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Evening star., 1938-04-05
ST. 900 BROOCH AND CASH
ARE LOST FROM AUTO
Woman Believes Purse Taken
When She Paused for
Traffic Light.

Theft or loss Of $1,000 brooch, a
$50 watch. about SIS in cash and
checks and other belongings was re-
ported today by DR.. Della Ledendecker
chiropractor. Of 3025 o street NV.
Dr. Ledendecker told police she be-
lieved the things, contained in her
purse, were stolen by someone who
reached in her car when she stopped
for a trafic light last night at Thomas
Circle.
She said she received q call from a
colored man this morning. who said
he had found her handbook in the
1900 block Of Vermont avenue NV, q
route she had not followed.
Meanwhile four colored youths were
being sought in connection with the
theft of quantity of athletic equip
ment from Central High School over
the week end. The loot included base
ball bats. catcher's mask and mitt,
four pairs Of track shorts and two
stop watches.
Evening star., 1938-04-05
Transit Engineer to Talk.

Dean ]. Locke, stan engineer for
the Capital Transit Co., will speak
on transportation problems at = lunch.
con meeting Of the Cosmopolitan Club
Thursday ut 1890 pm. At the Carlton
Hotel. ]. L. B. Murray, president Of
the club, will preside.
Evening star., 1938-04-05
C. c. c. FUND is VOTED

The House passed and sent to the
Senate today a s50,O00,OOO appropria-
tion to maintain the c. C. c. program
at the present level of 1900 camps.
recent appropriation OF S237, ,0O0,-
000-about IS per cent below last
years xpenditure-would force a re-
duction Of 300 camps by July l.
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Taxes
Continued From First Pags,)

cent corporate income levy and treat
ment Of long-term capital gains in 4
separate income classification with 4
fiat Is per cent rate rather than
bracketing them into ordinary income.
Dissenting members Of the commit
tee are expected to take the lead on
the floor in fighting for = return Of
the undistributed corporate profits tax
as modified by the House bill. Senator
La Toilette, Progressive, Of Wisconsin
also is expected to lead 4 floor tight
for adoption Of schedule OF his low
cred income tax exemption, narrowly
rejected by the committee.
Other battles are anticipated on
proposed inclusion Of processing tax
schedule and set Of import excise
taxes.
Norris to Oppose Report.
Before the bill was reported, Sena-
tor Norris, Independent, Of Nebraska
said he would oppose the Finance
Committees recommendation for elm
| ination Of the undistributed profits
| tax.
Senator Norris declared he did not
like the elimination Of the profits tax
"at ALL"
II think a corporation should pay
something for the privilege Of incor-
porating," he said There Is no
reason why they should be permitted
to accumulate huge surpluses without
being taxed for it."
Senator Norris said he approved
House provisions exempting from the
profits levy those corporations having
net incomes of $25, ,0e0 and less,
From Senator Capper. Republican,
OF Kansas, came q statement he would
seek to restore on the Senate floor a
Scent poundage tax on imported pork
voted by the House and eliminated by
the Finance Committee.
Senator O'Mahoney, Democrat, Of
Wyoming, said he would offer an
amendment, rejected by the commit
tee, to impose . tax Of cents . pound
On imported bee1s
Evening star., 1938-04-05
FLEET EXPANSION
COST ESTIMATED
Average of $3.50, 900, 900
a Year Is Fixed by
Senators.
RULLETIN.

tllC 0cuAN NdNAl SO1NlnlGUcc UOQAy
that 1t would be impossible to pro-
tect Americas large cities from
bombing unless ample air bases
were provided. Army and Navy
ofncials, he said, are giving joint
consideration to establishment of .
more such land bases on the Pa
cific Coast.
By the Associated Press.
Enactment Of the Navy expansion
bill would bring the Nations naval ex-
penditures to an average of $3.50 0OO,-
900 year, Senate committeeman esti-
mated today.
They based their estimate on testi-
mony by Admiral Leahy. chief Of
naval operations. that the proposed
$l,l20, 100000 building would call for
an increase Of about $4,000, 900 a year
In Naval appropriations.
Admiral Leahy, in testimony at
closed hearings of the Senate Naval
Affairs Committee, emphasized what
he called the necessity of building up
the Navy to a 5-5-3 ratio with Eng
land and Japan.
Discussing naval DEVELOPMENTS
abroad, Admiral Leahy testified:
Ship building programs have been
greatly expanded and accelerated un-
til more than 20 battleship and air.
craft carriers are reported authorized
or under construction in foreign ship
yards, already crowded with cruisers,
destroyers and submarines"
Despite all this, however, Admiral
Leahy asserted the United States still
is interested In the limitation of
navies. land We hope that in the fu-
ture there may be reductions in naval
armaments."
Chairman Walsh, Democrat, Of
Massachusetts said the committee
would begin public hearings on the
expansion bill Thursday.
Three 45,000-ton battleships with
1S-inch guns-the largest floating
fortresses the world has ever known
should be authorized by Congress, Ad-
miral Leah told the committee.
The admiral added that in the light
OF information now available to the
Navy, he favored 35,00o-ton ships.
He made it plain, however, the Navy
wished to have the necessary congress
Sional authorization should Develop
ments indicate the necessity Of build
ing the larger ships
His recommendations were in line
with invocation by the United States
and Great Britain Of the "escalator"
clause In the 1880 London naval
treaty. The clause was invoked be-
cause of reports that Japan was build
ing 42,500-ton dreadnaughts.
Evening star., 1938-07-24

Opening night, Ellen's cues caught her
blank. She made up her lines. What diff
ference? She had greatness"
There was historic row between Mrs. Pat
Campbell and George Bernard Shaw.
Mrs. Pat had been trying out 'Pygmalion
in the provinces. She had completely re-
arranged it to suit herself.
Shaw wouldn't permit her to attend
London rehearsas, though she was to play
the feminine lead She and Shaw were not
on speaking terms.
"Thirtysix hours before the London open
ing. she had to be let in. In that short time she
rearranged the play again. Its metropolitan
premiere was as Mrs Pat desired it,
In 1915 Nh. Smith, at 81 was tops. Motion
pictures were regarded askance. but he was
asked to act in them. They fascinated him.
He said, "Charmed"'
They have treated him we'll.
He lives with Mrs Smith (her father was a
patient of his fathers, back in London in a
house they built on the high divide between
Beverly Hills and Ventura Valley The small
estate, with its bowling green. is called The
Round Corner
Cricket? He has captaned the Hollywood
Englishmen to practically unbeatable form.
It's no sissy pastine. Finlayson. one of the
Hollywood players suffered conclusion of the
brain last season. Every one of c, Aubrey's
Evening star., 1938-07-24

knuckles, on both hands, has been broken!
mote them in his next picture} and one foot is
badly smashed.
The Grand Young Man has no particular
diet. His skin is clear. his glance direct, his
posture easy and sure against the stiffness to
which he is usually cast on the screen.
''Motion-picture directors as compared with
the great ones of the stage2' Mr.. Smith
smiles How is it possible to be finer than
John Ford? Imagination, Vision. Superb un-
derstanding! And Reuben Mamoulian''
How about actresses"
"GarbO. A darling learned working with
her on the set, that her shyness is no pose,
She has genius. l can imagine no greater
experience for director than to have first
Carlo. then Hepburn. To say to Hepburn,
Keep it back! Keep it back! and to GarbO,
Bring it out! Bring it out"
And each of them with that divine spark
which marks the difference between great
actress and good one
What after these rich years. | asked,
is your philosophy of life"
He pufted at the pipe.
Il think we achieve it blindly. What is in
us comes out What we can do is practice
selfcontrol and discipline those things in our ;,
selves which are wrong
Idrew Mrs Smith tooneside. This English
man won't talk. What is his philosophy
1T isn't philosophy. she said. Its
character. He always sees the other persons
viewpoint Once he financed play on his own
in England 1t was flop. He kept it running
six weeks longer than he should have, because
of the stage hands and the bit players"
She leaned little closer
I've been married to him forty odd years,
and know he's the sweetest -natured man on
earth
Perhaps. suggested. that's why he can
play successfully such sympathetic roles.
Some of us were guests for dinner at the
British Consulate the other night" she said.
Nigel Bruce. twitting Aubrey. remarked:
Whenever the Old Man comes on the
screen, you know there won't be any dirty
work for at least ten minutes"
Evening star., 1938-07-24
Amateur cricketers Of 1887;
{. Aubrey Smith at the bottom

through life with brother who is an actor"
His eyes twinkle when he remembers:
Within year, both my sisters were on the
stage and the head of the school had gone
to be lifted
His next thirty eight years are the story of
the English stage. He appeared as star or
featured player in seventy-six major produc-
tions. His co-workers were the finest: Ellen
Terry, Sir John Hare, Sir Johnston Forbes
Robertson, Mrs. Pat Campbell - these were
few When, beginning in the nineties, Charles
Frohman persuaded him to make biennial
trips to the United States, he played with
Grace George, Billie Burke, Maude Adams.
Ethel Barrymore.
He will say nothing of his own work, but
talks graciously of anyone else.
Whom do remember swiftest and strong
est? Ellen Terry. A darling and genius -.
She could never remember her lines {. .
played opposite her in thing of Barrie's
called 'Alice-S -by-the-Fire' :. In those
days we rehearsed eight weeks.
'In the sixth week, in February, Ellen
didn't know her lines any better than on
Christmas Day. She asked Barrie if she might
respond Yes to certain cue He grunted
when Ellen returned to the stage, Barrie,
who had been huddled in those freezing stalls
for six weeks, grumbled to himself, Say any
thing, woman, but for IS sake, say
something
The Washington times., 1938-04-22
Skyhght Burglars Rob Postal Substadon Here
Attention, Editors!

MORE than three hundred and fifty of the countrys
X1 bestknown editors and publishers today enjoying
Washington and celebrating matters for the good of their
business. These all who quick to take up the
cudges behalf of their public the matter of any
thing approaching injustice
We wonder how many of them are giving thought to
the fact that in this their convention city, resident has
VOTE has he elective local national representation
such condition existed in the section where each
of them publishes paper there would be hell pay until
matters got righted
Well, here in Washington we have tried to raise
hell so that this injustice would end But we ham,
pered by the general "what-ofit?" attitude which pre-
walls Capitol Hill where sit the duly elected repre-
sentatves of the people servced to by these
editors
Surely it would not be too much to ask men with
keen of justice and fairness have these
editors to give constructive thought to this extraordi
nary condition in this the Capital of their country
They could, if they would, do fine missionary
work for not only with their representatives but
through the columns of their newspapers.
Washington would be very grateful, gentlemen.
(See Stories on Page 25)
The Washington times., 1938-04-22
Ship in Ice,
Aid Near

ST. JOHN, Newfoundland, April
% Understanding forward
through ice-jammed seas, the
sealer Eagle radioed at noon today
that she had reached the side OF
the Norwegian Sealer Ora and was
preparing to rescue the Norwegian
crafts crew.
Her boilers dead and held fast
in the ice, the Ora was abandoned
by her crew this morning. The
sailors scuttled over the side and
awaited rescue on a nearby ice
field.
Those aboard the Ora decided
to abandon ship when the inexor.
able pressure of the ice threat
ened to squeeze the small craft to
splinters within a few hours.
The Washington times., 1938-04-22
Jail 3, Seize Still
In Raid on Home

Two men and a woman were
seized by members Of the Alcohol
Tax Unit and the local vice squad
who raided a two-story home at
5201 Chevy Chase Parkway N. w.
today in the fashionable upper
Connecticut Avenue area. A 200
gallon still. 1880 gallons of mash
and 155 gallons Of finished rum
were confiscated. One of the
men. Nick Magnaterra, described
by agents as the principal figure
of a bootleg ring, was captured as
he hid behind a chimney on the
roof. The still was in the attic,
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The Washington times., 1938-04-22

permit her to rejoin him.
Lodged In the house of deten
ton as an incorrigibIe, Almira
tried to maintain her compoSure
while assisting her custodian with
household tasks.
She was brought to Wilmington
after a sad scene at the home Of
her fisherman, in Re-
hoboth, on an order by Judge
Earle R. Wiley Of juvenile court.
The newly-married couple were
dining last night in their home
when police interfered.
ooh, I felt this would hap
pen," exclaimed McChesney
tearfully. I love her so. I would
do it over again, if she were
only TO-"
. Neither McCheSney nor other
relatives we're permitted to visit
Almira in the detention home
here. Tomorrow she will be
taken to Georgetown. 80 miles
away, for a hearing before Judge
Wiley on the incorrigible charge.
MOTHER FILES CHARGES
Almira was held following a
complaint by her mother, who
charged last February that her
daughter remained away from
home until late at night.
Three years ago, Judge Wiley
said, the girl was arrested with
her brother for stealing pocket.
books and would have been placed
in a foster home because of her
habits, but her parents failed to
cooperate"
Meanwhile, Judge Wiley and
Deputy Attorney General Caleb
M. Wright planned to have the
marriage dissolved. Said the lat.
ter:
Delaware will not allow
child marriages"
The Washington times., 1938-04-22

It is expected the measure will
be approved and sent to President
Roosevelt for signature by next
week.
Harry Davis, president of the
Diamond Taxicab Association, the
city's largest cab company, said
there will have to be higher cab
rates" when the law becomes eff
fective. Other cab association
leaders echoed Davis view.
The Washington times., 1938-04-22
Taxi Rate Raise Here Due
Because of Liability La,v

WaShington's tranSpor a tion
problem faced another contro-
versy as taxicab officials today
announced emphatically an in
crease in rates when the taxicab
liability insurance bill becomes
law, probably next week.
House and Senate conferees re-
ported on the bill would require
separate insurance policies for
each cab operated In the District.
The Washington times., 1938-04-22
LOndOn-Eire Trade
Agreement Likely

LONDON, April % G.N.S.).
With Prime Minister canon De
Valera of Fire scheduled to return
to London this week end. Anglo
Fire quarters today predicted a
trade agreement between England
and Ireland will be reached in
time to permit Chancellor of the
Exchequer Sir John Simon to in
clude its provisions in his budget.
The Washington times., 1938-04-22
Freighter Aground
Off NelU England

BOSTON, April % Q.N.So.
The British freighter City Of Sal.
isbury ran aground in a dense fog
today on a sandbar off Graves
Light.
The vessel, bound for Boston
from Calcutta and Colombo, In.
dia, was due to arrive this after
noon. She was reported in no i'm
mediate danger.
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$4,000 J0BHoLDERS
There are more than $40, 900 civil
service employees in Gne United
States.
The Washington times., 1938-04-22
RIVAL UNIONS
RIOT ON DOCKS

NEW ORLEANS, La. April 20
QN.S). - Fighting broke out
again today at the Todd-Jo Johnson
Dry Docks in the bitter dispute
between an AFL union and the
CLIO, A riot call was sent to police.
The Todd-Johnson dry dock
plant has closed down because of
the strike of the metal trades
council workers, affiliated with
the AFL. The CLIO industrial
union of marine and shipbuilding
workers is seeking to be declared
the bargaining agent.
Two AFL pickets on the docks
were fired on late last night.
uoTE rms sueEpAcE Adolf a.
The Washington times., 1938-04-22
Fair and Cooler Weather
Forecast Today, TOMORROW

temperature tonight will be about
46.
The mugginess, which has dis
comforted the city for the past
two days, also was scheduled to
disappear. The Weather Bureau
promised humidity would drop in
ratio with the temperature decline.
The Washington times., 1938-04-22
Sends
Franc Downward

NEW YORK, April % G.N.SJ.
Heavy speculative selling Of
French francs in Paris and Lon
don today drove the rate down
6 points to 3.07A cents. Weak
ness in francs also unsettled other
currencies in terms of the dollar.
The British pound dropped SIG
cent to $4.98 1916; the Belga,
" point to 1887 cents; the Swiss
franc, 2 to %; the japanese yen,
2 to 1908, and Scandinavian cur
rencieS like amounts. The Guilder
was up l at 55.67.
NATE rop aueEpanR Ann,, a.
The Washington times., 1938-04-22

The weather man predicted an
end to last nights rains with a
forecast Of fair and cooler today.
The highest temperature will
be about "a degrees, he said. The
mercury stood at 81 at 10 q. m.
Continued fair and cool weather
was in store for tomorrow. Lowest
The Washington times., 1938-04-22
Road Files Plan
OF Recognizing

U.N.SJ. New York, Susque-
hanna & Western Railroad execu-
tive committee today filed a re-
organization plan for the road
with the Interstate Commerce
Commission. The line is part Of
the Erie system. The proposed
plan would wipe out common and
preferred stockholders but would
preserve the Erie'S AZ per cent
interest.
The Washington times., 1938-04-22
Plan Suit
For Pay Raises

MOLINE, ILL.,, April 22.-Police-
men here have retained attorneys
to file a mandamus action to
force the city to pay the SITS
monthly minimum wage set by
an act Of the legislature In July,
1887. Moline patrolmen receive
$3.50 a month.
The Washington times., 1938-04-22
Poles Say Soviet
Troops in Mutiny

WARSAW, April % GN.SJ.
The semiofficial A.. T. E. Polish
News Agency reported from Lenin.
grad today that one Soviet Rus
sian anti-aircraft division and two
infantry regiments mutinied in
White Russia.
Picked troops, said the report,
were ordered to suppress the
mutineers.
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The Washington times., 1938-04-22
LANDON BUSHES
'TOFATHER'S SIDE

TOPEKA, Kan, April % GIN.
S).-Alf M. Landon left here hur-
riedly this morning by automobile
for Kansas City, Mo-, where his
elderly father, John Landon, was
reported to have suffered a heart
attack in a hospital, it was said
at the former governors office.
Landon was forced to cancel q
luncheon address he was SEIZED
uled to make.
The Washington times., 1938-04-22
PARRIES QUIZ

The Chief Executive declined to
elaborate on his forthcoming
luncheon conference with Henry
Ford. Asked what would be dis
cussed Mr.. Roosevelt parted by
saying he presumed the same
things the auto magnate already
had mentioned in a press inter
view.
Inquiries about his luncheon
conference yesterday with Senator
William E. Borah R0, Idaho,
ELECTED only the information that
he and Borah agreed on substan-
TALLY everything. This applied to
monopoliStic practices, the Presi-
dent said under questioning.
The two objects of his hoped
for cruise beginning next Friday
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The Washington times., 1938-04-22
New Low Reached
In SEC Registry

UN.S0 "A total of $685., 819, 900
in new securities were registered
during the first three months Of
1888, the SEC reported yesterday.
This compared with 1927, lis, 900
registered during the same period
last year and set a new low quar-
terly figure for the past three
years.
The Washington times., 1938-04-22
Supreme SOviets
Campaign Opens

MOSCOW, April % Q.N.S0.
Campaigns were open today for
the election on June 26 of supreme
SovietS Of the Russian and Ukraine
Josef Stain, v. M.
Molotov and M. Kaganovitch were
as candidates.
The Washington times., 1938-04-22
MAIL RAIDERS
fail IN EFFORT
TO CRACK SAFE
Gasoline Depot Is
Also Broken Into

Craftsman broke into . Post
Office substation and a nearby
service station in the Northeast
section during the night, but OBJ
tanned little loot.
The Truxton Circle substation,
on Florida Avenue between North
Capitol and First Streets North
east. was entered by burglars,
who slid down a rope from a sky
light. after failing in efforts to
jimmy a rear door.
SAFE BALKS YEGGS
They broke open the cash and
stamp drawers, but found only
few stamped envelopes, then
turned their attention to the safe,
smashing the hinges, but were
unable to get the door open.
The attempted robbery was dis
covered when I. Bailey, colored
janitor, arrived about 6 a. m. and
found the rope dangling from the
skylight and the broken drawers,
He called police and postal In.
SpectorS.
CIGARETTES STOLEN
Wilson M. Thomas, colored, of
40 Porter st. N. E., told police he
saw a sedan with Cincinnati tags
parked in front Of the substation
from about 11:16 to 1880 O'Clock.
Police believe it may have been
the robbers car.
A service station at IS H st.
N. E. was also broken into and
an attempt made to break open
the safe. 1t was unsuccessful.
The robbers then smashed 4 vend.
ing machine and took a quantity
Of cigarettes. Police believe the
same gang staged both jobs.
picture on Page 81
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The Washington times., 1938-04-22
Bride, II, Is Held;
Weeps for Mate, 81
Mothers Complaint Brings Court Action
On Charge of IncOrrigibiLity

WILMINGTON Del, April % tI.Ns.).-Torn from the
Of her husband Samuel McChesney g. and made tenn
ward of the State Emra Mae McChesney 12yearo
bride of week. today pleaded in vain with authorities to
The Washington times., 1938-04-22
TAX EXEMPTIO
MESSAGE DUE.
BY PRES IDENT
Plans Cruise on
New Warship
By GEORGE DuRNO

d.N.S.) President Roosevelt
announced today he hoped to be
able to get away from Washing
ton next Friday for brief cruise
aboard the new treaty cruiser
Philadelphia.
The Executive said his destina-
ton would be the Atlantic Ocean
and back; that he would be gone
four or five days and that his
primary desire was to get as far
away as possible from telephones,
visitors and the press.
SPECIAL MESSAGE
With this brief cruise in mind
the President said he would trans
NIT to Congress before next Fri
day his special message on
monopoly.
The message proposing discon-
tinuance of tax-exempt bonds and
the application of taxes on
hitherto exempt State and Fed
eral salaries will be sent to Con-
gress on Monday, the President
said.
The Washington times., 1938-04-22
DafOe Angry
As Probe Is
Delayed

OTTAWA, Ontario, April %.
The request Of Olivia DiOnne
for a judicial inquiry into the
guardianship established for his
five famous daughters-the
DiOnne Quins-wilI get no i'm
mediate action. Hon. d. u.
COnant, attorney general Of On
tariO, announced today that the
Ontario government will first
carefully study" a report on
the gums affairs, made by p.
d. Wilson who represents the
province on the board Of guard
ians.
BOSTON, April % G.N.SO.-Dr
Allan r. Dafoe, country doctor
who presided at the birth of the
Dionne quintuplets, today in an
exclusive telephone interview with
International News Service and
the Boston Evening American,
openly challenged Olivia Dionne
and Attorney Henri st. Jacques, OF
Ottawa. to prove charges that he
Is wasting the babies money or
alternating their affections.
The venerable Callander, On.
tario, physician indicated that his
patience was finally exhausted by
disputes with the parents Of the
children.
This is the first time he has
openly criticized Papa" Dionne.
In a declaration against DR.. Da-
foe. Attorney Jacques charged:
That the health Of the quin-
tupletS had been impaired to
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TREASURY CONDITION
Q.N.SO Treasury balance as of
April 20: $2,848, 1893 ,67S.17; inter
nal revenue, So, $50, 487 SO; customs
receipts, $15,681, 245.77; receipts,
1894, 47O, 229; expenditures, &c..
165, 658, 397.