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ing public works administration
grants when applied to such
projects are are "only Of definite
necessity"
Fleming said such grants. mot
detrimental and will be beneficial
to the general fiscal welfare Of
the city for the reason that pres
ent obligations under the grants
can be met without necessity Of
providing increased revenues
through further taxation or obli-
cations in the future that would
be burdenSome.
SAFE MARGIN
He warned, however, that care
should be taken to see these
grants do not increase main
tenance and operation costs an
nually to a point that budgetary
figures will reach beyond a safe
margin of revenue.
Mr.. Fleming confined MS rec
concentrations to the general
fund with the observation high
way, water and trust funds do
not enter into the picture be-
cause their use is limited by
statue. He said:
"Our estimate of receipts
from general fund items for 1899
including $5,OOO,0OO Federal
contribution, is $42, 100000, a sum
sufficient to meet the appropria-
tions for said fiscal year, after
absorbing the deficit for 1888 Of
81, ,3O7 900.
EXPENSE ITEMS
1--WE therefore urge in view Of
the above revenue expectancy
that the expense items of the
general fund should be kept so
within the 1899 revenue figures
as to assure their being within
those figures and, If possible, pro-
vide cushion for unforeseen con-
tinpencinS
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Tells Commissioners Expenses Mus
Be Kept Within 1889 Revenue

the Commissioners, Fleming said
I'm view of the Commission
ers having availed themselves
of certain PWA offers of urgent
necessity under the terms and
conditions which have been laid
down, we wish to state that we
are in accord with this action
already taken providing there is
a corresponding reduction in the
regular budget for such items in
the program as could be elimi-
mated by reason of PWA grants.
Further, the budget should
not be built up by the subStitu-
ton of other items either for
capital outlays or otherwise to
take the place of those grants
under PWA loans"
PRUNING PROCESS
At the conclusion of today's
hearing, the recommendations art
to be weighed by the Commission
ers and District Auditor Daniel j
Donovan, then discarded or incor
porated into the departmental es
Inmates. Next will come a prun
ing process, which is expected tc
reduce the sixty-Six million-dollal
proposal to approximately the
fifty million dollars in the 1888
budget.
In line with this belief, William
NICK. Clayton, of the Brightwood
Citizens Association, went even
further. At yesterdays session
he decried requests for additional
funds and said the budget should
not exceed forty-seven million dol
lars. At the same time, he said
the current real estate tax Of Sits
per 500 valuation is too high
and should be reduced to at least
$1.6O. Describing real estate as
the backbone of revenue sources,
Clayton warned that a 50 real
estate tax rate impends If all
money requests are met.
The Washington times., 1938-09-13
Trap For Burglar
Kills lis Inventor

CHICAGO, Sept ia home
made device designed to stop
burglars and consisting mainly of
a shotgun arranged SO that it
would fire if anyone opened the
back door, caused the death to
day of its inventor, Nav Meinel,
81 Meinel was killed by the gun
when, after apparently forgetting
that the contraption had not been
disconnected. he opened the door
from the inside.
The Washington times., 1938-09-13
Housewives Top LIST
Of Hospital Patients

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 13 Q.N.S0.
Housewives top the list Of patients
at City Hospital, the annual re-
port of DR.. A. P. Rowlette, medi-
cal director, reveals. OF 19,0O1 pa
tients treated at the hospital dur
ing the fiscal year ending last
June, 7,097 were housewives, the
report revealed. The second larg-
est number of patients, 1855, were
students,
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O'CONOR'S LEAD
over JACKSON
DROPS TO 10000
Total Now at 89,O45;;
69,508 for Mayor

General O'Conor is more than
10000 ahead of his nearest rival,
Mayor Howard w. jackson, Of
Baltimore, he has so far only 70
Of the convention votes, and he
needs IS to assure the nomination,
Returns later today may pro-
duce the necessary five votes, it
was thought, as O'Conor has
shown a strength in the rural dis.
tricts that had not been expected.
Under Maryland's involved unit
voting system all counties and
Baltimore's legislative district GER
tify two choices to the nominating
convention.
If, when the first ballot is cast
in the convention no candidate re-
ceives IS, or majority Of the
votes, the second choice system is
invoked as follows:
The candidate receiving the low
est number of convention votes
is automatically dropped. Then
the second choice votes on the
ballots cast for him are distrib-
uted in accordance with the
wishes Of the voters.
Second Ballot
A second convention ballot Is
then taken and If no candidate
has a majority, the lowest rank.
ing candidate is dropped and the
second choice votes on his unit
ballots are divided among the re-
naming candidates for whom they
were cast.
The process Of elimination is
carried out until one of the can
didates obtains a majority.
Surprising even the most opti.
mistic dreams of his hackers,
O'Conor swept the city of Baltl-
more, defeating Mayor Jackson IN
each Of the six districts in his
home toWn.
Carries Seven Counties
This gave the Attorney General
AZ of the convention delegates.
O'Conor also won in seven of the
counties, Baltimore, Frederick,
Kent, Montgomery, Queen Anne
and Washington. The votes Of
these counties with the votes in
Baltimore gave O'Conor 70 of the
necessary rs, and his managers are
hopeful that he will gain enough
so that the complicated second
choice" system Of Maryland will
not be invoked to determine the
winner.
Mayor Jackson, whose hackers
had admitted they feared he
would lose his own city, carried
five counties on the face Of re-
turns already in. They are Allie
gany, Carroll, Dorchester, Somer-
set and Talbot, giving him total
of "a convention votes.
State Senator LanSdale SasScer,
president of the senate, carried
Only three counties, his, home
county of Prince Georges, Charles
and Calvert, giving him q total
Of 13.
The Washington times., 1938-09-13

Second Of a series of ten Sun
days Comic Weekly Puzzle Contest
:. $1,000 In cash prizes for the
weeh $4,000 In all Tel.
RE. l23A for Home Delivery.
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GOrdy Carries One

Comptroller William S. Gordy,
jr., the fourth candidate, carried
only his home county Of Wicomico
on the Eastern Shore to give him
five votes in convention.
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REVENUE EXPECTED

A check with District Auditor
Daniel J. Donovan, on the other
hand, disclosed the 1899 revenue
expectancy to be $42, 300, 900. The
1910 revenue estimate, Donovan
expects, will be $42,750, ,O00-the
figure cited by Mr.. Fleming in
his calculations.
The $14,00O,000 slash in the
$66, 1865 900 budget recommends
tion of the department heads was
calculated by adding to the 1888
estimate as outlined by Donovan
$10,01 900 total of estimated high
way, water and trust funds.
Returning to the PWA policy OF
The Washington times., 1938-09-13
TYDINGS' AID E
WONDERS ABOUT
THOSE BRIDGES
With Lewis Beaten, Will
The Shore Get EN-?
Bv w. A. S. DOUGLAS

BALTIMORE, Sept. l3.-"I Wor
der said Major Robert Archie
this morning as he raised SleeE
ridden eyes from a vote compils
ton form. do we still get thos
bridges?"
The assistant campaign man
ager for the reelected Senate
from Maryland was referring tt
the spans down by the eastern
shore which President Roosevelt
promised the folks when he toured
the section with his arm over th'
shoulders of "Davey" Lewis. whom
Tydings is slowly but ever 81
surely purging out of the hopt
of q United States senatorship.
Ask and Find Out
"The only way to find out"
replied one of the majors add
ing machine experts" is to ask"
II wouldn't care to be the man
to do that" rejoined Archer, rub
bing sleep out of his eyes and go
ing back joyously to his totals.
The scene, as you may have
guessed, was in the TydingS head
quarters at the Lord Baltimore
Hotel here. Daylight was stream
ing through the windows and the
senatorship was in "the bag"-but
Archer and his helpers continued
to pencil, to add, to Subtract-and
then to gloat.
Every new tally straying in from
the far corners of the Maryland
Free State-arrogantly proud OF
its most recent emphasis on that
title-waS worth more than long
minutes of sleep to the men
around the tables.
I'll be here till the last pre-
cinct comes in and can figure
the total" said Archer.
Senator Tyd1ngS went to bed
around a. M, gladdened by the
definite fact that he had captured
four out of Baltimore'S six legis-
lative district. It can now be told
that Tydings didn't look for more
than three of these and that
though he figured always he
would win, he and his managers
did not expect the counties sweep
which is assuming even greater
proportions as this Is being writ
ten.
Baltimore, after the first grand
burst of enthusiasm which greeted
the earlier TydingS majority re
turns, seemed to take the rest Of
the business for granted and went
to bed.
The Washington times., 1938-09-13
Noise Amidst Lights

At 1890 the lobbieS Of the three
hotels housing campaign head
quarters of the Tydings, Lewis,
O'Conor anad Jackson clans
were bowling, swaying, gesticulat-
ing masses Of humanity. The ele-
vators were packed, the candi-
dates rooms were bulging with
squeezed humanity. But by half
an hour after midnight Baltimore
was almost as quiet as it usually
Is at that hour.
But out on the eastern end OF
Baltimore Street, home of night,
clubs, round-the-clock restaurants
and drugstores, the haunts of men
and women who turn day into
night, there was still noise and
plenty of it right up to the time
the natives backed away from the
oncoming Frightening of a Sep.
tember morning sun.
And the cause of it all was
the amazing congressional race
going on between the tenderloin's s
friend, effervescent City Council
man '"Tommie" D'AleSSandro
and the veteran chairman of the
lower house District Committee
Vincent L. PalmiSano.
"VictOry" Parade
The tallieS switched back anC
forth through the night-"Tom
mie" at one time leading by one
vote, Palmisano reported a little
later as topping his opponent by
three votes.
About $3.50 in the morning Mr.
DAleSSandro decided to grab thu
bull by the horns and stage 6
victory" parade. His wishes were
communicated to the boys anc
girls and they tunbled out o.
their hangouts and swarmed in
to taXicabs and private cars.
Hands were held on horns
mufflers set up machine-gun rat
ties, tin cans bounced up ant
down behind the cars. and an OF
chestra Of horns and accordion
burst forth into Maryland, M!
Maryland
The Washington times., 1938-07-14
Philadelphia Baby
, Left in Dispensary

HILAD DELPHIA, July IA.
abandoned by his mother, who
said she was sent for treatment
by the Department of Health, a
|week-old baby boy was taken by
police from the dispensary of Chill
hren'S Hospital at Eighteenth and
Fitzwater Streets.
The child, blue-eyed and called
Joseph Anthony, was taken to the
Ehildren's Welfare Bureau at 1893
Wine st. to await a claimant. His
mother, a woman about 81, left
The dispensary after waiting a few
moments while the physician in
charge attended other patients.
The Washington times., 1938-07-14
z new CLINICS.
HWILL Be ADDED.
ARLINGTON
Prenatal and VenereaI
Care Planned

ARLINGTON, Va, July 14.-Ex-
- tending the activities of the Airing
ton Health Department, prenatal
and venereal disease clinics will be
. started this summer, DR.. R. G..
Beachley, health officer, an
Nnounced today in his annual re-
eiport.
9 The prenatal clinic will be
tfStarted July %, and the venereal
{ ftdisease clinic the latter part of
3 August. The venereal clinic will
Ibe financed by funds received from
1.-THE Community Chest.
= 81 VENEREAL CASES
Or. Beachley's report for the
fiscal year ending June 80 shows
62 cases of venereal diseases
Yamong the 1,011 communicable
diseases reported to the health de-
apartment during the year.
u Major contagious diseases were
listed as follows: chickenpox, 1853;
mumps, 302; syphilis, SO; measles,
778; tuberculosis, ST. scarlet fever,
va; pneumonia, 81; whooping
4cough, 48, and food poisoning, IL.
I COUNTY PAYS FEE
Venereal disease patients at
epreSent are referred to Washing
ton clinics, with the county paying
0she required fee for INDECENT per-
1SonS.
= DR.. Beachley pointed out in his
report that Arlington is the only
bounty in Virginia having a year
tound school dentist. DR.. Thomas
IPhumphrey Gevotes his entire time
during the school year to correc-
tive work among the school chill
ldren.
The Washington times., 1938-07-14
Arlington Fire Loss
! $3.50 During June

ARLINGTON, Va, July 14.-Ar-
lington county's fire loss for the
1ast month was placed at $2,530
by Fire Chief A. C. Scheffel in a
report submitted to County Man
lager Frank c. Hanrahan today.
The 18 calls included eight brush
fires, six dwellings,, two automo-
biles and two false alarms. In
addition, Chief Scheffel inspected
81 buildings for fire hazards.
The Washington times., 1938-07-14
POULTRY
LEIsTFR's CHICKs FOE PROFIT

LEISTER'S CHICKS FOE PROFIT
Large Eng. Leg. Pullets, $3.50 guar,
&1O-1OO. Eng. LeghOrns, $3.50 100. Bar.
& w. Rocks. $6-1OO: LeghOrn COckereIS,
$500. N. H. Reds, $7-1OO. Cash or
C. o. D. 1000 live del. p. P. Can ship at
ance. Order your Higrade Chicks today.
Leister's Chick Farm, Boz w. McAlister-
vile. Pa.
The Washington times., 1938-07-14
! CLEAR SPRING CHICKS

Heavy Mix, S5.h0 100. Al Breeders Blood tested
100 q live del. P. Paid cash or G. O. D. It win
pay you to write for free 1888 eatalSg telling
Of our 28 years Breeding experience.
CLEAR SPRING HATCHERY
2. Q. LESTER. Owner BSx %. MeAIIstsrVIIIs. Pa
Evening star., 1938-01-09
. LOtr Fiddle Back
. High Spindle Back

-Good-looking. sturdily constructed chairs
Of hardwood, with shaped seats and graceful
turnings. Sanded for paint or stain. Suit
able for kitchen, dinette, den or porch.
Kann's-Fourth Floor
Evening star., 1938-02-27
Eight and Forty

AT the last meeting of Salon No. IA.
des HUT Chapeaux ct Quarante
Femmes. LIE Chapeau Departmental
Helen M. McCabe appointed Mary
B. Corwin parliamentarian
Miss Edna Mcintosh, membership
chairman, presented 10 new names
for partnership. These were accepted,
and will be initiated at the annual
wreck held every August. Past
Chapeaux Emily Carey and E. Louise
Warren were added to the Member
ship Committee.
Shoes will be presented to several
tubercular children at Glenn Dale
Hospital by the salon. Mrs. Amelia
Boberg, child welfare chairman, gave
description of the Area B Child
Welfare Conference recently held at
Newark, N j., having attended the
school of instruction.
A social will be held at the home
of L'Aumonier Virginia Mccarthy on
March 9. Co-hostesses with Mrs.
Mccarthy will be Mrs. Mary Corwin
and Mrs Mary Schaumleffle. A
bingo party will be held at the home
Of Mrs. Anna Elliott on April for
the benefit of child welfare and pre-
vention of tuberculosis among chill
dren.
Evening star., 1938-02-27
MARINE STRENGTH
ONLY 22PER CENT.
Maj. Gen. Ho|comb Says
Fleet Force Must Be Main.
tanned in State of Readiness.

When the I'd Marine Brigade re-
turns from Shanghai where it has
been stationed during the Sino-Japa-
nese crisis. and rejoins the Fleet Ma
rine Force. the latters strength will
be increased to % per cent of its war
complement, Maj. Gen. Thomas Hol-
comb, commandant of the Marine
Corps, stated.
Primarily, the Fleet Marine Force is
organized for service with the United
States Fleet. Because it was the only
force available for immediate service
with the 4th Marines at Shanghai,
Gen. Holcomb said, this outfit from
San Diego was dispatched to Asia, on
naval mission.
The 4th Regiment of Marines, which
has been on duty in China for some
10 years now, will become part of the
Fleet Marine Force when it returns to
the United States.
"On June 80, the training allow
ances of existing organizations of the
Fleet Marine Force will total only 16
per cent of its war complement" Gen.
Holcomb declared.
THE Fleet Marine Force is an es-
sential component of the fleet and
must be maintained in state of i'm
mediate readiness" said the head of
the Marine Corps in surveying the
situation. Its peacetime allowance Of
personnel should be at least so per
cent of its war complement for this
force to be in an efficient state It is
contemplated that the remaining so
per cent will be secured from the Ma
rine Corps Reserve in national emer-
gency. To this end, the Reserve also
must be built up with men who have
had at least basic military training" :"
Part Of the Fleet Marine Force is
stationed at Quantico, Va. but now
is engaged in war games, in conjunc-
tion with the Army and Navy, on the
Island of Culebra, east of Puerto Rico.
Landing operations from small boats,
under the protection of fire from the
guns Of warships. are being practiced.
When the Army took over the old
naval air station at Sunnyvale, Calf. =,
near San Francisco, 120 enlisted men
and five officers there were sent to
San Diego to join the Fleet Marine
Force, officials here said.
Evening star., 1938-02-27
MARINE BATTALION
WILL BE INSPECTED
1t. Col. Miller Notified Col. W.
P. Upshur Will Make Tour
April IL.

1t. Col. Harvey L. Miller, command
ing the 5th Battalion, Fleet Marine
Reserves, was notified last week that
Col. w. P. Upshur. U. S. M. c.. di-
rector of the Reserves, will make an
inspection of the battalion and its
quarters April IL.
First 1t. John Fondahl, battalion
range officer, has announced that Pvt.
Arthur G. Hamilton, jr., Headquarters
Company, has fired the highest score
Of the current target year over the
regular small-bore qualification course
He fired 346 out of possible $50. He
is candidate for the United States
Naval Academy.
Battalion Headquarters has an
nounced the enlistment of James w.
Kerns in Company c. He has had
seven years previous service with the
regular Marine Corps.
Company B on Tuesday will start q
class for commissioned officers
and all privates who wish to attend.
The office of the inspector instructor
announced, as a result of the quarterly
inspections. Company E of Alexandria,
commanded by First 1t. Alfred Marks,
was commended on its marked i'm
provement over preceding inspections
Evening star., 1938-02-27
Neu Traffic Safety Films
Auailable for Legion Posts
':Night Driving" and 'Stop, Look and
Liue" Drun,atize Rules for Pr0tec-
ton of Driuers and Pedestrians.
Meetings This Week.

Monday: Augustus P. Gard
ner Post, Army ard Navy Club,
noon; Internal Revenue Post
Band, Internal Revenue Building.
pm; Columbia Post Drum and
Bugle Corps, Registers Building,
8 pm; Costello Post Drum and
Bugle Corps, National Guard
Armory, 8 pm.
Tuesday: George Washington
Post, Admiral Club. 8 pm; Co.'S
tello Post, pm; Cooley-Mc-
Cullough Post. 8 PM; I'd Divi-
sion Post, New Colonial Hotel. 8
pm; Fort Stevens Post Drum
and Bugle Corps, Roosevelt Ho-
tel, 8 pm.
Wednesday: Sergt. Jasper Post,
Pythian Temple, 8 pm; Colum-
bia Post. Soldiers, Sailors and
Marines Club, 1ol5 L street NV.
8 pm.
Thursday: Fort Stevens Post,
Stansbury Hall, 8 pm; Jane A.
Delano Post, 8 pm.
Friday: Agriculture Post, room
1899, Agriculture Building, 8
pm: Sons of Legion Drum and
Bugle Corps, National Guard Ar
mory, 8 pm; Department Ball
Committee, Willard Hotel, 8 pm.
Evening star., 1938-02-27

attended by the department command
er. department president and men,
bers of the camps and auxiliaries. A
buffet supper was served. An enter
talnment was given and President
Doris Watkins welcomed the guests.
Gen. M. Emmett Urell Auxiliary
was convened by President Carmen
Ramos. Department President Myrtle
Moxley installed Senior Vice Presi-
dent Katherine Shugrhue and As
sistant Conductor Tillie Mulcrum.
President Madge Ryce presided over
Admiral George Dewey Naval Aux
iliary The official visitation of the
department president is March Z. A
banquet will be rendered National
President Mary McGauley on March
II. The auxiliary is sponsoring a
rummage sale March %. After a
short business meeting on March 81,
the members will make carnations to
be used on Memorial Day. National
Historian Mary Cummings spoke.
President Moxley called a meeting
of the Department Executive Com
mittee and past department presi-
dents at her home on Thursday to
approve plans for activities to be
held under the auspices of the de-
partment in the near future.
Capital City Fort, Daughters of
1898, met at the Soldiers and Sailors
temporary home. A social will be held
tomorrow evening at the home OF
Cadet Arthelia Hill, 36O1 Valley
avenue, Mount Rainier, Md.
Evening star., 1938-02-27
SPANISH VETERANS
HOLD MEETINGS
Richard ]. Harden Camp Plans to
Mark Anniversary on
March II.

e Comdr. James E. Wilson presided
over Richard j. Harden Camp, Spanish
War Veterans, and Department Comdr.
Woodbridge and Past Department
Comdr Charles w. McCaffrey spoke.
John F. King 1st D. c. Volunteer
Infantry; William S. Wynn, U. S. NJ;
Carl Jenson, 18th United States In
fantry: Warren E. Hunt, United States
Hospital Corps, who were inducted.
David B. Edmonston. 2nd Mississippi
Volunteer Infantry; George w. Haley,
U. S. NJ; George D. Conn, 10th
Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and
Frederick L. Cavis, 1st Ohio Volunteer
Cavalry, were readmitted to member
ship. The camp voted to hold a
social evening March II in observance
of the seth anniversary of its organiza-
ton.
Col John Jacob Astor Camp was
host to the department commander
and his staff on the occasion of the
annual official visitation. Comdr. John
E. Griffin presided. Comdr. Woodbridge
spoke. The new members were added
to membership.
Comdr. William F. Smith presided
over Gen. NJ Emmett Urell Camp
when the official visitation by the
department commander was made
The application for membership of
William H. Evans, I'd Virginia VOL
unteer Infantry, was received. He
will be inducted at the next meeting.
The transfer of Past Comdr. Charles
A. Martin to San Diego Camp was
announced. Comdr. Woodbridge spoke.
Department President Myrtle Mox-
lev and her officers will begin the Of
f1cial visits in March, the first being
to Admiral George Dewey Naval
Auxiliary, March Z.
Gen. Henry w. Lawton Auxiliary
Cancelled the last regular meeting and
held . eandle.light tea, which was
Evening star., 1938-02-27

MISS LOTTIE TAYLOR,
Honorary chairman, 1Dho 1Dill
head the receiDing line at the
annual dance of the Hotel
Greeters. OF America, Aur-
ilidry, at the Shoreham Hotel
nert Tuesday.
In charge of the arrange
ments are Mrs. Harry Kopel,
general chairman: Miss Edna
Thompson, Dice chairman;
Mrs. Weston Jones, Mrs. Tom
Ott, Mrs. Violet Thompson,
Mrs. Robert Lappan. For
table reservations telephone
Mrs. StetDart, Decatur 1880.
Underwood Photo.
Evening star., 1938-02-27
Forty and Eight

Grande Voiture No. 174 will have
their annual induction March 26. The
Fort Stevens Drum and Bugle Corps
will head parade along Upper
Georgia avenue, preceding the ritual
work in Stansbury Hall. An informal
dance will follow.
Grande Chef de Care John E. Nc
Cabe and his staff attended the George
Washington celebration held by Fred
erick. Md, Forty and Fighters last
Tuesday. The next regular meeting
of Grande Voiture No. 174 will be
held in early March.
Evening star., 1938-02-27

Gail T. Judd; senior vice commander,
Robert L. Duvall; second vice COM
mander, Hugh A. KerWin; third vice
commander, John S. st. Petrie: adju-
tant, Robert E. Pollock: finance off,
Ger, John R. Demorest; judge advo-
cate. Herman L. Volker; historian.
Lewis Willard Bon; surgeon, Peter
Francis Florey; chaplain. Norman
Bond; sergeant at arms, Oden Samp-
son; service officer, Oscar G. Jones;
burgler. Harry Hall; color guards. Ben
jamin H. Harp. Charles J. Dalzell,
Orrin c. Mann and Herbert Bose.
The post will have party and
dance March 10.
Business meetings in the future will
be held the second Tuesday of each
month in Room 42l7. Department OF
Labor Building, at 4:45 pm.