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Evening star., 1939-02-03
Law Students
Will Be Guests
Of Sorority

The woman law students OF Ma
tional University Law School will be
the guests of Kappa Beta Pi, inter-
national legal sorority, at 2400 Six
teenth street NV. at 1:30 pm. to-
morrow.
Judge Ellen K. Raedy, originally
of Omicron Chapter, will preside as
toastmistress and introduce Miss
Mary Connolly, assistant chief, legal
service, Veterans Administration;
Miss Beatrice Clephame, director,
Legal Aid Bureau, and Miss Marie
Saunders, president of Women's
Patent Association, who will speak.
Miss Georgia Alexander, dean Of
Kappa Beta Pi, Omicron Chapter,
has invited as honor guests the ma
tional grand dean, Miss Elizabeth
Reed; the national grand registrar,
Mrs. Grace B. Stiles; Miss Mar
guerite RaWalt, province director;
Mrs. Anna Moulton. province dean;
Mrs. Edwina Avery, Mrs. Burnita
Sheldon Matthews, Mrs. Grace
Kanode Vickers and Miss Harriet
Buckingham.
Miss Luella All, associate dean
of Omicron Chapter and chairman
of the Social Committee, has charge
of all arrangements.
Evening star., 1939-02-03
Lady Lindsay
In California

The Hon. Lady Lindsay, wife of
His Britannia Majesty's Ambassa-
dor, has gone to California after
visiting former Representative Isa-
bella Greenway at her ranch in
Arizona. Lady Lindsay and Mrs.
Greenway, with Mrs. Franklin Del
ano Roosevelt. were debutartes the
same year in New York and helped
to organize the New York Junior
League. Lady Lindsay will remain
in California for a visit before re-
turning to Washington.
Evening star., 1939-02-03
Trinity Alunnae
Planning Dance
February IL

A number of distinguished guests
are expected to attend the annual
dance of the Washington Chapter of
the Trinity College Alumnae Asso-
citation on February II at the May
flower Hotel. The dance will mark
the 25th anniversary of the prom"
The Right Rev. Joseph Corrigan,
rector of Catholic University; the
Rev Arthur A. O'Leary, president
of Georgetown University, and Miss
Florence Judge, former president of
the National Alumnae Association
of Trinity College, are among those
who will be present.
In addition, the board of direc-
tors and the students of Trinity
College are to be we'll represented.
Miss Regis Boyle, general chair
man for the dance, is being assisted
by number of committees Mrs.
S. Dolan Donohoe is chairman of
the Patron and Patroness Commit
tee. She is assisted by Miss Minnie
E. Carroll, Mrs. Theodore Bogley,
Mrs. James H. Farley, Mrs. John
Lane, Mrs. Marcel Mallet-Prevost,
and Mrs. Ernest Thomas. The
Ticket Committee is headed by Miss
Eileen Collins, who is assisted by
Miss Dolores Carroll, Miss Margaret
Collins, Miss Marie Dimond, Miss
Lucie McAnany, Mrs. Shane Nc
Carthy, Miss Margaret Rover and
Miss Catherine TWomey.
Miss Elizabeth Healy is in charge
Of music and Mrs. Joseph CantWell
is supervising the menu Mrs. Rob-
ert Wilson is publicity chairman.
Students at Trinity serving on
committees are Miss Beatrice Car
roll, president of the Washington
Club, chairman; Miss Helen Morag-
han, senior class president; Miss
Dorothy Mulligan, vice president of
the senior class: Miss Eileen Walsh,
senior class secretary; Miss Doris
DWan, Junior class president; Miss
Kathryn Grant, sophomore class
president, and Miss Patricia Lavens,
freshman class president.
Officers of the Washington Chap
ter assisting are Mrs Martin O'Don-
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THEY COULDN'T Be LOWER

Unparalleled yolues. Boxy and fitted styles
in quoiity black woolens MognificenfiY
fursed with the oristocrot Of furs 4. oiisfen-
ing silver fox! Every one an investment for
future weor. Shop enHy. These coat y1IBss
couldn't Be gseuter. 5ixes ars limited.
Evening star., 1939-02-03
Guadalupe Club
Backs C.M.T.C. Fund

The Guadalupe Club of l848 in
dorsed the appropriation for the
training of $4,000 men for the G.
M. T. C. at its annual luncheon
yesterday at the Army and Navy
Club in celebration of the signing
of the Treaty of Guadalupe.
The guest speakers at the lunch
con were Gen. Hanson E. Ely, Col.
Edward A. Ostermann, Col. Edmund
L. Gruber and Comdr. Leland P.
Lovette, U. s. N. Mrs. Irving Fair
weather, national president of the
War Mothers, also was a guest.
Mrs. Golden L. H. RuggleS. the
president, presided.
Evening star., 1939-02-03
Miss Jeane Carl Illch
Bride of MIR. HOfheimer.

Miss Jeane Carl IlIch
Bride of Mr.. Hofheimer.
A charmingly arranged wedding
took place last night at the May
flower Hotel when Miss Jeane Carol
Illch, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
William Illch, and Mr.. Benjamin
Franklin Hofheimer, son of Mrs.
Sadie Hofheimer of Norfolk, Va,
were married at 6 o'clock. The cere-
mony was performed before an i'm
provised altar with background of
lilies, white snapdragons and palms
and tall candelabra with white
tapers. Rabbi Norman Gerstenfeld
of the Eighth Street Temple per-
formed the ceremony, assisted by
Rabbi Lewis Mendoza of Norfolk
The bride, who was given away by
her father, looked lovely in her
Wedding gown made with a bouffant
skirt of white tulle The tight-ftted
bodice was of satin with a heart
shaped neck, short putfed sleeves
and long train. The triple tulle
veil was finger length, held in place
with a white orchid. Her only Orna-
ment was a string of pearls and she
carried a shower bouquet Of lilies
of the valley and white orchids.
During the ceremony and dinner
which followed a string orchestra
played.
The bride was unattended and the
bridegroom had for his best man his
brother, Mr.. Richard Hofheimer of
Norfolk.
The guests were seated for the
dinner at a horseshoe-sh shaped table
in the north room, which had pro-
fusions of white blossoms and ferns
and silver candlesticks with tall
white lighted candles. A wedding
cake was set before the bride and
bridegroom.
Mrs. Illch, mother of the bride,
wore a gown of chartreuse chiffon
with silver and shoulder corsage
of purple orchids.
Mrs. Hofheimer, mother of the
bridegroom, wore a gown Of black
chantilly lace and chiffon with
corsage of purple orchids.
Mrs. Emile Levy, the brides grand
mother, was gowned in purple lace
with a corsage Of gardenias.
Later in the evening Mr.. and Mrs.
Hofheimer left for New York and
will sail tomorrow on S. S. De
Grasse on cruise to Nassau
Havana and Miami and after Febru-
ary IL will be at home at 1856
Princess Anne road. Norfolk, Va.
The bride wore for her going away
gown three-piece rose beige wool,
the long coat having a collar of
/ rose beige fox fur. With it she
wore a small felt hat with veil of
cherry wine and accessories to match
and a shower corsage of white
! orchids.
Evening star., 1939-02-03
81 R. E. A. Projects

The Rural Electrification Admins
tration reported yesterday it had
allotted 1882, 800 for Ct projects in
81 States. Agencies to which alloca-
tions were made, the amounts, the
number of miles of line to be con-
structed and customers to be served
included:
TideWater Electric Service Co.,
Richmond, Va, $4,000 for 64 miles
of extensions to the present system
to serve 1893 in Matthews, Middlesex
and King and Queen Counties.
Evening star., 1939-02-03
Move to Chicago

Mr.. and Mrs. Norman B. Haley
and their son and daughter have
gone to Chicago, where they will
make their future home in Hillsdale,
a suburb. Mr. and Mrs. Haley oc-
cupied an apartment in the Ontario
while they lived in Washington and
gave up the apartment the first of
February.
Evening star., 1939-02-03
Visitor Entertained

Mr.. and Mrs Fred r. Young have
had as their guest for few days
Mrs. Oscar Hanson of Sioux City,
Iowa, president of the State aux
iliary to the American Legion. Mr..
and Mrs. Young gave several dinner
parties for their guest, who has
returned to her home in Iowa.
Evening star., 1939-02-03
Col. and Mrs. Jones
Hosts at Supper

Col Harold w. Jones, U. S. A.,
and Mrs. Jones entertained at a
buffet supper Wednesday evening in
honor of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles r.
Reynolds, jr., who recently returned
from their wedding trip. Mr.. and
Mrs. Reynolds, son and daughter
in-law of the Surgeon General and
Mrs. Reynolds, were married shortly
before Christmas and are living at
the Valley Vista, where they have an
apartment. Mrs. Reynolds, jr., for
merIy was Miss Albertine Lockwood.
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Wardman Park Hotel. He served
pheasants from his Virginia plan
tation near Leesburg. His guests
were Mr.. and Mrs. John A. Manfuso,
Mr.. and Mrs. B. L. Cotton, Mrs.
Elizabeth Shutack and Mr.. and Mrs.
William j. Harper.
Evening star., 1939-02-03

Of Recent
Interest
Miss Griesbauer
Becomes Bride
Of Mr.. Melpolder
Continued From Page B-3D

Courtney and Mr.. Robert Claffy,
both of Columbia, S. G.
Later the couple left for a we'd
ding trip, the bride wearing a gown
in a rich cyclamen shade, a gray
coat trimmed with gray fox fur.
Her accessories matched her dress
and she wore orchids. Upon their
return Mr.. and Mrs. Melpolder will
reside at 28O8 Cathedral avenue.
Evening star., 1939-02-03

oghue, president; Mrs. William Leb-
ling, Mrs. Ralph Dunn and Miss
Kathleen Harlowe.
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Col. Harper Host
Col. Robert N. Harper entertained
at dinner Wednesday evening at
Evening star., 1939-02-12

At the parent teacher radio broad
cast on WJSV Wednesday at 3 pm.
Miss E. M. Andrews, principal will
present the aims of the Bancroft As
sociation. DR., Wesley M. Gewehr of
American University will discuss
"Whither Hitler?"
Evening star., 1939-02-12
Carruthers 10 Talk
On DC. Taxation

Taxation will be the major topic
for consideration before the Kalo-
rama Citizens Association tomorrow
night, when l.. A. Carruthers, presi-
dent Of the Federation of Citizens
Association, will talk on the District
fiscal situation and the tax question
involved
Mrs. Harvey w. Wiley announced
that action would be taken at the
meeting to indorse the tax report of
the Citizens Tax Advisory Com
mittee. Expressing optimism that
the group would approve the full
report, Mrs. Wiley stated that the
2 per cent sales tax and income tax
for salaries exceeding $4,000, rec
commended in the advisory commit
tees report, ARE the only sensible
taxes that will be just and at the
same time meet the deficiency"
Senator Overton's formula for de-
termining Federal participation ip
the District budget also will be
brought before the association for
reconsideration.
The association will meet at Mrs.
Wiley's residence, gas Ashnead
place.
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be held Thursday under the direc-
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be held Thursday under the direc-
ton of Mrs. William Lee.
A candle-lighting ceremony was
held Tuesday in honor of Founders
Day. Those participating were Mrs.
Walter Jones, Mrs. j. Loef1er, Mrs.
Norman Ward, Mrs. z. Riley and
Mrs. P. C. Hynson. Mrs. j. N. Saun-
ders, past president of the District
of Columbia Congress. was speaker.
Mrs. Ruth Fiefield was in charge
of the program.
Kingsman- Pierce.
The association will celebrate
Founders Day tomorrow at 8 pm,
at Pierce School Mrs. c. D. Lowe,
first vice president, District of Co.
lumbia Congress, will be guest
speaker.
Central High.
There will be no February meet
ing.
Tickets for the mother daughter
banquet on March may be obtained
from Mrs. P. D. Sale and Mrs. Y. D.
Mathis.
Shepherd.
Mrs. Frank Boal, third division
representative of the District OF Co.
lumbia Congress, will be guest
speaker at the Founders Day meet
ing tomorrow at pm. The guest
artist will be 12-year-old Phyllis
Schwartz.
LangdOn.
The Langdon Association and the
Parent nt-Teacher Association of the
Crippled Glasses jointly observed
Founders Day in the Langdon
School on February 2. Mrs. Walter
B. Fry, president of the District OF
Columbia Congress, was the guest
of honor and speaker. Compliment
ing Mrs. Fry, whose birthday ami
versary fell on the same date, both
associations presented her with
silver vase. Mrs. Louis Raeback,
fifth division representative, was
guest. A short business session was
conducted by Mrs. T. A. Martin,
president of Langdon, and Mrs. j.
J. Ehrhardt, president Of the Grip
pied Glasses Association, presented
Miss Mary Twitchell who spoke
on the Science of Seeing" Mrs.
w. R. Cook, accompanied by Mrs. l..
Vincelette, sang. Mrs. Paul Herman,
hospitality chairman, presided at the
refreshment table.
Janney.
H. w. Draper, supervising princi-
pal of the first division, addressed
the association last Tuesday even
ing and showed motion pictures
of Central Europe. Misses Mary
and Ruth Ferguson played violin
and piano solos. Mothers of the
association presented q short skit
In honor or Founders Day.
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committees it was found that
most Of the key people, upon
whom would devolve the heaviest
work, are too busy with the large
amount Of important pending
legislation affecting the District
to undertake more.
Many prominent citizens had
offered to act as sponsors and
to attend the dinner and 1t was
thought that the idea Of such a
good will dinner would be helpful
in improving the relations be-
tween the District and the Con-
gress. The committee very re-
luctantly reached q decision to
call the dinner OIL when 1t be-
came apparent that 50 many,
whose help was actually needed
to insure the success Of 50 large
an enterprise, were not available
for active participation.
Evening star., 1939-02-12
Proposed Delegation of Power
Over Lights to Commissioners.


Just what additional powers to
be delegated to the Commission
ers has long been the subject Of
considerable debate and con-
troversy. Plan after plan has
been brought forward by men,
bers of the Senate and House
and different Boards Of Com
missioners, but they were all re-
jected before reaching serious
committee consideration. Many
of the proposals were so reason
able that it is difficult to see just
why they were not enacted into
law.
Through the years Congress
has from time to time, through
appropriation bill legislation, as
srmed control over minor though
very important administrative
Evening star., 1939-02-12
Week Brings Parent ] eocher
Anniversary, Internal Fight
D. c. Congress Protests Attempt to Move
National Headquarters to Chicago
By MRS. WALTER b. FRY,

D
National OF Parents
February IT, in CITY, that
being who conceived the idea
uniting
their times How well that vision
the tremendous growth Of the Parent
Teacher Association.
However, present entered discordant
which has not been possible conceal
of the national headquarters
for ordered
Executive Committee of the Congress- being central
OF mail assignment OF field
sandm sDitah clnate
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Civic Problems, Civic Bodies
Organizations Ponder Overton Fiscal
Plan and Reorganization; Vote Question

functions. A striking example
of the kind is the definite fixing
by law of the time when the
street lights of the District are to
be lighted and extinguiShed. This
restriction originated in the old
days of the gas, oil and naptha
lights. 1t was prompted by a
desire to require rigid economy
and showed that there was little
confidence on the part of Con-
gress in the judgment Of the
Commissioners either as to the
proper time for the city to be
lighted or to watching the light
ing bills.
In actual practice probably
many of the lamps were lighted
later in the evening and extin-
guished later in the morning than
called for by the schedule. The
lamplighters had wide territories
to cover and they began at the
time set by law and continued to
walk, carrying a small ladder. un-
til the last light was either lighted
or extinguished. This gave consid-
cradle margin which helped pro-
long the illumination in many
places in the early hours of the
morning. The advent of the elec-
trio lights, controlled by power
house switches. changed all Of
this and emphasized the fact that
the control of so elementary a
municipal function by the great
national legislature is entirely
impractical.
The indications are that the
House of Representatives will at
tempt to repeal this impossible
law tomorrow. 1t required a
fatal accident costing the life of
a fine lad. the son of a Repre-
sentative in Congress, to arrest
the attention of Congress to the
necessity of leaving this matter
to the Commissioners. It appears
to be the unanimous opinion that
Congress should delegate this
power to the Commissioners.
Evening star., 1939-02-12
Proposed Streamline Plan
For the District Government,

EOT tnc DlStTlCt UOtcEu"cHI
Interesting discussions are on
in every civic group over what
some have called the Stream
line Plan for Reorganization Of
the District Government" as sub
mitted by Griffenhagen. With q
few exceptions. the proposed re-
classification and regrouping Of
agencies for greater efficiency and
economy are approved heartily.
On every hand exception is
taken to the proposal to strip the
citizen boards of their control
over particular agencies. So far
this observer has discovered no
one in the civic ranks who ap-
proves reducing the Board of
Education, the Board of Library
Trustees or the Board OF Public
WelfaIe to mere advisory COM
mittces to the directors who will
head these departments. These
objections are raised in most
part as to the schools and library
proposals.
AS to the proposed changes at
the top of the District govern
ment there is a very wide diff
ference of opinion ranging all
the way from those who regard
the present administrative setup
as something almost sacred, to
those who would like to elect
everybody in the District gov
ernment from the very top down
to the dogcatcher. Those most
familiar with the history OF the
District and the operation OF
the various forms of local gov
ernment of the past are inclined
to believe that the chief defect
apparent at all times has been
the lack of voting representation
and participation in the legisla-
ton by the Congress which, un-
der the Constitution, possesses
the real power over the District.
Congress, 1t is pointed out. will
continue to possess and exercise
this overriding authority. 1t Is
therefore held that the first es-
sential In any change in the form
of local government should either
be preceded or accompanied by
the granting Of national repre-
sentation to the residents Of the
District. With participation IN
the Congress, which will de-
termine the form Of the new
government, District citizens
would, 1t is held, have . much
better chance Of getting some
thing which would reflect their
ideas and desires. Another fac
tor Is that there is no assurance
of permanence Of form or local
participation unless the District
through its own elected Senators
and Representatives has an op-
portunity to participate In any
subsequent legislation affecting
the local government.
In absence Of real participation
in the National Government as
American citizens there are many
who feel that to be given only the
privilege Of electing some local
officers will be to increase the
responsibility without the grant
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Oyerton Fiscal Formula
Right. But INCOMPLETE.


On every hand the local civic
groups are singing the praises Of
Senator John H. Overton, Demo-
crat, of Louisiana, chairman OF
the Senate District Appropri-
ations Subcommittee, for the in
PRODUCTION of his bill to establish
equitable fiscal relations between
the United States and the District
of Columbia. His simple formula
to fix the Federal Governments
payment by applying to the gen.
eral fund appropriation Of the
District budget the same percent
age as the adjusted area of Fed
eral realty holdings to the entire
area of the District of Columbia
recognizes the principle of def
mite proportionate payment, the
base of which will be automatic
ally adjusted as the real estate
holdings OF the Government may
change.
In computing this Federal area
there is a belief in local circles
that the holdings of foreign gov
ernments and that of national
institutions, which have been ex-
empted from taxation by Con-
gress, should be added to the
holdings of the Government in
computing the percentage of
area. 1t is held that these ex-
emptions are all based upon pure
ly national considerations and
that when the Congress relieves
them from local taxation the
support which the District would
get from all such property should
be assumed by the Federal Gov
ernment.
In fixing the Federal payment
by the Overton plan, which is
based on the general fund, the
two earmarked funds derived
from motor vehicles and the pri-
vate consumers of water are left
out of the calculation. It is re-
garded as only fair that these
also should be in some way COW
cred. AS to the water, now used
by the United States without cost,
that could be taken care of in
very simple way by payment for
a metered service like private
consumers.
An equitable share of the ex-
penses which are met out of the
motor vehicle taxes could be
ascertained readily through a
count of the Government motor
vehicles operating in the District,
with their fuel consumption.
There are a number of the
local students of fiscal relations
who believe that with these modi-
fications and the relief of the
District from the burden Of the
great National Geological Park
the revised plan would be a fairly
equitable arrangement between
the United States and the tax
payers Of the District of Co.
lumbia. In considering this prob
lem 1t Is most essential that one
remember that the residents OF
the District are substantial con-
tributors to the national reve-
nues, from which the Federal
share toward District expenses
is paid.
Confessional Dinner
Called OF.
The Provisional Committee
which had made initial plans
for q dinner on March Z to
members Of the House and Sen
ate charged with District legis-
lation has decided that 1t is not
practical to carry the project
through ut this time. In at
tempting to set up the necessary
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Of any worthwhile authority. And
any such powers or authority
would always be In danger of
being at any time repealed by
rider on appropriation bill at the
instance Of some members peeved
at some personal experience with
a policeman or some other Dis
trict employe. Without our vot-
ing representation in Congress
the District would have no ef-
fective champion to go to its
defense on such an occasion.
To return to the business setup
of the Griffenhagen plan, there
are many who rejoice in the pro-
posed legislating out of Office of
the Alcoholic Beverage Control
Board. Another popular pro-
posal is that of bringing the Of
flee of the recorder of deeds un-
der the District government. This
would remove the Office of re-
corder from the list of political
plums to be awarded by the
President to a nonresident for
political services rendered to the
party in power. For many years
this Office has gone to colored
man from one of the States as a
reward for party service and in
recognition of the colored voters.
1t has always puzzled many citi-
zens, of both races, why an out
slider should have been brought
in when there are so many able
and well qualified colored men
who are District residents.
The plan abounds in changes
in setup which are sure to prove
popular when the civic leaders
are able to study the complete
printed report with its graphic
charts. There appears to be an
attitude of extreme caution
among civic leaders as to the
plans for the changes proposed
for the very top.