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Evening star., 1939-03-08
Jury Clears Motorist
In Traffic Fatality

A coroner's jury today freed
Eugene Kinderdine. so. of 1924
Shepard street NE. of responsibility
in the traffic death of Mrs. Mary
Biddle, 72, of II Bryant street NV.
who died Monday at Emergency
Hospital from complications result
ing from injuries received when hit
January 80 by an automobile driven
by Mr.. Kinderdine as she was
crossing Rhode Island avenue al
Logan Circle.
Testifying at the inquest. police
said the driver told them he was
going north on Thirteenth street
stopped at the circle to wait fol
the traffic light to turn green, ant
then proceeded around the circle
at about IL miles per hour. He also
told police he was about to turn
into Rhode Island avenue when hi
suddenly saw Mrs. Biddle. Testi.
monv was that Mrs. Biddle wa,
crossing from the north to the south
side Of the road against the traffit
light.
The accident occurred around
1890 pm. Witnesses said the night
was dark and rainy. The jury re.
turned verdict Of accidental death
Evening star., 1939-03-08
Government Pay Roll
figures Show Drop

Due primarily to the termination
OF temporary employment required
to handle the Christmas mails, en-
ployment and pay roll figures for
the Government showed a drop in
January from the December levels,
the monthly report of the Civil
Service Commission showed today.
In the field the reduction was
54,655 to 743,602 and in the District
295 to 10000.
The pay roll here dropped less
than $4,000 to 81, 1,477, ,518, but in
the field the decrease was more than
$10,500, 900 to $109, ,9N ,872.
In addition to the post ofnce
slash here, the decentralization of
the Internal Revenue Bureau and
transfer Of part of the National
Institute of Health to Bethesda
brought about a decrease Of 248
Treasury employees.
Minor increases and decreases
were reported throughout the rest
Of the executive agencies.
Evening star., 1939-03-08
Cherry Blossom Festival
To Be Arranged 7uesduy

Tentative plans for ceremonies to
enthrone Miss Peggy Townsend as
the 1889 Cherry Blossom Queen will
be discussed at a meeting of the
Cherry Blossom Committee next
Tuesday.
The queen probably will be
crowned on the evening before a
full day of other events, which will
open with sunrise ceremonies under
the direction of Mrs. Elizabeth K.
Peoples of the Community Center
Department.
The date Of the ceremonies will
not be fixed until there is more
definite information on when the
famous japanese cherry trees
around the Tidal Basin will burst
into bloom.
After the sunrise program the
celebration will include exercises
conducted by the Department OF
Fairgrounds, under the direction of
Miss Sybil Baker and Mrs. Maude
Parker; exhibition drills by the Sd
Cavalry Of Fort Myer, Va, under
direction Of Col. George S. Patton
jr., and Capt. Lawrence G. Smith,
and a display Of fireworks at night.
Edgar Morris is general chairman
Of the committees planning the
Cherry Blossom Festival.
New committee members were
named as follows:
Publicity-Thomas P. Morgan, jr.,
chairman; Carter Barron, Ray Bell,
Frank La Falce, Hardie Meakin,
Charles Barry, Stanley Bell, Ken
meth Berkeley, Rudolph Golden
strosh, Arthur Daily, John H. Dodge,
Lee Everett, Gordon Hittenmark,
William McAndrews, Frank M. Rus
sell, Fred Shawn, Carleton Smith,
Harry Butcher, Ann Gillis, Arthur
Godfrey, John Heine, Arch McDon-
aid, William Slocum, A. D. Willard,
Art Brown, Walter Compton, w. B.
Dolph, Madeline Ensign, Tony
Wakeman, Ella Werner, Mary
Mason, Charles Duffy, !. w. Hill,
Evening star., 1939-03-08
Band Concert

BY, the United States Marine Band
Symphony Orchestra tonight at
o'clock in the auditorium, Marine
Barracks. Capt. Taylor Branson,
leader, william F. Santelmann, Sec
ond leader.
PROGRAM.
Overture, "Mignon" n"Th Thomas
(a) Dance of the Orange Bios
SONS" from "The Jester at
the Wedding" - Coates
CO. "Danse Slave" -Chabrier
Valse de concert, "The Debutante, -
Santelmann
Trumpet solo, Zone Fine Day"
from Madame Butterfly"
Puccini
Musician John p. White.
Selections from ''The Rose Cava-
lier" Richard Strauss
Suite, Scenes Alsaciennes,"
Massenet
(a) Sunday Morning"
(b) AT the Cabaret"
(c) Under the Linden Trees"
'd) Sunday Evening"
'Polacca" from the Suite No. g."
Tschaikowsky
The Marines Hymn"
Inc Star Spangled Banner"
Evening star., 1939-03-08

looked silly with high-buttoned
shoes and short skirts-and women
don't like to look silly, SO the shoes
were cut of, too.
In the matter of fit time staged
a revolution. When Mr.. Arnold went
into the business a customer had
only few widths to choose from.
To get shoes narrow enough a
woman would frequently squeeze
her feet into shoes inches too short.
Now shoe factories turn out widths
that are quintuple A to quintuple
E, which takes care of every one.
Among the many things Mr.. Ar
mold has had to learn patience is
OF major Importance. Sometimes a
customer tries on Is pairs of shoes
before she buys, and sometimes she
doesn't buy. On the other hand,
there are those who pop in for a
pair of shoes and pop out again
five minutes later with a shoe box
tucked under their arm.
Mr.. Arnold doesn't look or feel
his n years. He planned to cele-
brate his birthday. anniversary at
his home in Arlington, Va, with
his eight children, nine grandchil-
dren and one great-grandchild.
Tomorrow he'll report at Boyce
& Lewis as usual. I'm going to
stay" he said, "as long as I can
lace SHOE"
Evening star., 1939-03-08

Harold Kneeland, Sidney Olson,
Bruce R. Allen. Maj. E. S. Battel-
helm, jr.; G. D. Burrus, Herman
Carl, Hazel Edgar, Curtis Hodges,
Maj. Sidney Morgan, Frances Ship
pen and w. w. Wheeler.
Safety-Maj Ernest w. Brown,
chairman; William A. Van Duzer,
Capt. P. J. Carroll, Inspector James
F. Beckett, Inspector Bernard w.
Thompson, Capt. Milton D. Smith,
Capt. Arthur E. Miller, Capt. Harvey
G. Callahan, Capt. Oscar j. Letter.
man.
Sunrise service-Mrs. Elizabeth K.
Peoples, chairman; James F. Duha-
mel, Evelyn Davis, Harold Snyder,
Edith H. Hunter, Albert Clyde
Burton.
Arrangements and grounds-C.
Marshall Finnan, chairman; A,
Clyde Burton, Col. Frank L. Whit
tacker, Maj. Horace B. Smith,
Robert w. Wilson.
Evening star., 1939-03-08
Salesman Notes Many Changes
In Shoe Styles in 81 Years
Arnold, !, Celebrating
77th Year, Grows
Reminiscent

In the days when women wore 20
buttons on their shoes and men
boasted high-heeled boots for
dress wear James Arnold, who cele-
brates his 77th birthday anniversary
today, was learning the shoe busi-
ness.
He learned not to be too embar-
rassed when he had to lift women's
skirts to try on shoes, though "it
relieved me lot" when fashion
cut skirt lengths, he said.
He learned not to notice holes in
stockings or bulky patches. II just
don't see them" he said.
For 81 years Mr.. Arnold has gone
through the routine of measuring
feet, slipping shoes on and off
again, convincing women they'd be
more comfortable in shoes half an
inch longer. How many pairs of
feet he has fitted in those years
he hasn't the vaguestQdea. But he's
sold on an average of so pairs of
shoes a day. which multiplied by
81 years makes a lot of feet.
"Women's feet were their great
pride in the old days." he remi-
nisced. That's why they started
wearing those high French heels.
They wanted their feet to look
smaller"
In the 70s, when Mr.. Arnold
came to Washington to take up the
shoe trade, women wore low shoes
only in the summer time. In the
winter fashion decreed high shoes,
either buttoned or laced. Low shoes
were forbidden.
There wasn't much variety in the
way of color style or even size,
though a pair of shoes that caused
a sensation at the Philadelphia
Centennial had scalloped tops with
brocade trimming, Mr.. Arnold re-
called. For evening milady donned
igh-buttoned black satin slippers.
Mems shoes haven't changed as
much as women's, Mr.. Arnold said.
pointing out that mems styles in
clothes aren't very different, either.
In the 70s and 80s the dandies
went for pointed toes, the oldsters
for the more conservative broad toe.
Mems congress CATERS, high shoes
with rubber up the sides, were
fashionable, although high-but-
toned shoes were approved. No
gentleman would think of going out
into the light of day In the sum-
mertime without spats.
Mr.. Arnold attributed the revolu-
ton in women's shoe styles to the
shortening of the skirts. Women
Evening star., 1939-03-08
Two Are Indicted
On Property Charge
During Strike
Youth, l8, Faces Action
For AIIeeedIy Taking
$96 by Trickery

Lawrence F. Petit. 81, and James
H. Herndon, %, were indicted by
the District grand jury today on a
charge of destroying property at
the Cherner Motor Co., 1871 Florida
avenue NV, where strike was in
progress.
The indictment charged that the
two did SLIT worth of damage to
an automobile on February IA at the
firms sale place. The jury returned
80 indictments In various other
cases.
Ellis Akin, colored, 18, was in
dicted on charge of grand lar
ceny, for allegedly taking 500 by
trickery on February IT, Edward
Pettigrew, 425 First street NV,
had $3.50 in trunk, the authorities
were informed. and his son. Ed
ward, took some of it and showed
it to his friends.
Akin and two juveniles, the grand
jury was told, saw the money and
seized it from the boy. Believing
they were playing. young Pettigrew
did not put up any resistance, but
two of them ran out of the house
Edward J. o. Hustler, 40, is charged
in four indictments which accuse
him of taking a letter from an
authorized depository at 1905 Tenth
street NV. and also of forging
a United States Government check,
as we'll as of forgery and uttering
of another check.
Paul C.. Sheek, 20, was named in
five robbery indictments and &C
cused of holding up streetcar op-
orators and other persons and Sc
curing various sums of money, as
we'll as streetcar tokens.
Others indicted and the charges
against them are: Thomas E. Brown.
joyriding; Alphonzo Williams and
John H. Fretz, housebreaking and
larceny; Leroy J. Chisholm and En-
NETT Wigs, robbery; Samuel Haw-
kins, John I. Johnson, John w.
Mathis and Henry James Gay, forg-
ing United States Government
checks; Benny j. Ucciferri, embez-
Element; Thomas Payne. Edward
Robinson, Althea E. Cooke, Frank j.
Williams and William A. Collins, vio-
lations of the numbers law; John D.
Jefferson, August E. Farante and
James Adams, violation of the Har-
rison Narcotic Act and the Narcotic
Drugs Import and Export Act; LIE
Roy Brevard, Irene w. Crawford,
Samuel Mayhem, assault with dan
gerous weapon, and Willie Simms,
assault.
Evening star., 1939-03-08
Dispensary Plan Probe
For District Opposed

Investigation OF the present sys-
tenn of dispensing packaged liquors
in the District, as proposed by the
Sheppard bill, was opposed last
night by the North Cleveland Park
Citizens Association after hearing
talks by Manuel j. Davis, counsel
for the District Retail Liquor Deal
ers' Association, and John Grim,
president of the District Dispensary
Association.
Mr.. Davis said that his associa-
ton opposed investigation because
the matter was likely to develop
into a political football" with pat
ronage involved. He said the un-
employment which would result
from forcing the liquor dealers out
of business would injure the whole
business structure of the District,
as well as lose to it a tremendous
amount of taxes.
Mr.. Grim declared that on the
basis of business done last year,
the dispensary system would bring
the District a revenue of $18, 900 900.
Conflicting statements were Of
fered on the subject of sale of liquor
to minors, with police figures on
arrests of youths for drunkenness
being interpreted as both favorable
and unfavorable to the present
system.
John A. Bresnahan told the assoc
citation, I'VE have in alcoholic bev-
erage control liquor law that will
work, and the only need Is for an
appropriation large enough to Sc
cure proper policing of the indus
try"
Location of branch libraries in
District neighborhoods rather than
the creation of a central library IN
the proposed community center at
John Marshall place was favored by
the association on the motion OF
.1nxa,I, g Gfnr,
Evening star., 1939-03-08
Missing D. c. Man
Located in Norfolk

Arthur w. Steele. rs, missing sinci
last Friday from his home, 518 Ninth
street NE, was located this morn.
ing in Norfolk ,(VaD telegraph
Office, local police announced.
Mr.. Steele, who, police said. de.
clared that he had been sufferini
from mental distress, was identified
when he sent a telegram to Emor!
I. Bowman, employe Of furnitur,
store here, requesting SO to permit
his return to the Capital.
Mr.. Steele has been desponden'
since last Christmas. when he los
the job he had held for 20 years
Mrs. Ella Foye, an 81-year-oN
cousin, with whom he lived, salt
when his disappearance was report
ed Monday.
Evening star., 1939-03-08
0verton Fiscal Plan
Hearings TO Open
Next tuesday
Senute Subcommittee
To Call Maj. Donovan
As First Witness

The special Senate subcommittee
in charge of the Overton plan for
settlement of the fiscal relations
problem between the Federal and
District governments held it's first
meeting today and tentatively fixed
Tuesday morning as the time for
beginning public hearings.
At the same time Senator Overton,
Democrat, of Louisiana, chairman of
the subcommittee, made known his
belief that the question of the Fed
eral payment should be settled as
part of the new local tax bill now
being drafted by House subcom-
mittee. The Louisiana Senator takes
the view that the amount of taxes
to be raised locally can hardly be
determined accurately until the
amount of the Federal payment is
known.
Maj. Daniel J. Donovan, District
auditor and budget officer, will be
the first witness at the Overton hear
ing. The Overton plan proposes to
substitute for the arbitrary lump
sum a definite percentage formula
District required for national pur-
based on the acreage of land in the
poses.
Would Provide S8,O00,OO0
Senator Overton figures that at
present this Federal acreage is 20
per cent of the total land area, and
his proposal is to make the Federal
share that percentage of the general
fund expenses each year. For the
coming year, on the basis of pend
ing estimates, the Overton formula
would make the Federal share
slightly more than $4,000, 900 instead
OF the present lump-sum payment of
$5,O0O00O.
Hearing on the new revenue bill,
which would radically revamp the
municipal tax structure, will be re-
sumed tomorrow at 10 am. by the
Fiscal Affairs Subcommittee of the
House District Committee.
Anticipating several score of wit
nesses and spectators, Representa-
tive Nichols, Democrat, of Okla
hona, the subcommittee chairman,
has arranged to use the large caucus
room in the old House Office Build
ing instead of the cramped District
Committee room.
Testimony Limited.
Mr. Nichols, however, said that
none Of the witnesses who testified
before the Commissioners Advisory
Committee on Taxation would be
permitted to testify unless they
agreed to conflne their statements to
the proposed combination retail
sales-personal income tax feature of
the revenue bill. Their views on
other features of the new tax pro-
gram, he said, already are a matter
Of record.
The unique combination retail
sales-income tax plan, Mr.. Nichols
explained, was decided on following
the hearings of the Commissioners
Advisory Committee. At those hear
ings, he pointed out, the Advisory
Committee had under consideration
a so-called non-wage, non-salary
income tax.
Mr.. Nichols said he had no desire
to Shut of" others interested in
the tax program who have not yet
had an opportunity to express their
views.
Evening star., 1939-03-08
Woman Decides
To Drop Charge
Aqoinst Friend

Changing her mind, Dorothy r..
Simmons has notified the District
attorneys office she no longer wishes
to prosecute a boy friend indicted
a few days ago on a charge of de-
stroying 800 worth of her cloth
ing and apartment furnishings.
Miss Simmons decision leaves the
prosecutors no alternative but to
drop the case, they said. The young
woman, who lives at ,2434 Sixteenth
street NV, had told authorities
that Jones angry because she
stopped going with him, smashed
mirrors and furniture and slashed
chairs and clothing, including 20
dresses and q $3.50 fur coat.
Evening star., 1939-03-08
Increase Is Reported
In Out-Putient Cases
At Gohinger

Out-patient clinic service at
the Gallinger Hospital handled
1877 cases in February, an in.
crease of u over January, the
monthly report yesterday
showed.
The figure, it Is said, indi-
Gates that the service not only
is reaching an increased Glen
tele, but that, more important
from an administrative view
point, is avoiding overcrowding
and occupation of beds at Gal
linger that should not be taken
for the ambulatory type of pa
tients.
Evening star., 1939-03-08
Gurnett to Speak

Col. c. B. Garnett, chairman of
the Arlington County (Va.) Planning
Commission, will be guest speaker at
meeting of the Waycroft Citizens
Association at $3.50 pm. tomorrow
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. o. A..
Borcherding, 4716 North Washington
boulevard, Arlington.
Evening star., 1939-03-08
Talk on Chinese Pointinq

An illustrated lecture on Essen
tials in Chinese Painting" will be
given by Oswald Siren at 4:45 pm.
next Wednesday at the Freer Gallery
Of Art, Twelfth street and Inde-
pendence avenue S.W.
Evening star., 1939-05-14

cesar FranckS dedicated
born. His father banker who loved who
bered musicians his friends and who believed that
the arts offered desirable than banking.
The youthful promise pianist
the Paris Conservatory the fairly
his instructors with his dexerty and precocous vrtuosy He
Grand Prix donneur and made gigantic strides
a-round musician AS pianist he marveous-as master
OF the he his improvsaons became
famous in musical circles
Although his left undsturbed
continue the composition which had been engaging his interest
pecunay returns the elder Frank persuaded his follow
in the footsteps of List and other moneymakng vuos
After financially years Belgium Franck
became at de Lorette. He
married against the wishes his family andto keep the wolf
from the piano lessons and led musical groups He
worked prodgiousyteachng studying spent
long hours at night over an opera.
His determination and than his strength
and he paid for his exertions with complete breakdown
During Illness priest ofcated his wedding
the larger church of JeanS Marais
and carried Franck along as his organist.
Several years later Franck settled organs at ST.
Code of the world outside this closteed
sanctuaryburied in his by all who knew
h-he dreamed the lofty works of his second period
and created the superb which drew
from all parts of Paris.
was appointed teacher organ Con-
servatoy and during the next few years. wrote his famous
oratoros and many of the celebrated symphonic
While of his works publicly performed they re-
ceived little notice and made slight impression the world
music Contemporary writer's tell that they rule in
suffcienty rehearsed and badly played.
Then that splendid artist Yae began including the Francl
violin sonata in recitas all the halls of Europe
almost Immediately Franck organst began
Franck the composer.
At last he told his pupils the public is beginning to under
stand me Everywhere when he performances
his works, he greeted with enthusiasm
teach o 8g N ON way to s. Sds M h tbs M hd o
omnibus Badly hurt he continued hardeven after
severe attack of peurisy compelled him take his bed
grew rapidly weaker November 8th $780, he died.
Schubert Mozart Beethoven Tschakowsky, Wagner ant
Brahms all knew of fame during their lives The
all tasted the glory public Franck the modest
seeacing Clotilde dead three lon
before the world began understand his true worth
Soon really competent performances of his works acquant
the muscoving public with his tremendous stature
poser and brought the ranck into the blaze of the lime
light Today his compositions appreciated all the wor
and his place immortas music for all time
The magnificent Symphony in D. Minor of the world
greatest trunphs 1t that universal
peal that the Franck to
scan and layman alike The Stars Music Appreca
on offer the ideal selection complete the perfect program
it demands prominent place library of great syphoni
recordings.
Copyright, 1899,
The Key West citizen., 1939-10-19
BACKGROUND OF THE WAR
Digest OF War News From All Fronts
BRITAIN SUFFERS
HEAVY LOSSES

Two British vessels sunk yes
terday by German submarines
totalled 1921 tons and now
brings the grand total of English
shipping destroyed by all means
since the war began to $4,000
tons. City of Mandalay. 7.028
tons, and Yorkshire, 1913 tons,
the two steamers sent to the bot
tom yesterday, were both regis
cred in Liverpool.
London reports disclose that
$4,000 tons of war contraband
headed for Germany had been
captured last week, bringing the
total of the first six weeks Of
the conflict to 1880 tons.
Official admiralty report gives
the death toll on the battleship
Royal Oak as $40 men. Survivors
amounted to 424. Adding the
toll on the airplane carrier Cou-
rageous to that of the Royal Oak,
the total loss of life in these two
major victories for the German
U-boats reaches 1888. Courageous
went down with 578 men.
The prime minister said vessels
sunk last week by German SUBJ
marines amounted to only one
half of one percent Of the total
British shipping now at sea.
The Key West citizen., 1939-10-19
DESTROYERS, PLANES HERE MAY
ligerent Subs Forbidden Within Three Miles OF Land
HAVE ACTION AGAINST SUBMARINES

of Interior vessel. and an assist
ant lighthouse keeper reported
strange lights in the Gulf Stream
off American Shoals.
According to the neutrality act,
foreign submarine may enter a
United States port, buy enough
fuel to ge. it back to its country
but cannot remain in the u. S.
port over "a hours. 1t must then
return to its home country, some
reports say. Now it is different.
Many say that the submarine
reported off Key West by the
White House was either sighted
by one of the destrovers based
in Key West or one of the planes.
At all events there have been
many mysterious hurry up" or
ders given the destroyers here
and it is believed that in the re-
fueling of a submarine off Miami
by two Italian freighters that one
of the destroyers was in the
vicinity.
Naval officers have pointed out
unofficialiy that before there was
nothing which could be done
about the refueling or when the
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The Key West citizen., 1939-10-19
UNITED ACTION
DEFERS DANGER
OF FISH POUND
ENGINEERS OFFICE FOR
WARDS ACKNOWLEDGE
MENT OF OBJECTIONS:
POSTpONES HEARING

Prompt action on the part of
the Board of County Commits
sioners, Fisherman's Association,
Chamber of Commerce and Rep
resentative B. c. Papy has in all
probability squelched the PROPOSE
ton to construct fish pound net
in Florida Keys waters.
United States Engineers office
has informed the Chamber of
Commerce that the time for act
ing on the application has been
extended to October 81. Chair
man Carl Bervaldi, of the County
Commissioners, has been inform
ed by the same source that it is
not the policy to grant permits
in waters within the jurisdiction
of units of government, against
protest, and the chart shows the
proposed location of the pound
net to be about 10 miles within
the boundaries of the waters of
Monroe county.
In view of this deadly menace
to the fishing interests of the
county presented by the proposed
fish pound trap net. the objectors
wish to thank all citizens who
quickly arose to the Importance
of the occasion. They also ac-
knowledge the courtesy extended
by the engineers office in Jack
Sonville.