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Evening star., 1938-01-18
Retirement LAW
HEARINGS TO OPEN
Senate Subcommittee Begins Meet.
ings Tomorrow on
Liberalization.

A Senate subcommittee will start
hearings at 1890 am. tomorrow on
plans to liberalise the civil serrice re.
tirement law. It was announced today
by Senator Nicely, Democrat, Of West
Virginia.
Senator Nicely is the author of one
bill that would give Government work.
ers the option Of retiring after 80
years Of service at earlier age limits
than under existing Law. This plan
would not change the employer pres
ent az per cent rate Of contribution
to the retirement fund.
There are other bills pending, some
Of which embody suggestions Of the
Civil Service Commission, that would
make more extensive changes in the
law. including q proposed increase
from 311z to S per cent In the employee
rate Of contribution.
When the subcommittee meets it will
have before 1t comprehensive report
filed Saturday by the Board Of Gov.
ernment Actuaries. estimating the ad.
ditional cost of the various plans.
Evening star., 1938-01-18
HOUSE JUDICIARY UNIT
TO OFFER PROGRAM

BY the Associated Press.
Chairman Summers said today the
House Judiciary Committees current
investigation of the operation Of all
Federal courts may lead to some
definite recommendations for changes"
at this Congress.
subcommittee recently started in
quiries into such matters IS the need
for additional judges, out-moded pro-
cedure and court costs, and the gen.
eral administration Of justice.
Their findings will be considered by
the full committee within six weeks,
It was learned.
Evening star., 1938-01-18

$50 O'Clock, the sponsors Of the pro.
gram announced today. Her place win
be taken by Bidu Sayao. the Brazilian
soprano Of the Metropolitan Opera
Co.
All tickets sold for Mime. Ciena's
recital will be honored at tonight's
concert, no exchange being necessary.
the sponsors said.
Evening star., 1938-01-18
hASTERER is INJURED
IN TW0.ST0RY PLUNGE
Richard Shreeve Taken to Hos-
pital After Fall While Helping
pAnnndn1 unu~>

pital After Fall While Helpine
Remodel House,
Richard Shreeve, 32-year-old plas.
terer, was taken to GEORGETOWN Hos
pital in . serious condition today after
he plunged two floors through q mar
row dumbwaiter shaft while ASSISTING
in remodeling home at $3.50 n
street NV.
Fellow laborers said Mr.. shreeve
apparently lost his footing while he
was working on the interior of the
shaft on the second floor Of the struc-
ture. He landed on the concrete base
ment floor
At the hospital the injured man il
being treated for . fractured leg and
arm, possible head injuries and bruises
about his body, received apparently
when he attempted to brace himself
against the sides OF the shaft to break
his fall
Mr.. shreeve lives at lit Yuma
street Sc.
Evening star., 1938-01-18

cial Security Act be amended to per-
NIT States to advance the time Of be-
ginning payment Of unemployment
compensation.
Senator Byrnes said ths Federal
Limitation on the beginnir" of pay
ments should be placed at one year
after the State has passed enabling
legislation, instead Of two as at pres
ent.
Such change, he added, would sub
stitute unemployment benefits for re-
lief checks sooner and would cut the
States relief burden considerably"
Evening star., 1938-01-18

Fourth. they tone the system and
help fortify against further attack.
Bromo Quinine tablets now come
sugar-coated as we'll as plain. Both
kinds are sold by all druggists, q
few cents box.
When you feel a cold coming on,
trust to no makeshift methods.
Adopt the proven course Of safety
take Bromo Quinine.
Taken promptly. these tablets
will often break up a cold in "a
hours and that's the speed you
want.
Act Promptly!
Bromo Quinine tablets may be
taken with confidence. The fact
that they have been in use for over
40 years and are the worlds larg-
est-selling cold tablet is your as
surance Of dependability.
Ask your druggist firmly for
Groves Laxative Bromo Quinine
UBQ tablets) and accept no SUBJ
stitute.
A few pennies cost may save
you = world Of trouble.
Evening star., 1938-01-18
Speaks at Jewish Center.

David Polier OF the Interior Depart.
ment will discuss THE Jew in Cur.
rent World Affairs" before the Insti-
tute Of the Jewish Community Center
at $50 pm. tomorrow. Seymour
Cuthman will be chairman OF thu
meeting.
Evening star., 1938-01-18

A half million Germans, there from
the days of Catherine, live in one of
the republics of Russia's Soviet Union
of Socialist Republics
Evening star., 1938-01-18
SOPRANO ILL
Didu Sayao to Substitute for Gina
Cigna Tonight.

Owing to sudden illness, Gina Cigna
will be unable to make her recital
debut at Constitution Hall tonight Al
Evening star., 1938-01-18

your sceount. dependent on the amount
Of time that YOU consider eseential.
THkRE ARE NO R1CIAL. PAYA1IT
DATE You have an OP1N ACCOUNT
PAYABLE AT YOUR OONVEN1HNCB -
long - It II hauidated within the agresd
period.
The Washington times., 1938-03-12
Auto StartIes
THE General

The statue of General McPher,
son, in Mcpherson Square, was
almost reused from its stately
calm at dawn today.
Roaring up Vermont Avenue at
breakneck speed, a sedan with
Maryland license plates failed to
follow the regular streets provided
for vehicular traffic and hurtled
into the square.
The machine narrowly missed
striking a street sweeper and his
car before it leaped into the curb
and plunged along the broadwalk
in the square. It uprooted bench
from its concrete moorings and,
with wild Screeching of brakes,
came to a halt just in front of
General Mcpherson on his horse.
Park Policeman I. w. Thompson
drew up in bis automobile at the
south end of the park and ran for
the driver of the berSerk car who
was running north.
Thompson, seeing he was being
outdiStanced, Communicated the
bicycle of a colored man and con-
tinued chase. But the Marylander
was too fast on his feet.
A police crane took the errant
car away, while other policemen
continued to look for it's driver.
The Washington times., 1938-03-12
LEADERS CHOSEN
IN FUND DRIVE
FOR BOYS CLUB
$4,000 Needed for
Police Organization

Twenty.four leading business
and professional men Of Washing
ton have been selected as team
captains to direct solicitation of
funds during the $4,000 budget
campaign Of the Boys Club Of
Metropolitan Police, D. C. The
drive viii start Sunday, March 40,
and end Saturday, April Q,
Team captains have picked
their workers from 167 public
spirited citizens who viii contrib
ute their time and effort toward
raising money to finance the clubs
activities this year.
NEW BUILDINGS
These activities include con.
struction of Is additional cabins
at the clubs summer camp at
Scotland, in Southern Maryland
near Point Lookout, and the build.
ing Of a recreation hall.
j. Leighton Cornwell, chairman
of Government units, announced
that replies to letters of solicita-
ton sent out recently to Federal
departments and bureaus were
most encouraging.
More than $1,000 already has
been subscribed, in clu din e the
presentation Of q $125 check from
Isadore CHASER, auto wrecker, rep
resenting proceeds from the sale
of Al ancient automobiles burned
recently to get them off the streets.
TEAM CAPTAINS
Team captains n a m e d at q
luncheon of campaign workers at
the Willard Hotel yesterday are:
Caesar L. Aillo, H. Clifford Bangs,
Edward s. Brashears, Edward C..
Baltz. William L. Bush, Leo d.
Butler, Edmund o. Carl, c. r.
Claggett, Edward Costigan, j. H.
Ferry, s. Franklin Gardner, w.
Herbert Gill, Theodore s. Grape,
Ernest E. Herrell, Joseph H.
Hines, Walter johnson, w. L.
King, o. r. Lewis, william A.
Maio. F. Morgan McConihe, Sam
uel E. Mooers, Edward S. Par.
doe, Paul H. Prim and Harry s.
Wender.
L. Gordon Leech, director Of
the e Washington Herald-T i m e
Boys Club, and secretary-member
of the Boys Club Of the Metro
politan Police, was a luncheon
speaker yesterday and outlined
methods of solicitation for the
1888 budget fund.
The Washington times., 1938-03-12
BALTIMORE PRODUCE

| less Black Valentines, $1.75@2.2S; Boun'
tifuls S1.50.
Beets-rexas u crts. .10t.15. few
higher. .-
Brocolli-Cal., Ariz.. and Texas crates,
mostly around So.
Brussels Sprouts-Cal., drums, $2.25 o
2.75, few higher.
Cabbage-Truck, Fla. 1h-bu. hamp..
round type, packed locally, 0c4$l;
rail, $1@I20; N. Y, 50-lb, sacks Danish,
$1.35@1.5O, small, $1@1.10.
$s@S.25: Ariz.. western, punched s2.2i
@250; Texas " crts., punched. $1.1s@
1.25. few higher; blu. bas, topped
washed, N. Y. coreless, mostly 75c; Pa
IChatreys, 5O@T5c.
Cauliflower-Cal., poney crts., $50 o
1865.
Celery-Fla. stand. crts. individually
washed, 3-4 doz., $2@2.25; 6-S doz,
$2.25@2.5O; 16-inch -crts., trimmed top!
individual washed. 4 ,doz, $2@2,25; Cd
Collards~Va., bu. bas., s5@4Sc.
Cucumbers-Fla., bu hamp., u. s. Is
$3.50; U. s. rs, $5@5.50.
Eggplants-Cuba, IN bu. crts, Fancy
Kaie-Va., bu. bas Scotch. sO@4sc.
Lettuce-Cal. Imperial Valley and
Ariz. crts. Iceberg, 5 doz., $2.50Q2.TB
few $2.25; Fla, IN blu. hamp. Big Bo'
ton $1.25@1.75.
Lima Beans-cuba, bu. hamp. Fancy
33@S.25 Fla. U: s. Is, $275 @2so;
5O@65c; few higher.
Peas-Green, bu. hamp., rail. Cal, Tel
ephones, $2.s503; Fla. small pods. S.Is
@1.90; truck. Fla. large pods, $1TbQ
! l. 90; small pods $1.6b.
The Washington times., 1938-03-12
PROFIT
CAIN REVEALED

Despite increased operating eX
penses, the Capital Transit Com
pany'S net income last year was
$137,773, an increase Of $108,664
over the previous year, the Public
Utilities Commission reported to
day.
Edward D. Merrill, president OF
the company, said substantial re-
placements of cars and bLsses are
planned this year to increase net
earnings.
Raising the price Of the weekly
pass to SIPS and the sale of tokens
at 6 for, so cents increased operat,
ing revenues during 1887, Merrill
said. He pointed out operating
revenues totaled $532,741, a gain
of 5 per cent over the previous
year. Operating expenses in
creased ,$82,875; wages $175,O0O
and taxes $3.50, ,246.
During the year Is new stream
lined cars were placed in service,
SO 41-passenger buses were added
and 81 buses retired.
The Washington times., 1938-03-12
STOCK TRADERS
LOOK TO EUROPE

NEW YORK, March IL Q.N.S0
Stock market operators clung to a
slim hope today that a possible
easing of events in Europe might
stem the decline on the exchange
following the ninth successive
drop in which the industrial aver
ages plunged to the lowest level
since Feb. 7.
Losses in yesterdays trading ran
from one to more than two points
Final prices were close to the
days lows. A total of 10000
shares we're traded.
The crisis in Austria was blamed
for the latest drop in prices.
Among the heavier losers were
Bethlehem Steel down IA; Chrys-
ler, down 1; General Electric,
minus 11s, and U. S. Steel, which
fell ~.
The Washington times., 1938-03-12
FARMER PROFESsOR
BALTIMORE LIVE STOCK

BALTIMORE, March 11.-Furnished
by the U. S. Department of Agriculture,
Bureau of Agricultural Economics.
Cattle so. Steady with yesterday on
clasres represented. Carload of plain
quality around 550-pound Southern steers
and heifers, $500 Scattered sales Of
low cutter and cutter cows, $4.25 @5 5.25; !;
Iemacfated individuals, $4 or below.
Calves-25. Steady on meager number
available Good grade vealers, $11.50@
IL; medium grades quoted $9@11, and
Gull and plain grades, $5.5O@S.5O.
Sheep-No receipts. Good and choice
grade eve and ,wether lambs. earlier
this week, mostly $9.50@10.25; double
deck 84-pound average, $10.40; plain
and medium grades, $7.25@s.75. Fat
slaughter ewes, around 150-160-pound
weights, $4.50: choice grade around 100
pound averages absent and quotable up
ward from SIS.
The Washington times., 1938-03-12
Money Markets
Are Unchanged

NEW YORK, March IL Q.N.S).
Bankers acceptance rates I'm.
changed with 80, go and 90-day bills
quoted at u to 7I16 per cent. -Four
months at 9I16 to u per cent and
five and six months at " to 9/16
per cent.
Commercial paper l per cent,
Federal funds VI per cent. call
money on bills and treasures
three -fourths Of per cent, and
call money renewed at / per cent,
all unchanged. Time money Of
fered at 1A per cent for maturi-
ties up to 80 days, and " per cent
for four, five and six=month ma
turtles.
The Washington times., 1938-03-12
Rabbit Feet
They're in Demand
in Pasadena

PASADENA, Cal, March Il
G.N.SO.-A request for hundred:
of rabbits feet was on file with
the Chamber of Commerce here
"An Indian living near Santa
Fe has developed a good-luck
charm that requires a rabbits
foot" explained William Dunk
erleyb, head of the chamber.
"It seems that thousands of
persons feel in the need of good
luck and the Indian can't keep
a supply of rabbits feet on
hand.
IF anyone has a corner on
rabbits feet, now is the time
to unload, and We'll be glad to
put him in touch with the wait
ing market"
The Washington times., 1938-03-12
Woman Is Doctor
For Half Century

BLOOMINGTON, Ill, March
12.-Dr. Rhoda Galloway Yolton,
physician for so years in Bloom
ington, became the first woman
to be honored by the medical
society of the State Of Illinois
with adInittance to the recently
founded Fifty Years Club. Sixty
gold medals have been presented
to physicians of the State who
have practiced half a century. DR..
Yolton was the first woman ply
sician in Central Illinois, back in
183R
The Washington times., 1938-03-12
7-Year-Old Man
WPA Water-bOy

SAUG US. Mass, March IL
QN.S0. The dancing water
boy of Saugus" is what they call
77-year-old William B. Pelrine.
Claimant to the title oldest
water boy on the WPA in the
United States" Perline is en-
ployed % hours a week on a local
WPA project, carrying water for
other laborers. Married twice and
father of five children, he is &C
knowledged as an expert dancer.
Anything from the Suzy-Q to the
Big Apple is at his command.
The Washington times., 1938-03-12

BALTIMORE, March 11.-Bureau OF
Agricultural Economics, Maryland state
Department of Markets, Cooperating.
Frices represent sales in large lots to
jobbers and other large buyers on stocks
of good merchantable quality and con-
dition.
FRUIT
Apples-Truck: Nd. Pa, Va and W.
licious, 75c@$1, few higher; Grimes and
Yorks, so @ soc, few higher; Black Twigs,
so "a 75c; staymans. 65@90c, few 81;
.2% and 3 in. min. 10000, few 81. Vari-
Gus varieties, unclass., best, 500 soc;
poorer, 25@40c. Rail: Boxes. Wash.
medium to large size Delicious, extra
fancy. mostly $1.75; fancy, $500 1.65
Staymans, extra fancy, mostly $1.35
fancy $1.25. Blu. bas., Va, U. >. Is,
2h-in. min, staymans, 66@s5c; Deli
cious. 81; few higher.
Grapefruit-Fla.. boxes U. s. is, $1.75
@2.25, few higher; combination Is and
Is, S1.75@2; U. S. 2s, S15O@1.75. Texas,
Fink Meats U. S. Is. $2.25@2.5O; 2-bu.
wire bound boxes, all grades 10@25c
oranges-Fla., boxes U. s. Is. $2025o:
combination Is and Is, $1.75@2. few
higher; U. s. Is, $1.50@1.75, few higher:
2-bu. wire bound boxes, all grades, 100
25c higher. ~
strawberries-Fla., Ss-pt. crts. 11h o
12hc pit.
VEGETABLES
Asparagus-Dozen bunch crts., s. c.,
medium size, S4.50@6; Ca, medium size,
$6@6.5O; Cal, medium size. $607; loose.
small, mostly 81.
Beans (Snap)-Fla., bu. hamp., String.
The Washington times., 1938-03-12
Senate Confirms
Canal Zone Judge

The Senate late yesterday con-
fir1ned the nomination of Bunk
Gardner, of Kentucky, as United
States district judge, Canal Zone.
The Senate also confirmed as U. S.
attorneys: Sterling Hutcheson, for
the Eastern District of Virginia;
and Joseph H. Chitwood, for the
Western District of Virginia; and
as U. S. Marshal, John White
Stuart, for the Western District OF
Virginia.
The Washington times., 1938-03-12
DRAPER NAMED
AS BALANCE TO
RESERVE BOARD
Move Seen As Gesture
to Business
By ERIC FRIEDHEIM

U.N.SO. President Roosevelt
was seen today to be attempting tc
give business a more active role ir
the formation of Administration
economic policies.
Nomination of Assistant Secre
tary of Commerce Ernest G
Draper to fill one of the two va
cancies now existing on the Fed
eral Reserve Board is interpreted
as a move to bring about a better
balance between banking, legal
agriculture and industrial view
points in that agency.
ORDERED INCREASE
During the past two years, the
rulers of the Federal Reserve
System frequently have clasnec
over important policies affecting
business.
This was true when the board
ordered an increase in bank re
serve requirements as a means Of
preventing credit initiation. Ches
ter Davis, the member represent
ing agriculture, and John Mckee
one of the banking group on the
board, voted against the action
BLAME FOR SLUMP
Many business leaders have
criticized the boards action in
Stiffening bank reserve require
mentS. According to these critics
the deflationary psychology engen
dered by this step was one of the
contributing factors behind the
current industrial slump.
Selection of Draper sas a board
member is considered by Admins
tration fiscal advisers as good
will" gesture to both large and
small business.
Draper has had no previous
banking experience, having headed
several business firms until assum
ing the Commerce Department
post in 1885.
ADVISORY MEMBER
Prior to taking office, he was
a member of the Departments
Business Advisory Council, an
organization composed of more
than so well-knowns industrialists
He participated in the recent
peace conference" between big
business leaders and President
Roosevelt.
In addition, Draper acted as
the Administration adviser to
small business men during their
hectic conference a month ago.
FARMER PROFESSOR
None of the members now serv
ing on the Federal Reserve Board
had devoted their careers exclu
sively to business. Chairman Mar
riner Eccles has divided his time
between banking and industrial
affairs. ice-Chairman Ronald
Ransom is a lawyer who has spe
cialized in banking problems.
M. S. SzymcZak is a former pro
feSsor of economics. Davis has
spent the major portion of his
career as a spokesman for agri
culture while Mckee was a bank.
ing official.
The Washington times., 1938-03-12
FUR BUSINESS GOOD

LARAMIE, Wyo., March IL
G.N.S.O The oldest industry in
Laramie, that of supplying milady
with furs, was one of the city's
most successful last year. 1t was
announced $4,000 worth of furs
were sold during 1887, an off-year
by seven farms near the city. More
than TOO fox pelts were sold.
The Washington times., 1938-03-12
DEPARTURES

DEPARTURES
Accumulated excess of tempera-
ture since January l, 1888, 264.
Excess of temperature since
March l, 1888, 80.
Accumulated deficiency of pre-
Icipitation since January /, 1888,
I2.41
Deficiency of precipitation since
March /, 1888, 0.60.
Temperature same date last
Iyeer-Highest, 46; lowest, 80.
The Washington times., 1938-03-12
Building Permits

Russell Sans, 371 Alton Pl. N. w,
dwelling estimated cost $4,000.
II. Gait, 420OO-04 Meade ST. y. E.,
dwellings, estimated cost, $4,000.
l. o. o. F. Lodge 20O2 Rhode Island
Ave. y. E, store and recreation room,
estimated cost, $1,000.
John Herath, 2104 Thirty-first Pl. s.
z, dwelling. estimated cost. $500.
The Washington times., 1938-03-12
TEMPERATURES
Starts Sunday

Starts Sunday Emil LudwiR's
''The Life of Franklin d. ROOSe-
Welt" in the big Sunday Wash
inEtOn Herald-TimeS. Telephone RE-
public 1894 and have the Herald
Times delivered.
The Washington times., 1938-03-12
PROFITS LEV Y
REPEAL M 0 v E.
GAINS IN SENATE.
Imported Pork Tariff
May Peril PaCtS
By WILLIAM S. NEAL

WAS HIN G T 0 N, March IL
Q,N.SD. - A movement for out
right repeal of the undistrlouted
profits tax gained strength in the
Senate today as result OF theI
House revolt on important pro-
visions of the new tax bill.
The measure. which contains
the Administrations assurance toI
business of relief from widely as
sailed taxes, was passed by the
House by the overwhelming vote
of 294 to 98.
Before final passage, the House
flouted the Administration attl-
tude on two issues. 1t struck out
the special undistributed profits
tax on family and closely held
corporations in spite Of President
RooSevelt's advocacy.
PORK TARIFF
It added an amendment impos-
ing a 6-centa-pound tariff tax on
imported pork despite State De
partment assertions that the
action would imperil the recipro-
cal trade agreement policy and
adversely affect the American
farmer.
With the special undistributed
profits tax eliminated, the measure
contained a virtual repeal of the
1896 general undiStributed profits
tax. AS it passed the House it
provides:
Corporations earning $25,000 a
year or less-122 per cent tax on
first $4,000 income; IA per cent
next $4,000; 16 per cent next
$4,000.
GRADUATED SCALE
Corporations earning over $685.
OOO-normal income tax of 20 per
cent, which can be decreased on
graduated scale by distribution OF
dividends until tax, with full dis
tribution, is cut to 16 per cent.
Capital gains taX-taXpayers
given option of paying at indi-
vidual income tax rates or slid
ing scale of effective maximum
of 16 to 80 per cent. Under pres
ent law, individual income tax
rates apply.
Senator Harrison CD, MisSiS-
Sippi, chairman of the Senate
Finance Committee, called the
committee into executive session
Monday. He planned discussion
of the bill in secret session for
three days with Treasury tax ex-
perts.
OPEN HEARINGS
Open hearings will be held by
the Senate committee, but they
may be limited to three days in
an effort to hasten the measure
to the Senate floor.
Polls of the finance committee
and the Senate already have re-
vealed a majority of each in favor
of outright repeal of the undls-
tributed profits tax Administra-
ton leaders, however, planned to
make a bitter fight for the House
provisions.
LEVY OUT
President Roosevelt, who de-
Tended the special tax on family
and closely-held corporations as
just and necessary, may seek to
make an issue of this provision in
the Senate. Senate leaders, how
ever, said that the levy is lou"
fn,. thu cncsinn
The Washington times., 1938-03-12
OPEN HEARINGS
LEVY OUT

President Roosevelt, who de-
Tended the special tax on family
and closely-held corporations as
just and necessary, may seek to
make an issue of this provision in
the Senate. Senate leaders, how
ever, said that the levy is "out"
for the session.
The Washington times., 1938-03-12
The Weather

District of Columbia-Fair and
slightly warmer with lowest tenn
perature about 40 degrees to
night; Sunday increasing cloudi'
ness and warmer, light rain Sun
day night; colder Monday; gentle
to moderate Southerly winds.
Maryland and Virginia-Fair
and slightly warmer tonight; Sun
day increasing cloudiness and
warmer, light rain Sunday night
and in extreme west portions Sun
day afternoon; colder Monday.
TIDE TABLE
High tides today at 4:34 a. m
and 500 p. m.
Low tiIes today at 1920 a. m
and HAS p. m.
High tides tomorrow at 5:S5 a.
m. and Sol p. m.
Low tides tomorrow at mid
night and 1890 p. m.
SUN AND MOON
The moon rises today at 2::3e
p. m. and $3.50 a. m.
The moon rises tomorrow al
3:45 a. m. and 4:29 p. m.
TEMPERATURES
The Washington times., 1938-03-12
Washington
Stocks
SALES
AFTER CALL

Washington Railway & Electric
pfd., 1@11012.
Capital Transit Co., 1908: 2
@8.
Riggs Bank Com, 5@283.
The Washington times., 1938-03-12

"Ex. dividend bBooks closed. tPlus
extras. (e) 2% extra. (f) 2h% extra.
CHI T5c extra. (g) $14.00 extra paid
November 80, 1897. (k) soc extra. (m)
93.00 extra