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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-17

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II is interesting 10 note that. on
this basis. Mrs Roosevelt has the
approval Of about 10000 600 vot.
ers. while the president polled
% 500 600 in 1886
Criticize Mrs. Roosevelt
As presidential majorities some
times do. however. Mrs. Roosevelt :
hackers favor her IN principle but
desert her on a specific piece OF
policy. And the issue is one which
Mrs. Roosevelt made hesself
How much independence should
the wife and family of the presi-
dent Of the United States have IN
choosing then own activities. in
business and otherwise
The president wife posed that
question at newspaper confer
ence recently. after she had been
criticized for accepting a position
as director on her son. James in
surance company. Roosevelt a Ssr-
gent, of Boston.
The institute asked the voters
as above
DO You think the presl-
dcal's vile should engage In
any business activity which in
terests her. IL she doesn't do II
for profit. Almost three vot-
ers in four agreed that she
should, the exact vote being IS
per cent YES, - per cent no.
In Boston itself newspaperman
put his opinion this way:
People ought to remember that
her private life is really more i'm
portant than her official position.
One is temporary and the other is
permanent Mrs. Roosevelt is do
ing the kind of things she has al
ways been interested in doing
Some of these interests have
included writing newspaper col
umns and magazine articles, broad
casting talks and speeches over the
radio and sponsoring handcraft
work. model housing and terpsi-
ehore.
But many of the voters drew the
line at the actual post Mrs. Roose-
welt recently accepted-that of di-
rector in her sons insurance COM
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Percentage Fasoring
Mrs. Roosevelt Pres. Roosevelt

Commerce invited him 10 enter
the metropolitan field New York =
Italian population had only private
bankers. Giannini acquired the
East River National bank put his
brother. Or A ~ Clannlni. at lta
head and In quick succession
bought up several other small
banks
BY 1925 the Bank Of Italy In
California had 2sg branches in 1875
cities II vas the biggest banking
thing outsid. OF New YORK and the
largest branch bank In the United
states.
A ND at this point perhaps
u earlier Gianninl began "a
have the IDEAS which render him
significant. which renders the com.
lng SEC episode significant and
which. In n way, constitute him =
sort Of national issue
For GlAnnini. seeing how easily
and swiftly he had blsnk.ted Cali.
fornia with his branches. came 10
the conclusion that one day he
would blanket the nation With
them.
lie vse convinced that the small.
locslly-owned unit bank vas
doomed and that. ss he said later.
II was merely = question ~ time
when 10 or ~ big parent banks
would own all the banks IN the
country With branches from coast
to coast Of course the Bank of
Italy would ne IN. greatest Of
these
I'VE branch bank ard the holding
i company bank idea had been
catching on In AmsncA some
state laws we're passed permitting
state bank branches But the Fed-
efai banking system resisted ihe
movement
Finally the government held
that national banks nigh, have
branches IN the cities thsy served.
Branches broke out all over the
country. Holding companies began
buying UP small banks everywhere.
pa ying hug. sums for the stock
The smaller bankers became
alarmed T'hs American Bankers
association divided into tVo camps
branch bank AMI ant branch
bank and fought ths lss,ie ogi
ssvaEely They stiil fight a.
But glsnainl siill holds - Inc
dream ~ = banking systfm That
Will spar the nation And IN 1877
when h. Was ridins nigh IN ths
wave - success In California ana
the success magazines we're telling
ma dramatic siorY. he decided -
make real invasion ~ Me- York
and Wall Street That's the next
phase Of tht story. 70 BE- tod IN
these columns tomorrow
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-17
MANY ADDING MACHINES

About 500 adding machines are
expected to be needed ~ eompils
ing statistics gathered IN the six.
iecnth deccnniai census ~ the
United States a. BE- taken Ia 1910
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-17

MIS-, KOOsCVeII ms nOI OILY IHt
strong approval Of Democrats he
those who voted for FDR IN 1856
but she also wins approval from a
slzable bloc of Republicans:
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-17
OBTAIN LICENSE

In Port Orchard marriage
license vaa issued 10 Marvin Carl
Herness. q Tacoma. and Ceorgene
Mare Prince. 10. Tacoma.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-17

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-17
Most U0ters Object
To Job In Sons Firm
Presidents Wife Proves Most Popular With
Women Voters, Survey Shows
By DR.. GEORGE GALLUP
Director, American Institute of Public Opini

NEW lORk-AlrS. Franklin d. Roosevelt of the most
active women who ever lived in the White House wins
strong vote of approval countrywide survey public
men Just completed by the American Institute of Public
Opinion
Asked whether they the Mrs
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Mrs. Roosevelt More Popular Than President Institute Find
IE(.lS.L.lGHT
AND
POLITICULARS

CAPITOL. Ol,n,pa--w ashinxtun's legislators conscious
before of their left wing designations
blurred today report from the nations capital Soma
we're pleased. angry. merely amused BECAUSE
Evening star., 1939-01-07
BarkIey Strengthens
New Deal Control
OF Procedure
Adds New Members to
Steering ond Policy
Committees

New members added to the Demo-
cratic Steering Committee and Pol
icy Committee by Majority Leader
Barkley yesterday will tend to
strengthen New Deal control over
the order of business in the Senate,
where q coalition of Republicans
and administration Democrats
is likely on some important issues
this session.
While these appointments will
make it easier for the administra- .
ton leadership to plan the order of
business, they will not change ma
terially the situation on the floor or
prevent the probability of close votes
on controversial issues.
With unlimited, debate prevailing
in the Senate ON motions to take up
bills, ss we'll as during the considera-
ton of measures. the action of the
steering and policy groups in out
lining q program is merely rec
ommendation to the Senate. The
Senate program is not controlled as
rigidly as in the House, where spe-
cial rules are obtained fixing the
time to take up major issues.
The new members placed on the
Steering Committee are Senators
Bankhead of Alabama. Minton OF
Indiana and Green of Rhode Island.
On the Policy Committee, Senators
Schwartz of wyoming and Smathers
of New Jersey were added.
Evening star., 1939-01-07
D. 6. Institute of Arts
And Science Formed

An institute of arts and science
has been formed in Washington to
consolidate varying art, science, re-
ligious, philasophic, educational, lit
erary and travel groups in the city.
Organized on q permanent basis
last night as the Washington 1nsti-
tute OF Arts and Science at Wesley
Hail, the group plans to hold week
end gatherings on Friday, Saturday
and Sunday nights Last nights
meeting was featured by q celebra.
tion OF the Tooth anniversary of the
birth of Daguerre, the father of
photography. Don Bennett presi-
dent Of the Washington Camera
Council, spoke on the famous
Frenchman.
A metaphysical movie. "Magnifi-
cent Obsession," was shown and ex-
planned by DIR. r. Homer Curtiss.
Grace r. Collins of the Columbia
Institute of Arts and Science in New
York spoke on the need for similar
institution in Washington and
Helen Robichaux of the Metro
politan Opera Company sang.
Besides meetings tonight and to-
morrow night q dinner will be held
tomorrow. Tomorrow afternoon q
see-'on for school children will be
held.
Ellis Chadburne, a director Of the
new organization, said today the in
stitute was intended to become .
social: and educational center for
cultural groups throughout the city.
Evening star., 1939-01-07
Two Soviet Firms Register
With State Department
the Associated prsss

D. the Associated Press.
Two Soviet government agencies
were among IA individuals and firms
which the State Department re-
ported yesterday had registered as
agents of foreign principals.
They were IntouriSt, Inc, the
Soviet state tourist bureau, with
offices in New York, Chicago and
Los Angeles, and Kenneth Durant
of New York. who registered as man.
ager of the New York Bureau of the
Telegraph Agency of the Soviet
Union, known as ''Tass."
Other registrants were the Nor
wegian- American Chamber of Com
merce, Inc, S. S. Hoppe g. Co.. Inc =,
the New York Note & Share Co.,
Newell Emmett Co. Inc, Tea Bu-
reau, Inc, Erwin S. Aeon, Inc, Hol-
land House Corp. of the Netherland,
Earl Newsom & Co, the American
Polish Chamber of Commerce and
Industry in the United States, Inc.
all of New York: the Royal Mail
Lines. Ltd. and the lizard Co. of
Seattle, and Brewer Weeks Co. of
San Francisco.
All OF these are commercial firms,
advertising agencies or transporta- :
tion companies.
A total of 273 firms and individual Is
now have registered.
Evening star., 1939-01-07
Registration Lows
Urged by Engineers

Congressional action requiring
registration of professional engineers
in the District was urged by the Dis
trict of Columbia Council of En-
gineering and Architectural Societies
at its annual meeting last night at
the Cosmos Club.
The council also recommended the
appointment Of an inspector of plans
in the office of the Division of Smoke
Regulation and Boiler Inspection.
In other resolutions it voted to
cooperate with Commissioners in
supplying the services of local en-
gineers and architects on public
works and municipal improvements
and requested an Investigation of
trafiic and transportation conditions
here.
Allen b. Mcdaniel was reelected
chairman of the council and r. w.
Prince and James r. Fox were re-
named vice chairman and secretary
treasurer, respectively.
Evening star., 1939-01-07
Farmhands WORKING
On u. ). Contracts
Get S-Hour Day
26-Yeor-Old Low
Invoked by Acting
Controller General

Fsrmhands on work involving
Government contracts get an eight
hour day under a 26-year- old law
invoked today by Acting Controller
General Elliott.
Mr.. Elliott said that the agri-
cultural workers we're properly
classed as 'laborers' and that
therefore the statute which was
passed to cover laborers and me-
chanics applied.
The Secretary of Agriculture had
asked for ruling in the light of a
previous decision TO the Veterans
Administration. He said that the
Soil Commission Service and other
bureaus of the department often
made contracts for performance of
services similar to the activities car
ried on by the average farmer and
II the law was to apply 1T might
not only prove to be uneconomical
but restrict competition and result
in higher prices being quoted"
There may be instances" sa id Mr..
Elliott, where the application of
the subject statute may result in
some excess cost or loss to the Gov
ernment, but, no doubt, such pOssi-
bility was considered and discounted
by the Congress when the statute
was enacted and would not appear
to be a matter for administrative
concern, SO long as there is proper
adherence to the law as it is written
The act is remedial in character nd
should be given a broad application
TO the end that its manifest purposes
may be served"
In explaining the work that would
be covered. Secretary Wallace said
that it is often of a highly seasona
nature. such as harvesting seed
cutting hay or threshing grain, in
which case the hours of labor are
commonly governed by the existing
climatic conditions, the maturity of
the crop or the amount of work
which must be accomplished within
a given time.
Evening star., 1939-01-07
Mrs. Clara L. Vorhees,
Former Resident, Dies

Mrs. Clara Lacey Vorhees, 81.
widow of the Rev. C. Brooks Vorhees.
Methodist Episcopal minister. died
Yesterday at the home of her daugh-
ter. Mrs. w. D. King. Buchanan. Va
Mrs. Vorhees had been a resident
OF the District or nearby from 1926
until last spring, and was active here
in st. Pauls M. E. Church South.
where her son-in-law, the Rev. w.
D. King, formerly was pastor.
Besides her daughter, Mrs. King,
Mrs. Vorhees leaves another daugh-
ter, Mrs. Gertrude McGovern Cum
mings, this city, and two grand
daughters, Miss Clara Grayce Nc
Govern, this city. and Miss Eula Mae
King of Buchanan.
Funeral services will be held at
2:30 pm. tomorrow in the Vinton
M. E. Church South at Vinton, Va
Evening star., 1939-01-07
Job|ess Board Head
Will Make Request
For New Home
Director Marshall Is
Preparing to Moke
PIeu to Congress

John A, Marshall, director of, the
District Unemployment Compensa-
ton Board, said today he Is pre-
pairing to ask Congress for legisla-
ton providing for a new building to
serve as headquarters of both the
Compensation Board and the Dis
trict Employment Center.
At present. the director pointed
out, the staffs of the two agencies
are located in five separate biuld-
ings. Since the agencies cooperate
in providing compensation and find
ing work for the unemployed, he
said, they should be held in one
building.
This would save claimants and
every one else a whole lot of run
ming around and considerable red
tape" Mr.. Marshall declared.
The majority of the Compensa-
ton Board employees are located in
headquarters at 470 Indiana avenue
NV, but two divisions have been
forced to move to Offices in the old
Police Court Building.
Mr.. Marshall described the Com
pensation Board Building as a fire
trap" and declared that 1t Is far
too small for efficient working.
1t has been suggested that the
interest on the boards trust fund
might be used to acquire a site for
the new building. This would ne
cessitate amending the local unem-
ployment compensation act since
these funds now can be used only
for payment of claims of the jobless.
During the year just ended, the
interest-which is just short of 212
per cent-earned more than $240,-
600. During 1899, the interest on
the trust fund will amount to about
$250,O0O, it was pointed out.
While declining to comment on
the suggestion, Mr.. Marshall said
that, although the District paid
out 81, ,673 900 in claims during 1888,
the boards trust fund stood at more
than slO,O00,00O at the first of the
new year. With the per cent tax
on payrolls again in effect in 1899.
the board will take in considerably
more than it expects to be called on
to pay out.
Evening star., 1939-01-07
Joseph A. Donogohoe
Dies of Long Illness

Joseph, A. Donogohoe, IS, Of 427
Quincy street NV, dining car
steward for the Seaboard Air Line
Railway, died yesterday in Garfield
Hospital after a long illness.
Mr.. Donogohoe, who had been
with the railroads dining car serv-
ice for many years, was well known
by many prominent persons.
A native of Pennsylvania, Mr..
Donogohoe had been a resident OF
this city the last % years. He was
a member of the Petworth Lodge of
Masons. Surviving are his widow,
Mrs. Mary A. Donogohoe, and two
sisters.
Funeral services will be held at
pm. Monday in Chambers funeral
home, 1400 Chaplin street NV.
Burial will be in Rock Greek Gene
terry.
Evening star., 1939-01-07
Further Operation
Of Dies Committee
5tirs Speculation
Report Is Heard Thot
Administration Will
Be Not Opposed

With the Justice Department en-
barking on an investigation to de-
termine if criminal statutes have
been violated by Nazi. Communist
and other organizations, Capitol
Hill today speculated on the chances
for further operations by the Dies
Committee on Un-American Activi-
ties which stirred this issue.
There were increasing reports
that the administrat ton had decided
against opposing continuation Of
the House group headed by Repre-
sentative Dies, Democrat. of Texas,
and would assent to limited life
for its inquiry into n-American
activities.
Seeking sl50,0O0 Fund.
The committee, which officially
ended in the last Congress when it
spent $4,000 in an inquiry that
drew the fire of the administra-
ton, is seeking $150,0O0 to carry on
but the resolution to enable this
must be reported out by the House
Evening star., 1939-01-07
WASHINGTON. G, SATURDAY, T. 1889
Admiral VS.. Cros|ey
Dies al Baltimore
After Long Illness
Wos Former Director
Of photographic
Office ot Monaco

Rear Admiral Walter Selwyn Cros-
ley, U. 8. NJ, retired, former resi-
dent director of the International
photographic Bureau at Monaco,
died yesterday In Johns Hopkins
Hospital, Baltimore, following 4 long
illness, the Navy Department an
nounced today.
Funeral services will be held in
the Fort Myer chapel 1T pm.
Monday. Burial, with full military
honors, will be in Arlington Ma
tional Cemetery. Capt. Sydney X.
Evans. Navy Chaplain Corps, re-
tired, will officiate.
Native Of New Hampshire.
Honorary pallbearers will be Ad-
miral w. D. Leahy, chief OF Naval
Operations: Rear Admirals Frank
H. Clark and David F. Sellers, both
retired; Gen. Frank Parker, u. s. A.,
retired: Capt. Lamar Leahy, u. s.
NJ: Capt. Chester Wells, U. s. NJ, re-
tired: Edward r. Ball of Muncie,
Ind; Lewis Crosley and Powell
Crosley, both OF Cincinnati; George
Perine, Baltimore; DR.. Walter H.
Hopkins, Annapolis, and DIR. H. H.
Young, Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Admiral Crosley was a native of
East jeffrey, N. H.. where he was
born October 30, 1871. He began
his naval career with his appoint
ment to the Naval Academy in 1889.
He was advanced in rank for "emi-
nent and conspicuous conduct in
battle" on July 81, 1898, at Nipe Bay,
Cuba, In an engagement which re-
suited In destruction of q Spanish
gunboat.
photographic Office Head.
He was in charge of the Navy
hydrogI aphlc office from November.
1925. to August, 1927. and directed
important surveys of Cuban and
Central American waters. He served
as delegate to the International
photographic Conference of 1926
and 1929. He was elected resident
director of the International HYDRO
graphic Bureau in April, 1897, and
served in that capacity until he re-
signed because of Ill health last
June.
Admiral Crosley is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Paule Stewart Crosley,
who makes her home here at the
PoWhatan Hotel, and two sons, 1t.
Floyd S. Crosley, U. S. NJ, retired,
BronXville. N. Y, and Lit. Paul c..
Crosley, U. S. NJ. now attached to
the u. S. S. Claxton.
Evening star., 1939-01-07
Suspect in Attacks
On Women Held;
Thefts Reported
Four Victims Identify
Coiored Man os One
Who Assaulted Them

A suspect in more than a score Of
'petty assault and robbery cases in
Washington during the past six
weeks was being held today at the
sixth precinct station house. In
'spector Bernard w. Thompson, chief
of detectives, said four women had
identified the prisoner as the colored
man who assaulted them in their
homes.
At the same time police were
with a series of housebreakings and
were searching for gunman who
held up two clerks in a Connecticut
avenue hosiery store and escaped
with approximately 500 in cash and
merchandise.
Suspect Looks Good"
Inspector Thompson said that the
suspect at the sixth precinct looks
good" and an attempt will be made
today to link him with a number of
purse -snatching cases in which
woman victims have been knocked
TO the street. The inspector said
the colored man is believed to be the
one who has entered about half
dozen homes in the Northwest area
recently to strike several housewives
with his fist and then depart.
The suspect, who was caught yes
terday in the 800 block of Marietta
place NV, was released last Au-
gust from Lorton Reformatory, ac-
cording to Inspector Thompson.
after serving two and a half years
of five-year term for house.
breaking
Police said yesterday that two
boys arrested Monday were being
held for Juvenile Court action in
connection with more than so house
breakings. They were caught Mon
day night by Ralph A. Jackson. "a
Claiming street NV. who returned
home to find them ransacking his
house, police said.
/ COnfesses Car Thefts.
! Members of the pickup squad
also stated they had under arrest
man who had confessed looting more
than so automobiles parked in the
downtown area. Another youth
trapped in the basement Of a home
last Thursday, also has confessed
IS housebreakings. Investigators re-
ported
Miss Betty Gordon and Miss Rae
Bettis. clerks at a hosiery shop at
3439 Connecticut avenue NV, were
locked in a rear room of the store
| by bandit who had taken S45 from
the cash register. go pairs Of hose. a
vanity case and several pairs of ex-
pensive gloves, they told police.
Henry Adams. %, colored, of Flint
Hill, Va, told police two men. who
engaged him in conversation al
Fourth and E streets NV, took his
wallet containing $50.