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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-06
Paving Projects
improvement Program
In 1910 Budget

Paving, repaving, grading or
otherwise improving the following
streets is called for in the 1910 Dis
trict budget reported to the House
today:
Southeast.
Thirty-third street, Alabama ave-
hue to Denver street, $4,000.
Nineteenth street, A street to B
street, $500.
Burke street, Nineteenth street
west to concrete, $1,000.
Northeast.
D street, Eighteenth street to
Nineteenth street. $500.
Sixteenth street. c street to D
street, $4,000.
Lyman place, Nineteenth street
west to concrete, $4,000.
Staples street, Neal street to Oates
street, $4,000.
Capitol avenue and Corcoran
street, Mount Olivet road to West
Virginia avenue, 10000.
Franklin street, Twenty-second
street to Twenty-fourth street,
$4,000.
Clinton street, Walnut street to
Central avenue, $500.
Twenty-sixth street, Newton
street to Perry street, $10,5O0.
Twenty-flfth place, Perry street to
Bunker Hill road, $1,000.
Eighteenth street. Irving street to
Rhode Island avenue, $500.
Montana avenue, Seventeenth
street to Rhode Island avenue, $45,-
900.
South Dakota avenue, Eighteenth
street to Michigan avenue, $35,
Taylor street, Seventh street to
Tenth street. $4,000.
Evarts street Third street to Sixth
street, $4,000.
Douglas street, Lincoln road to
Third street, $4,000.
Northwest
Tuckerman street, Blair road to
Second place, $4,000
Gallatin street. New Hampshire
avenue to Third street, $4,000.
Seventh street, Peabody street to
Quackenbos street, $4,000.
Quackenbos street, Seventh street
to Eighth street, $4,000.
Seventh place, Quackenbos street
to Rittenhouse street, $4,000.
Underwood street, Eighth street to
Ninth street, $1,000.
Seventh place, Underwood street
TO Van Buren, street, $500.
I.oughboro road. Glenbrook road
to Conduit road, $68 900.
Lincoln road. Rhode Island avenue
to Douglas street, $4,000.
Kennedy street, Kansas avenue to
North Capitol street, $4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-06
Fund Rate Forecasts
11-Year Wait for
Anacostia Parkway
Engineer Testifies
Project Essential to
Scenic Motor Route

Unless appropriations for develop
ment of the Anacostia River flats are
increased, II years more will be re-
quired to complete the proposed
parkway, or a total of 80 years for
the project, Col R. S. Thomas,
United States Army Engineer officer
for the local district, testified during
hearings on the District approprla-
ton bill.
The parkway is essential to con-
struction of the proposed Washing
ton Baltimore motor parkway, which
will follow the Anacostia River out
of the District, it was testified.
Would Exceed Other Parks.
Col. Thomas described the Ana
costa River project as this most
interesting, yet one of the least
known" of the Capitals recreational
areas. When completed, he said, it
will contain more acreage than
either Rock Greek or Potomac Parks.
The work was started in 1911, he
said, to convert mosquito laden,
unsightly marsh area into an at
tractive municipal park" Annual
appropriations from 1911 to 1882
averaged about $154,000 year, Col.
Thomas explained. No appropr1a-
tons were made from 1882 to 1888
and since then they have been made
at the rate of $51,250. A total OF
about $3,7OO,O0O has been spent on
the project to date and $56OO0O Will
be required for completion.
Would Preserve Marshes.
Proposed development, Col. Thorn
as said, will preserve in their natural
state the wild rice marshes, which
are the home of numerous wildfoWl
species.
AT it's present state of compile
ton, however" he added, 1.-The
greater portion is almost inaccessible
except by water and consequently
few are able to enjoy wildiife and
scenery so unusual as to be seldom
found within the confines of a met
ropolitan area"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-06

Barrett said, that these accidents
seem to pile up at mealtime; that
is at noon, and at o'clock
They evidently did not have the
Fairgrounds in mind" remarked
Chairman Collins
And most of the accidents were
within two blocks of the play
ground" Mr.. Barrett pointed out.
80, as 1 say" he went on, "ad-
ditional Fairgrounds should not be
opened on the basis of their need
in order to reduce traffic accidents
of this nature. I am just as much
interested in the operation of play
grounds as anybody, but I dislike
to see increased appropriations for
Fairgrounds placed upon justifi-
cation which I think is very ques-
tionable"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-06
Budget Would Slash
Limit on Relief 10
SAB a Month
New Home for Training
School for Girls
Is Proposed

High lights of the welfare agencies
section of the 1910 District appro-
priation bill, as reported today to
the House, are:
/. Restriction against payment OF
more than $48 a month for relief of
any family under 100000 appro-
priation for relief for the new fiscal
year, as against a limit of $50 i'm
posed for this year.
2. Provision of a fund of $4,000
for the purchase of site and de-
velopment of plans for a new home
for the National Training School
for Girls, in Prince Georges County,
Md, with an additional restriction
that not more than $500 a year per
inmate shall be spent for care of
wards of the institution.
8. Designation of Paul Kirby, as
sistant director of the Board of
Public Welfare. as co-ordinator OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-06
Would Relieve Police
OF Trade License Work

Inspectors of the Department OF
Weights, Measures and Markets
would relieve police of the job OF
checking up on business establish
ments to find out if their annual
licenses have been procured, under a
plan recommended today by the
House Appropriations Committee.
Representative Collins, Democrat,
of Mississippi, chairman OF the sub
committee which framed the 1910
District appropriation bill, said he
believed the license investigation
work properly belonged in the De-
partment Of Weights, Measures and
Markets, since its inspectors must
visit business establishments for
other purposes.
Mr.. Collins also expressed the
opinion that a more careful check
would be made, since police are in
volved in so many other duties. He
said he had been informed some
business establishments do not renew
licenses at the required time, and
expressed the belief that a more
careful investigation might increase
District revenue from this source.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-06
Taxicah and Bus
Inspections Shifted
Under Supply Bill
Work Would Go to
Traffic Departments
New Unit

Transfer of inspections of taxicabs
and buses, now being made by the
Public Utilities Commission, to the
director of vehicles and traffic is
provided for in the Districts 1910
supply bill.
In the bill reported today by the
House Subcommittee on District
Appropriations, the work would be
consolidated with the directors an
nual inspection of all motor vehicles
licensed in the District, as provided
for in recent act of Congress.
The committee was advised. the
report on the bill stated. that no
additional personnel would be re-
quired for the transferred service.
It was explained that the buses and
cabs would go through the same in
spection routine as private vehicles
At the same time, the inspectors
for the Public Utilities Commission,
long under manned in this depart
ment, would be released for other
duties.
Would Aid Taxi Drivers.
During subcommittee hearings on
the bill, it was also revealed today.
protection for cab drivers from what
was termed the "abominable finance
system" was advocated by Chairman
Collins.
After hearing j. Balch Moor,
superintendent of the department
of insurance, describe the system
whereby, he said, cab drivers pay
$35 hundred for financing, Chair
man Collins declared, II would like
very much if you could work out
some way by which those people
can be protected from that sort
of system"
Explaining the finance system,
Mr.. Moor said, They (the financing
companies) evade the usury law by
putting in inspection fees and this
and that and the other. Then the
poor fellow gets sick and falls be-
hind few weeks and they take
the cab back and reflnance it all
over again.
Worn Out When Paid for.
1.-THE driver tries to support a
family in a very meager way, and by
the time he has the cab paid for,
the cab is worn out and he goes
right back through the same pro-
cess"
Riley E. Elgen, chairman of the
Public Utilities Commission, denied
during the hearings that the SIS
a week taxi cab insurance rate here
was "abnormally high" in answer
to a question by Chairman Collins.
Mr.. Collins, asserting that the
insurance rate lis bleeding these
taxi cab people white" asked Mr..
Elgen if he had considered the
creation of District-owned corpor-
alton for the purpose of carrying
insurance on cabs. Mr.. Elgen re-
ferred the question to the insurance
department, however.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-06
CLOSED Season on Debtors
PADUCAH, KY. R.-Magistrate

Jesse G. Copeland has announced
his ."closed season" on debtors again.
Each year at Christmas time he
instructs court aides not to serve
garnishment papers during the holi-
day period.
IF a creditor can't wait until
after Christmas, he needn't bring
his business to this court" he de-
creed. I'D be sad If felt I'd
contributed to unhappiness during
the Christmas season."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-06
Tornado Sweeps Town

STEPHENS, Ark, April 6. R.-A
tornado ripped through this South
Arkansas town last night, injured
one man, demolished at least two
business establishments and two
residences and caused property
damage estimated at more than
SOS, 900. No fatalities were reported.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-06
RondIe HiqhIond Citizens

The Randle Highlands Citizens
Association will meet tomorrow at
8 pm. in the Orr School, Presi-
dent Adelbert w. Lee announced
today. The meeting night was
changed from Tuesday to Friday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-06

plCkcu up ny tlc 1lIlc VI private
buildings on the north side of the
avenue beyond that point 80
Weigh Armory Factor.
ut is understood that one reason
for the suggestion now advanced
for occupying the eastern portion of
square 491 with the library building
is the desire to avoid removal at
this time of the old National Hotel
building occupied by the National
Guard While the commission rec
ognizes this practical motivation,
nevertheless in view of the key i'm
portance of this site in the whole
central composition along Penn
sylvania avenue and the Mall it feels
that such an important decision
should not be based on a transit
tory condition which every one
hopes and expects will be removed
in the very near future, in accord
ance with plans now under consid-
Grafton for a permanent location
for an armory for the National
Guard"
Chairman Collins questioned Wit
nesses closely during the hearing
as to whether the original plan Of
the library trustees for a building
on part of the site would not in
terfere with the Ford Building or
the National Guard building" He
was assured the original plan would
not.
The Ford Building is occupied
by the Traffic Bureau, part of the
Public Library activities ana some
other agencies.
Evening star., 1939-12-07

Ever since last spring the people
Of both nations have resigned them
selves to the inevitability Of long
war, and British minds are likewise
prepared for heavily damaging air
raids on London.
Perhaps the hate campaign in Ger
man newspapers against England
much more bitter than anything I
saw in the French and British press
lis a beginning Of this preparation.
And, of course, a successful war
breeds its own preparation, and I
have in mind the friend of the friend
Of the friend of my friend. He was
violently the friend Of the friend of
the friend of my friend. This young
German had been violently anti
Nazi, and when he was drafted for
the war in Poland he said, so! Now
the regime gives us guns! When we
come back from this war we will use
those guns against them
He is back now, humming his regi-
mental songs, telling war anecdotes
of his buddies during the campaign.
praising the efficiency and skill OF
the great army of which he was
part that won so easily over the silly
Poles. Still humming these songs,
he is on his way to the West Wall,
Evening star., 1939-12-07
Germans and Allies
Held Deceiving Selves
In War Propaganda
Sharp Military Defect
Seen Necessary Before
People Weaken
(23d OF a Series.)
By WILLIAM L. WHITE.

BERLIN (By AirmaiD Il have re-
Gently come from Italy, which Is an
impartial clearing house for gossip
and hot dope from both sides of the
Rhine, so I think I still have a
certain detachment and can point
out some places where both sides
are kidding themselves in the cur
rent propaganda war. For instance,
the British might as we'll save their
pamphlets. The German people are
not going to be susceptible to any
kind of WOO flung at them from the.
skies until or unless they undergo
sharp military defeat. Failing
this, no confetti bombardment is 60
ing to weaken the hold Hitler has
today on the government and major
ity of the people.
When the British pamphlets argue
that the allies are fighting Hitler and
not the German people, the Nazi
reply is That's what you said in
1918 So we got rid of the Kaiser
and you handed us the Treaty OF
Versailles"
And on this side of the barbed wire
they have the equally childish and
fantastic notion that by playing
phonograph records over loudspeak-
ers down on the Rhine, they can win
the French away from the British.
OF course, French morale may some
day crack but any sensible observer
knows this could only come after
crushing military defeat Yet every
German newspaper breaches this
wistful hope, and for that reason I
think it must be sincerely believed
by persons high in the German gov
ernment Because otherwise why
hold out false hope to the German
people, who must presently undergo
the shock of disappointment?
German Morale High.
German morale Gn spite of stories
which fill the allied papers about
the actively mutinous undergroun6
is at present high, in that the people
have great confidence in the invinci-
bility of their army and the wisdom
of their Fuehrer. But the minds of
the German people are very badly
prepared for long war. When in
the past skeptics whispered that
Nationalist Socialist policies newt
ably would lead to a long war, the
average German would trustingly
say, "Yes. but our Fuehrer is very
clever. He will get for us what
Germany should have without war.
You will see"
Now war has come, and, while as
OF the moment this is being written
real fighting has not yet started, the
German people are deeply puzzled.
They are beginning to see that the
press campaign to separate the Brit
ish and French is having no effect.
They still have a pardonable conf
dence in their truly magnificent
army, but it is just beginning to
dawn on them that the struggle
might be long and bloody one,
and for this their minds were not
prepared.
Allies Have Advantage.
On this point the French and
British have a decided advantage.
Evening star., 1939-12-07
6. W. to UnveiI Portrait
Of Dr.. Swisher, 90

In celebration Of his 93d birthday
anniversary, portrait of DR..
Charles Clinton Swisher, professor
emeritus of history at George Wash
ington University, will be unveiled
tonight at o'clock in the university
library.
The portrait and the Swisher
memorial, consisting of more than
300 volumes of history, were pre-
sented to the university by members
of the Swisher History Club.
Many Of DR.. Swisher's former
students are expected at the cere-
monies, over which Capt. Edgar
Graham, member of the class Of
1925 and first president of the
Swisher History Club, will preside.
Dean Elmer Louis Kayser Is to
receive the portrait in behalf Of
the university,
Evening star., 1939-12-07

and he seems to have forgotten what
he bnce said might be done with
these guns-this friend Of q friend
Of a friend of my friend.
Evening star., 1939-12-07
Get After That Cold :

Don't fool around with cod. You
can't tell where it will end. Even q
Sigh" cold may have dangerous possi-
bilities. The moment you feel 4 cold
coming on, act quickly, act decisivelyl
Take Groves Laxative Bromo Qui-
nine (LBQ) tabletsl
Bromo Quinine tablets are famous
treatment for a cold. They are known
and used the world over.
Bromo Quinins tablets do four inn
portant things:
!. They open the bowels, an advis-
Evening star., 1939-10-11
Capone Goes Free Nov. 19
II DISPUTE Is Settled
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. Oct. 10.-Al- Capone
will be released from Terminal
Island Calf, on November 10, Fed
eral courthouse sources have said
provided dispute over a $4,000
chunk of his fine was settled.
The dispute arises from the fact
that the former Chicago gang car
was convicted and sentenced on
only counts of the 22-count in
come tax indictment and was ac-
quilted on the others.
Abraham Teitelbaum, his post
conviction lawyer, paid $4,000 to
the Government last January, two
weeks before Capone was moved
from Alcatraz Island to Terminal
Island to complete the last year
Of the 11-year sentence imposed
with a $4,000 fine. The balance
Of $4,000 remains unpaid.
In a claim on file with the De-
partment of Justice, Mr.. Teitel-
baum contended Capone was en-
titled to a refund of 5000 because
he had been convicted of only a
fourth Of the charges. The ques-
ton has been sent to officials in
Washington for decision.
Courthouse sources said Capone,
after his release, would probably
reside at his mansion on Palm
Island, Fla, and keep clear Of
Chicago, where he once ruled the
vice and beer rackets.
Evening star., 1939-10-11

ter. After 1t was over several little
girls came behind the curtain to
pet the little instructor.
Knee-Hi was introduced by Capt.
Dick Mansfield Of the ninth pre-
cinct, who suggested the children
pay close attention to the lesson
the little dog was about to teach.
Sergt. r. T. Hedernan Of the head
quarters section asked the children
to cooperate In the apprehension
Of hit-and-run drivers by scribbling
down the license number OF the
offending car il they see one.
A similar program was given the
Emery children with the co-opera-
ton Of Miss A., Grace Lind, super
vising principal, and Mrs. L. j.
Wakeman, principal. Principal r.
w. Strawbridge Of Stuart Junior
High helped arrange the demon
strAtion there.
Today Knee-H gives both out
side and inside performances at
Barnard School, Fourth and De-
catur streets NV, beginning at
1:30 pm.
Evening star., 1939-10-11

before with his city. ward leaders.
The Mayor said there was nothing
unusual about it.
The Times-Picayune asserted some
Of the city leaders were disgruntled
over number of Longs selections of
candidates for the Legislature In the
January primary in which Gov. Long
will seek to succeed himself. There
are 10 other gubernatorial candi-
dates.
Many leaders of the once all-pow-
erful Long regime have fallen under
Federal and State indictments, in
Guiding former Gov. Richard w.
Leche and Seymour Weiss, once
Longs treasurer.
Evening star., 1939-10-11
SibIey Opens New
Medical Service for
Premature Babies
: Station Makes Mothers
Milk Available to
Physicians in U. S.

A new medical service for pre-
mature babies-one available only
In two other American cities-was
functioning today at Sibley Hos
pital.
It is a station for collection and
preservation of mothers milk, so
often needed for premature or all
ing infants. The milk will be avail
able to physicians throughout the
Nation who may desire 1t for their
patients, as well as to District resi-
dents.
Announcement of the new service
was made by DR.. Jacob Kotz, who
has charge of it, last night at a
meeting of the Sibley Hospital medi-
cal council. DR.. Kotz said that,
thanks to a special refrigeration
system, the milk can be safely pre-
served for as long as three months.
Frozen In Cubes.
The milk is frozen in ne-ounce
cubes, he explained, and plans call
for maintenance of 80 to 40 quarts
in cube formal all times.
This additional equipment, sup
plementing the 10 incubators the
hospital placed in use last Decem-
Der, gives Sibley Hospital facilities
for care of premature babies which
few other hospitals in the Nation
can match, it was stated.
DR.. Kotz paid tribute to the Va
fiety Club of Washington, whose CO.
operation, he said, enabled the hos
pital to obtain the incubators and
whose financial assistance has made
possible the clinic for premature
babies.
Since the work began. late in De-
cember, DR.. Kotz said, 76 babies have
been handled, including transfers
from other hospitals. OF these only
q have died, as compared with the
usual death rate of more than SO
per cent among premature babies.
according to DR.. Kotz Eleven of the
deaths were among babies trans
ferred from other hospitals, he de-
clared
Healthy Donors Needed.
All mothers whose milk is used
are given thorough and frequent
physical examinations, he said, and
the milk is paid for at the rate of
$1.25 pint. Healthy nursing
mother" donors are needed, he con-
tinued, and application may be
made to Sibley Hospital.
The mothers milk will be given
. free to indigents, DR.. Kotz said, but
those who can afford to pay are
asked to do so.
In answer to questioning by staff
physicians, DR.. Kotz asserted he
believed one well-equipped clinic for
care of "prematures" is adequate for
the city: that not only the high cost
of equipment, but difficulty Of OBJ
tanning and training personnel,
makes it inadvisable to set up such
''milk stations" under any but the
most favorable circumstances, and
accounts for the scant number OF
stations.
Evening star., 1939-10-11
Citizens Launch
New Attacks on
Long, Regime
District Attorney
Charges Politics by
Mob Asking Removal
By the Associated Press.


NEW ORLEANS, La, Oct. Ii
Growing dissension was reported to-
day among members of the old Huey
P. Long dictatorship as emboldened
citizen groups, revolving" against
alleged graft and corruption,
launched new attacks.
Some 5000 citizens gathered yes
terday in front of Criminal Court,
repeatedly Missed Gov. Earl K. Long S
name and yelled for the removal
f-'m Office of District Attorney
{ aries A. Byrne.
Seven members of the New Or
leans grand jury investigating po-
litical scandals charged Mr.. Byrne
was hampering its work by shielding
suspected law violators. Two jurors
who sought to read the charges in
court were arrested, sentenced for
contempt and dismissed from the
jury.
Impeachment Move Ordered.
Today John E. Jackson, attorney
and Republican national committee
Evening star., 1939-10-11

man since 1882, was appointed by
Civil Judge Harold E. Noise to file
impeachment proceedings against
Mr.. Byrne, as requested in citizens
petition.
Mr.. Byrne, in a formal statement,
blamed the present trouble on 'parti-
san politicians" attempting to sway
the grand jury and to impress judges
by the clamoring of mob" He said
he and his aides had given the grand
jury every assistance.
With several moves afoot to dis
place the administration-ap
Byrne, Gov. Long hurried to New Or
leans from Baton Rouge late yes
terday. He conferred with his ad-
herents far into the night in suite
in the Hotel Roosevelt, which Huey
once frequented. A spokesman said
it was just friendly get-together." P"
Maestri Sees Ward Bosses.
Mayor Robert S. Maestri, gener-
ally recognized as the State political
boss, had conferred a few hours
Evening star., 1939-10-11
Knee-Hi Makes First
Appearance Before
Junior High Students
Cunine Instructor Stresses
Obedience. Memory
And Attention

Knee-Hi, the canny canine, car
ried her flrst program to the junior
high schools yesterday in q double
appearance 1T Stuart Junior High
School.
The little dog, presented by The
Star with the cooperation Of the
Board Of Education, the Police De-
partment and the Department Of
Vehicles and Traflc, also appeared
In third demonstration before the
children Of the Emery School in
the auditorium Of the Langley Jun
Tor High School.
Knee-Hi's lesson yesterday was
one OF obedience, memory and pay
ing attention. She went through q
number Of routines at the direction
Of DR.. George e. Brunson, her mas