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Evening star., 1939-02-08
RooseveIt's
For u. 5. Judgeship p
Fatally Stricken
William Buxter Lee
Dies Of Heart Attack
At Knoxville, Tenn.
BY the Associated Press,

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Feb. g.
Death has abruptly ended the career
Of William Baxter Lee before he
could realize an ambition of aecom-
ing Federal judge.
The 59-year-old attorney fell dead
of heart ailment yesterday in the
private chambers Of United States
District Judge George c. Taylor
while discussing a law suit.
His appointment by President
Roosevelt as rowing" judge in the
middle and eastern districts of
Tennessee, post created through
the efforts Of his longtime friend,
Senator Kenneth D. McKellar,
Democrat, of Tennessee, was con-
frmed last week by the Senate.
Oddly, had his death come after
he had taken the oath, the Office
would have been automatically
abolished, since the legislation
creating it stipulated it should be
for the life of the appointee."
However, attorneys here and In
Washington said that since Mr.. Lee
had not received his commission
from the President and had not
taken the oath, new appointment
could be made Immediately.
Mentioned prominently for pos
Sible appointment were United
States District Attorney General
James B. Frazier, jr,, and Sam
Whitaker, both of Chattanooga;
Judge Joseph Caldwell of Bristol,
Tenn, and Robert L. Taylor Of
johnson City, Tenn.
Evening star., 1939-02-08
Five Takoma Assault
Suspects Released

Five suspects arrested by Mont
gomery County and Washington DO
lice for investigation in connection
with the robbery and assault of a
pretty, 22-year-old Washington
woman, were released last night
after the victim was unable to iden-
THY them as her assailant.
Police were continuing their in
tensive search today, however, de-
spite a belief that the attacker may
have been a hobo. The attack oc-
CURED In the 200 block of Baltimore
avenue, Takoma Park, Nd, only a
snort distance from the Baltimore
q Ohio Railroad tracks where
freight trains are slowed by a grade.
Meanwhile States Attorney Ben
q. wilkinson, jr., issued statement
from Washington Sanitarium, where
he is recovering from an appendi-
cltls operation, declaring the attack
showed the need for additional DO
lice for Montgomery County. A
bill to increase the force from 20
to IS men is pending in the Mary
land Legislature.
The woman was attacked Monday
night while on her way from her
work In Washington to visit her
husband. who was i'll at the home of
his parents in the 200 block of AL
bany street, Takoma Park. The
man forced her into a garage at the
rear OF the home of Mrs. Llewellyn
Jordan, where he robbed her of
about $l1 and then assaulted her.
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Use Of Firemen
To Guard Children in
School Traffic Asked
RondIe Highlands
Association Also Seeks
Retirement Of Coptoin

A proposal that firemen patrol
street intersections near their sta
tions during the opening and closing
hours Of school was Endorsed last
night by the Randle Highlands Citi-
zens' Association, ana a letter sent
to Commissioner Melvin c. Hazen
suggesting a study Of the plan for
possible adoption in the District.
The association also decided to call
to the attention Of the proper on
cials" its contention that Capt.
Henry Corder, in charge of No. 10
Fire Engine Co., should resign or be
retired because Of age.
Joseph soresi, chairman of the
associations Police and Fire-Protec-
tion Committee, said Capt. Corder
was SO years old, had been In the
Fire Department for about 40 years
and is eligible for retirement.
Reporting further on the activi-
ties of his committee, Mr.. Soresi
DN~SS~ SAASAS "SAC OIlly OCtCA
boxes in the Randle Highlands COM
munlty: He recommended the in
stallation of boxes at five places in
the area: Minnesota avenue and
IWenty-seventh street Sc, Twenty
eighth and R streets Sc, Twenty
ninth and o streets Sc, Nineteenth
and P streets Sc, and Nineteenth
and S streets Sc.
More rigid inspection of elevators
IN District and private buildings was
asked by the association. A COM
plant was registered with Adelbert
w. Lee, president. concerning the
condition of the elevator service in
the recorder of deeds Office here,
The attention of the District Com
mlssloners was called by the asso.
ciation to a large part of the subur-
ban Southeast section as ready for
the development of homes. c. A.
Barker, author of the motion. sup-
gested that the Highway and Sewer
departments open and improve
streets and plan a sewer system to
foster the development.
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Philippine Delegates
Tour D. 6. Schools

Delegates from the Philippine
Islands yesterday made an inspec-
ton tour of Washington schools to
study the class grouping. general
organization. and especially the
civic and social studies taught by
the schools.
The visitors, part of commission
touring the larger cities of this
country to get in touch with the
American school setup, were shown
through the Brightwood Elementary,
Paul Junior High and Roosevelt
Senior High School. They were es-
corted on their tour by First Assist
ant Supt. of Schools Robert L. Hay-
cock.
Members of the touring party
were Marcelino Bautista, assistant
superintendent Of schools at Manila.
DR.. Mauro Baradi, lawyer who
assisted in drawing up the Philip
pine Act OF Independence, and Max
imiano Villareal
The commission will use its find
lngs to set up an organic act for q
new school system In the Philip
pines.
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FickIe???

SOW can I help eet if zee men are
cra-zee about me?" If you had
this peaches-and-cream complexion
you'd probably have the same pleas
ant complaint. And if you want a
come-hither" complexion-try the
wonderful cleansing and toning
cream so many pretty girls are
thrilled over-Dioxogen Cream,
which releases active oxygen right
onto your skin.
Use Dioxogen Cream to cleanse
your face. The active oxygen bub-
bles free on your skin and bubbles
out the specks of dirt. Wipe off.
Then massage in little more
Dioxogen Cream and leave on a few
minutes :. . So soothing! So stimu-
latlng! That's the active oxygen at
work. Refreshing as a spring tonic!
You've just had a beauty pickup
with Dioxogen Cream. Your skin
feels better-so smooth to the touch.
And there's fresh vibrant glow to
make men look and look.
Try month of tonic beauty
pick-ups with Doxogen Cream-in
the evening-and before you 20 to
bed. Dloxogen Cream costs no more
than ordinary cold cream. Get a Jar
at your drugstore today.
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residential "A" district within the
area bounded by Pennsylvania ave-
nue., Thirty eighth, N and Thirtieth
streets Sc.
To extend the residential "A"
restricted classification to include
many Of the properties now zoned
residential "A" in the vicinity OF
Thirty y-sixth street and Alabama,
Pennsylvania and Southern avenues
S.E.;;, as requested by spokesmen
for the Fort Davis Citizens Associa-
ton. However, the Commission ex-
empted from the change most of the
21-acfe Young tract, with the excep-
ton Of strip 125 feet deep along
Suitland road Sc, between Thirty
eighth street and the District line,
and another strip along Alabama
avenue at the south end Of the tract.
The commission approved two
amendments to the zoning regula-
tions making more or less technical
changes In restrictions governing the
possible establishment of private
garages and private stables within a
residential district. Similar amend
ments dealing with bowling alleys
were denied, but will be revised and
considered again at a succeeding
zoning hearing.
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Chest Committees
ITO Nominees 10
Board Elected
BoIIoting Follows
Brief Discussions on
Names Presented

The ITO nominees presented by
the Community Chest Nominating
Committee were elected to the Chest
Board of Trustees last night in the
first competitive election for the
posts in the 11-year history of the
local organization.
Balloting became necessary yes
terday when, exercising right for
nomination by petition provided in
the Chest bylaws, q number of
contributors proposed names of IL
additional nominees. OF the latter,
10 were members Of the Citizens
Committee for Medical Freedom,
which, through provision Of stick
ers" for use on pledges last No.
vember, projected controversy over
the Group Health Association, Inc,
in the Chest campaign.
Fifteen minutes after the ballots
had been collected at the annual
meeting last night John F. Victory,
who had been appointed chairman
of the election tellers, announced
that of approximately 800 ballots
cast 242 struck the names of the
nominees by petition and voted for
contributors representatives pro-
posed by the Nominating Commit
tee. Complete totals of votes cast
for individual nominees are expect
ed to be completed today.
Comments from the floor on the
merits of the nominations were
brief and orderly. Most of the time
consumed between the report Of the
Nominating Committee and actual
balloting was given to questions on
voting rules and procedure.
Eligibility Question Raised.
One speaker from the floor ques-
toned the eligibility of the II nomi-
nees on the grounds that their con-
tributions had been returned II
"stickers" were attached to their
pledge cards. Herbert L. Willett.
jr., Chest director, explained that
subsequent to the return of the
"sticker" contributions, the II NOM
inees and all petitioners approving
their nomination had made other
donations.
While the attendance of approx
mately 500 persons was awaiting
word from the election tellers after
the voting was completed, Coleman
Jennings, president of the Chest, de-
clared the meeting open for any
business or comments from the floor.
The following resolution was pro-
posed by Charles w. Collier. en-
ployed in the Office of the Secretary
of Agriculture:
Resolved, That the membership
of the Community Chest of Wash
ington, D. c., present at this meet
ng instruct its Board of Directors
to express to the governing body of
Garfield Hospital it's commendation
of the course recently taken by that
hospital looking toward solution of
the issue of discrimination against
co-operatives."
After brief furry of comments
from the floor for and against the
resolution, H. L. Rust, jr, retiring |
treasurer of the Chest, moved that |
the resolution be tabled. His motion
carried by standing vote of 143
to 40.
Earlier, reports of the director and
treasurer were heard. Mr.. Willett
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zoning Commission
Defers Action in ! !
Contested Cases: ]
Approves 6 Other
Changes, Denies 3
Petitions

Action on proposals for rezoning
OF numerous properties along Mas
sachusetts avenue, between Fifteenth
and Eighteenth streets N.W.,. and
along Calvert street NV, east Of
Rock Greek Park, has been deferred
by the Zoning Commission for q
number Of days.
These questions, debated at the
public hearing February l, were
reviewed at an executive meeting
late yesterday. The commission ap-
proved six other changes and denied
three petitions.
The Massachusetts, avenue case
involved proposal to permit an
increase in the height limit on build
ingS there to 80 feet.
Another bitter contest arose over
proposal to grant a commercial
classification to properties on each
side OF Calvert street between Bilt-
more street and Columbia road NV.
Deny Petition on E Street.
The commission denied another
petition contested at the hearing
which proposed an extension Of the
90-foot height limit to buildings In
the area north of E street NV. be-
tween Twenty third and Twenty
fifth streets. The commission also
denied proposal to extend the
residential "A" area to the north
east corner of Fourteenth and Long
fellow streets NV.
The commission denied a petition
changing the classification of prop
critics on the north side of Bunker
Hill road between Tenth street and
the Baltimore g. Ohio Railroad and
on the west side of Ninth street be-
tween Kearney and Newton streets
NE, and on the south side of
Bunker Hill road between Ninth and
Tenth streets NE. and on the west
side OF Ninth street between Bunker
Hill road and Newton street NE.
The following changes were ap-
proved:
To extend the "B" area to a
number of parcels in the region
near Harvard street, Adams Mill
road and Columbia road NV, some
of which now are classified as "A"
and "B" restricted.
To extend the first commercial, CO.
foot &C" area to property on the
south side of Taylor street NV,
between Kansas and Georgia ave-
nues.
To extend the first commercial &c"
area to alley lots in the rear of $40
H street NE.
Near Langston Terrace.
To extend the residential "B" area
to numerous parcels near Eighteenth
street, Benning road and M street
NE, near the Langston terrace low
cost housing project, some Of which
now are zoned b" restricted.
To extend the residential "A" re-
stricted area to include all Of the
Evening star., 1939-02-08
Quits Jungle Post

After serving as q missionary in
the wilds Of Papua for 81 years, Rev.
R. L. Turner has resigned and has
left Port Moresby. for Europe with
his wife. For the last eight years
he has been member Of the Legis-
lative Council of Papua.
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NeoIey to Direct Course

w. w. Nealey will be director of a
standard first aid course to be given
this Friday and each Friday there
after from 4:3O pm. to pm. at the
chapter house of the American Red
Cross, 1870 E street NV.
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stated. During the last 10 years
the number of contributors has risen
from about $1,000 who subscribed
in 1929 to about 10000 who sub
scribed for 1899, and we have every
right to feel the greatest satisfac-
ton when we see this vast growth
of civic interest and support for the
services which are so essential to the
welfare of the city"
During that time, he continued,
residents of Washington and Subur-
ban communities have pledged a
total of $18,265 ,238.65 and have paid
sic, $50, 1858. He explained further
that the expense at the Community
Chest headquarters, whose business
it is to conduct the campaign, collect
the money, budget it and interpret
its use" has averaged over this pc
riod only TITS per cent of the total
pledges.
Mr.. Willett pointed to the work
being done by the member agencies
of the Chest and stated that many
unfortunates who deserve aid have
had to be neglected because the
workers were too few and their
tools too limited"
Mr.. Rust reported that payments
on pledges during 1898 amounted to
$1,763,048. From this total, he said,
payments to member agencies
amounted to 81 ,646 DOL, and the Con-
ference of Suburban Social Welfare
Organizations received $96,755. The
Chest deficit was reduced to $81 ,262
by use of $4,000 from 1888 receipts,
the retiring treasurer reported.
Role Of Press Praised.
The meeting, held at the United
States Chamber of Commerce Build
ing, was opened by Mr.. Jennings,
who welcomed the delegates from
welfare and civic organizations and
from business firms and Govern
ment departments. The Chest head
praised the Washington press for its
'social-minded" policy in aiding the
annual campaigns.
In addition to Mr.. Victory, the
president appointed as tellers for
the election Maj. Campbell C. John
son, Francis J. Sette, Elizabeth Ha-
ney and Bernard Wyckoff.
The ballots were distributed and
the electors were asked to sign
attached identification slips to pro-
vide a check on the eligibility of the
voters. The slips were detached by
the voters before the ballots were
unfolded. No votes by proxy nor
cumulative votes were accepted.
In previous years, the 10 contrib
utors' Representatives on the Board
OF Trustees-the high authority of
the Chest-have been those proposed
by the Nominating Committee and
merely have been listed formally by
the secretary at the annual meeting.
An equal number of board repre-
sentatives, consisting of one staff
member and one board member from
each OF the member agencies, al
ready have been appointed.
Needs Are Dramatized.
Also on the program at last NIGHTS
session was a dramatization of the
needs OF the community, presented
by a cast of Washington Civic Thea
Ter players in a play entitled
Lengthening Shadows" The drama
was written and produced under the
of Mrs. David Kushner,
The list OF those elected to mem
Dership on the Board of Trustees
follows:
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Paths for cylists and pedestrians
will be constructed on top of aban-
doned railway lines in Italy.
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But where would that leave Harden House!
Suppose its management suddenly became
firm enforor of ethics and reclaimed its prop
erty? Then what? As near as Murphy could
see. Harden House would then be left holding
a large and empty bag.
Take Mrs. Ralph De Coursey- Browne.
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she said, Indignantly. why. David. it's
immoral - oondoning that"
He hadn't thought of that, he said - it
was the sheer wastefulness that got him.
Afterwards, back in the Office that had been
assigned him, he found himself drowsy from
the cocktails and the heavy lunch. 1t was too
warm, anyway. to do much work. Besides.
hadn't he already arranged to save the cor
poration nearly ten thousand a year? He could
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efficient lunches "a glass of milk and
sandwich - in drugstores But this was differ
ent. His wife Elsa, who was young and pretty.
was on her first visit to New York, and this
was the first time they had stopped at such
hotel She wanted to taste all that Harden
House had to offer And Mr.. Danvers didn't
mind. He didn't have to pay. 1t was, he
pointed out, actually cheaper to eat here than
at cheap lunchroom, since the great corpora
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GUEGTGnRE MEYER

Mrs. HolGster didn't know that the waiter
was responsible for every bit of silver - any
more than Mrs. De Coursey- Browne knew
that the chambermaid checked the towels
before her bags were carried out.
Mrs. HOLSTERS passion for Harden House
silver was rather expensive, too expensive to
be overlooked. On the other hand, the hotel
wasn't tactless about it. A record was kept of
every piece slipped into Mrs. HOLSTERS bag,
the values were added, multiplied by two~
and all the bills which were sent to Mrs,
Hollister in Chicago contained bland little
item like: Special Service -$A."
1t was. of course. paid without question.
Mrs. HOLSTER was the sort who considered it
M-mannered to quibble over bill or even to
examine it closely. Being the daughter of one
millionaire and the wife of another, she never
bothered her head about such things.
So Mrs. Hollister was pleased customer,
and no doubt spent many happy hours gloat-
ing over her loot and fancying that she would
have made superb Lady Raffles. had not
fate miscast her as society woman. That the
delicacy of the Harden House policy was
responsible for this qualification was clearly
proven when some tactless customs mer
bluntly called her attention to a triAing
matter of undeclared jewels, driving poor Mrs.
Hollister to tears. indignation, and, presently.
nervous breakdown.
There were, of course, occasional guests
who had to be handled differently. An occa-
sional one would pay six dollars for a single
room. jam twenty dollars worth of Harden
House linen. pictures and other property into
trunk, and try to depart.
Even then there was nothing so vulgar as
scene. The trunk was simply delayed on the
way downstairs, opened by the locksmith,
Harden House property removed, and then
it was flawlessly repacked and sent on its way.
Murphy often wondered whether these
greedy guests were oonfounded or just en-
barassed when. opening their trunks at home
to show off the plunder. they found it gone.
Probably they were both. But the Harden
House wouldn't care - such guests weren't
wanted.
But you couldn't do that, for instance. to
(Co"tinvsd on next poes)
Evening star., 1939-12-17
; SShort Story Complete in This Issue

ME efficiency man knew nothing about
hotels when he arrived at Harden House,
but he learned fast. Amazingly fast.
|Renty-four hours after he arrived - eagle
ed. young and confident he had CON-
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Every time MIS-. N
Coursey- Browne
stopped at Harden
House, which was
often. she departed
with four of the best
linen face towels. Since
the towels represented
a loss of $1.@ and
since the lady in the
case custom arily
dropped a hundred dol
lars or more in the
Harden Houses cash
register on every visit,
it would, obviously.
be bad form for the
hotel not to close its
eyes to Mrs. De Cour-
sey-Browne's er -
idiosyncrasy, as it
might be called.
And there was Mrs.
Derwent Hollister, who
clearly had a passion
for Harden House sill
yer. Possibly because
the initial entwined
on each piece matched
Mrs. HOLSTERS. Pos
sibly not. The manage
ment never inquired.
At anV rate. Mrs.
Hollister never sent a
tray back from her
suite with all the silver
on it. She was very sly,
she thought. She'd only
take a piece or two,
a nut dish, a pair of
spoons with each serv-
ing. Yet after a three
day stay she went
home to Chicago with
anywhere from a dozen
to fifteen pieces of
Harden House silver.
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the new system. this has been practically
totally eliminated. And now %
He drowsed away most of the afternoon.
N1URPHY gloomily tried to reconcile the new
decree with the delicate. intricate policy of
Harden House. Sure, he could stop thefts.
He could convict great many important
people of larceny, too. They deserved to be
convicted, deserved to be shamed. Any way
you looked at it, they were thieves and kepto-
maniacs
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tion that owned Harden
House had arranged for him
to charge all living expenses rI
here. eT
So he and Elsa Danvers VI H~
had leisurely cocktails and
heavy and expensive lunch, HIS
while he told her of his find -
ings, and shook his head sadly 1rp,.,,
over the stupidity involved
He was modest, in the telling,
but she was intelligent and
grasped the importance of his morning work.
"You mean, "she said, that you've already
arranged to save the hotel nearly ten thou
sand year? And you've only been on the job
a day! Why, that's marvellous. David! It's
wonderful"
He waved, deprecatorily. "Anybody could
have done that - any clerk with an ounce of
intelligence What gets me. Elsa, is the utter
stupidity of these people. Imagine - not
even trying to save that money!"
And they say it would be embarrassing"
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see that passage IN his report
just one passage because
he would, unerringly, put his
finger on dozens of such weak
spots in the setup. It would
read, as he saw it in his
minds eye, firmly. crisply:
THE management had
made no effort whatever to
check losses totaling $9,437
in the past year, due to petty
laroenies by guests. Under
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reat laundry service was little stunned dt
his fellows obvious ignorance of the common
fundamentals of business. Great guns! If the
kntire hotel was run like this, he, Danvers,
hadn't been called in minute too soon.
"See here, Murphy" he said. you've got
understand that you can't go ahead on the
j, Iheory that $9,437 isn't worth saving. Just
ecause the hotel has been making profit is
reason to throw money away. Every single
ophole must be plugged"
He gave Murphy short, clear lecture on
e fallacy of accepting general averages as
roof that no tightening was needed. He
ound up with: There is no reason whatever
ny every single piece of linen, silver and so on
mt be caught before it's taken from the
btel A little system there and -"
! I'VE probably could" Murphy admitted.
We know where every bit of the stuff goes.
But it's rather embarrassing to take it up
Nth guests. Besides, those figures don't
4llow -"
Embarrassing! Mr.. Danvers leaned back
in his swivel chair. Embarrassing to stop
|thief?" Not noticing Mr.. Murphy's slight
shudder. he went on: Come come, Murphy!
don't want to be unreasonable. But want
every penny of that saved. Can you give me
any reason why it can't be done?"
"Oh, it can be done all right, of course.
But -"
Then do it! I'll want to see next weeks
figures to make certain that it has been done" ;"
He dismissed Murphy with curt gesture.
He could see that if he hadn't the fellow would
have stood there and argued. As it was,
Murphy walked out reluctantly.
After the assistant manager had walked
out, the efficiency man shook his head. What
people! 1t was a wonder, with such people
running the place, that the hotel made any
money at all. Of course, as he knew very well,
inefficiency breeds on profit.
Afterwards he went up to his room and
brought his wife down to lunch in the Grape
Room. Ordinarily, Mr.. Danvers ate light,