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Evening star., 1939-01-20
Kennedy Opposes
Budget Bureau OK.
On D. {. Legislation
House Member Plans
Campaign to End
Its Influence

Representative Ambrose j. Ken
nedy, Democrat, of Maryland an
nounced today he would direct a
concerted campaign at the present
session of Congress to divorce the
Federal Budget Bureau from its
present influence over District leg
islation and expenditures.
Long an advocate of both local
suffrage and national representation
for the disfranchised residents of
Washington, Mr.. Kennedy, rank
ing majority member of the House
District Committee declared:
why should the Commissioners
be required to send proposed legisla-
ton to the Budget Bureau for an
OK. before it is transmitted to Con-
gress? And why should the Budget
Bureau have any jurisdiction what
ever over funds that come from the
pockets of the voteless taxpayers?
District officials, I am certain,
know great deal more about the
needs OF the city than the Budget
Bureau, and their decision should
be final in the preparation of budg-
etary estimates"
Mr.. Kennedy said he is confident
many members of Congress are un-
aware of the present situation, and
he proposed to inform them, hope
ful they will join him in move to
give the Commissioners more free
dom in the preparation of estimates
as we'll as legislation.
The forthcoming report of E. O.
Griffenhagen, Chicago municipal
engineer, who has supervised a study
of the District government for the
House and Senate District Commit
tees. also is expected to urge elimi-
nation of Budget Bureau handling
OF the estimates of the Commits
sioners.
Mr.. Griffenhagen has promised to
have the report completed the first
week in February-a report that will
recommend many changes and con-
solidations in District agencies with
view to increasing efficiency and
economy.
Evening star., 1939-01-20
S65 Average Is Paid
Aqe Pensioners Here

The average old-age pension pay
ment in December was S65.63, the
Social Security Board announced
today. The number of old-age in
surance claims certified for pay
ment in December was 1924, rails
ing the total certification since the
old-age insurance system was, ,estab-
lished, January l, 1887, to 266,9O8.
The report disclosed that there
were 81 claims certified in the Dis
trict, with an average payment of
->s77.O5. There were $50 claims Ger
titled in Maryland, where the aver
age payment was $6442. The
claims in Virginia totaled 315, with
an average payment of $4955.
Z The December payments in the
District totaled $6.472.O3, in Mary
: land, $16105O8, and in Virginia,
: SIS, 500 40. The State whose claim
ants received the most pension
money in December is New York,
where the total was Sl51 369.57. The
highest average payment was made
in Connecticut, 1922; the lowest in
Mississippi, $1,000.
Evening star., 1939-01-20
Woman Found Fatally Shot
After Reporting Robbery

A colored woman was shot to
death last night less than two hours
after she called police to report she
had been robbed.
Eliza Gregory, 33, of the first
block of Logan place NV. was
found shot through the stomach.
Officers who sought an account of a
robbery she had reported by tel
ephone discovered her. The woman
said she had accused a 24-year-
old colored man of robbing her of
S13 and he later shot her.
She died in Casualty Hospital 30
minutes later. Police arrested a
suspect in the shooting.
Another robbery was reported bv
Miss Albertine c. Houston, 1343
Clifton street NV, who said a COL
ored man entered her room while
she was reading in bed. She told
police he motioned for her to keep
quiet, and fled after snatching her
purse from the dresser. 1t contained
$2
Mabel Barker, colored, ISL S
street NV, reported a colored man
snatched her pocketbook contain
ing $17.35, near Eleventh and S
streets NV.
Evening star., 1939-01-20

1t happened in this manner.
While Officer Shomette was in court,
another motor cyclist drove into the
alley, which is literally posted with
no-parking signs. Seeing hagrant
violator, a policeman proceeded to
ticket the mans automobile. At this
juncture, the man "a lawyer who is
best left nameless) appeared.
"Are you ticketing my carp" he
inquired.
The policeman nodded.
"Well then" the lawyer expostu-
lated, why don't you put ticket
on that motor cycle?" He was point
ing to Officer Shomette's machine.
There was only one answer. The
policeman put ticket on Pvt. Sho-
mette's handlebars.
The officer was worried. thinking
Officer JShomette might resent his
act. He went to Capt. Smith to ex-
plain.
Don't worry, Capt. Smith said.
Your name need not be known at
all. Just put mine down on the
book as the complaining witness. 4"
Capt. Smith, by the way, still re-
fuses to divulge the name Of the
policeman he intended to protect.
Evening star., 1939-01-20
Only Jewish M. P. in Fire
Has Race Problem Formula
Briscoe Is in Capital
To Stir Interest in
New Zionist Move
By JOHN ]. DAILY.

Robert Briscoe, T. D.-which
means Techtia Dala-the only Jew
ish member of the Parliament OF
Fire, and a big broth Of a boy who
speaks with delicious Irish brogue
born in Dublin that he was, came
to Washington yesterday on a mis-
sion near and dear to his 'heart-to
solve the worldwide Jewish problem
Never was there just such an
Irishman as Bob Briscoe, friend OF
James Joyce, who wrote Ulysses,
and Of Jerome Connor, the sculptor
who once had a studio in ST. Mat
thew's alley here and now is having
the time of his life in Dublin town
No, sir, there was never a man like
Robert Briscoe, T. D., who wants to
make the Jews of the world see eye
to eye with him through Irish spec
tacles and get rosy slant on life
For the Ould Sod. with its Irish way
of doing things in the grand man.
ner, sir. has no Jewish problem
because all the Jews in Ireland-or
Fire, as they call it noW-are as
Irish as Paddy's pig. So says the
only Jewish member of the Irish
Parliament, and he means it.
Il don't make that as a good
point, I merely state it as a fact
says Robert Brian Baru O'Briscoe
as he humorously calls himself, with
a merry twinkle in his laughing
Irish eyes. When the Jews of
Poland become as Polish as the
Irish Jews are Irish, when the Jews
Of America become as American as
the Irish Jews are Irish, and when
the non-conformisto, the old-time
orthodox Jews go back to Palestine
the Jewish problem, as it affects the
world, will be solved. And, begorra,
it's time it was done"
Zionist Representative.
Mr., Bricoe comes to America as
the official representative of the
new Zionist organization, whose
president is Vladimir Jabotivsky
with headquarters in London. And
he comes, too, with the official sane
ton of his own government and the
government of Poland-to start a
movement here that will eventually
he hopes end in the establishment
OF great Jewish nation in Pal
estine.
Since America already has millions
OF unemployed, Mr.. Briscoe sees no
reason why the German Jewish
refugees. or the refugees from any
other country, should be dumned
into this land-and he is frank to
say so.
IF you want to do refugee work.
he says, you'd better see that your
own unemployed seek refuge from
idleness."
That's why he wants to get the
New Zionist movement started, as
opposed to the old Zionist move
ment, which began, really, as a cul-
tural effort. So he states.
We want to put the Jews back
IN Palestine on an economic basis
Evening star., 1939-01-20
Citizens Committee
For Fair Taxation
Fights Sales Levy
Membership Summoned
To Meeting Wednesday;
Substitutes Urged

Launching a fight against the 2
per cent general sales tax proposed
by the Commissioners Advisory
Committee on Taxation, the Citizens
Committee for Fair Taxation today
called meeting of its membership
for next Wednesday night at the
Y. w. c. A., Seventeenth and K
streets NV.
The Citizens Committee is adve-
eating as an alternative proposal a
tax program calling for a graduated
net income tax with the same ex-
emptions as those allowed by the
Federal Government and a corpora
ton net income tax. The colnbina-
ton, the committee holds, would be
more than adequate to meet the
expected District deficit and, in ad-
dition, would replace the present
business privilege tax assessed on
gross sales.
Aroused Over Triple Tax.
The Citizens Committee in a
statement today also took excep-
tion to the statement appearing in
the District OF Columbia tax study
submitted to Congress that "a prac-
tical objection to personal income
tax in the District is that it might
constitute a triple tax in the event
the States also are permitted to tax
Federal salaries.
The newest device in arguments
adopted by opponents of an income
tax is the triple income tax objec-
tion,'" Mrs. John Boyle, jr., chair
man said. This is now being Of
fered along with 'douot as to con-
stitutionality.'
Under the proposal of the Com
missioners Advisory Committee,
Federal employees would certainly be
paying third tax-in the form of
the sales tax.
Experts Held Resigned"
1.-THE Commissioners Committee
and their tax experts seem to have
resigned themselves to the idea that
Federal workers here would have to
pay State income tax.
1T would seem more probable
that the Congress in enacting the
legislation proposed by the Presi-
dent will specifically exempt Federal
employees from income taxation in
their home States, provided they
were subject to District income
| tax"
The Citizens Committee today was
distributing through member or
ganizations a pamphlet comparing
the difference in sales tax and in
come tax burdens and urging all
District residents in the lower in
come brackets to join in a campaign
to keep the proposed sales tax out
of the District of Columbia.
Evening star., 1939-01-20
Destroyer Bell
To Be Installed
| In Park Here

The Navy Department has an
nounced the transfer to the National
Park Service of the bell of the post
World War destroyer Tingey, to be
installed at the Polo Field, Potomac
Park.
The Tingey, a 1,190-ton vessel,
was built at Squantum, Mass. COM
missioned July 25. 1919, and scrapped
In December, 1886, in accordance
with terms of the London Naval
Treaty.
She was named for Commodore
Thomas Tingey, who in 1900 came
to Washington to establish the
Washington Navy Yard, and who
served as commanding officer of
the local yard until the time of his
death, February %, 1929.
Evening star., 1939-01-20
Fish Seeks Lee Statue

Representative Hamilton Fish,
Republican, of New York today in
troduced bill autorizing the erec-
ton of an equestrian statue of Gen.
Robert E. Lee in Arlington National
Cemetery. The bill carries no Fed
eral appropriation. but authorizes a
commission composed of the Secre-
tary of War and the chairmen of
the House and Senate Library Com
mittees to accept funds raised by
private subscription.
Evening star., 1939-01-20
Beverage Dealers Told
To Obtuin Licenses

Nearly 800 Washington beverage
dealers will have to make haste If
they obtain licenses for the new
year before the deadline January
81, officials of the Alcoholic Bever-
age Control Board warned today.
Approximately that number of the
Districts 1000 licensees so far have
failed to file new permit applica-
tions.
Agents of the board will start a
roundup February to spot any
dealer who continues to operate
without a renewal of license, board
ohicials said. So far the board has
denied but few applications for re-
newal Of permits.
Evening star., 1939-01-20
W. P. A. Sewer Work
Ordered Continued

Otto Cass, deputy director of the
District w. P. A., today received
word of the approval by Federal
w. P. A. officials of continuation of
projects for improvements to the
District sewer system, having an
estimated cost for year of $1,351,-
1853, which Will provide employment
for 1900 men. The needy persons
engaged on these projects are en-
ployed on a long list of varied sewer
construction jobs.
Evening star., 1939-01-20
Indiana Society Dance

The Indiana State Society will
give a reception and dance tomor-
row night at 24O0 Sixteenth street
NV, in honor of the Indiana con-
gressional delegation. Douglas Whit
lock, president of the society, and
other officers, together with their
wives, will be hosts to the Indiana
Senators and Representatives and
their wives at q dinner preceding
the reception.
Evening star., 1939-01-20
House D. G. Committee
To Meet Wednesday

The first meeting of the House
District Committee for the present
session has been called for next
Wednesday by Chairman Randolph.
There are about Is bills awaiting
consideration.
The Republican members of the
District Committee are to be named
late this afternoon, which will COM
plete the membership. Mr.. Ran
dolph said the District Committee
Will go back to the old system of
standing subcommittee.
Evening star., 1939-01-20
BIimp Is Used
To Stimulate Jobs

The District of Columbia Employ
ment Center yesterday tried out a
new method of seeking jobs for it's
clients. The Goodyear blimp Reso-
lutte was used to fly the message,
Employers Use D. G. Employment
Center" over the city to stimulate
employer interest in the agency.
Evening star., 1939-01-20
Mrs. Roosevelt Visits Patient

Mrs. Roosevelt paid her second
visit yesterday to Henry Osthagan,
special assistant to the assistant di-
rector of the Treasury Procurement
Division, who is a patient at the
Maryland General Hospital in Bal
timore, where he underwent an
operation recently.
Evening star., 1939-01-20
Legion Will Meet

FALLS CHURCH, Va, Jan. 20
(SpeclaD.-The 9Th district of the
American Legion will meet next
Tuesday in the Falls Church School
with District Comdr. Raymond King
presiding.
Evening star., 1939-01-20
Band Concerts

BY the United States Marine Band
this afternoon at o'clock in the
Marine Barracks Auditorium. Capt.
Taylor Branson, leader; William F.
Santelmann, second leader.
Program.
March, Cadet Days ''-- Bucher
Overture, Force of Destiny Verdi
Characteristic, Just Gem" Tobani
"Slavonic Rhapsody No. l.
Friedemann
March, THE Old 18th Sloan
Gavotte from "Mignon" Thomas
Chanson negre, La Bananier"
Gottschalk
March, Troop l POST Metschl
THE Marines Hymn"
The Star Spangled Banner"
BY the United States Navy Band
this afternoon in the Sail Loft at
the Navy Yard at-3 o'clock. 1t
Charles Benter, U. S. N, leader;
Charles Brendler, assistant leader.
Program.
March. Amarillo" Benter
"Rondo Capriccioso" Mendelssohn
Song for cornet, "The Trumpeter, y
Dix
Musician Oscar Short.
Hymn, The King of Love My
Shepherd Is"
Song, Lullaby" Mrs. Gillett
Valse, ''Tesoro Mio" Becucci
March, Safety Patrol" Caesar
Intermezzo, "Al Fresco"- Herbert
"Pasquinade" Gottschalk
March, Navy Blue -Benter
March, Hands Across the Sea"
6ousa
The Star spansled Banner"
Evening star., 1939-01-20
Roosevelt Expected
.ToAct Soon on Three
D. {. Judgeships
GoIdsboroueh Believed
Slated for Place in
District Court
BULLETIN.

Representative T. Alan Colds
borough. Democrat, of Maryland
was nominated by President
Roosevelt today to fill one of the
two vacancies on the District
Court bench.
Milford chronicle., 1939-08-04
CITY SANITATION
PROJECT FOR MILFORD
Continued from Pirst Page)

Bids have been taken from the To-
cal lumber companies for the sup
Flying of the necessary materials for
each individual unit and the low bid
i2 this case was $20.45 made by the
GTier- Williams Lumber Company.
Under this project the property
owner is interviewed by a represen-
tative of the State Board of Health
and his order solicited. and this or
der is in turn delivered to the lumber
company and thence to the WPA
project and in due course is erected
on the buyers property. Under this
project neither the State Board of
Health nor the town officials handle
any monies. this being purely an ar
rangement between the property
owner and the lumber company.
The regulation adopted by the
State Board of Health requiring the
installation of the sanitary pit type
of privy is now in force and automat-
ically becomes one of the regulations
Of the local board of health. The
community sanitation project is an
opportunity for those individuals in
Gnsewered areas to obtain such an
approved type Of privy for the sum
OF $20.45, and thus to comply fully
with the regulation,
Milford chronicle., 1939-08-04
SUSSEX COUNTY PICNIC

The Federation of Mems Bible
Glasses under the leadership OF
Frank NJ. Neff, vice president of Sus-
sex county. has issued a call for all
adult Bible classes of every creed
to join in an Old-fashioned basket
picnic in the grove at Oak Orchard,
on Wednesday afternoon and even
ing. August 16.
The committee, with Leroy T.
Lockerman. of Delmar. as chairman,
is planning a very interesting pro-
gram of games and stunts for the
afternoon and songs and speaking in
the evening, with the picnic supper
from $50 to $50.
Everyone please keep this date in
mind and bring the family to Oak
Orchard to enjoy this time of fun
and fellowship under the auspices of
the Sussex County Federation. The
State president. DR.. Merritt Burke
of Newport. and his staff Of officers,
as well as other prominent speakers
are expected to be present.
Milford chronicle., 1939-08-04
STATE BANKS SHOW SIX
MILLION ASSET GAIN
CONTINUED from First Pase)

drafts. dropped from $72.73O, O,76O.7S
to $7O,079, ,077.29.
A decrease of $99, 9,107.02 to a total
of $2,96S, ,443.99 was shown for June
30 in banking houses. furniture. and
fixtures.
Other real estate owned on June
80 dropped $70.59S.41 to a total of
$2,3S7 ,O42.S7.
Other assets decreased from a to-
tai of $4S2 .23O.34 for the period end
ing March 30, to a total of S403,-
235.44 for the period ending June 80.
Public Deposits Rise
Liabilities, capital and reserves
showed a total of $195, ,941,797 on
June 80. or $6,41O,O51.O5 more than
the total of S1S9 1881 1855 on March
90.
Public deposits increased from &c.
11S,965.44 for the period ending
June 30. United States deposits de-
creased from $s73.779.S4 on March
29 to $S54.417.04 on June 80. Time
deposits increased from $6S,595,-
9S5.6S to $69.77S.12S.63, while de-
mand deposits rose from $11O,037.-
560.54 to 2,010.23.
The capital account totalled SAL
S54, ,1SS17 on June 80, or an increase
of $6.443.627.31 over the $231,152,-
357S6 for the period ending March
29.
Milford chronicle., 1939-08-04
HERD GROUP In KENT
DISCUSSES POLICIES
GcOntinusd from first Page,

In regard to the publishing of the
monthly reports, the members de-
cided that these reports are of inter-
est and value to each cooperator in
this project in that this information
serves as a guide to the members in
their efforts to improve their herds.
No reports will be published in the
local newspapers. however. concern
ing the records of individual cows in
the herd, or the highest producing
herds, but the average production Of
milk and butterfat per cow in the
association for each month will be
published, and then each member
may compare his monthly records
with the average for the association.
The July report. which has been
Submitted to the office of County
Agent Wilson. contains the. official
test records of 427 cows. represent
ing twenty herds with an average
production of 612.2 pounds of milk
and 23.4 pounds of butterfat per
COW. The average feed cost for each
100 pounds of milk produced was ~
cents, as compared to 19 cents cost
per pound of butterfat produced dur
ing July. These monthly records in
dieate the progress which is being
made by the association, and are OF
value in developing dairy herd i'm
provement program for this county.
Milford chronicle., 1939-08-04
MANY NEW BOOKS AT
MILFORD LIBRARY

CONTINUED from First Pase)
James B. Hendryx.
Do Hands ON the Clock-Geoffrey
Homes.
Patricia-Grace Livingston Hill.
Northern Lights-Desmond Hold
ridge.
Next to Valour-John Jennings.
Bar K-Laurence Resting.
Frost and Fire-Elliott Merrick.
Escape to Life-Erike and Klaus
Mann.
Singapore Exile Murders - Van
Wyck Mason.
Cancelled in Red-Hugh Pantecost.
Williams Room-Alice Grant Ros-
man.
Mock Honeymoon-Berta Ruck.
Rip-Roaring Rincon-Frank Rob-
Grtson.
Footprints on the Ceiling-Clayton
Rawson.
Deeds Ill Done-Adele-Seifer
Hopkins Manuscript-R. c. Sher-
il.
Alter Piece-Naoma Royde Smith.
The Brandons-Angele-Thirkill.
Look Homeward Angel-Thomas
Wolfe.
Milford chronicle., 1939-08-04
ANNOUNCEMENT

Announcement has been made of
the marriage of Marian E. Tyrell,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Lew A. Ty-
rell, of Glendale, to Harvey r. Ken
ton, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert
Kenton, of Milford. They were mar
r;ed at the M. p. parsonage, the Rev.
]. T. Bailey officiating. The bride
wore a large picture hat and a gown
Of powder-blue net and lace with a
corsage of pink roses, white accessor-
les. Attending the bride as maid-of-
Lonor was Miss Evelyn Tyrrell of Ell
lendale, sister of the bride, and as
bridesmaid, Miss Marian Dolphin of
Milford. Both wore rose net dresses
with white accessories and corsages
OF white carnations. The best man
was Mr.. Paris Sharp of Milford. The
bride is a graduate Of Bridgeville
High School. After a wedding trip
to Atlantic City, N. j., the couple are
living in Lincoln.
Milford chronicle., 1939-08-04
CAMPBELL BROWN

Miss Larta Alberta Campbell,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank P.
Campbell of near Millsboro and Alex
ander Brown of Bryn Mawr, Pa. were
married Monday, July 81, at noon. in
old st. David's Church, Radnor, Pa,
by the Rev. DR.. George Fergerson Of
Tucston, Arizona, assisted by Rev.
Lewis of Germantown. Pa. The bride
was given in marriage by her father
and had her sister, Thelma Murray
Campbell, as her only attendant. Mr..
Brown had Mr.. Charles Redfern, of
Toronto, Canada, as his best man.
The ceremony was attended by imme-
diate family and few close friends.
Following the ceremony, breakfast
was served at the Gulph Mills Coun-
try Club to family and friends. At
ter a honeymoon of several months
which will take them to the Adiron-
dack Mountains, visit with Mr..
Browns family in Arizona. and Cali
fOrnia, and a holiday in Hawaii, the
couple will make their home in Bryn
Mawr.
Milford chronicle., 1939-08-04
LORD BALTIMORE
SCHOOL NOTES

The dairy and poultry judging
teams of Lord Baltimore placed first
last week in the Future Farmers
judging contest held annually by w.
Lyle Mowlds, state supervisor of ag-
ricultural education, at the Kent
Sussex fair. The teams which rep
resented Lord Baltimore were:
Cows-Winford Murray and Rich
ard Steele, Charles Derrickson, alter
nate.
Hogs-Norman Justice and Kendall
Hudson, Harvey Bunting, alternate.
Horses-Donald Lynch and Harry
Timmons.
Poultry-Raymond Calhoun and
Charles Steele.
Corn-George Cobb and William
ownsend.
Potatoes-John Richards and Alan
Turner.
The combined work of the live
stock judging teams, dairy, hogs,
horses and poultry, was sufficiently
meritorious to win second place.
Winford Murray won third place in
the onion section of the F. F. A.
crops exhibit.
The winning teams of Lord Balti-
Eore were awarded a plaque and
three medals.
tMillville, July 20. 1939.)
Milford chronicle., 1939-08-04
MISS MARY VINYARD
WILL BECOME BRIDE

Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin B. Vinyard
of Milford have announced the en-
eagement of their youngest daughter,
Hiss Mary, to Mr.. Fergus B. Purves
of Los Angeles, Calf, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Adam Purves of Hartford and
Madison, Conn.
Miss Vinyard is a graduate of the
Women's College. University of Della
ware, and has studied further at the
August Abrahamson School of Art in
Mas, Sweden. She has made a spe-
cial study of the arts and crafts Of
Mexico. Italy. and Hungary. This
summer she has been doing graduate
Wcrk in painting at the University Of
Southern California.
Mr.. Purves is graduate Of
Brown University. and is member Of
the Delta Tau Delta Fraternity.