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Evening star., 1939-02-01
Reduction in Fire
Insurance Rates
Asked in Bill!
Regulatory Measure
One Of Eight to Be
Introduced in Senate

Regulation of fire insurance rates
here, described as excessive by the
Commissioners, is provided in one
of eight bills to be introduced in the
Senate this afternoon by Chairman
King of the District Committee. The
other bills would:
Increase the Districts quota of
cadets at West Point from five to
nine.
Authorize the Public Utilities
Commission to limit the number of
taxicabs, the reduction to be brought
about gradually by voluntary with
draWals and not replacing licenses
revoked for violations
To reduce the allowable margin
of error on electric meters from 4
to 2 per cent to correspond to the 2
per cent margin fixed for gas meters.
To provide alternative methods of
prosecuting violations of orders of
the Public Utility Commission and
of the Joint Control Board, COM
posed Of the District Commissioners
and the Utilities Commission.
To authorize appointment of re-
search assistants in the public
schools.
To amend the teachers retirement
law to allow each teacher to indicate
how retirement benefits should be
disposed of after death.
To require licenses of taxicabs and
sightseeing vehicles to be renewed
on March !. the same date now
applied to other vehicles.
In support of the insurance bill,
which would empower the super
intendent to regulate both fire and
lightning rates. the Commissioners
told Senator King there is no con-
troll OF these rates land as result
such rates are arrived at by arbitrary
and discriminatory methods by the
various companies, resulting in
greatly excessive charges The Com
missioners pointed out that the
national average during the period
from 1892 to 1886 shows loss ratio
of about AZ per cent, with the re-
naming So per cent going for ex-
penses and profit, while in the Dis
trict of Columbia for the same
period the loss ratio was approx
imately % per cent, with 78 per
cent going for profit and expenses"
In asking for more cadet appoint
ments for Washington, the Commits
sionerS said there are eight States
with a smaller population than the
District. Since each of these States
has two Senators and one or two
Representatives, they are allowed
from IS to 20 cadets at West Point.
Evening star., 1939-02-01
Dr.. Bush Honored

The Right Rev. Joseph M. Cor
rigan, rector of Catholic Uni
versity, last night gave a dinner
in honor of DR.. Vannevar Bush,
president of the Carnegie 1nstitu-
ton of Washington.
Other guests at the event, held
at the university, included DR.. John
A. Fleming, director of the depart
ment of terrestrial magnetism of
the Carnegie Institution; DR.. L. H.
Adams, director of the Carnegie
geophysical laboratory; the Right
Rev. Patrick j. Mccormick, vice
rector of the university, and Drs.
Karl F. Herzfeld, Francis o. Rice,
Leo F. Stock, Martin r. P. Nc
guire and Roy J. Deferrari of the
university faculty.
Evening star., 1939-02-01
D. {. Highway Program
Plans Are Submitted

Plans for construction of Taylor
street overpass. which will permit
elimination of the Bates road grade
crossing-the last remaining in the
District-and Federal aid highway
program TO cost 81, ,12O,O 900 have been
submitted to the Bureau of Public
Roads by District Highway Director
H. C. Whitehurst.
If the Taylor street overpass plans
are approved, bids for the structure
will be advertised next week. For
this purpose a 100000 fund has
been earmarked out of the 1889 Fed
eral grants to the District. A death
occurred at this crossing last De-
cember
The District will pay half the
cost of the proposed $1,12O,0O0 road
program under the Federal aid pro-
gram, which calls for matching
money from local Jurisdictions
Such sum has been included in
District estimates for the next fiscal
year, now before Congress.
Three street widening projects are
included in the street porgram. They
are Florida avenue NE. from North
Capitol street to West Virginia ave-
nue.. Seventh street NV. from K
street to Rhode Island avenue and
Third street NV. from D to K
streets
Street paving jobs listed in the
DrOpram include Nichols avenue
Sc. from Fourth to Upsala streets,
Minnesota avenue Sc from Twen-
ty-seventh street to Benning road,
Seventeenth street NE. from E to
x streets, Blair road from North
Capitol to Peabody streets, Seventh
street NE. from Franklin street to
Michigan avenne and Michigan ave-
nue. between Monroe and Seventh
streets NE.
Evening star., 1939-02-01
MiIe-of-Dimes'
Campaign Collects
100000 Coins
Services of Commercial
Firms Acknowledged
In Creating Stund

A total of 100000 dimes was COL
lected by the N. B. C.-Star "Mile-of-
Dimes" during its two-week cam
paign, according to the final official
count today.
Last-minute contributions and
late mail donations were responsible
for the 10000 dimes collected after
the presentation of nine sacks OF
dimes, each containing $1,000, at the
White House Monday.
A few dimes were still coming in,
although the stand in front of the
N. B. c. studios at Fourteenth and
New York avenue NV. was taken
down at noon yesterday.
The 3-foot-tall birthday cake
topped with the Presidents seal was
to be presented to Miss Matte Glib
son, superintendent of Children's s
Hospital, today. A gift of the Retail
Bakers Association of Washington,
the cake originally had more than
100 dimes around the seal. These
were removed, however, for the
Mile -of-Dimes.
Bud Barry, night supervisor of N.
B. c., and Bill Coyle. radio director
of The Star, who were co-directors
of the Mile le-of-Dimes" campaign.
acknowledged today the services of
commercial firms which were instru-
mental in creating the canopied red,
white and blue stand.
Thanks went to AtchiSon & Kellar,
Inc, which constructed the frame
work: the Washington Shade e.
Awning Co., which supplied the
canopy; the George A. Ford Elec-
trio Co. for the lighting fixtures:
Grosner's, for assigning Burt Prall
of its advertising department to de-
sign the sign in cooperation with
the King Sign Studios: the Ameri-
can Amplifier & Television Corp,
which installed the public address
system, and the National Cash Reg
lister Co., for two cash registers.
Acknowledgment was also made
to the Metropolitan Police Depart
ment, which kept police officers at
the stand on 24-hour basis, and
to the Boy Scouts, who acted as an
honor guard at the stand several
hours each day.
Evening star., 1939-02-01
Bust Found Too Lute
To Honor Mckinley
BY the Associated Press.


PHILADELPHIA, Feb. IA four
day search for a missing bust of
President Mckinley was ended to-
day-but too late for Mrs. Marie
Ginty to place a spray of carnations
on it as she has done annually on
Mr.. McKinley's birthday for "a
years.
She began placing flowers on the
bust every January 20 when she was
s years old, four years after he
patted her on the head and said,
God bless you"
The pedestal, made of stone from
Mr.. McKinley's native State of Ohio,
stood for years in the old Philadel-
phia Post Office Building, which
was torn down last year. This year,
Mrs. Ginty, wife of a detective,
couldn't find it.
The search ended yesterday in the
dim basement of a warehouse at
the Schuylkill Arsenal, where in
vestigators uncovered a box labeled !:
Bust of President McKinley-this
side up."
Evening star., 1939-02-01
Executive Order
Continued From First Page.)

of the members of the committee
have long advocated the improve
ment of the civil service or have had
wide experience with the selection
of personnel for professional,
scientific or commercial positions"
Continuing, the statement said:
THE committee selected by the
President will study the many di-
verse problems presented in the re-
cruitment and promotion of profess
sional, administrative and other
technical personnel for the various
Government departments and agen-
cies. The President believes that
such study will result in an in
formed and wide extension of the
merit system and the application
of higher standards in the selection
and promotion of such Government
personnel"
The creation of this committee
for the purpose of making a civil
service study at once raised specu-
lation as to what the effect would
be on the remainder of the Presi-
dents civil service program, which
also goes into effect by executive
order today, but the opinion was ex-
pressed in an informed quarter that
it would not act to halt it. Included
are provision for improved training
methods, competitive promotions
and grievance adjustment. Much of
the detail of this program. which
also was outlined in the June "a
order, still is to be settled, in good
part depending on a new Council of
Personnel Administration which is
to be organized.
In announcing the issuance of the
new order yesterday, the President
emphasized that he was still of the
opinion that the $4,000 employees
paid from relief funds who have
been specifically barred from civil
service by the relief bill conferees
in Congress, should be- covered into
the classified service. The order
of June "a brought these in, but
as things stand now, they are out.
Some Exemptions Expected.
That the President would make
some exemptions from his June "a
order, which virtually was all-in-
clusive-before it became effective
today, had been expected, because
it was known that the Civil Service
Commission and many of the agen-
cies were far apart on the positions
to be covered, with the latter, gen.
orally, seeking to retain the right
to make all higher-paid appoint
ments. That the exclusions would
go so far, though, even if only tenn
porarily, came as a surprise, as this
class Of positions naturally would
be the basis for making Govern
ment employment a career service
as was the intent of the original
orderA
Evening star., 1939-02-01
Jackson to Address
Social Agency Meeting

Reorganization and improvement
of the District penal system will be
discussed by Solicitor General Rob-
ert H. jackson at 8 O'Clock tonight
at the open forum meeting of the
Correction Committee of the Coun-
Gil of Social Agencies in the United
States Chamber of Commerce audi
torium. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt
will preside.
Other speakers will include Wilbur
La Roe, jr.; Judge Joseph N. Ulman
of Baltimore. DR.. James A. Nolan,
director of the Washington Criminal
Justice Association. and Eugene
Meyer, publisher of the Washington
Post.
Evening star., 1939-02-01
Home Fired in Fight;
Suspect Arrested

A colored man who used gasoline
and matches as weapons in fight
was arrested last night after fire
damaged house in the TOO block
of Rhode Island avenue NV.
Police were told that the man be-
came involved in an alteration in
the house. He left and returned
later. it was reported. with a con-
tainer of gasoline which he threw at
the men with whom he had been
fighting. He missed, and the gaso-
line splattered over the walls Of
the room. Then, according to police,
he set fire to the gasoline and fled.
He was arrested later and is held
for investigation.
Evening star., 1939-02-01
Health Forum on Air

The Very Rev. Arthur A. OLeary,
S. j., president of Georgetown Uni
verslty, together with doctors con-
nected with the universitys second
annual Public Health Forum will
broadcast tonight at $50 o'clock
over Radio Station VOL. They will
discuss "Immunization Against
Communicable Disease" The pro-
gram will be prelude to the open
ing of the forum at the university
tomorrow at $50 pm.
Evening star., 1939-02-01
DeItu Chi Smoker

Representative Forest A. Harness
of Indiana will be guest of honor at
smoker to be given Friday by the
Washington alumni chapter of Delta
Chi Fraternity. The affair will be
held at Wesley Hall, 1903 K street
NV, at 8:15 pm. William E. Rhea.
deputy land bank commissioner Of
the Farm Credit Administration will
introduce the guest of honor.
Evening star., 1939-02-01
Lowell Thomas Illness
Postpones Meetinq

Due to the illness of Lowell
Thomas, who was scheduled to speak
tomorrow evening at meeting spon-
sored by Central Union Mission at
Constitution Hall, the program has
been postponed until March 7.
Mr.. Thomas was reported suffering
an attack of influenza.
Tickets bought for tomorrow
nights event will be good at the
later date, the mission announced.
Persons unable to attend the March
7 program may obtain a refund on
their tickets.
Evening star., 1939-02-01
Planes
Continued From First Page.)

'COIlll0ueQ from F1TSL PdRe.J
plause which the reporter said he
heard coming from the room in
which the President and Senators
were gathered. Mr.. Roosevelt sim
ply shook his head, tossing aside
the query.
There we're strong indications,
however, that the Presidents expla-
nation of the Governments interest
in the French mission had not stilled
minority criticism of the move with
in the committee.
This criticism took the form of
protests against the secrecy which
has cloaked committee investigation
of the matter as we'll as the White
House conference. One Senator said
he was considering walking out of
further closed sessions, if the record
of previous ones were not made pub
lie.
TO be sworn to secrecy at time
when there is much to be said is
more distressing than you can
know" Senator Nye, Republican, Of
North Dakota. told reporters after
the White House meeting.
While some committee members
who have been critical of the ad-
ministration' moves said they were
satisfied there was no proposal to
create credit here for French pur-
chase of the planes, others said
they wished to delve further into
the Treasurys part in the projected
deal.
Senator Nye said he had asked
that Secretary Morgenthau be re-
called before the committee. The
committee heard last week that a
representative of the French air
ministry had been permitted by
Treasury authority to inspect the
latest type of light bomber.
The President explained at the
conference, committee members
said, that his instructions to the
Treasury and other departments to
aid the French mission had been
sent in the form of memorandum.
Mr.. Roosevelt was quoted by some
Senators as reminding the commit
tee that as commander in chief of
the Army and Navy, he had au-
thority to approve or disapprove
sales to France.
No Secrets Divulged.
Asked at his press conference
whether the Government would
have approved sale of planes to Ger
many or Italy, Mr.. Roosevelt said
that was an "if" question. No such
orders, he pointed out, have been
received.
The President told reporters that
no military secrets were divulged in
making the French sales.
The Presidents discussion was not
limited to the European situation, it
appeared. He expressed concern
over the question of Nazi-ism in
Latin America and advocated in
crease in United States trade there
to overcome it.
Senator Reynolds, Democrat, Of
Evening star., 1939-02-01
ArcheoIoqist to Speak

DR.. G. Frederick Owen, noted
archeologist and authority on Pal
estine, will speak on Dining With
the Arabs" at pm. tomorrow at the
Church of the Holy City, Sixteenth
and Corcoran streets NV. The
meeting will be held under the aus
pices of the church Mems Club.
Evening star., 1939-02-01
SHIELD Back at Work

Members of the House Appropria-
tions Committee congratulated Mar
cellus C. Shield, veteran clerk of the
committee, on his return to duty
today after a tWo-month illness. 1t
was his first absence on account of
sickness in 81 years.
Evening star., 1939-02-01
Hovre de Grace BRIDGE Bid

BALTIMORE, Feb. (P).-A low
bid of s960.7l2 by Robert C. Reitz
of Lancaster. Pa, was submitted
yesterday to the State Roads Com
mission for the construction of the
substructure of the proposed Susque-
hanna bridge at Havre de Grace,
Md,
Evening star., 1939-02-01


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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-04
BRIDGES HERE
FOR MEETING

Eyes Of Pacific coast labor. par
ticularly In the maritime trades
will be ceniered on Tscoms Fri
day night when Harry Bridges and
Harold Pritchett speak here At
meeting Of iongshOTemen and
WoodWorhers.
The session will DE held In the
CIO hall At 18Th and Pacific ave
Al s O'Clock i, ylll be- open only
to longshoremen and members Of
the international WoodworkeTa at
America. a Go affiliate Of which
Pntchett II president
Although co leaders would not
comment on prospective action. Il
Vas generally assumed the meet
INK viii result IN a claim for lUfiE-
dictlon over Tacoma iangsbOrsmsn
by the CLOS international Long
shoremen's and Warehonsemsn =
union. headed by Bridges For
nation Of local branch II the
iLwu IN Tacoma IN opposition 10
the present AL ipnEAh0rcmen q
union was expected ~ some Oh
servers
The action. " taken. would be-
vigorously opposed BY AFL lead
efs here Resolutions c0ndemsing
any disruption Of the AL dock
workers. group were adopted this
week b. the Central Labor council
and Tacoma district council ri the
Lumber A ssWmiIl Workers. union.
both n the All.
Burt Nelson. ILWu organizer
Nho has been 10 Tseoms for sew
efal days. characterized the fcsolu-
lions - The customary HbistliEg
IN the dark Of dlsmsyed AL mts.
leaders
The Central L0isOT councils
statement adopted 81 meeting
Wednesday night. ssid entry oi
the Go 81 Tse0msis waterfront
means the disruption Of the
annleable relations now existing be
tween employers ana local water
front workers. and jeopsrdizes the
Industrial relations In Tacoma"
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JUNIOR nleM
GIRL IS SLAIN

OKLAHOMA CgTY--rolleo n.
Day investigated the theoey THAT
sis< sisyss ef i5.yesT odd Hnne1>ssa
Hack, popular IssniAv htGh eeh1Oi
sttdsnt allied her beeenso ~
recognized him.
Capt MieA sy Ryan n th& Oeis~
hop& CITY dessettsss safd ~ ~
iIessa II pFebeb5e that ~ G,s1
l4i<ntjfied the intsu<1og 80 ~
tered her hosss yesterday. ~ iNee
he elubb~d hes - denth y teeD
her sitxnf.
Ryan s.id thai n ~ iu1r~dsv
mad 'fpAfsiy hsea = hpuse poowtsf~
he probably would heve tnGe1o1
her knconoct0>an, EAon woui6 havo
yoas abss4 viii ~ isssing = ~
mouse.
Ryan ssid Il wss douhofuf thaa :
sss maniac kljbed N siyi. phy~
sieisns sotd that shs ma NJ 49,
attacked. Doctors satd 1Dofh No.
caused by ~ blows an III h1od
presumably inflicted win : =.
yolyer.
she had bssn lying On - ftoee
Of the dining roam. rendfuG IN
cosnies IN newspaper spRon1 cut
In front u her. 9omeone NJ -
proached from hehind cd sE.oelno4
her head With : club. tn Nn11s.
dsref had tten stsnnGied ~ WITH
4 cord. which ne LEFT nroo11 ~
lseck and washed his hando = ~
Bathroom
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-04
LAWYERS CLASH
IN OIL TRIAL!
How Rich Defendant
Meyers Is Object
of Questioning

How rich DIR" II. Harry
Meyers, purported angel of
the Peoples Gas & Oil promo
ton, really was, occupied a
good share of the time Friday
in federal court here where
eight officials of the organIza-
ton are on trial.
But Meyers wealth remained a
question Witness james G.. Eng
Ter would say only that he had
been told Meyers could write a
check in seven figures and that
he was supposed to be worth
enough 10 pay all expense Of drill
ing an oil well on the T.. @, A. O.
property in eastern Washington
Defense Attorney Arthur r..
Simon OF Seattle. representing
Meyers. was unable 10 get Engler
to back up on any of his state
ments and sci definite figure.
The government claims Meyers
was put over 10 some 80 1000 in
vestors ms being a mulil-million-
aire and viii try 10 prove that
he WAS far from II.
The $1,000 900 mail fraud trial.
ending It's third week Friday after
noon, still had It's third major
witness on the stand. with gov
list OF more than 100
still 10 20
Under the skillful hand of De
tense Attorney George +. Wander
veer. the damaging direct testi-
mony of Engler, former TIA
coma and Spokane sales man
Continued on Page 4, Column -
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-04
TRAP MEASURE
PASSES Senate
Solons Reverse Old
Stand, Pass 4O-Mill
Referendum Bill

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80. ..n.ta IL x,..m,ug
~,
session ituIhuaf hihHl. ~.
newed the fish trap light IN
the legislature. reversed Itself
~, . n..!.. ..s,.. .nd dadyed
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auui'"Iiai Pupit "N"''N"'P'
when u voted To-
ALLOW flEh traps in north.
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".s ~ ~ -,
-0uD'lit lhs 'o-ihih IsN
4 10 the voters a. a 1910
referendum
I'm . ,.o,..a1 a..hi,a1
mn - p"'e'@" "'"s
- act 10 permit the state
10 survey possibility Of sc.
oui,ino and onsYa,ing All fss.
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Betty Binns and Bob Elliott
To Be Graduation Speakers

Stadium high school officials,
for the second time in three years,
We're faced this week with the
delightful problem of having more
than they may
properly handle at the annual COM
mencement exercises in June.
Four students - Betty Binns.
Harold Schweinler. Bob Elliott and
Helen Phil have tied for vsledic-
torian honors. each with an I'M
broken string of AS" for three
years school work.
THREE in 1887
As in 1887. when three students
completed their work with straight
AS, no official valedictorian will
be named: the four students viii
be listed simply as honor students
of the class.
Betty Binns and Bob Elliott.
chosen by vote OF the II members
of the class with the highest grade
averages. will be the speakers at
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-04

the graduation exercises. Helen
Phil and Harold Sohweinler will
not speak. but they viii occupy
seats on the platform.
Vote l. Taken
The vote. conducted by Principal
f. f. Perkins. was made according
TO a ruling set down several years
ago by the superintendent OF
schools. Those who voted. in addi-
ton TO the four who tied for honors,
included kremlin Mladinov. Fumi
Sato. John Lantz, Betty Hills. Vir-
ginia Kidd. Charlotte Ann Thomp-
son and Patricia Shannon.
Betty is the daughter OF Nj.
and Mrs John II. Binns. Route 8.
box 24l; Helen. the daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Steve Phil. 34l0 No.
10Th st: Harold. the son of Mr.
and Mrs. II. f. Schweinler. 1856
So. Ainsworth ave. and Bob. the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. J. d. Elliott
Route 5. box $40.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-04
GIVEN
MAXIMUM
IS RODBER|Es
Former Reformatory
Inmate Stoical a.
Judge Sentences
Him for Grimes

Tacoma's "North-t.nd bur
glar" - Francis + dward
(Frank) Boukal. 2l--friday
was in Pierce county jail
awaiting a travelling guard TO
take him TO the state penl-
Tertiary mt Walla Walla 10
begin serving n maximum
term of IL years imposed BY
Superior Judge T.. ID. Hodge.
Following sentencing. he cleared
one more case on the police files
this time a robbery. Detective
Capt. Cliff Osborne returned Bot
kal to police headquarters Friday
morning for further questioning,
and the youth finally admitted a
holdup Feb. 20 at thf Alder ~.
bakery. 32oi No. 18th st He said
he held up The clerk Mrs. 6. =.
Rsth, and obtained about $40
Later. he added. he threw his gun
into the bay.
Boukal was taken into court
late Thursday afternoon by Deputy
Prosecutor BIZ Goodwin and sn.
tered plea of guilty TO a charge
OF second degree burglary. The
quiet hammered youth. on parole
from the state rsformstofy nj Mon
roe after serving ~ months for
burglary showed no emotion a.
Judge Hodge imposed the maximum
term IN states prison.
Had Bouksl been taken into
court half hour earlier. he would
have had an audience Of several
score young Tscomsns.
Approximately 40 youths boys
and girls Of high school age
4 appeared In the courtroom, asking
Balliff Seth Crosby when Boyhsl
would go 10 trial" Crosby had
not been informed that the defend
ant would be srraigned, 10 the
youthful sudience DEPARTED. APP
80 minutes later Boii.
ksl VAS taken into court ard en-
tered the guilty pies.
Bouksrs arrest came about /
through efforts Of Detective Walter
~ the pawn shop de- /
Iail Detective Captain Clln Os-
borne Wss successful IN obtaining
: confession from the youth IN
which he admitted burglariss In ~
lomes and two private garages m
he North end.