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Evening star., 1939-02-26
1856 D. T.. Children
Arrested as Drunks,
Sheppard Charges
Doto Cited to Back Plan
For Operation Of Liquor
Stores by Government

Sixteen hundred and eighty-fve
children have been arrested in
Washington for intoxication since
repeal, it was charged last night by
Representative Sheppard, Demo-
crat, of California, author of
House resolution designed to have
the District government take over
the business of 400 so-called package
stores.
Mr. Sheppard declared most of the
liquor used by minors is procured
through the delivery system of the
stores which sell by the bottle. He
said a dispensary system such as he
proposes would stop all deliveries Of
liquor and probably end the child
intoxication cases.
Representative Sheppard based
his charges on information fur
nished him by the recently organ
lied District Liquor Dispensary As
sociation which is supporting his
resolution.
The association told him, Mr..
Sheppard said, it procured the data
on the number of arrests of chill
dren for intoxication from the
official records of the Police Depart
ment.
Representative Sheppard's resolu-
ton which would direct the House
District Committee to conduct an
investigation to determine the ad-
visibility of adopting dispensary
system for handling the sale of
liquor by the bottle in Washington
is pending before the House Rules
Committee.
Il am incensed over this informa-
tion." declared Representative Shep-
pard, "becauoe tie children of
Washington apparently are able to
procure liquor by ordering it over
the telephone from a licensed pack
age dealer. The dealer of course
may be innocent of sales to minors,
but the present system which makes
this possible is wrong"
Evening star., 1939-02-26
Relocation Of Utilities,
Nearly Done, 10 Speed
Thomas Circle Work
Construction Should
Go Into High Gear
In Week or 10 Doys

Work on the s53O.OOO Thomas Cir
Gle underpass should step into high
gear within the next 10 days or two
weeks, when relocation Of water
mains, gas lines and power cables
will be completed. These are being
lowered to go beneath the under
pass.
Since the project was started late
in December. practically all pre-
liminary work, including moving of
the 189-ton stature of Gen. George
H. Thomas. has been finished, r. A.
O'Brien. engineering inspector for
the District, said yesterday.
Work to some extent has been car
ried on for the actual underpass and
approaches. These will extend on
Massachusetts avenue from point
near Thirteenth street, east of the
circle, to point near the German
Embassy, west of the circle. The
actual underpass, dipping under the
circle-or what was the circle-will
be about Is feet beneath the sur
face. 1t will be reached by gradual
approaches on either side of the
circle.
Work is we'll under way on the ap-
proach from Thirteenth street. The
northeast wing wall is about 20 per
cent completed. Mr.. OBrien said. AS
soon as it is finished and street
way constructed on the north side
of Massachusetts, avenue between
Thirteenth street and the circle,
work can be speeded on excavation
for this approach.
Meanwhile, a retaining wall is be-
ing constructed on the west side of
the circle, supporting terrace along
that part of the avenue. A steam
shovel-one of four used on the
projects now excavating through
the circle for the utility lines.
Designed to relieve one of the
worst congested points in the city,
the project, while under construc-
tion, will not stop the flow of traffic
on the streets that intersect at the
circle. The work is being carried
on in such a way that at no stage
will 1t be necessary to divert traffic
to other streets, Mr.. O'Brien pointed
out.
Thus, when the surface street that
will be built along the north side
of Massachusetts avenue is COM
pleted, traffic now passing along the
center of the street will be diverted
to this surface way. This will per-
NIT excavation in the center of the
street without stopping traffic.
Likewise, work on the circle has
been planned so that traffic on the
heavily-traveled Fourteenth street
may continue.
Evening star., 1939-02-26
Fiscal Bill HEARINGS
Start Tomorrow
Before House Body
D. c. Commissioners
To Be Among First
Witnesses Called

Chairman Collins of the House
Subcommittee on District appropri-
ations made arrangements last night
to start hearings on the long
delayed 1910 appropriation bill to-
morrow, as other local legislation
moved into the congressional spot
light.
With the Commissioners and
other District officials as the first
witnesses, Representative Collins
will open hearings on the $476OO,-
900 supply bill at 10 am. Stimuli
taneously, the District Legislative
Committee of the House will meet
to discuss a number of local prob
lens, including the Gallinger Hos
pital situation. And two hours later,
the House for the first time since
Congress convened in January, will
devote its attention to District leg
islation.
Four Bills on Calendar.
There are four local bills on the
House calendar, all of which have
passed the Senate. Outstanding is
one to give the Commissioners au-
thority to fix the time when WASH
ington's street lights shall be turned
on and off. The other measures
provide:
THAT the new Pennsylvania
Avenue Bridge across the Anacostia
River be named in honor of John
Philip Sousa, the late march king"
2-That the Commissioners restore
to duty on the police force David
Thompson and Ralph S. Warner
who were dismissed several years
ago on recommendation of the Trial
Board.
3-That the definition of murder
in the first degree in the District
criminal code be more clearly de-
fined.
The last named, however, is not
expected to be called up in view OF
last-minute protest by the Legisla-
tive Committee of the District Bar
Association.
To Last Several Weeks.
Hearings on the appropriation bill
are expected to last several weeks,
and probably will attract more public
attention than in recent years in
view of the Gallinger Hospital con-
troversy and the recommendation
OF Burdette G. Lewis, special relief
investigator, for changes in the ad-
n1inICfro tim nf
funds.
Representative Collins will pre-
sent to his subcommittee a report
on conditions at Gallinger, together
with the complete report of MIR.
Lewis which contains hitherto un-
revealed names of alleged "chiselers"
on District relief rolls.
The 1910 appropriation bill pro-
vides for another $4,000 900 lump
sum payment by the Federal Gov
ernment toward District expenses,
and a return to the former $l.5O
real and personal property tax rate.
The proposed new tax bill before
the Fiscal Affairs Subcommittee
OF the District Legislative Commit
tee, however, contemplates con-
tlnuation of the existing SITS levy.
Each of these proposals is ex-
pected to provoke discussion dur
ing the hearings, especially the
fiscal relations subject in view of
plan projected by Senator Overton,
Democrat, of Louisiana to base the
Federal obligation on the amount
of taxes the United States would be
required to pay on the land it owns
in the District if the Federal Gov
ernment could be taxed.
Evening star., 1939-02-26
Bar Unit Protests
Bill Designed 10
Define Murder
Action May Delay
Measure Already
Passed in Senote

An eleventh-hour protest by the
Legislative Committee of the Dis
trict Bar Association against bill
designed to define more clearly
what constitutes murder in the first
degree was received by the House
District Committee yesterday, just
48 hours before the proposed legis-
lation was scheduled to be con-
sidered by the House.
Already passed by the Senate,
the bill is one of the four District
measures on the House calendar
which Chairman Randolph of the
District Committee had planned to
call up in the House tomorrow on
the first District Day" Of the cur
rent session of Congress.
The protest, however, may delay
House action.
Pine Sought Legislation.
The legislation was sought by
United States District Attorney Da-
vid A. Pine as a result of the Garden
T-Shoppe holdup several years ago
in which the cashier was killed.
The bill. as now phrased. the
Bar Association committee pointed
out, provides that any killing, mot
any "murder'D committed in per-
petrating or attempting to perpe-
trate any offense punishable by i'm
prisonment in penitentiary con-
stitutes first degree murder.
There are a number of crimes in
the District of Columbia punish
able by imprisonment in the peni-
tentiarv which do not measure UP
to common law felonies," the COM
mittee declared 1T seems un-
thinkable that the Congress could
intend that an accidental and un-
premeditated or any unintentional
killing in the perpetration of some
OF these crimes would constitute
first-degree murder"
"Joy Riding" Law Cited.
AS an example. the committee
cited the present so-called "joy
riding" statute, pointing out that
if boy IS or 16 years old took and
operated an automobile without
consent of the owner, and in driv-
ing along the streets should. with
out fault on his part, kill a person,
he would be guilty of first-degree
murder under the proposed law.
1t is the opinion of the committee
that any unintentional killing in
perpetrating or attempting to per-
petrate crime should be limited to
those crimes which are not ac-
complished with force and violence.
And in lieu of the present wording
of the bill, it suggested the fol-
lowing:
whoever, being of sound men,
ory and discretion, kills another
purposely. either of deliberate and
premeditated malice or by means
of poison, or kills another in per-
Evening star., 1939-02-26
D. G. Student Is Chosen

Robert L. Viner of 3507 Massachu-
sets avenue NV. has been elected
vice president of the Stony Batter
Dramatic Club at Mercersburg Acad-
emy, it was announced yesterday.
Other Washingtonians to win Stony
Batter distinction included Frank
w. Mccullough, jr., and William c.
Mehaffey, jr. Thomas Baden has
been appointed to the press club.
Evening star., 1939-02-26

petrating or in attempting to per-
petrate with force and violence any
offense punishable by imprison-
ment in the penitentiary, is guilty
of murder in the first degree"
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-09-22
Age of Youth Fal!acy

\ California business man
Whb travels around the state
quite a lot recently related some
Of his experiences with hitch
mixers. This man picks them up
talks with them obtains their
viewpoints and exchanges HIS
philosophy for theirs.
A majority of them, he relates
are ardent New Dealers, parti-
cularlly the younger ones. They
are imbued with the enthusiasm
If the New Deal and can hardly
wait to get job join q uni N
and begin TO preach the do; trim-
cs Of the more abundant life. "
The Californian who picks
them up listens with sympathy
and applauds their ambitions.
He tells them he is for I'll this
sort Of thing That ho is getting
aIoEg in years, has small bust
ness. a few dollars tucked avay
and that he hope within a few
tears to retire. Then h. explains
why he is for the moro album
dant life" in these wl,ds.
II think all his security legs
lation is a great thing. II is not
Going to cost me much. You
young fellows are going to have
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-09-22
FRI, SEPTEMBER %, 1899

those responsible for its promo
lion and management that the
effort has received such Il hearty
reception. 90.
The Mcdowell Times IS glad
10 carry an article in another of
its columns which gives details
about the Fair. Indeed our colu-
mrs are always open to those
who wish to use them for the
promotion of progress for our
group. We commend the effort
and otie our hearty endorsement
We join in the cry. ION to Welch
October 5, 6. T.. for the first
n egro Fair in Mcdowell
county,"
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-09-22
BIG ENGLISH AIRCRAFT
CNRRIER SENT TO BOTTOM

London, Sept. 49, The sink
ing of Inns courageous" sea-
stained veteran of British air
craft carriers, gave grim reality
tonight to Great Britian's war
on the seas.
Vivid accounts of the sinking
were brought ashore by surviv-
ors, about 400 of whom were
landed in England by a destroyer
This loss of the powerful
unit of the worlds greatest
navy shocked a nation already
angered by the loss of "a merch-
ant ships - among, them the
liner Athena - in what t h e
British government described
as unrestricted submarine war
fare. 81, .
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-09-22
Mcdowell County Negro Fair

, Fairs and eXpoSitiOnS a V
, become two very familiar words
ir. recent America. Descriptive
= titles have taken the name of
the city or locality where the
event was being held. Thus we
Have had the Philadelphia, the
Chicago, the Dallas, the San
> Francisco or Golden Gate, and
the New York Worlds Fair. Now
we shall have one RICH there i'm
our own county, the Mcdowell
County Negro Fair, the first
. one of its kind and scope ever
to be held here.
This is an opportunity whose
magnifcance ard worth should
not fail to ge grasped by the
NEGRO citizens of Mcdowell
county. 1t will demonstrate the
resourcefulness, initiative, en-
terprise, and organizing ability
of the Negro citizens of the
county. 1t will provide concrete
evidences of the Negroes desire
and ability to prove himself a
reliant, constructive citizen.
In a predominartly industrial
county, the Fair will give all
citizens Of the county opportuni-
ties Of seeing the resourceful-
ness and growth of our Negro
citizens in economic, social and
cultural development. Those in
charge of the Fair say that this
project seems to have challeng-
ed the enthusiasm and coopera-
ton of the Negroes of the
county to anSunusual degree.
Assurances have been given
that there will be many exhib-
its from every part of the
county in each of the depart
merits. This it should be and
The Mcdowell Times which has
sought to do its bit in promot-
ing progress in these same areas
of economic, social and cultur-
al development, rejoices with
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-09-22
Navy Board Tests Valves of
"Squalus;" One Defective

Stepping into the dripping
interior of the salvaged sub
marine, Squalls, after removal
of the bodies of 25 of her &c
dead - one of whom remained
missing a naval board of in
quiry today put it's finger on
the possible cause of the dis
aster.
HuddIed around in borrowed
oilskins, the aboard watched a
test operation of the two air
induction valves, saw one fail to
close properly and heard Lieut..
Oliver F. Naquin, still skipper of
the Inflated craft submit his be
lief that valve behaved then as
it did May % when the Squalls
went down.
Earlier, the sea-battered craft
her long imprison-
I'd dead as navy friends and |
'elatives found some consola- |
ion in an experts opinion that |
he victims had died swiftly and 1
nercifully. A~..s4q, :,
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-09-22
New Deal Smearing
never assure.

Despite the New Deals 300]
pres agents or more, and ready
access to all government REL
cords, the Democratic National
Committee, it seems, cannot
get facts correctly, especially
when such factss fail to bolster
the case it is trying to make.
For example in a defense of
the Federal Trade Commission
in a recent issue of the Demo-
cratic National Committees clip
sheet the statement is made
that three of the Commission
ers are conservative Republic
ems, two named by Coolidge.
In other words, when a New
Deal agency goes off the deep
end, it must be dominated by
conservative Republicans" &C.
cording to Propaganda Michel
son. -.-
Actually, only two of the five
members of the Federal Trade
Commission - as provided by
law - are Republicans. Chas
H. March of Minnesota is one
and he was first named by Cool
idge but subsequently was re-:
named by Mr.. Roosevelt to the
Commission. The other Republi-,
can, Robert E. Freer, was first
named to the Commission in
1885 by Mr.. Roosevelt.
Propagandist Nicholson, more
ever, knows that independence
of mind was driven from the
Federal Trade Commission the
day that Mr.. Roosevelt sum-
i marily and, as the Supreme
| Court subsequently unanimoUs-
1 ly ruled, illegally removed from
/ that body the late William S.
/ Humphrey, because the Presi-
dent did not like his attitude.
1 No wonder a Washington cor
| responent, on reading t h e
| Nicholson blurb, remarked: eff
there is a conservative on the
Federal Trade Commission, I'll
eat him" :.
This incident is unimportant
but it is illustrative of the New
Deal smearing technique.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-09-22

share its political beliefs and to
stand ready at all times to help
the less fortunate peoples of
this world to attain peace and
security which war of self can
never assure. -
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-09-22

Besides those brought to E4g-
land on the destroyer, other
survivors were reported aboard
other vessels, including an A.
merican freighter.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-09-22
Non Intervention

If anything is certain in these
uncertain times it is that the
vast majority of American peo'
pie wish fervantly to keep out!
of the war.
1t is equally obvious that the
sympathies of most of our
people are with the European
democracies in the present war.
Yet because this is so, it would
be a misnomer to characterize
the attitude of those who would
keep us out of war as isolation
lists. 1t is non intervenionist.
The position of an overwhelm
ing majority of Americans is
isoldtionist. 1t is mon interven
iSt. = 30
The isolationst says: Let Eu
rope stew in its own juice; it Is
no affair of ours. Tina is not the
American position.
None realizes better than the
American people themselves
that they cannot isolate them
selves from tie world around
them as Robinson Crusoe was
isolated or his island. Nor do
the American people believe that
such isolation would be desire
able even if attainable.
Our people feel deep sympathy
and concern for the war-ridden
peoples of Europe. In their
hearts they prayed that arbi-
tration by war might be avert
ed. They gave their full moral
support to every effort made to
avert the holocaust.
Now that these efforts have
failed and war is a grim reality,
their sympathies are neither
less ror different than they
were before. But by the same
token their determination tc
strive to keep this nation from
Involvement is none the less
strong. They do not want to in.
vene in other peoples wars.
This war is being represented
as a war to save democracy. Sc
was the European war in which
we became involved in 1917. II
is true that democracies are
icCpardiZed now as they were
then. But we have learned that
the World War did not make the
world safe for democracy. And
we have learned that nations do
not go to war merely for demo-
cracy as an abstract concept.
Totalitarianism and demo
cracy are no more mutually re-
pellant today thar they were q
few years ago. Yet for many
years the democracies and the
totalarian states lived side by
side III peace. Overt acts, not
theories. start wars.
Underlying the present clash
e. democracy and totalitarian-
ism, if we view the present war
aS such, is the old European
system of balance of power. Per-
haps, as some authorities insist,
without such system national
eXistancc in Europe would not
be possible. But that is not true
Of our comment.
1t is for the American people
to be humbly thankful that it is
not true that if i her manifest
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-09-22

you get = JOB you are going tol
begin to pay taxes for exactly
that purpose. AS your salary in
creaSes your taxes are going to
increase. When you try to go IN
to business, you are gong to be
faced with more taxes. | can
quit any time. H. another few
years | will be assured of my
future. but you fellows are 60
ing TO be paying and paying for
taking care Of me and thous-
;ndS like me, as long as | live.
You are 25 now, so that will
be &c years before you will get
in on this. SO you understand
why am for it. The New Deal is
going to make a good taxpayer
out of you. u
Whether this has much effect
upon the individuals probably no
body knows but it brings up a
point that might well be consid-
cred by the younger men who
are starting out in the world. A
continuation of the present
course of government means
that they will be saddled with a
load of taxes that threatens to
grow heavier each year. They
may not realize the weight of
this load, for extreme care has
been taken to see that the levies
are hidden. Indirect taxes have
already reached the point where
they comprise a substantial part
of the purchase price of every
article we buy. 1t cannot be
otherwise as long as we continue
to go into debt at the rate of a
half million dollars an hour "a
hours day, $50 days a year.
! That is merely the debt, the de-
J felt. 1t is not the total amount
we are spending.
The New Deal, as the saliva
ton of the young people, is a
fallacy that is growing in the
public consciousness. w
chance is there for example. for
another Ford, another FirestCre
to mention but two Of the great
industrial figures who have
made this country prosperous
These men created pdyrolls,
brought about new method; Of
production which 1nable all of us
to buy more for an hours labor
thar in any other nation in the
world. Their ACTIVITY marked the
greatest era in the nations lis
tory. Blu now we are told, thcy
are evil influences. We arc I'd
| that it is criminal to devclur
IDEAS on the scale that they de-
EcIoped theirs. 1t is impossible
! today for a young man 10 mat
ter how brilliant an idea he may
have. ~ follow i'm their foot
steps II is becoming more diff
"ult every day for young man
to enter any business. why?
! All because of the burders that
are waiting for him and which
ne must shoulder before he
makes a move in that direction.
AmCr.ca was Quit by indivi-
iual effort and became great by
he same route. Destroy the in
eentive for that and Americas
2rcatncss is at an erd. San
Diego Union. California
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-09-22
NEURITIS

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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1939-05-27
"Run Little Children"
Starts Second Year
At Hollywood House

HOLLYWOOD-(A n P)-"Run
Little Children Hall Johnson's
spectacular folk drama-musical, has
opened at the Hollywood Playhouse
for what promises to be the start OF
its second years run.
Officials of the Hollywood cham
Der OF commerce and scores OF
screen celebrities were present to
pay tribute to the federal theatres
great hit production.
Run. Little Chillun" holds the
all-time national record for FTP
plays with 213 performances hav-
ing been played at the downtown
Magyar theatre, attended by 30O,-
600 patrons.
The cast Of gifted Negro actors,
singers and dancers includes Jess
Lee Brooks. Florence O'Brine. Ruby
Ely. Edward Thompson, Gertrude
Saunders. cleo Desmond. Arthur
Ray and Roy Glenn. principals;
Carlyle SCOTS might chorus OF
Emp singers and Janet Collins. who
leads troupe OF dancers in the or
elastic New Day Pilgrim cult
sequence. Clearance Muse directed
the piece.