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Evening star., 1939-07-31
Officers Elected
By Children of .
The Revolution

Robert Mason De Shazo, jr. has
been elected junior State president
of the District of Columbia Chill
dren of the American Revolution,
succeeding William Pennington as
the second president.
The board elected to serve with
him is: Graham T. Smallwood,
Gov. Thomas Welles Society, vice
president; Adelaide McAllister, 1t.
John Shaw Society. chaplain; Gail
Koss, Gov. Thomas Welles Society,
recording secretary; Gertrude Hoch-
baum Wakefield Society, CORE
spending secretary; T. Hunton
Leith, jr., 1t. John Shaw Society,
treasurer; Mary Jane Rogers, Po-
tomac Society, historian; Virginia
Scott, Capital Society, registrar;
Robert Carter Huey, Potomac So
ciety. and LIE Baron Washington, 1t.
John Shaw Society, color bearers;
Barbara Hamblin, Gov. Thomas
Welles Society. and Lois Luton,
Capt. Joseph Emery Society, color
guards.
The board appointed the follow
ing committee chairmen: American
Indian, Leigh Nettleton, jr.; Ameri-
can music. Helen Urner; building
fund, Roland Wolf; conservation
and thrift, Dale Saylor; correct use
of the flag, Leslie Stevens; cradle
roll, Virginia Craddock; exhibits,
Eloise Gutridge; membership, Vir-
ginia Scott; publicity, Marguerite
Johnson; approved schools, Cathryn
Ann Riggleman; auditing, John
Morrison Kerr. jr; entertainment,
Bette Jean Pagter; ways and means,
Alice Waldron.
The committee to draft a set of
bylaws, with William Pennington as
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Evening star., 1939-07-31
University
Club Work
Completed

With many repairs completed, In
Guiding the replacing of the ceiling
over the main stairway and freshly
painted halls and stairway, the club
mouse OF the American Association
OF University Women will reopen
this afternoon after being closed for
the past three weeks.
ABOUT SO or more women are ex-
pected to attend the tea from 4 to
+ o'clock to inspect the improve
ments. Residents of the clubhouse
will specially enjoy the handsome
new metal elevator doors which have
replaced the wooden ones. Several
OF the bedrooms also have been
painted with numerous "freshening
up" details to make them attractive
to residents when the fall season
begins. Bedrooms in the clubhouse
have been available for transients
throughout the summer and many
out-of-toWn members have taken
advantage of these accommodations
Two new purchases, which are
expected to bring added enjoyment
to patrons of the dining room, are
an ice cream freezer, which will
provide homemade ice cream, and
a new refrigerator, which will
afford greater accommodations for
delicacies.
Committee chairmen are PLAN
ming active programs for the COM
ing year with Eugene Callaghan,
chairman of the Legislative Com
mittee. anticipating a particularly
busy season working for franchise
and national representation for the
District, as we'll as the furtherance
of community improvements.
Miss Catherine Murray will be
hostess this afternoon. Mrs. Marjorie
B. o. Kelliher will be the guest
speaker. Among the transients stay
ing at the club is Mrs w. T. Leslie.
a former member, now making her
home in Brazil.
Evening star., 1939-07-31
Beta Sigma Phi
Members Feted

Miss Muriel Morgan of the So
cial Committee, Delta Chapter, Beta
Sigma Phi Sorority, was hostess at
luncheon Saturday to members in
the dining room of the House of
Representatives at the Capitol.
Possible plans to attend the Beta
Sigma Phi day to be held at the
Florida Concession at the New York
Worlds Fair on August % were
discussed.
Following the luncheon, members
attended sessions at the House and
Senate. Among those present were:
Miss Mae Murray, sponsor; Mrs.
Alice Roberts Keck. educational di-
rector; Margaret Brown, Margaret
Dooley, Dorothy Peterson, Alice v.
Renk and Opha Thompson.
Evening star., 1939-07-31
Sorority to Hold
Beach PARTY

The annual beach party of Epsilon
Pl Chapter, Sigma Phi Gamma So
rority, will be held Sunday after
noon at the summer home OF Mrs.
Joseph Adams, Arundel-on- the
Bay. Md, for members and their
escorts.
A short business meeting, pre-
sided over by the president, Mrs.
Harry johnson, will be followed by
a splash party and buffet sup
per. Mrs. Frank Killian and Miss
Margaret Wiley, chapter delegates
to the 1889 international convention,
held in Cincinnati, Ohio, will act
as hostesseS.
Evening star., 1939-07-31

chairman, and the committee to pre-.
pare a file of the members in the
District. with Virginia Scott as chair
man. were asked to be ready to
report at the meeting in September.
Evening star., 1939-07-31

Blllowlng fragrant bubbles to
bathe in-how cool for hot days.
Spa Bath Foam Is a concentrated
bath oil that scents and softens
your bath.
Evening star., 1939-03-03
100 Relief Workers
Face Questioning in
Staying Of Girl
Body Of Student, Is,
Is Found Beaten in
Oklahoma City
BY the Associated Press.

oy tne Associated PreSS.
OKLAHOMA CITY, March g.
Ohicers prepared to question 100 re-
lief workers today in search of clues
to the brutal Staying of Haselteen
Black, slender 13-year-old junior
high school girl.
Detective Capt. Charles Ryan
planned to question the relief work.
ers who labored in park across the
street from the brick cottage in
which the girls body, clad in pink
pajamas and a blue housecoat, was
found.
Capt. Ryan said he hoped to find
a lead to three men neighboring
housewives saw near the girls home.
He said the girl, who had gone
home i'll from school early yester-
day, may have been the victim of a
house proWler.
Her blood stained hands, bloody
towel and blood on a bookcase door,
knob gave evidence of a desperate
attempt to fight off her attacker.
DR.. John Roddy, city physician,
said examination showed no evi-
dence of criminal assault. He said
the girl was struck % crushing blows
on the head.
A bullet found imbedded in the
edge of the dining room table
heightened the mystery. 1t was only
few feet from where the girls
mother found her daughters bat
tered body, white cord around the
throat,
Evening star., 1939-03-03
Numbers Players
Are Suckers Court
Says in Racket Case
Venoncio Q. Liberoto
Given Six Months to
Two and q Half Years

Numbers game players were re-
ferred to as suckers" when District
Court Justice James M. Proctor
commented on this form of gam
bling in passing sentence today on
Venancio @. Liberato, Filipino, ac-
cused as one of the ringleaders In a
numbers racket here.
If there ever was q sWIndling
game imposed upon the poor.
ignorant people of the community,
1t is the numbers game" said
Justice Proctor. 1T is a sucker game.
The chances are one out of thou
sand to win. What sort of sporting
proposition is that?"
In sentencing Liberato to serve
from six months to two and a half
years, Justice Proctor said the young
Filipino was part" of a numbers
organization, was intimately con-
nected socially with the others, land
was there promoting the game"
Assistant United States Attorney
William S. Tarver said Numeriano
M. del Rosario, allegedly another of
the numbers ring leaders, is under
mental observation at the Naval
Hospital.
Another numbers case was dis
posed of when Justice Jesse c. Ad-
kins sentenced John Jamerson, COL
ored, to serve from four to eight
months for violating the numbers
law.
Justice Adkins action provoked an
exchange between the bench and
the defendants attorney, Denny
Hughes. Mr.. Hughes said the ap-
parent policy of District Court not
to place numbers writer's on pro-
baton embitters such persons and
drives them back into the numbers
game. Mr.. Hughes said his client
had merely taken a bet as an ac-
commodation. Justice Adkins told
the lawyer to confine his remarks
to the case-that he did not want
the court or the probation officer
criticized.
Evening star., 1939-03-03
Defense
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souri,, another critic of administra-
ton views on foreign affairs, entered
the debate to assert that Secretary
of Interior Ickes had indulged in
"Billingsgate" against some nations
with which the United States is at
peace.
He also contended Chairman Pitt
man OF the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee had made provocative
statements. Then, without mention
ing Senator Logans name, he took
issue with a statement by the Ken
tuckian that he would be willing to
see American youths 60 to war be-
fore he would see established here a
form of government such as Ger
many has.
when we hear a Senator re-
spected by every one in this body
rise here. as he did today" Senator
Clark said, "and with great 1ntre-
pidity ride through blood up to his
bridle-bits in this chamber and gall
lantly say he was not afraid to
send every American boy to die on
foreign flelds-if that statement and
the succession of statements were
not challenged in this body, would
not every nation in this world be
entitled to take them as the undi-
vided opinion of the American
people?"
Before Senator johnson spoke,
Senator Logan, urging repeal of the
Neutrality Act, asserted it gave the
green light to the dictator nations
of the world to move on the de-
mocracies. He added that since
the United States has given indica-
tions it is not so strong for the
Neutality Act as it seemed, the die
tators have slowed up
If I were making the foreign
policy of the United States" he
said, I'D furnish England and
France with everything they need
with which to fight, in quantities
sufficient to insure their victory, if
attacked"
The House, meanwhile, continued
debate on the annual War Depart
ment appropriation bill, providing
nearly $5O0,000,0O0 for the Armys
largest peacetime budget.
There was talk in the House Mill
tary Affairs Committee of a pro-
posal that the United States barter
war materials with other countries,
giving them munitions and supplies
IN return for essential raw mate
rlals not found here. Herbert Feis,
economic adviser to the State De-
partment, suggested that terms
might be worked out by which such
materials could be furnished this
country as payment on war debts.
Evening star., 1939-03-03

must be carefully scanned, and that
doesn't mean next year, out now
and it should be done through clear
vision and not through a colored
lens
I'VE are confronted with budget
which calls for over 10 billion dollars
in appropriations for the next fiscal
year, and the cold suggestion in the
budget message of a deficit that will
amount to three and a half billion
dollars.
This Congress is to consider the
legislation that would make possible
these large expenditures We have
national debt of 40 billion dollars
and guaranteed underwritten debt
of five billion dollars.
The present law fixes the ma
tional debt limit at As billion dollars.
Limit to Be Reached in July.
with mounting expenditures and
recurring deficits. it is inevitable
that that limit will be reached about
the 1st of July. 1910. Something
must be done now to meet this seri-
Gus situation. The Government can
not continue to spend such excessive
sums without increasing the limit
to which the national debt may go
or without increasing taxes to pro-
vide the current revenue to meet the
appropriations.
Taxes are now so heavy that to
increase them would add additional
burdens upon American industry
and the American people. Addi-
tional taxes would act as deterrent
to the revival of business, to the
increased employment of people,
and would handicap the Govern
ment's effort to increase the ma
tional income. I am opposed, un-
less exceptional circumstances arise,
to increasing by law the present
limit of the national debt. The
only way, however, to avoid this re-
quest coming to Congress or the
taxes being increased is to begin
Immediately radical and substan-
tial cut in Government expenditures.
Chaos Inevitable.
II appreciate the difficulty of the
task; but if every one connected
with the operation of government,
whether in the executive or legisla-
tive departments, will realize the
serious fiscal situation confronting
us, and counsel together and CO.
operate in mapping out a plan, and
unf1inchingly and without political
consideration work toward that end,
we can accomplish results that will
bring hope and encouragement to
our people and financial stability to
our Government. If immediate and
unified plans are not laid, and enor-
nous and unprecedented expendi-
lures are continued, with the ma
tional debt mounting, economic con-
fusion and chaos are inevitable.
with world conditions unsettled.
with threats and rumors of war be-
ing heard on every hand. Amer
lean craftsmanship demands that
the credit of the United States be
preserved and our own house be
placed in order. I have no con-
fidence in the economic philosophy
that we must spend ourself out Of
this economic disorder
Evening star., 1939-03-03
Discoverer of King Tut's Tomb
Who Defied Curse Succumbs
Howard Carter Dies
Is Years After
Bio Find
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, March 3.-Howard Car
ter who with Lord Carnarvon was
the first man in 80 centuries to cast
eyes on the burial chamber of boy
King Tut-Ankh- Amen is dead.
Last night, 16 years after the tomb
of the Egyptian Pharoah was opened
in disregard of an ancient curse
Death shall come on swift wings to
him that toucheth the tomb of a
Pharoah"-the Egyptologist died.
Mr. Carter had been i'll for some
time and it was understood heart
disease caused his death. He was
66 years old. He scoffed at the curse
which was recalled when Lord Car
narvon, who financed the Tut-Ankh-
Amen expedition, died six weeks
after the crypt was opened. A mo-
squito bite caused his death.
About score of others connected
with the opening of the tomb have
died in recent years. Several were
workmen who helped remove 1000
tons of earth to reach the burial
place.
Mr.. Carter found the tomb on No
vember 30, 1922, in the Valley of
Kings on the west bank of the Nile
at Luxor, and summoned Lord Car
narvon so that his backer might join
nlm IN the first peep into a long
hidden repository of Egyptian an
tiquity.
candles were carried into the
tomo. Their flicker caught the gilt
ter OF treasures piled up near the
mummlf1ed body of the boy King,
VINO is supposed to have ruled Egypt
aoout the time Moses led the chil.
ofen OF Israel from bondage,
Evening star., 1939-03-03
Fire Chief
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married and has four children, three
sons and two daughters. The eldest,
Leonard G. Porter, is serving his
probationary period with No. 2
Truck Company.
Conducts Extension Course.
In addition to his service with the
department, the chief has been en-
gagged in conducting an extension
course for flremen at the University
OF Maryland.
Deputy Chief Weaver, Sc, joined
the department as private on Oc-
tober 16, 1900. He rose speedily to
the rank of sergeant in 1902, lieu
tenant in 1905, captain in 1916. acting
battalion chief in 1917 and battalion
chief in 1927.
High Efficiency Rating.
Since 1884 he has been designated
to act as deputy chief whenever
necessary. He also was decorated
for heroic service in the Knicker-
booker Theater disaster. He has
served as a Fire Department repre-
sentative on the Board of Civil Serv-
ice Examiners since 1927.
Battalion Chief A. c. Buscher, who
has been acting chief of the Fire
Department since Chief Schrom's S
death, remains as one of two deputy
chief engineers.
Evening star., 1939-03-03

Tut-Ankh-Amen's mummy was
encased in three sarcophagi, the in
nermost of gold.
The discovery delighted Egyptolo-
gists and caught the imagination of
laymen because of the lavish way in
which it retouched picture of the
past.
To Mr.. Carter the Pharoahs' curse
was "Tommyrot"
'If anybody was exposed to the
curse it was I. I slept in the tomb
for two weeks and even had my
meals there and never felt better in
my life" he said.
The archaeologist held doctor of
science degree from Yale University.
After he was II years old he spent
most Of his life In Egypt.
Evening star., 1939-03-03

Byrd, Democrat, of Virginia and
Vandenberg, Republican, of Michi-
gan. The latter pledged Republican
cooperation in any program that
seeks to restore sanity to Federal
finances"
Senator Adams, Democrat, of
Colorado said he favored a drastic
cut in expenditures and probably
would oppose any expansion of the
national debt limitation, which now
is fixed at S45 OOO,OO0,O00. Senator
Harrison predicted this limitation
would be reached by July l, 1910, if
expenses are not cut or taxes are
not increased.
While Senator Harrison said there
had been some talk of an attempt
to cut appropriations fiat 10 per
cent, except for fixed charges such
as interest, Majority Leader Bark
ley expressed belief that such pro-
posal would not work. Told that
Senator Harrison suggested substan-
tial reductions in the expenditures
of emergency agencies, Senator
Barkley said that brought up the
relief question.
Amlie Withdrawal Asked.
II don't see how relief can be cut
substantially" he said. He pointed
out that a precipitous reduction in
the w. P. A. rolls must be made
April l if Congress does not vote
more funds.
What effect the Harrison state
ment, expressing views held by many
administration and middle Of
the-road Democrats, may have on
efforts to restore Democratic party
harmony before the 1910 convention
became subject of immediate
speculation at the Capitol.
Beginning with the $l50,000, 900
cut in Mr.. Roosevelt's relief recon-
mendations and continuing through
the current dispute over foreign pol
icy, the Democrats have had many
members on both sides of almost
every important question before
Congress.
Sponsors of Democratic harmony
efforts say privately that two or
three issues still hold enough dyna-
mite to blow apart what they have
been able to accomplish so far. One
of these is the nomination of
Thomas R. Amlie, Wisconsin Pro-
gressive, to be member of the In
terstate Commerce Commission.
Some Senators have expressed the
hope that the President would per-
NIT Mr. Amlie's. name to be with
drawn. They indicated withdrawal
would be suggested to Mr.. Roosevelt
on his return.
Another appointment he still has
to make is that of a successor to
Justice Louis D. Brandeis, who re-
tired recently from the Supreme
Court. Informed opinion at the
Capitol is that he will select West
erner.
Defense Program Assured.
AS to other items on the legisla-
tive program. both administration
friends and foes say a compromise
reorganization bill probably will be
approved, the national defense pro-
gram is assured of enactment and
leaders predict passage of social Sc
curity expansion legislation. Pro-
posed revision of the Wagner Labor
Relations Act still is in an uncertain
state.
Following is the text of the Harri-
son statement:
''The Governments fiscal picture
Evening star., 1939-03-03
Emergency Rally
To Aid Symphony
Drive Called
Fund Still $l9,485 Short
Of Amount Needed for
Seasons Expenses

Responsibility for the fate of the
National Symphony Orchestra was
placed squarely on the shoulders of
Washingtonians today when an
emergency rally was called for Tues
day to raise the $19,485 still needed
to meet expenses for the orchestra's s
l939-1940 season.
Called by DR.. William Mcclellan,
president Of the National Symphony
Orchestra Association, the meeting
IS expected to draw members of the
association, volunteer workers in the
ninth annual sustaining fund cam
paign and all other friends of the
orchestra. 1t will be held at pm.
in the United States Chamber of
Commerce.
In summoning Washingtonians to
the meeting, DR.. Mcclellan explained
that the remaining deficit must be
wiped out by March Is, final date
on which the contract that has been
arranged with the musicians can be
signed. Unless the required Sill 900
is pledged, the contract cannot be
signed.
"The people of Washington face
cultural crisis" he declared. Great
danger confronts the National SYM
phony Orchestra"
Volunteer workers, in the mean
while, were continuing their efforts
to collect as many pledges as possible
before Tuesdays meeting in order to
make good report at that time.
Contributors were urged to come
forward with their pledges whether
or not they have been solicited by
campaign workers.
Evening star., 1939-03-03
Economy
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cials as a business liberal" His
| job will be to help Secretary Hop
klns find out what he can do to
help business and also to tell busi-
| ness what it can do to promote
Government business cooperation.
Gen. Wood, here attending Gen.
sus Bureau meeting, told newsmen
he had discussed the matter infor-
mally with Secretary Hopkins sew
eral weeks ago, but had just re-
turned from Caribbean cruise and
did not know until today that the
Secretary had given him the assign
ment. He declined to comment on
business or Government or the re-
lations between them. on the ground
he was out of touch with recent
events.
Gen. Wood said he would return
to Chicago within a few days and
start catching up on the situation;
then would return here for what
ever work Mr.. Hopkins may want
him to do.
May Outline Views.
The appointment was viewed here
as another gesture of cooperation
with business by the administration,
particularly because of Secretary
Hopkins intimate connections with
the White House.
Together with the congressional
arguments over foreign policies,
the administration drive to i'm
labor will furnish President Roose-
velt with his most pressing prob
lens during the next few weeks.
He may outline his views on them
when he addresses the 150th ann
versary session of Congress shortly
after his return tomorrow morning.
Members of Congress said the oc-
casion, exactly six years after Mr.
Roosevelt's S first Inauguration. would
offer him an unprecedented forum
for discussing current issues. Gath
cred in the House chamber will be
not only Senators and Represent
atives but also virtually every high
Government official and 100 diplo-
mats representing 81 countries.
Radical Cut Urged.
The program, including addresses
by Speaker Bankhead, Senator Pitt
man, Democrat, of Nevada and
Chief Justice Hughes, will be broad
cast nationally at noon.
While the general expectation was
that the President would emphasize
foreign issues, he also may touch
on such domestic matters as his
efforts to stimulate business and to
end the A. F. of L. and c. I. o. con-
f1ict.
Senator Harrison's call last night
for a radical and substantial" cut
in congressional appropriations be-
came a factor in the business CO.
operation campaign, for he said
lowering of the spending level would
be the best thing that could happen
to improve business.
Senator Harrison declared in his
statement that the alternative to
stringent economy was new taxes
and a substantial increase in the
national debt.
The Harrison economy appeal won
immediate approval from Senators