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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-09
DR.. CULBERTSON
TO SPEAK HERE

DIR. William S. Culbertson, for
mer ambassador to Rumania, will
address the National Open Parish
in Covenant-FirSt Church, Conn
|necticut Avenue and N st. N. w.,
tomorrow at p. m.
Among those who will hear him
discuss Religion, Rumania and
the Greek Orthodox Church" will
be Demetrius Sicilianos, Greek
Minister; Radu Irimescu, the new
Rumanian Minister, and DR.. Cloyd
Heck Marvin, president Of G. w.
U. Others who will participate in
clude DR.. Albert T. Mccartney,
chairman of the committee on re-
ligious life, and DR.. John Car
ruthers, chaplain of the National
open Parish.
Before and after his address DR..
Culbertson will exhibit a Greek
Orthodox icon he acquired in Ru-
mania. It is described as zone of
the finest examples Of church art
extant."
Meetings of the parish are held
every Sunday night. Next week
speakers will be the Chinese Am
bassador and Julian Arnold, COM
mercial attache to China for 46
years.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-09
Theft SUSPECT
DEMANDS JURY

Charged with petit larceny,
Paul Hill, colored, %. pleaded not
guilty when arraigned in Police
Court yesterday before Judge Ed
ward M. Curan. He demanded a
jury trial and bond was set at
$1,000 pending trial.
According to police, the defend
ant, recently released from jail,
where he had served time on a
HOUSEKEEPING charge, broke into
his sisters home and took cloth.
ing and furniture valued at $25.
He is alleged to have sold them
for IS.
Hill was arrested on the com.
plant Of his sister, Mrs. Mary
Hunter, Of 1918 I st. N. w.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-09
Citizens Ask
Beer Tax
Defeat
JULIA A. BONWIT

Every member of the House Of
Representatives today received
letter from the Citizens Commit
tee on Fair Taxation urging elimi-
nation of the beer tax from the
proposed District revenue bill.
The letter described the tax as a
hidden sales tax" which will be
passed on to the consumer.
$4,000 YIELD FORESEEN
Under terms Of the tax bill,
which will come up in the House
for consideration Monday, beer is
taxed at the rate of so cents a
barrel. This levy is expected to
yield 100000.
The House District fiscal affairs
subcommittee originally h a d
planned to fix this tax at 81 a
barrel. The subcommittee, how
ever, reduced it to rs cents, and
finally the full District Commit
tee, through the efforts of Repre-
sentatives Vincent L. Palmisano,
committee chairman, and Am
brose j. Kennedy, both of Mary
land, the tax was reduced to so
cents.
INCOME SPREAD ASKED
In its letter to Congress, the cit
liens taxation committee asked
that the income tax feature Of the
measure be amended to include
capital gains as taxable income.
Urging the members to pass the
graduated income tax, the citi-
zens group said:
whatever Congressman de-
eide about their own tax liabil-
ity should not stand in the way
Of District of Columbia workers
and consumers in achieving a
fair and rational taxation sys-
tenn Of their own choosing"
NICHOLS EXPLAINS
The exemption of the Federal
Government from the with
drawal agent" feature of the tax
bill was explained today by Rep
resentative Jack Nichols CD, Of
Oklahoma, chairman of the sub
committee which wrote the bill.
He pointed out that there is
some question as to the ability
of a municipality to make thu
Federal government an agent for
collectioY of local taxes.
Under terms Of the bill, pri.
vate employers are required to de-
duct from the salaries Of nonres-
ident employees the amount due
the District government in income
taxes, while the Federal Govern
ment is not required to perform
this duty.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-09
PETE The Pike
EATS HIS WIFE

pete the Pike, a heavy eater,
cate his mate so he could keep
her;
$50 now he swims about his cell
Feeling very, very swell"
So swell, in fact, that his
keeper, Aquarium Director Fred G..
Orsinger, is wondering today just
how long it will be before he
actually buStS.
Pete swallowed head-first a lady
pike who occupied the same tank
with him at the Department of
Commences aquarium and today
paddles slowly back and forth be-
fore the gaze Of the sightseeing
public-highly bloated and look
ing not q bit remorseful about it!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-09
Yale Aide Urges
i. S. to COlOnize

SAN JUAN, P. R., April 9.-The
United States ought to take up
colonizing, according to DR..
Charles T. Loram, who is head of
the Yale University department of
race relations and who for 80 years
was in the British colonial serv-
ice.
DR.. Loram, who is finishing a
Caribbean seminar with a group
of students, said he ranked the
United States with Britain as a
colonizer after observing the re-
suits in the Philippines and Puerto
Rico.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-09

Malone, Arch Mcdonald, Arthur
Godfrey and Gordon Hittenmark
The program will include acts
by Henry Nestor, 1.-THE Singing
Cop: Capt. Dick Mansfield, car
tooniSt: Archie Engel, magician.
and many others.
There also will be motion pic
lures featuring Mickey Mouse.
Popeye and Charlie Mccarthy, as
well as scenes from outstanding
football games in 1887.
BASEBALL PASSES
Every boy will be given souve-
Mrs and theater passes, as we'll as
tickets to Glen Echo, the Johnny
Jones Exposition and Griffith Sta,
dunn. The author of the best
essay on What the Father and
Son Banquet Means to Me" will
receive a grand prize.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-09

Behold, what manner Of men
are these
Who eliminate time, yet age the
cheese,
Who make Dame Nature jealous
and blue,
With their chemicals old and
their antics new?"
Now here's something we'll bet
you never knew!
If you will separate liquids
with each other" or
transport material through a
"vapor phase" and "distill and
sublimate it" you've got rocks!"
OLD GOT ROCKS
Not those fabulous symbols of
and ease that in grand
fathers day were hot slang
when it was very smart-alecky to
refer to the village banker as "Old
Got Rocks!'-but just plain rocks
the kind that it takes nature
thousands Of millions Of years to
make.
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The board, already swamped
with applicants for the directors
job, will meet Monday to select
a chairman and organize plans for
the investigation.
ANXIOUS TO START
1--WE are anxious to get this
survey under way as quickly as
possible" Hart said. "Our big
gest job will be finding the man
who will direct the actual work
of investigating the situation.
II think, and I feel sure the
other members of the board
agree with me, that the District
is big enough to supply a man
with all the qualifications we
are looking for.
1.-THE director must be a man
of unquestioned integrity and
ability in whom Congress and
the people of the District will
have utmost respect"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-09

crease of 20 billion dollars in
our public debt, which is large
ly an obligation Of people Of
means, while the money raised
has been largely spent on re-
lief. Also our high taxes on
incomes and inheritances take
so to 80 per cent Of the larger
sums. The bulk of the money
goes to the poor.
This growing drain on
wealth is partly responsible
for the depression, since it has
come to a point where business
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-09

Hart said Senator Elmer
Thomas Cd of Oklahoma, and
Representative Ross Collins Cd
of Mississippi, had turned over to
the Board names of a number of
applicants for the job of directing
the investigation. But the Con-
gressmen gave the Board an en-
tirely free hand to appoint anyone
it desires.
The salary to be paid the d.
rector probably will be determined
Monday, Hart said. Congress
authorized the board to spend
$4,000 in making it's investiga-
ton.
OTHER MEMBERS
Congress directed the Board to
submit its report not later than
August !.
Members of the Board besides
Hart are DR.. Robert E. Moran and
w. L. Beale, vice president of the
American Security and Trust Co.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-09

Haven't got a banjo on my
knee. But Alabama certainly
has got me. It's a gentle,
smiling, sunShiny place. There
are roses in bloom and pink
honeysuckle smelling up the
air and big old houses with
white pillars reaching up to
the second galleries through
the live oak branches just like
they do in movie sets. And
soft voices saying:
Honey, you sure do look
pretty TO-DAY"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-09
Policeman Freed
In Assault Charge

Policeman Ruby Downs, of the
Sixth precinct, was acquitted on
Wednesday, by a jury in United
States District Court, of charges
that he assaulted Deputy U. s.
Marshal Emmett Broderick last
spring. Broderick charged Downs
assaulted him when he attempted
to serve papers at an address in
the 1900 block Of Orren st. N. E.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-09
Numbers Racket
Fearful AS Police
Move Is Awaited
Secrecy Maintained
To AUOid Chance
Of a "TipOff"

WIN ponce plans mapped out
for a vigorous drive onthe mum.
berS racket, the air was tense to-
day as detectives awaited the sig
nal to swing into action, and the
racketeers awaited with fear the
expected raids, made possible un-
der the drastic new law.
The police plans, perfected yes
terday at a secret meeting, are
closely guarded, as officials
frankly admit they are fearful OF
a tip-off" that would send the sus-
pected numbers chief fleeing to
cover.
RAIDS AUTHORIZED
Under the law, modelled after
prohibition days, raids may be
staged on information and be-
lief" that the numbers law is be-
ing violated.
Meanwhile the big operators,
frankly worried by the situation,
and fearful of the drastic penal
ties provided by the law, we're
marking time, awaiting the first
police move.
One of the major numbers
operators in the Northeast, it is
reported, yesterday sent out word
to his writer's to stop taking bets
for the present.
This action, it was understood,
was based on the fact that num-
bers players, fearful that they
might b earrested for possession of
slips, are not betting, and conse-
quently the take" has fallen.
HIT FOR PAYOFF
In addition, this operator was
hit yesterday for a $500 pay.
ment, and in view of the decided
drop in receipts, this operator has
decided the best thing to do is to
clay off, for the time being.
While other operators still were
working, it was reported thet little
business was transacted, and they
are anxiously awaiting the first
arrest to see what action will be
taken by authorities under the
new law.
In respect to this question, Mr..
Pine promised vigorous pTUsecu-
ton" of every violator Of the law,
which carries a maximum penalty
Of three years in prison ard a fine
Of $1,000. He said:
"There will be complete CO.
ordination and cooperation be-
tween this office and the police.
STUDY PROBLEMS
IT attended the conference
called by Major Brown yester-
day, with four of my assistants,
so that we might familiarize our
selves with what the police are
doing, and we are preparing to
meet every problem in this as
it arises.
1.-THE law is now in force, and
we are prepared to enforce it
completely"
At the conference yesterday all
precinct commanders, inspectors
and detectives of the vice squad,
who are charged with enforce
ment of the new law, were sum-
moned by Major Brown to assist
in mapping out the campaign.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-09
AUTO HITS WOMAN

Josephine Hamilton, colored,
So, of So M st. N. w., was treated
at Sibley Hospital last night for
slight injuries received when an
knocked her down at
New York Avenue and First Street
Northwest.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-09
Initiation and CORRESPONDING

Initiation and OUer-Spending
A ND from Chicago: isn't our trouble that the
cost Of distribution is too high? Clearly,
over-spending and high per capita consumption,
based on public and private debt, occur in boom
periods like 1929 and 1867 Doesn't this show
the normal consumption required for normal en-.
ployment can be maintained only by initiation
and spending more than we earn?"
Normal consumption is the quantity Of goods
that can be produced at costs which do not ex-
coed what the goods are worth to us. Then each
man earns by production what he gets for con-
sumption, and things are in balance.
Blooms" come when credit is over-extended, as
you say, and people buy on the installment plan
more goods than they can pay for. This causes
overproduction.
All Kinds Of waste make things worse Either
the waste means less product for given cost, or
1t means higher cost for given product. Waste
is always worst in booms. Depressions usually
force people to be more thrifty and efficient.
think that unquestionably the Government
is by far the greatest waster today.
Wars and war preparations are economic
waste.
am inclined to think the worst "cost of dis.
trbution' is the cost Of credit, delivery service,
returned goods and multiplicity Of sizes, brands,
etc.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-09

it 'pump-priming." But at the
same time there are some
critics who claim it is a move
to control or buy the votes Of
the 100000 people in this
country.
Well, in the first place, I
think too highly Of the Ameri-
can people to have a single
suspicion that they can be
bought in any shape, manner
or form. To me this insinua-
ton is an insult to our whole
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-09
World of Finance By LeeOi, Hauev

lowing demand: "You say already there has
been great deal Of wealth sharing. Prove it.
Where? When?"
Right here in America, and going on at rapid
rate for four years or more. It is seen in the in
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-09

NVeVn Walsh MeLean Country. the ponGlClaHs anu
the newspapers which make such statements
ought to be ashamed Of themselves
There is no use talking, money must be released.
The trouble was we stopped too quickly.
1t is as if a doctor treating dope fiend should
stop his patients morphine all at once. Instead
Of curing his patient, he would, nine times out
Of ten, kill him.
That is what this Government must do-take
things gradually and try to keep to the middle
Of the road as much as possible
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-09
TWIN QUEENS

Josephine and Rosaline Poin.
dexter, identical twins of Green.
field, Mo-, have been elected queen
Of the Hiram Ohio College junior
prom.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-09
More Waste in Public Charity

NZOTe " uSte m FU0IIc CNoTUy
IRON New York city: 81 despise charity. and
L would refuse it, but when ask for job to
earn a decent living am rejected. Wealthy
sponsors of charity want people to be impover-
ished in order to prey like vltures on their mis-
cry"
This is certainly wrong attitude. A severe
depression exists. and that means reduced pro
duction and few jobs. It is wrong to expect pro-
ductive work when there is none. We should all
recognize that it is not the willing workers fault
that he can't get job, and should support him
till business picks up. This relief can't possibly
be real wages. It is charity, and none the less
50 because it comes from the wealthy, through
our Government.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-09
By E0alw Walsh Mclean

and unless we do away with this fear and this cry:
well, it is only shot in the arm and won't do
any good" we are not going to get very far.
Those people who came here about the re-
organization bill, know, had the best intentions
in the world, but they made me think of the
bonus army. That was a case of hysteria, dis
couragement and fright, but, my friends, that was
only comparatively few, so it blew over quickly
But with this determined drive against our Gov.
eminent which touches every one of us, if they
once start the ball rolling down hill we are soon
going to have real trouble on our hands and
nothing can stop it.
Just Like Doctor
MRS. PATTERSONs open letter to the Presi.
~ dent printed in Wednesdays Herald and
Times, was splendid To me, the President is the
doctor He can do just so much but if his patients
lose 1alth In him, he Is helpless to cure their ills
or bring peace back to theri souls.
NOW you people that keep saying the Presi-
oent wants to be dictator, do Vou realize he has
only two and half years more to go, and if you
dislike him SO heartily you can easily go to the
polls and vote in somebody else. But meanwhile
you must, for your own sakes, give this man the
benefit Of the doubt, give him and the men
around him chance; feel that the world is in a
sick condition today and don't worry and whine
about the socalled "shots" that are being tried
to keep it on an even keel
Again I say, no matter how badly you think
conditions are keep your chin up, let your Presi-
dent feel you are back Of him, so he won't get the
filters, because God help us if he gets nervous.
And then express yourself fully and completely,
If you are not satisfied, two and onehalf years
from today.
The American flag is still flying over this coun-
try, there are no bombs being dropped to kill
women and children and the greatest danger to
us now is the fear that is eating us from the in
side, like the terrible cancer that eats and de-
stroys until it is too late to cure it or do anything
about it.
Observation-Disclosures is for Americans first,
foremost and always!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-09
District Resident
To Head Relief Quiz

District resident will be selected to direct the survey of
local relief needs authorized by Congress- Rnggod Hart
Der of the hreeman investigation board appointed yesterday
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-09
Dear Washington
MONTGOMERY, Alabama.

MONTGOMERY, Alabama.
SG0H, suzanna, don't you cry for me, for I'm
goin' to Alabama with my banjo on my
knee"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-09
At Political Meet

I'm down here watching political meeting Of
= the ladies, as they still call women round
abouts am learning that the First Lady of
Alabama is still former Senator Dixie Bibb
Graves.
1T never hurt man yet to have smart wife"
Governor Graves told me. There's been some
talk Of running Mrs. Graves for the Senate. But
Miss Dixie (the policemen and the market
men say: Good mawnin', Miss Dixie. Sure am
glad to see you lookin' so fine today') thinks
she'll stay home for while.
OF course, they like the Bankheads-the
Speaker and his brother, the Senator. and Tallu.
lab. Especially Tallulah. Tallulah always was
"a case" You never could tell what she was 60
ing to do when she was at school. Shed use UP
crayons drawing big frontface and back.face pic
lures on her dresses. Mrs. Marie Bankhead
owen, State archiviSt and sister of the brothers
Bankhead, Is another great lady in Alabama.
Everybody knows she's "just wonderful"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-09
My Say

YOU hear on all sides that the Administration
~ Is going to give the patient (the American
public) another "Shot in the arm" They call
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-09
No Time to Weep

YOU know if one well goes dry or one gusher Of
L oil stops producing, the people running the
farms or the oil wells don't sit down and start
crying. They begin digging for more water or
another oil field.
It is doctors duty to keep his patient alive as
long as he can and he doesn't hesitate to give
strychnine or anything else that is needed to keep
the old heart going He doesn't say:
well, have given one or two injections and
now have finished: let the patient de-
And that, to my mind is exactly what our Presi
dent is trying to do today. After all, when you
take world that is as really sick and confused
as this one, you cannot expect our wonderful
country to be in perfect circumstances with q
balanced budget and no worries.
One nation is as much tied up with another as
q human being is tied up with his fellow men,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-09

The bad feature about public charity is that
some men are lazy and shiftless Also, there is
more waste and graft than in private charity.
I have never known a human being who
wanted to prey like vllture on another mans
misery.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-09
BY Helen ESary

ing good price and the people are feeling COM
Portable. The countryside looks that way
Soon after you cross the Potomac you see signs
that the South is prospecting. The villages are
clean and busy. The farm houses are freshly
painted. There are many glimpses of smooth,
wide roads. I didn't pass one meadow unless it
was in the middle of the night that wasn't
ploughed and ready for the spring crops The
woods are clean Of brush and trash and thick,
absolutely thick. with redbud and dogwood,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-09

wonders if it pays to earn money.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-09

Do you want money? The Washington
Times is offering $50 in prizes each week for
The Washington times., 1938-07-27
BIRTH BAND|TRY
Father Accused of
HOIdl1p for Baby

David Borders baby Is z months
old. But Dorder faced a Police
Court hearing today on q robbery
charge resulting from q holdup
alleged to have taken place the
night the child was born.
Dorder, 20, colored, an unem.
ployed laborer Of the 1900 block
Of Sheriff Rd. N. E., went out
with a gun in desperation, Decem.
Der 2, the night his child was to
be born, police sad. He is al
legged to have held up Joseph T.
Koontz, a contractor, Of 1916
TweliN1 st. N. E., and obtained
500, with which he paid the doc.
tor.
He was arrested yesterday by
detectives armed with an accurate
description Of him.
The Washington times., 1938-07-27
LOSESFIGHT
Police Say Prisoner
Resisted Arrest

Oliver L. Decatur, IS, an iron
worker Of the 140O block Of Mary.
land Ave. N. E., was held for in
vestigation today at the First Pre-
cinct as a result Of q scuffle with
a Capitol policeman on the Capitol
Plaza.
Capitol Policeman F. J. Gill
arrested him yesterday afternoon
as a suspect in several cases OF
tampering with automobiles. When
Decatur refused to submit, Gill
said, he drew his pistol and fired
into the ground.
Finally the officer started with
his prisoner toward the Senate
Office Building guard room. While
walking near the plaza fountain,
Gill said, Decatur tripped him,
causing him to fall on his face,
and tried to seize his revolver.
The Washington times., 1938-07-27

Four little girls, born and raised
beneath the Mason-Dixon Line,
have left the comparative safety
Of their hospitals to try their
wings, figuratively and literally,
as stewardesSes with the Ameri-
can Airlines.
There's Marie Kennedy from
ASheville, sub! whose soft South.
ern accent once soothed patients
ct Baptist Memorial Hospital in
Memphis. Marie heard American
.Airlines were using trained nurses
as stewardeSses. She changed
from starched white linen into
9 trim English mohair suit with
an overseas cap to match. Now
she's one Of their most competent
and one of their prettiest steward
e6SeS!
Daphne Lane from Mullins, S.
C., longed to battle the Yevered
brow and ease pain, so she tray-
eled all the way, Moth" to Rich
mond to take a course in nursing
at the Medical College Of Virginia.
FROM SUGAR BROWN
Now Daphne travels from Los
Angeles to Fort Worth on q great