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Evening star., 1938-12-18
Santa Is Voted Down
In Gridiron Club
Dinner Skit
President Heads Guests
At kewspopermen's
Winter FroIic

1--WE are hunting for our reindeer,
the G. o. P. is back;
They took our Christmas gifts and
toys and there's nothing in our
pack!
Oh! You better watch out, Frank
lin D.,
Find a brand new Christmas tree
Santa Claus has been voted down."
With this as an opening note
the Gridiron Club swung into wide
pattern of satire and Jest at its
annual winter dinner in the Willard
Hotel last night. The Republican
comeback" the failure of the pres
idential purge" the troubles of Eu-
rope as exemplif1ed at Munich, the
Lima Conference of the American
nations, the monopoly investigation,
the revolt of the farmer voters, all
were treated with an impartial hand
by the famous newspaper club.
A distinguished audience, includ-
ing President Roosevelt, was well
coined by George r. Holmes. presi-
dent of the club and chief of the
Washington Bureau of the Interna-
tional News Service, in a speech
that set the tempo for the evening.
AS President Holmes completed
his remarks the orchestra struck
up Jingle Bells" but in a decidedly
sombre strain, wholly in keeping
with the sorry-looking group of
Santa Clauses that tr,ldced oy, tho
CONTINUED on Page A-10, Col. u
Evening star., 1938-12-18
Hopkins Pushed
For Defense Job,
Says Lumneck
By the Associated Press.

Representative Lamneck, Demo-
crat, of Ohio. recently defeated for
reelection, said last night that the
administration inner circle" was
planning to make w. P. A. Admin
istrator Harry L. Hopkins either
Secretary of War or Navy.
Lamneck told a radio audience
Mr. Hopkins might be slipped into.
the job of Secretary of Commerce
temporarily, but that the Inner cir
Gle hope to abolish the Department
of Commerce as such" because its
encouragement of business was
wholly repugnant to the radicals"
The Ohio Representative said that
in either the War or Navy Depart
ment the ''fair-haired political ad-
visor of the inner circle would be
able to continue in the pleasant
pastime of spending more millions
and at the same time populariZe
himself to such an extent that he
might be the radical candidate for
President in 1940."
There has been much speculation
IN the Capltal as to the likelihood
Of Mr.. Hopkins being named to re-
place Daniel C. Roper as Secretary
Of Commerce. Mr.. Roper has re-
signed. effective December %.
"A great war scare also is in the
making" Representative Lamneck
declared. "The radical inner circle
is planning to whip the country into
state of feverish excitement and
patriotic fervor over the prepared
ness issue. Having failed to solve
the unemployment problem or re-
store prosperity, it realizes that it
is in desperate straits for a popular
issue to divert attention from its
failures"
He predicted also an attempt to
lift the limit Of $4,000, ,00o, 900 on
the public debt.
Evening star., 1938-12-18
Plan 10 Modernize
D. {. Corporation
Law Is Studied
Toxotion Advisory Group
Sees Chance to Save
100000 in Revenue
BY JAMES f. CHINN.

A plan to collect, for the benefit
of the District, 100000 or more
which year flows from corporations
doing business in Washington into
the tax Golfers of the various States
which chartered them, was taken
under consideration yesterday by the
Commissioners Advisory Committee
on Taxation and the tax experts at
the Capitol, who ave working jointly
on a program for revamping the
municipal tax structure.
The plan, originally suggested by
the District Bar Association, calls
for modernization of the existing
corporation law, which, because it is
regarded as obsolete" and ''un-
workable" has resulted in the in
corporation in the States of about
10000 firms doing business in WASH
ton. These so-called foreign cor
porations" are said to be paying to
the States in which the corporation
charter was issued at least 81 900 900
a year in franchise fees and other
tributes-revenue that the District
badly needs to keep its ever-increas-
ing budget in balance.
1000 Incorporated in D. C.
Data furnished the tax experts
and the Advisory Committee show
there are $4,000 incorporated firms
in Washington, only 1000 of which
were incorporated under the Dis
trict's archaic corporation law. The
Bar Association believes if the ex-
isting law is brought up-to-date and
made to conform in, certain respects
with corporation statutes in those
States now enjoying the bulk of the
corporation charter business from
the District, nearly all of the foreign
corporations" would reincorporate
under the revised District Code. And,
If they did, the District could count
on about $1,000,000 a year in addi-
tional revenue from this source.
Most of the revenue collected by
the States from the foreign cor
porations" in Washington Is in the
form of an annual franchise tax
which the District law does not re-
quire from the corporations it char
ters. Several States, notably Della
ware, which appears to have mo-
nopoly on the incorporation busi-
ness from the District, also require
the corporations they charter to pay
an annual fee to the secretary OF
state in addition to the franchise
tax.
A change in the District corpora
ton law was recommended during
(see TAXES, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1938-12-18

nissioners to remedy the situation
by revising the law.
The petitioners also have been
Joined in the fight by J. Harry Gov
ington, former chief justice of the
District Supreme Court, who has
prepared a brief attacking the con-
stitutionality of section II (prohibit-
ing home treatment) of the act on
the ground that it is a denial of
equal protection of the laws.
The Commissioners have referred
the matter to the corporation coun-
sells office for study and report, it
was learned.
The petition, which bears the sig
natures of 244 prominent Washing
tonians, including Mrs. Louis
Brandeis, wife of the Supreme Court
justice, terms only as incidental
the hardship to the client under
the mo home treatment" provision.
I'VE are familiar with cases where
women have engaged in hair wash
ing and hair dressing In the homes
(see BEAUTICIANs. Page A-1s)
Evening star., 1938-12-18
Treasury Clerk, 26, Found
Fatally Shot in Car
picture on Pare A-2.)

A Treasury Department clerk,
identified by driving license in his
pocket as Upton L. Gulick, 26, Of
1858 Clark place NV, was found
fatally shot through the left temple
late last night in a car on Conduit
road near its intersection with Res
ervoir road NV.
The wounded man, who was alone
in the car when found, died two
hours later at Georgetown Hospital
after he had been rushed there for
emergency treatment. A passing
motcrist, Roy Lawyer, of 400e Twen-
tieth street, North Arlington, Va,
had discovered him and called Sew
enth Precinct police
Mr.. Lawyer said he was driving
on Conduit road when he saw the,
car in the middle of the road with
its lights on. He said that upon III
spection he discovered a .32-caliber
revolver in the car.
Relatives with whom Mr.. Gulick
lived told police he apparently was
in good spirits when last seen at 10
pm. They said his wife, Mrs. Helen
Athey Gulick, lives in Bon Air, Va.
Evening star., 1938-12-18
Law Forbidding Home Beauty
Treatments Brings Protest
District Act Arbitrary, Works Hordships,
Brief Stotes-Petition Asks Revision
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Regulation of the operations
OF beauty operators in the Dis
trict ,Das propided under an act
adopted at the past session of
Congress In measure neither
sponsored nor approved by the
District Commissioners. 1t Uus
tostered By agents OF organized
members OF the cosmetology
field. While the Cosmetologv
Board ,0as appointed by the
Commissioners, 1Dho prouided
housing for the agency, the
agency is an independent board
and operates directly under the
authority OF the enabling act.
Asserting that many Washington
beauticians are being forced into
unemployment and on relief rolls
because of a regulation in the Cos
Act forbidding beauty
treatments at the homes Of clients
more than 400 prominent Capital
women have petitioned the Com
Evening star., 1938-12-18
First Hint of Double Life Came
To S. E. G. From Tipster
Agent, Investigating, Learned Real Name
Of Coster OFF Old Bill of Ludinq

disclosed pending trial. The caller
showed the agent an old, yellowed
bill of lading. keeping his thumb
over a signature
"'Under my thumb" said the
caller, is the real name and sigma
ture of Coster. But I'm afraid to
show it to you. might be done to
death
The agent noticed a name type
written a fraction of an inch above
the signature He made a mental
note of it and said, 'Okay, If that's
the way you feel about it, we don't
want it. He hurried back to the
Office and sent us into a most re-
markable investigation of dual per-
sonalities. The typewriter name
above the signature was Philip
Musica.'"
Two or three days later Inspector
Joseph Donovan of the New York
police compared Musica's finger
prints with Coster's. They matched.
About two weeks ago Costers
fCoo rNryyrCrv~
Evening star., 1938-12-18
Rumania Arrests
Baptist CIergymen
And C|osesChurthes
Refusal to Comply With
Civil Lows Charged
In Bucharest
Fy the Associated Press.

Es VIC hssOSlotbd ICss'
BUCHAREST, Dec 1.-THE arrest
Of an unstated number of Baptist
clergymen and closing of some Bap-
tist churches was disclosed today
by the Rumanian ministry of pop
ular culture.
that the clergymen were not arrested
on account of their religious attitude,
but in most instances for refusal to
comply with civil laws for the regu-
lation of all churches except the
official Rumanian Orthodox Church.
Rumanian law requires that all
religious sects periodically register
data as to membership. leadership
and sources of income with the
ministry of culture
Officials charged that Baptists,
Encouraged by foreign elements, !"
refused to conform to this law. 1t
was stated that there were no re-
Strictions on Baptists or other sects
in Legitimate seeking of converts, "
but that some Baptist missionaries
openly disparaged the official
Orthodox Church."
A ministry spokesman attributed
to a misunderstanding of circum-
stances protest made in America
against Rumanian efforts to ad-
minister these establishments.
Government figures indicated that
there were 41,000 Baptists and 1922
Baptist churches and chapels in Ru-
mania, but Baptist leaders stated
that the governments figures were
Incomplete and that both numbers
were considerably greater.
The Executive Committee of the
Southern Baptist Convention, meet
ing in Nashville, Tenn, adopted
Wednesday a resolution asking Pres
ident Roosevelt to protest to the
Rumanian government against what
1t said was Rumanian decree clos
ing Baptist churches.
DR.. Rufus w. Weaver of Washing
ton, chairman of the Joint Com.
mittees of Public Relations of the
Northern and Southern Baptists,
said he understood that so Baptist
churches in Rumania had been
closed and "13 ministers arrested,
prosecuted, fined and denied civil
rights"
Evening star., 1938-12-18
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Dec. 17.-Little
things-a scrap of paper or. an
abandoned Office floor and quarter
inch of space on bill of lading-
led to the unmasking of F. Donald
Coster, dignified head of a monu-
mental corporation, as Philip Musica,
ex-convict and perpetrator of an
industry shaking hoax.
James J. Caffrey, regional ad-
ministrator of the Securities and Ex-
change Commission, disclosed to-
night how the first intimation came
that Coster was living double life.
Last Monday I received a
mysterious call from a nearby CITY,"
Mr.. Caffrey related. II was advised
by the caller that he could give us
the real name of Coster, whom we
had been investigating in connec-
ton with their reorganization appli-
cation.
Il sent an agent at once to the
caller, whose identity must not be
Evening star., 1938-12-18
Garner Cant Recall
Subjects Discussed
With Roosevelt
Talk With Farley Before
Two-Hour PorIey
Is Reported
BY the Associated Press.


President Roosevelt talked over
the congressional outlook with Vice
President Garner yesterday in a con-
terence which led to speculation that
the Chief Executive would try to
reunlte his party on the common
ground of national defense.
The more conservative Vice Presi-
dent, ruddy and joke-cracking as
ever, returned to the Capital ahead
OF most members of Congress, at
the request of "the boss"
He and the President lunched
with committee drawing plans for
building at Hyde Park, N. Y. where
the Presidents papers, books and
pictures are to be collected for his
torians.
Then they retired to the Chief
Executives study, in the residential
quarters of the White House, for a
long chat about many things.
Intercepted by Reporters.
Two hours later, preceded by two
buffers. Mr.. Garner strobe swiftly
from the White House. He mo-
toned for his waiting car and then,
when reporters started asking cues
tions, pulled off his gray COW coun-
try hat.
I'm perspiring," he remarked
with a grin. Its awfully hot up
there"
What did you talk about?" a
neWSman asked
Il can't remember" the Vice
President shot back.
He then stepped quickly into his
car, remarking that he was already
an hour late" for another appoint
ment.
There were reports that Mr.. Gar
ner conferred with Postmaster Gen.
eral Farley prior to his talk with
the President Asked whether such
conference had occurred, Mr.. Gar
ner replied:
ASK jim"
Have Similar Views.
Mr.. Farley could not be reached
Immediately
Mr.. Garner and the Postmaster
General have been understood gen.
orally to entertain similar political
views. Both have been represented
(See GARNER. Page ABB
Evening star., 1938-12-18
Throngs Attend Toy Motinees,
PiIing Up Gifts for Needy
Thousands Assured of Merry Christmas
As Campaign Enters Final Week

Thousands Of children for whom
next Sunday might have been just
another day will have q merry
Christmas instead, because Of Wash
ington's response to the Warner
Bros. toy matinees yesterday.
High-point of The Star-Warner
Bros.-N. B. c. Christmas campaign
annually, the matinees ushered in
the final week of the drive, in which
every effort will be made by allied
agencies to provide a happy holiday
for the less fortunate people of
Washington.
The neighborhood theaters were
the chief gathering centers.
The movie at the Tivoh Theater,
Fourteenth street and Park road
Evening star., 1938-12-18
Whittall Concert
on
Station WMAL

A portion of the Chamber
Music Concert at the Lii
brary of Congress will be
broadcast this evening over
Station WMAL at 10 o'clock.
The radio program will
feature the playing of the
Gordon String Quartet in
one of a series of concerts
sponsored by the Gertrude
Clarke Whittall Foundation
in the Library of Congress.
The broadcasts from the
Library of Congress are
presented through the CO.
operation of The Star and
the National Broadcasting
Co.
Announcements of future
concerts and programs will
be printed in The Star.
Evening star., 1938-12-18

NV, attracted 1,4O0 toy-bringing
patrons. Several hundred toys were
left at the Ambassador Theater,
Eighteenth street and Columbia
road NV. and many hundreds were
left at the Sheridan Theater, 6217
Georgia avenue NV. Because of
the easy access to these and the
other Warmers neighborhood houses,
with several new theaters added to
the list this year, the crowds at the
Earle and Metropolitan, downtown,
were no greater than in previous
years.
Yesterday the Parent-Teacher As
sociation distribution headquarters
at 612 Thirteenth street NV. was
500 CANEDATcN Dooa AQl
Evening star., 1938-12-18

The Nations producers of hurley
and dark type tobacco gave the New
Deals farm program another jolt
last night by rejecting Federal mar
keting controls on their 1899 crops.
In referenda held in IA Southern
and Midwestern States. the tobacco
farmers failed to give the necessary
two-thirds majority to prosals of
the Agricultural Adjustment Ad-
ministration that it be authorized
to impose marketing quotas to re-
strict sales.
Producers of flue-cured tobacco
voted December 10 against quotas.
In two other referenda. cotton farm
ers approved and rice growers re-
jected quotas.
AS a consequence of these elec-
tions, farmers will be free to pro-
duce and market all the tobacco
they desire in 1899. Under quota
provisions governing sales of all
three kinds of the tobacco this year,
farmers who sold in excess of their
quotas were subject to a penalty tax
OF half the market price on flue-
cured and hurley and 2 cents a
pound on dark type.
Results of Referenda.
On the basis of virtually complete
returns, yesterdays referenda results
were:
Burley - For quotas. 121,775;
against, 7550l; per cent in favor,
612.
Dark type-For quotas, 24,25O;
against, 1886; per cent in favor,
COS.
Loss of the referenda gave the
A. A. A. only one victory as against
four losses on marketing quota pro-
posals for 1899.
The victory was scored, however.
in the case of cotton-a crop that
far exceeds tobacco and rice COM
biped in acreage and farm income,
as well as in the number of farmers
engaged in its production.
The hurley returns showed Ken
lucky, which produces the bulk of
this tobacco. voting overwhelmingly
in favor of the control program
but large number of negative votes
in North Carolina, Tennessee, Vir-
ginia and Ohio cut down the total
majority.
Administration officials contend
that application of quotas to this
years tobacco crops has kept pro-
duction closely in line with expected
market needs. AS a consequence
they said, prices remained at or near
the A. A. AS parity price goal.
Parity prices for tobacco are those
which give the product purchasing
power, in terms of non-agricultura
goods and services, equal to that it
possessed in the 19l9-1929 period.
Larger Crops Forecast.
A. A. A. officials predicted the
acreage would be much larger next
year. Farmers will be free to market
all they produced. (Under marketing
control, sales in excess of quotas are
subject to a penalty tax of half the
sale price for hurley and 2 cents
pound on dark-type tobacco0 Re-
sulting excessive supplies, added to
existing surpluses, would cause prices
to decline, officials said, unless there
was an unexpected large expansion
in market demands.
Officials said price declines might
be so large that the income from to-
bacco-one of the South's principal
cash crops-would be materially
lower than this years, which has
been estimated at $285, ,00O,OO The
income from tobacco last year was
estimated at $319 100000.
The proposed quotas were: Burley.
(See REFERENDA, Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1938-12-18
Gotham Meat Workers
Vote to End Strike
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 17.-Members
Of the United Meat Workers &C. I.
o., Local 635, voted today to end
their week-long strike against go
packing company plants.
The strikers voted to return to
work Monday when informed the
packers would recognize the union
as sole bargaining agent and negoti-
ate for . wage-hour contract.
Union leaders claimed 1000 work
ers had joined the walkout.
Evening star., 1938-12-18
New Trade Pact for ItoIy

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Dec. II
R.-President Alfredo Baldomir to-
day approved trade agreement
with Italy under which Italy agreed
to buy 10000, 900 lire $4,000, ,OO0) of
Uruguayan products in 1899 in COM
parison with 100000 lire bought
this year.
Evening star., 1938-12-18
Tobacco Quota,
System Beaten:
In Referenda
New Deal Set Back
In Four Out of Five
Crop Proposals

BACKGROUND
Marketing quota system gipes
farmers opportunity to pote
iohether they Dant unlimited
production or control through
Government firing OF amount of
crops each gro1Der OF certain
commodities may sell Without be-
ing subject to penalty tar. 1t is
one OF Secretary Wallace's efforts
to keep farm prices at tair lepel,
but has been under fire by pro-
ponents of other plans. In Uoting
1Oeek ago, farmers rejected con-
troll plan for rice and fue-cured
tobacco, but approved it for
cotton.
Evening star., 1938-12-18
Musico Exported Munitions
On Huge Scale, Prober Thinks;
Scrap Of Paper Led to His Fall
Authorities Are Told
Firm Was Forced to
Pay Heavy BIockmoiI'
BACKGROUND

EleDen days ago an application
for receiuerShip for McKesson &
Robbins, Inc. 1uas filed by stock
holder in Hartford, Conn, dlleg-
ing the company's accounts con-
tained false items "in ercess OF
$1S.00,000." Four days later four
separate. probes 1Dere begun
,Dhich resulted in the arrest of
F. Donald Coster-M -Musica, presi-
dent OF the firm, and three aides
tDho turned out to be his
brothers. Unearthed Das a
nearly unique crime story a
quarter century long.
Evening star., 1938-12-18

(See CAMPAIGN, Page A-8O
Evening star., 1938-12-18

(See INVESTIGATION, Page A-4
Evening star., 1938-12-18

(See LIMA, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1938-12-18

Partly cloudy today. somewhat colder at
night; tomorrow, generally fair; gentle
northerly winds today. Temperatures
esterday-Highest, 43, at pm; low
est, 34 at 4 am. Full report on
page Az.
Evening star., 1938-12-18

(See GARNER, Page ABB
Evening star., 1938-12-18

Continued on Page A-10, Col. IL
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-01

well known among the members of the organization. Every day for years he fed flock of pigeons, who appeared daily at about 2 D. m. in the Elks' courts. Hundreds of them flew all about the good heart ed steward as he diShed out pan after pan of proper bird food to them. In the winter, regular cooked food was supplied Off, ten, injured birds were taken by him, crated in a back room, cared for and their injuries dressed until they were able to join their other companions. Upon several occas- ions, he paid for veterinary hire to dress hurts.
 Able Assistants
 And during his illness the same practice has been carried out by his first aid, Jim Kilmartin, and also by Eddie O'Donnell, engaged temporarily to fill the vacancy.
 Bill did this for 25 years," ex- plained Jim Kilmartin, "and we know he wants us to continue it while we are here"
 The Elks, in their ritual, say, "an Elk is never forgotten" We don't believe it, but good Elk that we are, we must think so anyway.
 Surely, Bill O'Donnell, should never be forgotten. The Elks should remember this. There are many members who of themselves will never forget him. because of the numerous kind deeds per- formed for them.
 Some time in the near future his name will be read as one of the departed members. If we had our way, we would suggest a suitable eulogy on the part of Dr. John w. Fruin, an excellent and wonder full speaker, 8 student of English, and great admirer of Will O'Donnell. No one could do it better. We wonder if the thought will enter those in charge. Per- haps it will; we hope so and therefore many of the members will look for it.
 Miss Smile
 Yes, Bill O'Donnell is dead and gone, but the Elks clubhouse will continue to go along.
 Yet, there are many among us who will miss the smile and salu- tation of one we admired and thought so much about.
 The old clubhouse and the old hand dumb waiter are bound to keep him in mind.
 He was a great fellow.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-01

According to police records there were 28,885 cars stolen in the state of Massachusetts last year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-01
AGED PEDESTRIAN
 INJURED BY AUTO
John J. Perigard Taken to St. Mary's Hospital Fol-
 lowing Accident

John J. Perigard. 86, of A East Liberty street, was injured yesterday afternoon when struck by a bus at South Main and Liberty streets. Patrolman John Cronin reported that the pedestrian walked into the path of the vehicle.
 The injured man was taken to St. Mary's hospital. He suffered a num- Der of decorations about the face and hands, and was severely shak- en up.
 The bus was operated by Paul w. Gill, 43, of RED. 3, and was pro- ceeding south on South Main street.
 A collision on South Main street last night resulted in the arrest of Charles E. Ouellette, "A, of 964 Bald win street. His car struck an auto- mibile driven by Arthur Lanouette, A, of 56 South street.
 Patricia Lanouette, 3, suffered abrasians about the head in the crash and was treated at St. Mary's hospital.
 Ouellette was charged with talk ing car without permission and viola tinng the rules of the road.