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Evening star., 1938-04-17
CIVIL SERVICE EXAM SET
Test to Be for Junior Medica,

Test to Be for Junior Medical
Technician-Salary 81, ,44O.
The Civil Service Commission YES
terday announced an examination for
junior medical technician in the Pub
lie Health Service. The entrance SAL
ary is $l,440 and applications will be
received at fourth civil service district
headquarters, 9l5 G street NV, until
April %.
Two years experience as a medical
laboratory technician is required.
Evening star., 1938-04-17
Epitaph Tells
OfRurnI Demise
OF Hired Girl

The Bureau Of Home Economics OF
the Agriculture Department yesterday
wrote the epitaph OF the hired girl,
famous figure in American rural
economy.
The families that once hired her
haven't got the money to keep it up,
the bureau reported. Only in the
southeastern part of the country does
she thrive. The bureau adds other
reasons for her demise:
The Importance of our hired girl
in the living patters Of village FAM
lilies has decreased as services Of COM
mercial bakeries and laundries have
increased, as canneries and garment
factories have grown and as labor
saving norna devices have come into the
Then. too, many a homemaker
would rather spend for a car and
widen her social contacts than spend
for a maid II this means only leisure
to sit on the front porch and watch
the neighbors ride by"
Evening star., 1938-04-17
JOB PLACEMENTS
SHOW LARGE GAIN
Slight Decrease Reported
in Number of Work
Applications.

Reporting widespread gains In the
number Of jobs filled through public
employment Offices and a slight de-
crease in the volume of workers reg
istering for employment, Secretary of
Labor Perkins announced yesterday
that 177,l32 placements Of all types
were made by the United States En-
ployment Service in March, a gain
In the daily rate OF 1873 per cent over
February.
In the District of Columbia, the
placements were 1882, of which 1887
were in private employment and 95
IN public. Regular employment-tha
for over one month-Was provided for
800 persons, and temporary-a month
or less-for 887. The number seeking
work here was put at 48.903
Increases in placements were gen.
eral and were particularly notable in
the field of private employment, fol-
lowing declines in January and Feb
ruary," the Secretary said. There
were l28,887 private jobs filled. Of
which 70527 went to men and 1850
to women. Public employment place
ments totaled 45,367 and relief as
signments 2.878
Registrations totaled more than q
million and third In these, there
were 805 ,554 new applicants, and $685.
064 applications that represented re-
newals. The drop in daily rate of total
applications was 80 per cent from
February.
The total number of persons seeking
work at the end of March was 6,778,-
368. which was three-tenths of l per
cent over February.
Evening star., 1938-04-17
WOMEN LEADERS
IN APPEAL NAMED
Drive Opening May l to Aid
Destitute Jews in
Europe.

Women leaders who will serve on the
Campaign Committee Of the United
Jewish Appeal, the relief drive which
opens here May l, we're announced yes
terday by Mrs. John M. Safer, CO.
director Of the drive
Drawn from the Council of Jewish
Women. the Hadassah and other Jew
ish women's organizations, women's
division of the committee will be
headed by Mrs. Leopold V. Freudberg.
Miss Bertha Israel. Mrs. Sidney Hech-
finger and Mrs Charles Rosenthal.
The youth division. which has not
yet announced its members, will be
headed by Miss Nancy Goldsmith,
granddaughter Of Mrs Charles A..
Goldsmith. and Aaron Goldman.
The local drive is part of Nation
wide campaign to raise funds for the
relief Of destitute Jews in Central and
Eastern Europe and to provide refuge
for many of them in Palestine and
other lands.
The women's division includes Mrs
Mark Lansburgh, Mrs Raphael Tou-
rover, Mrs. Sidney Diamond. Mrs. Law
rence KoenigSberger. Mrs. Sidney A.
Wiseman, Mrs. S. Howwitz, Mrs, Fred
Pelzman. Mrs. Henry Oxenburg. Mrs
Aaron l.. Shalowitz, Mrs. E. 1. Kauf-
mann, Mrs. Fedora Lewis, Mrs William
Tich. Mrs. Louis Prawde, Mrs. Martin
Mendelsohn
Mrs. M. Cayton Mrs. Jacob Bass,
Mrs. Samuel Bugatch, Mrs. A. c. Sells,
Mrs. Alexander Wolfe. Mrs. Morris
Klass. Mrs. Leon Tashof. Mrs. Samuel
Benjamin Mrs. Louis Gutenberg, Mrs.
Betty K. Shapiro, Mrs. Albert Jacob
son, Mrs. Louis Novick. Mrs. James
IAnsburgh, Mrs. Milton King and Mrs.
Sidney Lust.
Evening star., 1938-04-17
COOPERATIVE MEDICINE
WILL BE DISCUSSED

Cooperative medicine. the center OF
protracted controversy here. will be
discussed at public meeting Tues
day night at Mount Pleasant Congre-
gational Church. 14l0 Columbia road,
under auspices Of the District Of Co.
lumbia Cooperative League
Speakers will include Representative
Byron Scott Of California, who has
championed Group Health Associa-
tion, Inc, in the House, and William
c. Kirkpatrick, president of G. H. A.
Jacob Baker, president of the United
Federal Workers Of America and vice
president of the Cooperative League,
will preside.
Evening star., 1938-04-17
SWEETBRIAR COLLEGE
GIRLS PLAN BENEFIT
Will Give Recital Wednesday at
Wardman Park to Aid Library
Fund.

With Mrs. Roosevelt as patroness In
chief, group of girls from Sweetbriar
College, Sweetbriar. Va, which is at
tended by many girls from Washing
ton, will give a dance recital Wednes-
day at the Wardman Park Theater at
$50 pm. for the benefit of the college
library fund
The recital will include also a num-
ber of exhibitions in choreeraphy, a
rare and difficult type OF the dance.
Choregrsphy is the art of representing
dancing by signs. Seventeen Sweet
briar girls are considered able enough
dancers to attempt choregraphy Eight
Of them are members OF this years
May queens court.
Miss Nora Staael, director of the
dance at the school, will do two solo
dances, one in the first part of the
program called City Streets" and
the other in the second part Of the
program, Flight
Mrs. Peyton Evans, 5000 Forty
fourth place NV, is the general
chairman of the committee in charge
of arrangements for the recital.
Evening star., 1938-04-17
JUDGE CURRAN MOVES
TO BAR INTIMIDATION
Acts in Police Court After
Colored Man Is Charged With
Making Threats.

Judge Edward NJ Curran served
notice in Police Court yesterday that
he would tolerate no intimidation of
witnesses or officers, following the
arrest in the Police Court Building of
= colored man who had threatened a
colored police informer for causing his
wife's arrest.
John M, Hamilton, 3O4 v street
NV. was sentenced to put up a $500
peace bond or to serve 30 days in Jail
for threatening the police informer
that If he prosecuted his wife, III
get you later
Arraigned before the court. Hamil-
ton denied the accusation Judge Cur
ran, in finding him guilty, declared:
This court does not intend to tol-
crate threats against any witness or
offcer Of the law and will prosecute
any person intimidating such"
Hamilton's wife was charged with
operating a disorderly house.
Evening star., 1938-04-17
STORE WINDOW DISPLAY
CONTEST VICTORSLlSTED
]. B. McCann, w. r.. Dick and
James Battle Are Winners
of Airline Prizes.

Winners in a window display con-
test sponsored by Eastern Air Lines
and participated in by Washington
stores have been announced by the
National Display Club as follows:
j. B. McCann of S. Kann Sons Co..
department store group; w. R. Dick,
Jelleff's, Inc. speciality store group,
and James Battle. D. j. kaufman,
mems clothing store group.
The theme of the displays tied up
air travel to Miami and merchandise
suitable for the trip. The prizes in
each group were two round-trip air.
line tickets from Washington to
Miami. Twenty D. c. stores partici-
pated.
Evening star., 1938-04-17
EIGHT ALIENS AT LARGE

seven Chinese Who Deserted Ship
at Norfolk Seized.
NORFOLK, Va. April 16 (P).-
Eight Of the Is Chinese. members of
the crew OF the British steamer
Maron, who deserted early today while
the vessel was moored at the Norfolk
Tidewater terminals, still were at
large tonight.
Six Of the men were picked up near
the Sewalls Point ferry by the police
soon after they were reported missing,
A seventh was arrested later in the
vicinity of the Lamberts Point ter
minals.
The ship arrived here Friday from
the Far East via Jacksonville and
cleared today for Java via New York.
Evening star., 1938-05-09
SHORE PROGRAM
ASKED BY LEAHY
Chief of Naval Operations Urges
House Group to Approve
$28. 100000 Project.

BY the Associated Press.
Admiral william D. Leahy, chief of
naval operations. asked the House
Naval Committee today to approve a
$4,000. 900 shore construction pro-
gram to keep an expanding fleet ready
for battle.
The program includes fleet mainte-
nance, $9,610,000; aeronautical re.
quirements. $8,047. 900; ordnance de-
pots, $2,483,500; supply facilities.
$3.50, 900; hospital facilities. 100000;
radio stations, $122,500; training. edu-
cation, welfare and housing, $7,15s.-
000
The construction would be carried
on on both seacoasts and in Alaska
and Pacific insular possessions.
Admiral Leahy told the committee
developments ashore have not kept
pace with increases in the fleet and
I'VE have now reached q point where
the efficiency Of the striking forces
afioat and in the cir will soon be
seriously impaired by the absence
Of shore facilities" q
Evening star., 1938-05-09
Moue to Call League Assembly
Perils Anglo-Fre1,ch REALISM
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
/ GENEVA, May 9.-The unexpected
growth of a movement to call the
League of Nations Assembly into ses-
sion ahead of schedule threatened to-
day to wreck the French British
realistic" policy of opening the way
for recognition of Italy,s conquest of
Ethiopia. This would seriously delay
an essential part of French-B British
rapprochement with Italy.
Both British Foreign Secretary Wis
count Halifax and French Foreign
Minister Georges Bonnet, in private
talks with other delegates in connec-
ton with todays opening of the 101st
session of the League Council urged
them to speed action to free League
members to recognize Italian sover-
eighty over Halle Selassie's old do
main.
Lord Halifax and M. Bonnet wanted
public discussion Of their .'do-as-you-
please" proposal to start tomorrow
II possible.
A campaign to call the full League
membership into se1ion was reported
Evening star., 1938-05-09
WAMPLERS ARE FREED
ON BOND IN SLAYING
So, 900 Set for Former Lawyer
and $1,000 for Wife in
Adams Death Case.

Spet jal Dispatch to The Star.
LA PLATA. Md. May 9.-Mr. and
Mrs. T. Morris Wampler. held in Jail
here since last Tuesday on charges
of numbering Charles Adams, 65-year-
old "handyman" at their Fenwick
estate. today were granted their lib
erty under bond pending action by
the Charles County grand jury.
Circuit Court Judge Walter Mitchell
fixed bond for Wampler, 81, former
Washington attorney, who served an
18-month Federal prison sentence on
income tax charges four years ago. at
$4,000. and for his wife Wyvil, 80, at
$1,000.
The judge acted after hearing on
a habeas corpus petition filed by Jo-
seph Turco, Washington attorney, and
John Mudd, local lawyer, represents
ing the Wamplers.
There was no action on behalf Of
Alan Buck, 26-year-old writer of chill.
dren's stories and neighbor of the
Wamplers, accused jointly with them
OF killing Mr. Adams during a drink
ing party at the Wampler home on
April 20.
Evening star., 1938-05-09
ACTRESS QUITS SUIT
June o'Dea Abandons Her Action

June o'Dea Abandons Her Action
Against Lefty Gomez.
NEW YORK. May R,-Pretty
June O'Dea. actress wife of Vernon
Lefty Gomez, Yankee pitcher, with
drew her separation suit against him
today.
She received, said her attorney, a
lump cash settlement" the amount
OF which was not announced. Gomez
also withdrew counter claim for
separation.
Mrs. Gomez had accused the baseball
star Of cruelty and desertion. She
has been receiving $75 = week tenn
porary alimony. The attorneys would
not discuss the plans Of the couple or
any possible change in the alimony
arrangement.
Withdrawal Of the two actions fol-
lowed an extended conference of the
attorneys with Supreme Court Justice
Aaron J. Levy IN chamberA
Evening star., 1938-05-09
FIND $4,000 GEMS
STOLEN AT DERBY
Louisville Police Push Probe of
Eight Other Thefts Yielding
$68.360 Loot.
BY the AssC ciated Press

by the ASSC CldteG PreSS.
LOUISVILLE. KY. May 9-Police
recovered satchel containing jewelry
its owner valued at $4,000 here early
today and closed their investigation of
one Of the three major jewel thefts
Of the Kentucky Derby week end.
The satchel was found and a former
employe of the Kentucky Hotel was
charged with its theft a few hours
after David Butler, Hollywood motion
picture director, reported it disap-
peared from the hotel lobby last night.
Detective Charles Ungles said he
arrested Joe Cody. 81, who gave his
address as Miami, Fla, in a drug
store where Cody tried to sell some of
the jewelry
Detectives continued their investi-
cations of the previously reported
theft of jewels valued at between
$25,000 and $4,000 from the room of
Joan Bennett. film actress, and OF
tewelry valued at s29,500 from the
room of Mr.. and Mrs. Bradford Ellis
worth of New York, in other Louis.
vile hotels.
Police said total of $68,360 il
jewelry, clothing and other propert.
was reported stolen from eight Derb.
visitors.
Evening star., 1938-05-09
CAB KILLS TWO WOMEN

BALTIMORE. May 9 R.-Two
women returning from church to-
gether were struck and killed last
night by q taxicab that dragged them
more than rs feet.
Mrs. Matilda Fiore was killed in
stantly. Her friend. Mrs Anna Sica.
died shortly after she was admitted
to . hospital.
DR.. F. L. c. Helm, automobile cor
oner. ordered the arrest Of the cat
driver, Joseph Harris, "a, on a charge
Of causing the women's deaths.
A third traffic victim, John Fabula
is. died last night of injuries suffered
Tuesday when an automobile hit his
bicycle.
Evening star., 1938-05-09
ROOSEVELT SEEN
AGAINST LIFTING
SPAIN EMBARGO
Stand Is Indicated After
ParIey With Leaders in
Congress.
CHANGE IN ACT NOW
OPPOSED BY RAYBURN
President and Hull to Confer
on General International
Developments.
By the Associated Press.

President Roosevelt's first post.
vacation conference with congressional
leaders produced a strong indication
today the administration will not sup.
port efforts to lift the embargo or
arms shipments to Spain.
Representative Rayburn of Texas
House Democratic leader. said aftel
the conference that he was firmly op.
posed to modification at this time o.
the Neutrality Act as applied to the
Spanish civil war.
The Texan said, in response te
questions, that the Nye resolution
which would lift the arms embargo
was mentioned incidentally"
He said he would not attempt te
speak for the President on this sub.
ject. but as for himself he was opposed
to changing the present, policy
The President arranged to discuss
this question and international de-
velopments in general with Secretary
Hull
Early Action Doubted.
The Senate Foreign Relations Com
mlttee IS awaiting an expression from
the State Department on a resolution
for ending the ban on munitions ship
ments.
Senator Nye, Republican, of North
Dakota, author of the proposal said
he expected the department would
neither approve nor disapprove He
predicted, nevertheless, that the Sem
ate committee would indorse his reso-
luton.
Some committee members expressed
doubt that any action would be taken
during this session of Congress.
The year-old Neutrality Act provides
that export of arms to belligerents
must stop as soon as the President
finds a state of war exists. 1t has
been applied, so far, only to the war
in Spain.
Administration leaders, criticized by
some groups who contend the Span
ish government forces have been
placed at greater disadvantage by the
embargo, have declared the law is in
flexible. Once state of war is de-
clared. they said, arms shipments
must be stopped automatically.
Other Problems.
In addition to the Spanish embargo
issue, another international problem
before President Roosevelt is Ger
manys request for permission to pur-
chase American helium for use in
dirigibles. Secretary Ickes, who ad-
ministers the helium laws, has held
up the sale, demanding a guarantee
that the non-inflammaple airship gas
would not be used "as an instrument
Of war"
DR.. Hugo Eckener, the German diri-
gible expert, arrived yesterday to ask
officials to release helium for the new
Zeppelin, Lz130. He was honored
last night by dinner at the Germany
Embassy, attended by several high
Government officials Secretary Ickes
was not invited
Evening star., 1938-05-09

being actively pushed for different
reasons by Colombia, Chile and Mex
leo. encouraged by Soviet Russia,
China, New Zealand and Bolivia,
members of the 14-member council.
Halifax's and Bonnets spokesmen
indicated the British and French
statesmen were confident of success
If their proposal could be threshed out
promptly in the Council. But they
feared delay if the Assembly, already
scheduled to meet September S. were
asked to deal with the question.
The latest French-British plan was
said to be simply for each member
of the Council to make q declaration
regarding italian recognition without
q vote-the same procedure as used
when the Council decided" In 1895
that Italy was an aggressor.
The reported arrival Of Aga Khan,
president Of the Assembly, strength
ened the belief that the larger group
might be called into session ahead Of
its regular meeting.
Disposition Of the recognition issue
Evening star., 1938-05-09
SENATE APPROVES
TAXREVS|0NB| BILL
When House Also Adopts
Conference Report 1t Will
Go to President.
Hv the Associated Press.

Pv the Associated Press.
The Senate gave its final approval
today to the compromise tax revision
bill.
The -billion-do measure,
which its sponsors contend, will en-
courage business expansion and melt
frozen capital, now goes to the House
When that body adopts the agreement
reached in conference between the two
chambers, the bulky bill will be ready
for President Roosevelt's signature.
Senate approval was given after
only few minutes of debate. There
was a voice vote. No negative votes
we're heard.
Drafted by conference committee
to reconcile differences between sepa-
rate Senate and House measures the
bill would retain for two years modi-
fled version of the undistributed profits
tax.
President Endorsed Principle.
This taxation principle, originally
rejected by the Senate. was written
into the bill after President Roosevelt
had Endorsed it in a letter to the con-
ference committee
The compromise measure also would
overhaul the existing capital gains tax
structure. substituting system of fiat
rates for the present graduated scale
Prompt House approval is expected
and Senate leaders said the revenue
bill may go to the White House this
week.
Senator Borah, Republican. of Idaho
previously had said he would oppose
the compromise bill because it omits
legislation to make Federal securities
taxable
Stricken Out Before.
Senator Borah pointed out that
amendments to eliminate tax-exempt
securities twice had been stricken
from tax bills by conference commit
tees. The first case occurred three
years ago, the second applies to the
pending bill
"The President has said he wants
these tax-exempt securities elm
mated" said Mr.. Borah, who had sue
ceeded in having the Senate insert
such provision. I'VE had a chance to
do something Immediately, but the
conferees have killed that chance"
Chairman Harrison. Democrat, OF
Mississippi, of the Senate Finance
Committee, replied that the conferees
had eliminated the Borah amendment
on the insistence of the House. They
also believed. he said, that the whole
question of making State and Federal
securities taxable should be consid-
cred in one separate measure.
Amendment Question.
Senator Harrison declined to indi-
cate whether he believed a constitu-
tional amendment would be necessary
to accomplish this. Mr.. Borah has
contended that it would be necessary
to amend the Constitution to permit
taxation of returns from State securi-
ties, but that taxation of Federal Sc
curities could be accomplished by leg
islation.
The tax bill, designed to raise $5,-
330.000,000 in revenue. would revise
downward present taxes on capital
gains.
Evening star., 1938-05-09
O'CONN0RPLEADS
FORQU|CK ACTION
0NPAY MEASURE
Introduces Resolution to
Waive Rules to Permit
Early Consideration.
LEADERS TALK OVER
BILL WITH PRESIDENT
Bankhead Convinced House Will
Pass Proposals Without
Major Amendments.
BACKGROUND -

BACKGROUND -
House approval of the REVISED
mage and hour bill Wds' pirtudlly
assured last ,oeek, ,1hen 21S MEM
bers signed petition to force meas
ure out of Rules Committee, which
had preVented action earlier this
session after bill had passed Senate.
Endorsement of American Federd-
ton OF Labor and smashing
primary uictory OF Florida's Senator
Pepper, Udge-hour bill advocate,
contributed materially to success
OF the bills supporters in the House.
BY the Associated Press.
Chairman O'Connor Of the Rules
Committee proposed today that the
House expedite action on the contro-
verted wage-hour bill.
The House has signed up petition
to force action on the legislation. but
under existing rules it cannot come
up before May %.
Representative O'Connor introduced
resolution to waive the rules and
permit the petition to be called up
at any time.
He said that if the House leader
ship desired to advance the date of
consideration, he would make every
effort to prevail upon a majority of
the Committee on Rules to report
out the resolution" waving the rules.
Speaker Bankhead said:
OF course, the President is very
anxious to get the bill passed before
We adjourn"
Mr.. Bankhead and other congress
sional leaders had conferred with the
President earlier on the legislation
program.
The Speaker said he did not look for
any additional emergency legislation
at this session unless it was some
measure dealing with the plight of the
railroads.
Convinced Measure to Pass.
Mr., Bankhead said he was convinced
the House would pass the wage-hour
bill, probably without any substantial
amendments.
He told his press conference he
thought there would be no "inordi-
nate delay" in adjournment of Con-
gress, but that the date probably
would depend on the Senate's action
on the wage-hour bill
Bank holding company legislation.
the Speaker asserted, seems to be
rather definitely postponed by the ac-
ton of the Senate Banking Commit
tee,' which refused to consider it at
the current session.
He said monopoly legislation and
reciprocal taxation by the States and
Federal Government of one another's
securities were in the same category.
The Presidents legislative confer.
ence was attended by Speaker Bank
head, House Democratic Leader Ray
burn. Vice President Garner and Sen
ate Majority Leader Barkley.
Representative Rayburn said the
conferees went into the whole con-
gressional situation.
The new relief-public works pro-
gram, the subject of separate confer
ences at the White House in the
forenoon by the President, Secretary
Ickes, Relief Director Hopkins, Budget
Director Bell and House Appropria-
ton Committee leaders, will be brought