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Evening star., 1938-01-02

next Wednesday at Pythian Temple at
pm. Plans for membership drive
Will be outlined by Membership Officer
William P. Kershner. Plans for the
past commanders testimonial banquet
will be discussed.
Kenna- Main Post, No. 81, distrib-
uted baskets Of food to the poor and
needy of the Southeast section of the
city. On Christmas morning the men,
oers, assisted by the ladies OF the aux
lllary, gave a party for the children
Comdr. Van Hise led the children in
songs and Christmas carols. assisted by
Thompson employees orchestra. Santa
Claus presented gifts Later the chill
dren went to the Keystone Restaurant
for turkey dinner.
The auxiliary members. assisted Mrs
Dorothy Harper, president of the aux
iliary, and her staff in wrapping pack
ages for the World War veterans at St
Ehzabeth's Hospital and also gave a
party to patients at dance in Hitch
cock Hall December %. Ice cream
and cake were furnished.
Columbia Post No. "a, will meet at
Soldiers. Sailors, Marines Club, Elev-
enth and l. streets NV, Wednesday at
8 o'clock.
Vincent B. Costello Post will meet
Tuesday at the Carlton Hotel. The
Entertainment Committee has pro-
vided movies OF the recent national
convention of the American Legion at
New York. All Legionnaires are in
vited.
Past. Department Comdr. j. OCon-
nor Roberts. chairman of the National
Defense Committee of the Legion, will
be the guest speaker at past COM
manders' night of George Washing
ton Post No. next Tuesday at the
Club Admiral. The subject of his ad-
dress will be National Defense"
There will be the presentation of a
past commanders badge to retiring
Comdr. Col. Harry Coope. 1t will also
be ladies night" and members of the
District American Legion Auxiliary
and the George Baldwin Mccoy Unit
Of the American Women's Legion will
be present A special. program has
been arranged by Comdr. John F.
Dull and Adjt. j. j. Murphy.
Evening star., 1938-01-02
SPANISH WAR VETERANS

The National Legislative Committee,
of which former Senator Rice w.
Means is chairman. will meet here
January to consider legislation pend
ing before Congress. Comdr. in Chief
Alfred w. Kennedy and other national
officers have been invited.
Col. James S. Petit Camp met, with
Comdr. Samuel W. Hawkins in the
chair. Department Comdr. Victor l..
Woodbridge spoke. Past Comdr Calvin
Lucas was Endorsed for the Office Of
department junior commander.
Department Installing Officer Sam
uel w. McWilliams will be at the meet
ing of Col. John Jacob Astor Camp to-
morrow evening to install the officers.
Gen. Henry w. Lawton Camp will
meet tomorrow evening in Pythian
Temple. The officers will be installed
by Department Installing Offcer SAM
uel McWilliams.
The annual Christmas party was
held by Col. James S. Petit Camp
Monday evening. Department Comdr.
Woodbridge and his staff and Depart
ment President Myrtle Moxley and her
department officers were guests.
Admiral George Dewey Naval AUX
iliary will meet tomorrow evening and
will be convened by President Mary
Burke. Officers will be installed.
Col. John Jacob Astor Auxiliary will
meet Tuesday evening. Officers for the
coming year will be installed. The
meeting will be presided over by Pres
ident Louise West.
President Helen Grissam will be in
the chair at the meeting of Gen. Henry
w. Lawton Camp on Friday evening.
Ofncers will be installed.
The regular monthly meeting of De-
partment Auxiliary will be held Wed
nesday evening in Pythian Temple and
will be in charge of Department Pres
ident Myrtle Moxley.
Meetings this week are:
Monday-Gen. Henry w. LaWton
Camp; Col. John Jacob Astor Camp.
.Thursday-Lieut. Richard j. Hardin
Camp.
Monday-Admiral George Dewey
Auxiliary.
Tuesday-col. John Jacob Astor
Auxiliary.
Friday-Gen. Henry W. Lawton
auxiliary.
Evening star., 1938-01-02
INDOOR RIFLE WORK
TO BEGIN THIS WEEK
Training in Shooting Will Be In.
augurated by 121st En-
gineer Regiment.

During the next four months train.
Ing in shooting will be one of the
paramount features of the program
OF the local Guard engineer regiment
for instruction in handling the rifle
and OF planning for the firing on the
open ranges at Camp Smms in the
spring. The preliminary work will
be on the indoor range in the main
armory at Sixth street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue NV The ranges will
be used also on the dates allotted to
each unit for the qualification of men
who have completed the preliminary
exercises.
First Battalion-January 4 and 18,
February l and Is, March 8 and %,
April and 10.
Second Battalion-January II and
Is. February 8, March /, Is and 20,
April IL and 26.
Headquarters and Service Com
pany-January and Is, February /,
March 18 and 20, April IL and 10.
Indoor ranges have become in
creasingly important in the training
OF Guardsmen to shoot with the rifle,
because of the lack of funds with
which to purchase service ammunition
for firing on the outdoor ranges. Also
1t has been necessary to qualify men
with their particular shooting arms
during the armory drill period, be-
cause of the opposition of the Ma
tional Guard Bureau of the War De-
partment to the use of field training
time during the annual encampments
Tor the dispatch of men to rifle ranges
for qualification with the rifle. They
contend that all this training should
be done during the armory training
period, so that the men will be kepi
together as a unit for field exercises
and maneuvers.
However, there is growing opposition
to the use of the indoor ranges fol-
qualification in rifle practice, because
4 is necessary to use the small .22-
caliber rifle. Officers of the Guard
contend men should be qualified to
shoot with the service rifle, and while
the indoor rifle is all right for teach
ing the rudiments of firing to the
recruit, when he has passed this stage
he should be armed with the high
powered service rifle and sent ou,
to the open ranges, where he will have
the various elements to contend with
that he would have in the open field
during actual warfare.
Evening star., 1938-01-02

Review of 1887.
I'm OUR article on 1.-THE Outlook
for 1897 last January we COM
mented on the great difficulty Of
L winning tournaments these days,
when every team plays the Four Aces
system, but ventured to predict that
we would continue to win our fair
share of tournaments. Actually, the
existence of this difficulty probably
spurred us on, because 1887 was the
best year in our history.
The first team-of-four event Of the
year, the Masters, was won by Baron
Waldemar Won Zedtwitz, Edward
Hymes, jr.; Sam Fry, jr., and Mitchell
Barnes-all, of course, playing the
Four Aces system. The next three
team -of-four events - namely, the
Grand National, the Challenge Team
of-four and the Vanderbilt-were won
by us, assisted by our various fifth
members (B. Jay Becker, Charles
Goren and Sherman Stearns, respec-
tively). Not only did we win these
tournaments but we Clicked" as may
be evidenced by the fact that the
average margin of victory per match
was more than 5000 points. It is
worthy of note that our victory In
the final match Of the Vanderbilt was
our fourteenth straight final-round
victory. The final match in all tour
naments Is always the longest, and,
while we have been beaten several
times in early rounds, once we reached
the finals we always managed to win.
While we predicted that many
tournaments would be won by new
comers, actually it was q year for
the old-timers. However, we do take
pleasure in welcoming the following
new national champions: First, Lester
Bachner Of New York, who won the
Grand National pair championship
with Oswald Jacoby; second, John
C. Kunkel Of Harrisburg, Pa, who
won the mems pair championship at
Asbury Park with Edward M. Cook, tr.
Other noteworthy events of the year
were the winning Of the Individual
Masters by B. Joy Becker and the
Masters pairs by Charles Lochridge
and S. Carton Churchill.
In in the last event OF the year, the
Washinstoh tournament. tho Four
Evening star., 1938-01-02
Meetings This Week.

Monday-Department Employ
ment Committee, Denrike Build
ing, 7:30 pm; Costello Post Drum
and Bugle Corps, National Guard
Armory, 8 pm; Columbia Drum
and Bugle Corps, Registers Build
ing. 8 pm; Lincoln Post, Arcade
Building, 8 pm; McGroarty Post :
Guard Of Honor, National Guard
Armory, 8 pm.
Tuesday Fort Stevens Post
Drum and Bugle Corps, Roosevelt
High School, 8 p.m.; George
Washington Post, Admiral Club,
8p.m.: Costello Post. 8 PM; Sec
ond Division Post, New Colonial
Hotel. 8p.m.
Wednesday-Sergt. Jasper Post,
Pythian Temple, 8 pm: Columbia
Post. 8 pm.
Thursday-Jane Delano Post,
8 pm: Fort Stevens Post, Stans-
bury Hall, 8 pm; Cooley -McCul-
lough Post, 8 pm.
Friday-Agriculture Post, Agri-
culture Department, South Build
ing. room 1899, 8 pm; Sons of
Legion Drum and Bugie Corps,
National Guard Armory, 8 pm;
Department Legislative Commit
tee, Mayfiower Hotel, 8p.m.
Evening star., 1938-01-02
RATES FOR POWER
TOO HIGH, SAYS iva.
Market for Electric Current in
Domestic Use Is More Elastic
Than Utilities Suppose"
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Directors of the Tennessee Valley
Authority, accomplishing their argu-
ments for cheaper power, told Congress
in their fourth annual report yesterday
that private electric rates were too
high.
The T. v. A. Board asserted that
private utility interests would not
suffer If they cut rates. Such reduc-
tions, plus advertising and promotion,
lead to Large increases" in sales, the
report said.
Summarizing the progress OF four
years work in harnessing the Tennes-
see River for navigation, power and
flood control, the board said it was
now developing the power necessary
for the large scale operations of war
industries"
The directors concluded that the
market for electric current in domestic
use is more elastic than the utilities
had supposed"
They asserted domestic users of T..
v. A. power in Alcorn County, Miss,
who started paying 5.37 cents q kilo-
watt hour for 494 kilowatts q month
in 1884, now were paying about 1872
cents an hour for 1897 kilowatts q
month.
As comparison, the director pointed
out that the average residential Gus
toner in the Nation as . whole paid
All cents IN hour for 80 kilowatt hours
in 1896.
Evening star., 1938-01-02
V.E..W. FORMING
AB00STER CLUB
Body Will Head D. C. Dele.
cation in Parade at Ma
ti0naI Convention.
Meetings This Week.

Monday-Council Of Admins
tration, board room, District
Building.
Tuesday - Follow Me Post,
Northeast Masonic Temple; Top
Notch Tent, Military Order Of the
Cootie, 935 G place NV.
Wednesday-Federal Post, 1926
Massachusetts, avenue NV;
Overseas Military Band, National
Guard Armory; Cootie Drum and
Bugle Corps, National Guard
Armory.
Thursday - Equality Walter
Reed Post. Pythian Temple; H. L.
Edmonds Post, Hamilton Hotel.
Friday - McKimmie- -Catterton
Police Fire Post, board room,
District Building.
Saturday-Advance Post, 100
L street NV.
Evening star., 1938-01-02
.D.A.V. CONVENTION
OPENS SATURDAY
Thirty-0ne Delegates From
Five District Chapters
to Attend.

The annual convention Of the Dis
trict Of Columbia Department, Dis
abled American Veterans of the World
War. will convene next Saturday at
1:30 pm. in the board room of the
District Building, with Department
Comdr. John T. Chesdester presiding.
Thirty-one delegates from National
Capital, Federal, Ace Rasmussen, Rea
and Col. Young Chapters will parti-
cipate. Officers will be elected.
On Monday night members of the
organization, Of the auxiliary and their
guests will attend a banquet at the
Hotel Harrington. The United States
Marine Band Orchestra will furnish
music.
Prominent Guests to Attend.
Among the guests who have ac-
cepted invitations are Brig. Gen.
Frank T. Hines, Assistant Secretary
Of the Interior Oscar L. Chapman,
Senator Guy M. Gillette, Miss Mabel
Boardman, executive secretary of the
American Red Cross; Mrs. Irving
Fairweather, national president of the
American War Mothers; Mrs. Wallace
w. Chiswell, president, Washington
Unit, Women's Overseas Service
League: Thomas Mason, jr., depart
ment commander, American Legion;
David B. Herman, department COM
mander, Veterans of Foreign Wars.
The Committee on Arrangements
consists Of William B. Covert, chair
man; Theodore Lindstrom, DR.. Walter
Hess. A. Stuart Burch, Burr Lenhart,
Amos K. Heimer, Mrs. Mary Anne
Kennedy and Phillip r. Belt.
January Calendar.
January 4-National Capital Chap
ter, election Of delegates, 8 pm,
Moose Hall.
January 8-Department convention
and banquet.
January 10-Federal Chapter meet
ing postponed account convention.
January 12-Women's Auxiliary,
Eleventh and L streets NV, pm,
January 19-Department Executive
Committee, 8 pm, District Building
January 20-Col. Young Chapter,
1114 Park road NV, 8 pm.
January 21-Ace-Rasmussen Chap
ter, Soldiers, Sailors and Marines
Club, 8 pm.
January 2+Rea Chapter. Wash
ipgt0n Post Home, 3 pm.
Evening star., 1938-01-02
Jr. O. U. A. NJ. News.

Ross Council installed the follow.
ing officers: Councillor, Vance S
Davis, jr (re-elected: vice councillor
Elmer Carr; conductor, Daniel L
Miller: warden, William H. 1anham
chaplain, C. F. Vorbeck: outside sen.
tinel, r. O. Compton: recording sec
retary, G. T. Barksdale (re-elected)
assistant recording secretary, w. D
Seal (re-electe6; financial secretary
j. H. Lipphard (re-electedD: treas
urer. Ben S. Wells re-electe6; trus-
tee 18 months, Charles w, Hill ire
elected): drill master, H. T. Lewis
(re-elected), and degree master, G. T
Barksdale. The drill and degree teams
will hold a dance at 808 I street NV
on January 8 rom 9 to ~.
Evening star., 1938-01-02
FORTY AND EIGHT

The Grand Cheminot will meet
January Z in the Portner Apartments
at $50. pm. Grand Chef de Care
John Emil McCabe will preside.
A general meeting of the Grande
Voiture will be held at the same place
January IL to plan q testimonial din
ner and dance to Chef de .Chemin de
Fer Fred G. Fraser at the Mayflower
Hotel on January 81. Grand Chef de
Care PaSse John H. O'Conneu is
chairman Of arrangements.
An oyster roast will be held in the
Potomac Boat Club on the afternoon
Of January Is. There win Be dancing.
Evening star., 1938-01-02
AUTO TAGS STOLEN
Three Motorists Report Theft of
New License Plates.

Three motorists who were all set
for the new year with 1898 license
plates for their automobiles reported
to police today their tags had been
stolen.
The victims were Ellis Harris, 3l35
M street NV, and Earl johnson, 6ls
Third street S.W. who said the new
tags were stolen OF their autos while
parked near their homes, and Mabel
q. Mayo, 1000 Cathedral avenue, who
said her tags were stolen from the
front seat Of her CARY
Evening star., 1938-01-02
HAS OWN RAIL STATION
British NJ. p. Stops Train When
ever He Goes to London.

ROWFANT, Commandant
Oliver Locker-Lampson, member of
Parliament for the Handsworth divi-
sion of Birmingham, has a railway
station practically for his own use.
Each day he steps from his home
here. walks 100 yards and catches q
train which stops for him.
Locker-Lampson's grandfather, Sir
Curtist Lampson, was responsible for
this station.
In 1880 the railway company want
ed to run its line through Sir Curtis's
estate. He sold them strip of land
on condition they built = station on
it. and stopped train to carry him to
London every morning.
Evening star., 1938-01-02
Home Bequeathed to Hitler.

COLOGNE Rl.-Loannis Zervoula-
kos, a wealthy Greek who died recently
after long residence here. bequeathed
his local house property to Adolf Hit
ler BY his will, his real estate in
France is to be converted into hos
pital "for injured in fighting Boil
shevism"
Evening star., 1938-01-02
Woodmen Circle.

Willow Grove will meet January Z
at the Thomas Circle Club at 8 pm.
for installation Of officers.
Carolyn Gentner, an active mem-
Der in the grove and Imps Club, en-
tertained some friends after mid.
night church services on Christmas
eve.
Evening star., 1938-01-02
THOMAS To SPEAK
ATLEC|ON SESSION
Executive Committee of D. c.
Department Auxiliary
Meets Tomorrow.

Col. John Thomas Taylor, director
OF the Legislative Committee of the
American Legion, will address meet.
ing OF the Executive Committee OF the
District of Columbia Department
American Legion Auxiliary, tomorrow
evening at the Y. w. c. A., GA E
street NV. Ted Luther, department
chairman of legislation, will also be q
guest.
Department Chairman Mary Roberts
Klaphaak requests unit presidents to
bring the list of unit members with
. home State voting status.
Mrs. Mildred Bell, department chilo
welfare chairman, requires the re-
ports from the unit child welfare
chairmen by January 8, covering the
period of work done from July l to
January /, these reports for use at the
Area B Child Welfare Conference, to
be held at Newark, N. j., January IA
and Is.
The Juniors who have registered fol-
Girls State will hold an organizing
meeting at the Hayloft January is,
under the direction of Department
Chairman of Junior Activities Mrs.
Virginia Mccarthy.
Vincent B. Costello Unit will meet
Tuesday at the War Mothers Home
1927 New Hampshire avenue NV, at
8 o'clock.
Washington Police Post Unit No. 2e
will receive a national citation for
meritorious service from the national
president, Mrs. Malcolm Douglas, for
having equaled and exceeded its last
years membership by January l..
The unit distributed 10 baskets te
the families of needy veterans.
The next meeting will be held Jan
nary IA at GA E street NV. at 8 pm
Plans for the card party on January
Is at the same time and place will
be made.
The Kenneth H. Nash Unit No. 8
under the direction Of Mrs. Ann
Seiders. welfare chairman. supplied
eight needy veterans families with
food, clothing and toys at Christmas
Due to the CO. cooperation and assistance
rendered the unit by the supply serv-
ice, Veterans Administration, Mai j.
D. Cutter, director. these families were
provided with sufficient food to last
them for two or three weeks and with
necessary clothing for every member
of each family, as we'll as toys fo,
the children.
The post and unit gave Joint
Christmas party December "a at the
home of Mrs. Seiders for the children
OF these families.
Meetings this week are:
Monday-EXecutive Committee. 614
E street NV, 7:30 pm.
Tuesday-Vincent B. Costello Unit
War Mothers Home, 8 pm.
Wednesday-Kenneth Nash Unit, Y
w. c. A.. 8 pm.
President Dorothy M. Blake and
members Of the United States De-
partment of Agriculture Unit No sc
assisted the George E. Killeen Unit al
a Christmas party for the patients at
Mount Alto Hospital This unit also
made up four baskets of food and
contributed clothing and toys for dis
trlbution to families of needy veterans
at Christmas.
Evening star., 1938-01-02

Aces could not attend because they
had radio engagements. This tourna-
ment, the first ever held in Washing
ton. proved very popular and all
attendance records were shattered
Several more newcomers were well
coined to the growing list Of cham
pions. The team-of-four was q
board-a-match event. (This is some
what different from the usual type of
team-of-four event, in which total
points decide each match. Here each
board constitutes match, 4 net plus
on any hand giving the team one
match point) This event was won
by q Philadelphia team consisting of
Charles H. Goren, Charles j, Solomon.
John Crawford and Mrs. r. C. Young.
The pair event was another triumph
for our old friend, Waldemar Won
Zedtwitz, playing with A. Mitchell
Barnes. The mixed pairs was won by
Harry Fishbein and Mrs. Sam Rush.
There were two new types of events
which proved popular. The first was
an amateur pair contest, which was
won by two Annapolis lieutenants, r..
A. Cook and G. w. Humphreys. The
second, the women's team-of four
contest, was won by Mrs. James H
Lemon, Mrs. A. P. Stockvis and Mrs.
Martin r. West Of Washington, D. c.,
and Mrs. r. G. Young Of Philadel-
phia.
With the exception of the Masters
pairs, in which Mr.. Lochridge and
Mr.. Churchill played . special system
devised by Mr.. Churchill, all these
winners used the straight Four Aces
system, claiming that other systems
have no chance against the simple
and natural bidding methods of the
Four Aces, which never change.
The amalgamation Of the various
bridge leagues was perhaps the most
important development of the year,
We will discuss it next week.
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Evening star., 1938-01-02
Hawaiian Exports At Peak.

Hawaii shipped more products to
other parts Of the world In 1897 than
ever before In it. history.
Evening star., 1938-01-02
Winning Contract
Review of 1887.
BY THE FOUR ACES.

Burnsne MrTn Mer Oswald acpDy Howard sshenksn
Evening star., 1938-01-02

National Cathedral Post met Tues
day. Department Comdr. Mason, &C.
companied by his stan, presented q
national citation to the post for having
equaled and excelled its 1887 member
ship prior to November 30.
Past Comdr. Ira D. Scott was pre-
sented with a gold Legion watch fob
in recognition Of his service to the
post during the last year.
A motion to present the posts
squadron, Sons OF the American Le-
gion, with colors, was presented by Vice
Comdr. Hayes.
United States Bureau of Internal
Revenue Post at its last Executive
Committee meeting, with Comdr
Charles E. Wolfe presiding, authorized
Senior Vice Comdr. John A. Long and
his Entertainment Committee to make
arrangements for the first annua
George Washington birthday anniver.
sary ball, to be given at the Mayflowel
Hotel on February 1S. The 'L.-3s
Hostess Club" Of the bureau will assist
the committee. The commissioner and
his staf, as we'll - other Treasury
omctals, will be invited.
The next regular post meeting will
be held ut the Hayloft Club ON jan
uary 10.
The Police Post announced 4 per-
manent change Of its meeting place
effective January IS. when 1t will
meet ut Stansbury Lodge Hall in
Brightwood at 3 pm.
The serst. Jap& 4ost viii mee1
Evening star., 1938-01-02

The juniors who have registered for
Girls State will hold an organizing
meeting at the Hayloft January Is,
under the direction of Department
Chairman of Junior Activities Mrs.
Virginia Mccarthy.
The Washington times., 1938-01-03
Income InviOlate

Taxation Any changes schedules such is
plated in the modification Of the capital gains and corporate
surplus evies must decrease the Treasury total income
Abuses in the form Of tax avoidance not be permitted
to return Definite hardshps in the application of the tax
laws should be cured especially small business
Budget The annual deficits of years gradually
being lowered and the budget for 1885, later be submitted
will disclose further decrease But there hope of rk
ing balance between income and outgo year. The
business destroyed all hopes in that
direction.
Agriculture: vast number of American farmers live in
poverty abject than European peasants Under these
circumstances the country faces choice of three remedies
N to cut the of production below other nations "an
obvious impossibity in many crops ~ make the Govern
men the guarantor of farm prices with limit production
(which would bankrupt the strongest government in the
world within decade" (3) to regulate production
insure adequacy of crops at the same time fair
price to the producer
1T is shameless Misrepresentation Mr. Roosevelt said
ito call this policy of Scarcity
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