000.
The group met in the board room
of the American Automobile Associa-
ton with Washington l. Cleveland,
manager Of the District Motor Club
of the A. A. A.; George Dunlop, gen.
eral counsel of the Capital Transit
Co., and Irving c. Root, chief engi-
neer of the Maryland National Capt.
tai Park and Planning Commission
to discuss plans for repaving and
improving Connecticut avenue beyond
the District line.
At the suggestion of Mr. Cleveland,
a resolution was adopted authorizing
appointment of committee to get in
touch with the Roads Commission i'm
mediately so an improvement program
may be started in the near future. Capt.
Chester Wells, who presided at the
conference, was named chairman of
the committee.
Commission Balks at Price.
Harold E. Doyle. representing the
Thomas j. Fisher g. Co., Inc, agent
for the Chevy Chase Land Co., told
the conferees the State Roads Com
mission sometime ago rejected the
transit company's proposed purchase
price for the right of way, which in
cludes some 1860 feet in the center
Of the avenue from the circle to the
lake. The commission offered $4,000
but this was turned down.
The group expressed the opinion the
$4,000 price asked is low" in view
OF the fact that the value of the right
of way, based on the value of abuting
property, is somewhere in the neigh
borhood of 100000 today. Mr.. Doyle
explained he estimated its value. on
the same basis, at Sis, 900 in 1924.
Some residents in the area criticized
the commission for offering to buy the
right of way at any price, declaring
the transit company should dedicate
the area to the authorities for i'm
provement.
Survey to Be Asked.
The committee also was instructed
to ask the commission to make a
survey of the road from Chevy Chase
Lake to Kensington to decide on
proper alignment, the width necessary,
drainage. etc.
In answer to question, Capt Wells
explained that the land necessary to
widen the road from the circle to
Jones Mill road has been dedicated by
the property owners involved. He said
the Roads Commission will be assured
OF the committees cooperation in OBJ
tanning the necessary land between
Jones Mill road to Kensington. The
Chevy Chase Land Co., which owns
property between those two points,
already has indicated its willingness
to dedicate the necessary land to the
road development.
The possibility of getting the high
way added to the United States public
roads system was discussed. 1t was
suggested that, when the improve
ment program gets under way and
traffic hazards are removed, the high
way might ultimately serve as a
shorter and more direct route to
Gettysburg.
Evening star., 1938-04-01
BY JAMES E. CHINN.

Who's going to pay the income tax
that the Fiscal Affairs Subcommittee
of the House District Committee pro-
poses to impose on the District?
Not the members of Congress with
a sl0,000-a-year salary. Not the
cabinet officers whose pay envelopes
bulge little more with $4,000. Not
the President with an income of
$4,000 a year, nor members of the
Federal judiciary whose salaries range
from $4,000 for a district court Judge
to s20,500 for the Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court. Even the hired
help at the Capitol-the secretaries
and clerks of members of the House
and Senate-would be exempt if they
do not maintain residence in Wash
ington.
Outside of this select group nearly
everybody else with an income, who
either lives in Washington or happens
to work here, will have to pay.
Low-Salaried Hit.
The Federal employees, of course,
constitute the largest single group
to be affected. No State can tax their
salaries, but the way is being paved
for the District to establish a prece-
dent in this respect-a precedent that
may have far-reaching repercussions
in the States themselves.
Now let's look into this income tax
plan and see how it will work:
Secretary of State Hull, of course,
will be exempt from the tax. But
Undersecretary Welles will have to
pay it. even though he lives in Oxon
Hill, Md. There are no exemptions
provided for him, or other subordinate
officials at the State Department. The
same is true in all other executive
departments of the Government. The
big boss" is not to be taxed. But
all those under him must pay.
Now take the case of member of
Congress. The situation that will exist
in the Office of Representative Mary T.
Norton, Democrat, of New Jersey is
a good illustration.
Secretary Must Pay Tax.
Mrs. Norton, of course, will be
exempt from the tax. But her secre-
tary, Miss Lily Darcy would have to
pay 1t, simply because she maintains
a residence in Washington throughout
the year. Miss Darcy also maintains
a voting residence in Massachusetts,,
but that would not serve to exempt
her. The income tax section of the
revenue bill specifically declares:
THE fact that a person whose
place OF abode during the greater por-
ton Of such IL months has been with
in the District and claims or has exer-
cised the right to vote at public elec-
tions in any State or territory shall
not, Of itself, constitute him a nom
resident of the District within the
meaning Of this title"
Miss Darcy's case is exceptional,
because many of the secretaries and
clerks Of members of Congress come
from the States the members repre-
sent and return home after a session.
They will not be required to pay the
tax.
One Of the curious features of the
tax. plan as applied to employees
of members Of Congress, however,
would permit q congressional sec
retary or clerk who now lives in
Washington throughout the year to
move to nearby Maryland or Virginia
and escape the tax.
The bill provides that these secre-
taries and clerks will be exempt II
Evening star., 1938-04-01
BAND CONCERT

BY the Army Band at 1880 am.
tomorrow at the Army Band audi
torium. Capt. Thomas F. Darcy,
leader; Karl Hubner, assistant leader.
Program.
March, Army and Marine" Zehle
Rhapsody, The Southern" HoSmer
Solo, Crazy Sticks" Brigham
Charles D. Hershey, xylophonist.
Morceau, "Melodie" Friml
Popular, "Heigh Ho"- Churchill
From Snow White and the
Seven Dwarfs"
Waltz, Sweet Reflections" Fischer
March. Squads Right" "- Long
THE Star Spangled Banner"
Evening star., 1938-04-01
Will Discuss Moscow Trials

Clarence Hathaway, editor Of the
Daily Worker, will discuss THE Mos
COW Trials" at a meeting sponsored by
the Washington Daily Worker Bureau
in the National Press Club auditorium
at o'clock tonight Adam Lapin,
Washington correspondent Of the pa
per, will preside.
Evening star., 1938-04-01
D. c. TUBERCULOSIS
DRIVE IS STARTED
City Heads Ask Cooperation
to Make Diagnosis Work
Successful.

Residents of the District were urged
today by the Commissioners to give
full cooperation in the early diagnosis
campaign of the tuberculosis Asso-
citation of the District which starts
today. 1t will last through April and
May.
Persons who have reason to believe
they have been infected or exposed to
active cases of the disease are urged
to have examinations by private physi-
clans or by the staff of the District
tuberculosis clinic at 3Ol c street.
In their statement the Commission
ers said:
Tuberculosis. communicable dis
ease causing dreadful suffering and
death to a large number of persons in
our city annually, and incalculable
cost to the city as q whole. is never
theless preventable and durable when
discovered in its early stages.
Medical science gives us this assur-
ance. But the knowledge will prove
of small value unless We by our own
conscious effort as individual members
of the community cooperate with pub
lie agencies by taking the steps neces-
sary TO have the known sources Of in
fection properly cared for and also see
that those who may have been in
contact with such sources are exam-
ined for prompt diagnosis of the dis
ease
The annual early diagnosis cam
palgn of education conducted by the
District of Columbia tuberculosis As
sociation. cooperating with the Ma
tional tuberculosis Association, IS, for
the foregoing reason, worthy OF the
hearty approval and cooperation of
the citizens of the District. We ear
nestly urge all to give such co-opera-
ton. The slogan of this campaign Is
tuberculosis Undiscovered Endangers
You.
New hope for those already in
fected with the disease and greater
safety for all others is the object of
this campaign of education with the
cooperation of the press, the radio
and the wide dissemination Of printed
health literature and posters in con-
nection with numerous free health
lectures. We heartily commend to all
our citizens the work of the tubercu-
losis association, especially during this
campaign during the months of April
and May"
Evening star., 1938-04-01
SPEAKS ON CHINA
Nation Is Periled by Communism,
Saws Former Correspondent.

Says Former Correspondent.
China is too demoralized at present
to exert much strength in its conflict
with Japan, James Martin Miller,
former Washington correspondent,
told the Kiwanis Club at its luncheon
meeting yesterday at the Mayflower
Hotel.
Communism is growing in China
by leaps and bounds" the speaker
said, land China is having great diff
ficulty in maintaining the republic"
Edward B. Pardoe. first vice presi-
dent of the club, presided.
Evening star., 1938-04-01
SERVICES TONIGHT
Ra bbi Metz Will Present Secon,

of Series of Sermons.
Rabbi Solomon H. Metz will speak
on America Faces Spiritual Ad-
)ustment," the second of a series of
three sermons on The American
Scene" at the services tonight of the
Adas Israel Hebrew Congregation.
Sixth and I streets NV.
The services will be followed by an
open forum conducted by Irving Gold
stein, former assistant United States
attorney for the District of Columbia.
Evening star., 1938-04-01
Determinations Are Obvious
In Plan for d. C.. Income Lew
Exemption of Certain Groups From Tax
Results in Many Curious Cases of Hit
and Miss Among Federal " Orkers.

This is the first OF series of
articles analysing the income tar
plan OF the ne,D District repenue
BILL
Evening star., 1938-04-01
Chicken and Ham Supper.

WOODF1ELD, Md, April l (Spe-
ciaD The Wesley Grove Ladies' Aid
will hold its annual chicken and ham
supper tomorrow in Woodfield Hall,
starting as pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-06

raham Lincoln is entitled. Price de-
clared, to a portrayal of his life
which would be more than merely
piece of entertainment"
In full. in a telegraphed message
to Goldwyn and others important
IN the film industry, Price stated:
"As president of the Illinois As
ISOLATION Of Southern California, it
has been brought to my attention
that certain of the film companies
are contemplating production of a
film about. Abraham Lincoln, Illi-
nois' greatest citizen. We four hun
dred thousand Illinoisans in Cali
fornia, who now outnumber the
1owans in the State. feel that an
outstanding film personality emf
nently suited in appearance and
character to portray the role OF
that ilustrious Illinoisan is Gary
Cooper and I. as president, hope
that Hollywood will not attempt to
cast a matinee-idol type in the role
of the Great Emancipator.
ANY film which shows Abraham
Lincolns life is not merely a piece
of entertainment in celluloid. 1t
should be document of Importance
not only to Illinois and California
but to the entire world in these
troubled days when his ideals of
freedom and democracy should be
broadcast to the four corners OF
the globe"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-06

swimming pool and patio framed
by long line Of olive trees. Fred
is a good marksman, to Judge by
the bulls-eyes scored on his shooting
range. A spaniel and a cat keep
the MacMurrays company.
A block away, on Chapparel, and
we find Gary Cooper and the missus
in a one-story white Bermuda
type house with rust-red shutters
and doors. There is a swimming
pool, tennis court and a large
nursery for young Miss Maria
Cooper. Feature of the house is
the kitchen, which has three large
ice boxes.
Coldwater Canyon spells home to
Myrna 10y, Bette Davis, Dorothy
Lamour, Ray Milland and Kay
Francis.
The neighboring mountain
Beverly Crest-houses Ginger Rogers
and her beloved soda fountain. And
this brings us down to Beverly Hills,
where dwell the stars who mostly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-06

with a touch of character, which
often means touch Of irregularity
or exoticism. But the exquisite regu-
larity of Hollywood noses Is ire
sistible. So chose Carole Lom-
bards nose as typical of the best
of them.
For lips took Betty CRADLES, be-
cause they are both sensuous and
sweet.
And for brow and facial contour
I could find no better model than
Evelyn Keyes, the Atlanta blonde
who will have a role in Union Pa
ciflc." Miss Keyes has a perfectly
oval and high. wide brow, the first
for ideal feminine beauty.
And there, Heaven help me, Is
the galaxy I would make my Gal
atea."