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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-04-12
PLAN HEARINGS ON
IRISH POTATO CROP
Eastern Producing Counties
Concerned in Proposed
Market Order

College Station, Raleigh, April 10
Two hearings on a proposed MAJ
keting agreement and order designed
70 regulate the handling of Irish pc
totoes will be held for North Carolina
growers next week, l.. p. Watson, O!
state College, announced today.
First Of the hearings has BEEN schc
dulcd for April 81 in Norfolk, Va. and,
the second in Washington, N. c., th,:
following day.
The proposed agreement and order
would prohibit the shipment in inter
etate commerce of potatoes of lower
Grade than u. S. No. and of smalle~
size than one and one-half inches IL
diameter.
It would a!-o pei nit further lim;ta-
lions on the shipment of other small
or inferior quality spuds from any
area upon the recommendation of To-
cal committees, if approved by tbs
Secretary of Agriculture. During am
reriod when control measures are oL
erative for any area, Federal-Statn
inspection would be required on inter
state shipments.
Request for the hearings was made
by potato growers, VINO, IN Washing
ton recently, joined in general recon-
mendations for the development of po
tato marketing agreement programs
for all major producing areas in 1888
and in the future.
Upon completion of the hearings
and after the Secretary has given his
tentative approval, the proposed mat
keting order and agreement will be
submitted to a ballot of poteto pro-
ducers. 1t becomes effective if tw.5
thirds or more of the growers favor
it. and if so per cent Of the handle IS
denote their approval.
Growers in the following counties
will assemble for the Washington
meeting: Beaufort, Bladen, Carteret
Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Dup
I'm. Edgecombe, Greene, Halifax, Har-
nett. Jones, Lenior, Martin, New Han
over. Ons,ow, Pamlico. Fender, Pitt
Robson, Sampson, Tyrrell, Washing
ton. Wayne, ana 'Wilson.
The Norfolk has ing has been sche-
duled for producers of Camden
Chown, Currituck, Pasquotank, ar |
Perduimans counties.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-04-12
lnsurgent Front
Line Is Broken

tContInu~o sropa rage One.)
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-04-12

agreement with II Duce SATURDAY.. I'M
mindful of opposition uproar. The new
friendship with Italy, it was hope !
would wean Mussolini away from his
diplomatic alliance with Adolf Hitler
in the Rome-Berlin axis.
In Geneva the British move to brine
the question of recognition of tn =
Italian conquest of Ethiopia before
the League of Nations Council Nav
9 was interpreted hopefully as thu
forerunner of an effort to bring Italy
back into the League
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-04-12

and gently but thankfully refused
the invitation. He looked relieved anc
then said that he supposed it was fof,
the best that I did not go. He didn't
want to see me get sick.
Now let me state that the little COS
ling is no longer myth nor ghost.
for Mrs. Jones and myself went out
home with Slim last night, and I saw
it, held it, and heard it holler. It vii;
be week old tomorrow. It is a biz,
fuzzy little ball of grey, tinged with
yellow just like you had busted it with
cotton-seed meal, and then turned
Drown
1t tried to pick the buttons off my
coat and vest, tried to eat my finger
nails, tried to peck the hole out of
my ring where the set lost out a yea :.
ago, and tried to eat the flowers of =.
Mrs. Jones dress.
Some of them set it down on the
guitar and it picked the strings will.
its toes and plucked them with it's
bill, so I think someone should send
in musicians name for it. Slim SAYS
to name it Donna. which in Latin
means Gift Will some teacher in
geneology please tell us which is its
mother, the goose that laid the egg,
or one of the four chicken hens tina.
helped hatch it.
And now a farewell word about
Ben and Henry in this picture. do
not know one from the other so I just
say Ben m Henry, just Like you say
Amos n Andy, or peaches m cream.
or ST1' ~ %1%
bread m butter, corned-beef m ca5.
bage, or Punch m Judy. Their names
are synonymous. They might say mine
is, also, so let me go.
T. MOSES JONES.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-04-12

tContInH-o sropa rage One.)
southeast edge of Catalonia. The com
munique also reported the conquest
of many heights in the sector where
the enemy has concentrated their
most powerful forces.
The battle up the narrow river val
ley was described as of extraordinary
violence"
Regiments of Insurgent General
Valino, however, reported the capture
of a village in the Beceite Pass, be-
tween two mountain ranges which
guard Tortosa.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-04-12
STRAWBERRY CROP
TO BE PRESERVED
Abundance of Yield To Provide Suf-
ficiency for Canning, Mrs. :.
Morris States

College Station, Raleigh, April 70
With present indications denoting an
abundance of strawberries this spring
much of the crop will find its way
into the preserving kettle.
Mrs. Cornelia C. Morris, extension
economist in food conservation and
marketing at State College, pointed
out that strawberry jam is a nation
al favorite and has good marketing
possibilities if well made and packed
in attractive containers.
Experiments have proved that the
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-04-12
MORE EARMARKINGS
IN STUN CLEARANCE
G; Communities in Is States Share
S225, 466,OOO Already Set
Aside for Purpose

Washington, April 12-The nation
wide drive against slums and blight
cd areas made a major advance this
week when Nathan Straus, admins
traitor of the United States Housing
Authority, earmarked an additional
S7O,92OOOO for 13 localities and raised
the total commitments so far to
S225 .466, 900 for 81 communities in is
states.
In thus accelerating the USHA's
program to rehouse the poor of the
Sums, Mr.. Straus passed the half
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-04-12

texture and color of the berries are
better if small quantities are cooked
at a time. Large Quantities, while
sometimes satisfactory, usually do
not meet the high requirements set
by the market.
Many farm women dispose of their
surplus jams and preserves on home
demonstration curb markets each
year, Mrs. Morris said. These mar
kets afford ready sal4 Of farm pro-
ducts to city housewives who like
to buy directly from the rural sell
erS.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-04-12
Jap Admiral Thinks
Issue of War Rests ).
With United States
CONTINUED FROM Fuge one,

CONTINUED FROM Fuge One.)
day the Chinese :leld not single ia
panese officer prisoner after more
than nine months of bitter warfare.
He predicted none would be taken
alive.
All officers, he declared, were sworn
to follow a code which demands
suicide. by, haralxiri, or other means
when capture appears unacceptable.
On the Shantung province fronts
battles ragged bitterly along the Tient-
sin-Pukow railway in the ancient
Grand Canal.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-04-12

S It costs New York City approx
mately 100000 an inch to clear snow
from it's streets, according to just
released report. The poet who wrote
about the falling flakes looking like
diamonds didn't know the half of it
they are diamonds!
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-04-12

way mark in loan contracts and ear
markings under the $500,OO0OO0 au-
thorization given him by Congress
under the terms of the United States
Housing Act of 1887.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-04-12

Armaments in 1897 are estimated
to have cost the world more than
Sl2,OOOJOOO,0CD. If civilization does
commit suicide, at least no one can
accuse it of being a cheapskate about
it.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-04-12

years had not been dispelled
The British government, meanwhile.
moved forward doggedly today with
the intention of signing a friendship
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-04-12

1859-First national billiard match
played in Detroit dating start of
game here.
Evening star., 1938-12-23
Collins Forecasts Removal
Of D. C.. Porkinq Meters

This man told Mr.. Collins when
he parked his car the meter was
green and indicated there was 20
minutes parking time left by a car
which had previously occupied the
space. He claimed he put nickel
in the meter, thinking he would
have an hour and 20 minutes to park
and when he returned he found an
overtime parking ticket on the
windshield.
Traffic Director William A. Van
Duzer claimed on the other hand,
the parking meters had been a sue
cess and said he would dislike to see
them abandoned. Business men as
we'll as many motorists had told
him, he said, they approved the
meters because they had made it
possible to find parking space in
the business section.
Prior to installation of the meters,
Mr.. Van Duzer explained the turn
over in a parking space in the busi-
ness area averaged As cars in a
612-hour parking period, whereas
now the average is -.
Evening star., 1938-12-23
Justice Blocks Move
To Build Apartments
On Ma(omb Street
Area Ordered Retained
For Detached Single
Family Dwellings

Action calculated to protect prop
erty on Macomb street from its
eastern terminus to Wisconsin ave-
nue. against erection of apartment
houses and to retain the property
for use solely for detached single
family dwellings was taken by
Justice Jennings Bailey in District
Court yesterday.
Justice Bailey dismissed a bill of
complaint filed by Raymond F. Gar
rity, 14O5 K street NV, who de-
sired to erect a large apartment
house not far from the Kennedy
Warren Apartments, near Connecti-
cut avenue and Macomb street NV.
Mr.. Garrity sued the District of
Columbia, the Zoning Commission,
the District Commissioners, Arno
B. Cammerer, director of the Ma
tional Park Service, who has charge
of public buildings and grounds
here; David Lynn, architect of the
Capitol, and John w. Oehmann,
inspector of buildings for the Dis
trict.
The jurist sustained the position
Of the public officials that the plan
in zoning the property in. the A
restricted use district was in ac-
cordance with the general plan of
the zoning Commission to protect
the Macomb street property against
the erection of apartment houses.
except at the Connecticut and Wis
consin avenues intersection.
Mr.. Garrity wanted the property
rezoned from residential use, 40
foot height and A restricted area,
to residential use, 60-foot height,
and G area districts.
Evening star., 1938-12-23
Band Concerts

BY the Army Band in the audi
torium at the Army War College at
11:3O am. tomorrow. Capt. Thomas
F. Darcy, jr., leader; Karl Hubner,
assistant
Potpourri, around the Christmas
Tree -----. Tobani
Berceuse, Lullaby to Doll" from
the suites. Infants Games" Bizet
Descriptive Tom Thumbs Drum"
Sarony
Excerpt, christmas Scene" from
the suite, The Miracle"
Humperdinck
Characteristic, Rocking Horse
Parade" Premiere
March, "Religioso"- Chambers
"The Star Spangled Banner"
BY the Marine Band in the audi
torium at the Marine Barracks at
3 pm. today. Capt. Taylor Branson,
leader; William F. Santelmann, as
sistant.
"The Marines Hymn"
Overture, "Carneval, Opus 92,"
Dvorak
Idyl, Bells Across the Meadow"
Ketelbey
Xylophone solos,
(a) Santa Claus Is Coming to
Town Coots
(b) THE Night Before Christ
mas" Baer
Charles Owen.
"Polonaise," from "Christmas
Night" - Rimsky -KorsakoW
Cornet solo, Birthday of King"
Neidlinger
Winfred Kemp.
I'm the Church" TschaikoWsky
Intermezzo, "A Musical Snuff
Box" -LiadoW
Hymn, Away In Manger."
Evening star., 1938-12-23
Recreation Units
Bid 10 Operate Golf
Courses Challenged
leoffler Firm Counsel
May Force Hearing
On New Contract

The right of the Welfare and Rec
reational Association of Public
Buildings and Grounds, Inc, semi
public organization, to bid in COM
petition with private companies and
individuals for the right to operate
public golf courses in the Districts
park system has been challenged
and the case may come before Sec
retary of the Interior Ickes for pub
lie hearing.
Three bids. one submitted by the
association, were opened at the In
terror Department late yesterday by
Noble j. Wilt, assistant to the chief
Of the Park Operations Division of
the National Park Service.
When the associations bid was
opened, it was challenged by E.
Barrett Prettyman, former District
corporation counsel, representing
another bidder, S. G. Leoffler & Co.
Mr.. Prettyman contested not only
the right of the association to COM
pete with private bidders but also
challenged the legality of an uncer-
titled $4,000 check drawn on the
Treasury of the United States on the
ground that specifications for the
bids stipulated that they must be
accompanied by certified check.
R. D. Lewis, deputy general manager
Of the Welfare and Recreat ational
Association, explained that the
United States Treasury does not
certify checks.
Louis Frick, legal head of the
Office of National Capital Parks,
told Mr.. Prettyman that his pro-
test will have to be referred to the
director of the National Park Serv-
ice, the Secretary of the Interior
and possibly the Controller General.
Mr.. Prettyman inquired whether a
public hearing would be granted
and was told that he should apply
for such hearing to the director
Of the National Park Service. He
indicated that he will do so.
Since the present contract for op-
GRAFTON OF the public golf courses
will expire at midnight December 81
and the specifications require that
the successful bidder must be pre-
pared to take over and operate the
courses at that time, the protest
is regarded as having created a
rather serious situation.
The third bid was submitted by
William Leverton and j. S. Con-
molly of Bethesda, Md. Each of
the three bidders proposed to pay
to the Federal Government a fixed
annual sum of $4,000 for the priv
ilege of operating the courses and
In addition. percentage of the
gross receipts.
The Leoffler bid proposed to pay
3 per cent of the gross receipts
annually up to S150,0O0; per cent
of the next $4,000; per cent of
the next $25 900; 6 per cent on the
next $25 900; per cent on the next
$25,000; per cent on the next
$25 900 and 10 per cent on all gross
receipts over 100000.
Evening star., 1938-12-23
Fair Taxation Group
Net Income Levy
Estimate Cut
Sales Tax Proposal
Of Commissioners
Criticized

Members of the Commissioners
Tax Advisory Committee. who have
Endorsed proposals for combination
of sales tax with a limited form of
income tax, were taken to task today
for this action by Mrs. John Boyle,
jr., chairman of the Citizens Com
mittee for Fair Taxation.
Mrs. Boyle revealed that officials
of her group have revised downward
their estimates of how much money
could be raised by the adoption of
full-fledged personal net income
levy having moderate" rates. In
arguments for such tax plan. the
group had insisted between s7O00,-
900 and S7,5OO,OOO could be raised by
this means. A few days ago Chair
man Daniel j. Donovan of the Com
missioners' Committee challenged
Mrs. Boyle to supply evidence of a
return as high as the estimate.
Criticizes Committee.
In her reply given today to Maj.
Donovan, Mrs. Boyle criticized the
Commissioners committee for pro-
ceeding to act on the suggested pro-
gram without awaiting the estimates
on the return of a State income tax
which they had asked her to supply.
She said she and her group were en-
gagged in preparing schedules, but
would not supply details to the COM
mittee since it had already pro-
ceeded to act.
However, she told Maj. Donovan
the Fair Taxation Committees esti-
mates of yield were based on data
in the 1896 issue of statistics of In
come" an annual publication of the
Bureau of Internal Revenue made
available to the general public. She
said the proposed straight income
tax, with a top rate not exceeding
eight per cent, could produce as
much as $5,500,000.
Mrs. Boyle wrote Maj. Donovan: !:
"On the basis of these data, using
Federal exemptions, the tax experts
at the disposal of your committee
should easily have been able to
designate a rate schedule with a
top rate not exceeding per cent,
which, coupled with a corporate net
income tax at S per cent, could
safely be estimated to yield approx
mately $8,000,000. The same tax,
with a rate of 6 per cent on cor
porate net income and a top rate of
10 per cent on personal net income,
would yield, on this basis, approx
mately $10,0OO,0OO, the peak revenue
requirements for 1947.
I'm view OF the above facts and
the almost complete failure of the
Advisory Committees recommended
tionS to conform to its announced
Evening star., 1938-12-23

intention of drafting a tax program
based on ability to pay, we feel it
would be useless to attempt to CO.
operate with your committee and to
offer 1t detailed schedules"
I'VE feel that the Congress, al
though it does not purport to rep
resent the people of the District,
probably will do much better by
them and that more good will result
to the people as a whole if our
efforts are directed at the Con-
gress.
THE unwillingness of most of the
members of your committee to make
public their stand on the majority
recommendations clearly demon
strates the need for greater alert
ness on the part of the citizens
of the District to see that important
deliberations are intrusted to per-
sons who at least represent the
views of the organizations with
whom they claim official connec-
ton"
Evening star., 1938-12-23
Report on D. {. Relief
Is Kept Secret
By Collins
Subcommittee Head
Says Only Survey
Is a Daisy

A voluminous report detailing the
results of an exhaustive investiga-
ton Of the administration Of public
assistance funds in Washington was
submitted today to Chairman Col
Inns Of the House subcommittee on
District appropriations. He declined
to make it public.
Prepared by Burdette Lewis, ma
tionally known public welfare au-
thority who directed the relief in
quiry, the report was presented to
Representative Collins by Ringgold
Hart, former principal assistant
corporation counsel of the District,
who served as chairman of a Citi-
zens' Advisory Committee which
selected the investigator.
Mr.. Collins described the report
as a daisy" and said he planned
to make it public in sections just
prior to hearings on the 1910 Dis
trict appropriation bill. The hear
ings are scheduled to start early
in March.
Mr.. Lewis wrote the report in four
parts, two of which are said to con-
tain charts depicting the public re-
lief situation in Washington. One
chapter is said to be devoted to the
transient relief problem.
The first two sections of the report
deal with general relief conditions
and include also the recommends
tions of Mr.. Lewis for handling pub
lie assistance funds in the future.
No recommendations were made by
the Advisory Committee In its let
ter Of transmittal.
The investigation began last May
at the direction of Mr.. Collins and
Chairman Thomas of the Senate
Subcommittee on District Appropri-
ations, who had Congress provide
funds in the 1899 Appropriation Act
to finance 1t.
Evening star., 1938-12-23
Rare Horpy Eagle Is New Star
Of Zoos Bird Collection
Only Three Others
Of Tropic Species
In Captivity

One Of the rarest creatures in cap
tivity, a harpy eagle, arrived at the
Zoo yesterday to become the star
of the bird collection.
The harpy is the largest and most
powerful of birds of prey and occu-
pies the same range as the monkey
and sloth, on which he feeds.
Only three others are known to be
in collections-two at the St. Louis
Zoo and another in Germany. DR.
William M. Mann, Zoo director, re-
called that the last harpy eagle seen
here died 16 years ago. For almost
20 years the harpy had been one of
the most popular Zoo attractions.
The tropical bird will be kept in
doors in the winter to protect him
from the unaccustomed cold. He
arrived yesterday in a cage covered
with layers of cloth and paper to
keep him warm.
Evening star., 1938-12-23

The 80 parking meters operating
in the business section on an ex-
perimental basis may be removed
June 80, the end Of the experimental
period, it was disclosed today by
Chairman Collins of the House sub
committee In charge Of District ap-
preparation bills.
Mr.. Collins said he had received
a number of complaints against the
meters and If they continued he
would recommend that no funds be
provided in the 1910 Appropriation
Act for permanent installations.
The source of the opposition to
the meters was not revealed by Mr..
Collins. He said. however, the prin-
cipal criticism is that the meters
are a nuisance" don't look good"
and carry out the toll bridge idea. :"
He also said a man called on him
this morning to complain that he
had received an overtime parking
ticket for parking a hour and 20
minutes because Of his failure to
understand how the meters op-
Grated.
Evening star., 1938-12-23
S36,788 Added Fund
Voted by D. {. Heads
For School Heat, Light
Supplementary Money
Approved to Prevent
Possible Closures

The Commissioners in a swift ac-
tion today received and approved
for inclusion in the first 1899 de-
ficiency bill the requests of the
Board of Education for supplement
tary appropriations totaling $36,7S8
to the heat and light item and the
officers and clerks salary items in
the school budget.
The school requests, recommend
ed to the Commissioners as urgent"
to prevent the possible closing Of
the schools from insufficient heat
and light funds and the payless
furloughing of officers because pay
roll obligations exceed the appro-
priation, will be transmitted to the
Bureau of the Budget at once for
approval and inclusion in the bill.
The bill will be submitted to
Congress early in January as soon
as that body reconvenes.
Economy slashes by the House
Subcommittee on Appropriations
made the supplementary appropria-
tions necessary. The schools are
asking for a return of the $4,000
slashed from the heat and estimates
on the grounds that school Gus
todians are inefficient. Despite
drastic economies, school officials
feel it will be impossible to live
within the appropriated $500, 900 as
expenses are already running close
to those Of 1887, when 1925 900 was
granted.
Supplementary amounts of $l0,-
600 to the officers pay item and
$l,778 to the clerks salary item are
needed because of a budget slash
made by the subcommittee in the
belief that an equal amount would
be forthcoming from Federal ap-
preparations under the George-Deen
Act to expand vocational education,
school officials have explained
George-Deen funds. however. are
applicable only against the salaries
of vocational teachers, while the cut
was made from the regular salary
items, they said.
Evening star., 1938-12-23
Grand Jury Returns
True Bills Against
1S Persons
W. 6. Murray Accused
Of Threatening Wife
Among Number

William G. Murray, who allegedly
wrote defamatory and threatening
postcards to his estranged wife In
Cleveland, Ohio, was among 18 per-
sons indicted by the District grand
jury today.
In their indictment of Murray,
who lives in the 1900 block of U
street NV. the grand jurors de-
clared they purposely omitted from
the indictment the words in ques-
ton "for the reason that they are
too repulsive and indecent"
Virginia Williams, colored, 80, was
indicted for robbery in the theft of
SIS from Stephan Kaminski, a
waiter, who the grand jury was ad-
vised had befriended the woman
prior to being robbed.
Carl c. Cook, colored, 80, was in
dicted for robbery and on charge OF
impersonating a policeman, ruse
employed in an alleged extortion.
Others indicted and the chasges
we're:
Robert I. Humphrey, forging and
uttering; Charles E. Sprankle, joy
riding and grand larceny; Walter
Bell, joyriding; Joseph T. Morris,
grand larceny; William A. Holley,
Darnell R. Kinard, Carlton A. Wat
son, Theodore Wells, Charles H.
Clark, Earlean o. James, Arthur
Richardson, Frank c. Coates and
Melvin F. Ellis, housebreaking and
larceny; Wilson Wallace, forging
and uttering a Government check,
and Amelia Frazier, robbery.
The grand jury ignored these
cases: Ella J. Bell, assault with a
dangerous weapon; Forest v. Green,
larceny after trust; Arastead WASH
ington, robbery, and Goldsborough
w. Kicks, joyriding.