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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-28
Good Cast,
Plenty OF Money

They haven't spared expenses. AL
though The Villain will run a lit
tie shorter than the usual feature
and is frankly designed to brighten
the lower half of double bills, it has
a fine cast, elaborate old-time sets,
and at this writing has been in pro-
duction "a days. Alan Mowbray is
The principal heavy who tempts the
hero, Richard Cromwell, into evil
ways and makes lecherous passes at
the terrified young w i f e, Anita
Louise. The gardenia-like Mi s s
Louise, incidentally, has been play
ing her role straight and probably
will be greatly surprised to find how
funny she really is.
Hugh Herbert goes through t h e
story as al agent for the Frederick
Healy Institute, signing up lots of
patients when they learn that the
cure he offers is agreeably alcoho-
lie. Buster Keaton is Cromwell'S vir-
tuous friend; Margaret Hamilton,
the mother, and joyce Compton, a
piXilated sister. Several well-known
names have been called in for bit
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-28
HOME TOWN HORSES ,.ool
'A DON'T MAKE 'V~

BALTIMORE. - IN r;r-ligo
the rich Prcakness rae a, .yrgr;
track here is primarl'I hor;||
race, only three homc,'''"
ever have won it.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-28
FIRE PROTECTION

The shock of the fire in a Natchez negro
dance hall serves to direct attention to fire
hazards everywhere and what is being done
to remove them.
In Wilmington, it develops, is a similar
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-28
IN HOLLYWOOD
BY PAUL HARRISON

the screenplay. In the course of his
own movie-going, which included a
let of double bills begged down ny
Glass z features, he realized that
patrons really enjoy kissing villains
and applauding ham heroics. Why
not, he asked himself, design a pic
ture especially for such demonstra-
lions? His father thought it a swell
idea.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-28
Average Age Average
No. of Cases of Patient Requlr'

to a quart of water Proper ~.
ing of the feet, with "'..s" IN .
ings and loose-itting specs >,
der to equalize cilcul1uo''
times, is advised.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-28
Bruce Cations
In w Washington
(star.News Washington Correspondent

WASHINGTON, April 27.-Real sto4y back
of the extension of the stamp. plan to cotton
goods is that the Agriculture Department is
plenty worried about what the war may do to
our export trade.
Plan starts in Memphis May 3, and will be
in two or three other cities within tho
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-28
PROJECTS

Mr.. r. B. Page, Publisher,
The Star-News :.:... -.
Dear Sir: ,., .,
| am certain you received a Wire
from Senator Bailey yesterday silni.
lar to that received by others adj
of the passage of the Rivers
and Harbors bill BY the senate yes
terday.
- The prominence you have given
this announcement in your paper
this morning. looks good to me. Be-
ing deeply interested in Whining
ton and the development of Will
mington as a port, this announce
I think the Wilmington people should
be extremely happy Yer it and it
should be of statewide interest be-
cause when the producers and manu-
facturers realize the advantage OF
this port and the use of this port
and its facilities for handling i'm.
port and export business, the saw
ings to all IN transportation costs
will be SO much they will wonder
in the days TO come why they waited
so long to use this pert as a place
through which the business can
flow.
This applies all over North Caro-
lima.
I enclose copy of letter I have
written senator Bailey.
I am certain the Port Commission
and all Of our citizens appreciate
the help YOU and Your paper are
giving in the effort to develop this
port for the handling of all types
of commodities that are available
for shipment through the port.
With best wishes, I am
Yours very truly,
HORACE PEARSALL
Evening star., 1940-04-07
Merit Principle Threatened
By Old Apportionment Law
Used as Weapon to Bor Romspeek Bill
Benefits to 'Over-Quoto' States
This the first of series OF articles the app1cat

The 57year-od "apportionmen lawhrowback to the
when the right political label prime requisite for position
In the Governments raising threat to the merit principle
in Federal employment
In this instance it is being used weapon to withhold the
benefits of the pending Ramspeck bill from
workers claiming residence in the District of Columbia
or any OF the States which have than their statutory ao
ment of civil service employment in the departments and nde
Evening star., 1940-04-07
Washingtonians Named
For Exchange Scholarships

Two Washingtonians and a grad
uate student at American University
from Syracuse, N. Y, are among IS
candidates nominated by the State
Department yesterday for exchange
scholarships in seven Caribbean
countries.
The nominations were made in
accordance with the Convention for
the Promotion of Inter American
Cultural Relations, which provides
for the annual exchange of two
graduate students or teachers be-
tween the United States and other
American republics which ratify the
convention.
Five students are nominated for
the scholarships in each country,
two of the candidates being selected
by the country in which they will
study. The United States Govern
ment pays their travelling expenses
and other expenses are paid by the
participating governments.
John Tatlock Brown of Washing
ton, now a graduate student at
Harvard University, was among the
five nominated for the two fellow
ships in Honduras.
Julia Alberta Brooks, another
Washingtonian, graduate student
at Howard University, was among
the nominees submitted to Haiti.
Alan Carson Rankin of Syracuse,
N. Y, graduate student at Ameri-
can University and assigned as an
intern in the National Institute of
Public Affairs to the United States
Housing Authority, was among the
five nominated to Guatemala,
Evening star., 1940-04-07
Press Club Outing
To Be at Charles Town

The National Press Club will hold
its annual outing May II on the
grounds of the Charles Town
(W. Va) Jockey Club, it was an
nounced yesterday by Ralph A. Col
Inns, chairman of the Outdoor Com
mittee.
Approximately 1,700 persons are
expected to attend, including so
or 60 members of Congress, both
Representatives and Senators, and
several members of the presidential
cabinet.
The second running of the Ma
tional Press Club Derby will fea-
ture the entertainment program.
Other events will include q golf
driving contest and a mule race, In
which members of the club will act
as jockeys.
A train will leave Washington at
1880 pm, arriving at Charles
Town at las pm, when the affair
will begin officially.
Two trains will leave Charles
Town at the end of the program,
one at $50 pm. and the other a
half-hour later.
Evening star., 1940-04-07

followed by the dogwood, redbud and
flame azaleas. During June the
laurel and rhododepdron are at
their best.
Facilities for viewing the land
scape are largely in place, it was said,
but accommodations, both lodging
and dining and motor service sta
tions, have not yet been installed.
Tourists were cautioned yesterday to
plan on staying in communities near
the parkway, watching oil and gas
gauges carefully and providing them
selves with picnic lunches.
Four Play Areas Available.
OF number of large recreation
areas planned for various points
along the parkway, four will be
available this summer, the Park
Service said, at Smart View, near
Endicott, Va; Rocky Knob, near
Floyd, Va; Cumberland Knob, near
the Virginia North Carolina line in
North Carolina, and The Bluffs, near
Laurel Springs, N. c. These are not
complete, it was pointed out, but
are equipped with picnic facilities
and trails.
Park Service officials hastened to
point out that this lack of facilities
does not, of course, apply to Skyline
Drive. Here lodging, eating conces-
sions and motor service stations will
operate as usual. Skyland is ex-
pected to open the Saturday before
Memorial Day. Big Meadows Lodge
and cottages are scheduled to open
April Is. Other facilities will be
opened "just as soon as there is q
reasonable demand"
Evening star., 1940-04-07

pendent agencies mere.
The Ramspeck bill, sponsored by
Representative Ramspeck, Democrat
of Georgia, chairman of the House
Civil Service Committee, and long
sought by Federal employe groups
and other organizations interested
in the merit system, is designed to
improve the machinery of govern
ment by empowering the President
to give civil service status to thou
sands of positions that now are
available for patronage distribution
Passed by the House, it is ready
for hearings by the Senate Civil
Service Committee scheduled to open
Wednesday.
Limited BY Quota.
The apportionment amendment
which the House adopted over the
vigorous protest of Mr.. Ramspeck
sets up this prescription:
"No person shall be covered into
the civil service, appointed, trans
ferred or promoted to any position
covered into the claSSlfleQ CIVIL SerV-
ice under the provision - OF
this act, if such a person is from a
State whose quota of positions In
the classified civil service is more
than filled, unless and until the
quota of all States whose quota OF
positions in the classified service is
untitled has become filled. AS used
in this section, the term State in
cludes Territory and the District
of Columbia"
The amendment was sponsored by
Representatives Keller Of Illinois
and Nichols of Oklahoma. both
Democrats. Some of the impossible
problems in administration that II
poses will be outlined in q later
article.
The potential sweep Of this ride
becomes apparent in q study Of th'
semi-monthly apportionment Agure'
issued by the Civil Service Commits
sion.
On March 30, the District Of Co
lumbia and these States were owe
(see RAMsfECK. Page BAD
Evening star., 1940-04-07
District Income Tax
Collections Lagging;
Only 24% in Till
Rush to Pay Levy
Expected This Week;
DeodIine Is April IS

Although District income tax Of
flcials anticipate a heavy food Of
business this week, as thousands of
taxpayers rush to beat the April IS
deadline, District Assessor Edward
A. Dent found yesterday that mu-
nicipal income tax payments so far
received amount to less than "a per
cent of the sum estimated to be due.
Mr.. Dent issued another warning
that the deadline for filing personal
net income returns to the District
will be April Is, at midnight, for
returns filed by mail, and that pen
alties would apply thereafter.
Despite the questions arising over
application of the personal levy only
to those found to be "domiciled" in
the District, better showing has
been made 50 far ca personal re-
turns than on those required to be
made by corporations and other
business concerns. One likely ex-
PLANTATION was that many Of the
larger corporations have been de-
laying payment of the per cent
corporate levy, as a means Of saving
interest.
31,783 File Personal Returns.
Mr.. Dent found yesterday that
31,783 personal returns had been
filed on which a tav was due, In
addition to 1922 showing no tax
able return. It has been expected
more than 10000 returns would be
received.
Personal tax payments so far re-
ceived, he said, amount to $535 $40,
or little more than half of the
expected $1,O00000 revenue.
So far, the District has received
1888 corporation income returns,
showing payments totaling $226, $50,
whereas it had been estimated this
levy would produce some $4,000, 900
in revenue.
The two levies together have pro-
duced to date $762 ,320, whereas
the total revenue expected was $3,-
100000.
Installment Plan Applies.
Corporations as well as personal
income taxpayers may take advan-
tage of the semi-annual payment
plan, but in the case of corpora
tions this applies only If the total
bill is more than $50.
Also, it was explained, not all
corporations are required to file
their returns by the same deadline.
Those operating on a calendar year
basis must file by April IS, but
concerns having fiscal years are
required to file by the 18th day
of the fourth month following the
close of their, business years.
Mr.. Dent said some corporations
using the calendar year basis have
been granted some extensions of
time for filing returns since they
operated both outside as well as
in the District and asked for extra
time to permit apportionment of in
come from in the District out OF
the total. -..
Evening star., 1940-04-07
Two Plays to Be Given
To Aid Blind Prevention

Two benefit performances Of the
play, George and Margaret by
Gerald Savory, will be presented
for the District of Columbia Society
for the Prevention of Blindness by
the D'Artagnan Club at Pierce Hall,
Sixteenth and Harvard streets NV,
Thursday and Friday at $3.50 pm.
Proceeds are to 60 to the society
for its sight-saving program. The
club will hold a dress rehearsal
Tuesday at $3.50 pm, to which
children at Friendship House,
Georgetown Children's Home, Bar
ney Neighborhood House, Christ
Child Settlement House and the
Juanita K. Nye Council House have
been invited.
Evening star., 1940-04-07
Curran Gives Aides
Latitude in Negligent
Homicide Prosecution
Assistant U. S. Attorneys
To Use Own Discretion
On Coses to Try

Edward M. Curran, recently ap-
pointed United States attorney, an
nounced yesterday that he had adj
vised his assistant attorneys that
they might exercise their discre-
ton whether certain types of cases,
including negligent homicides,
should be brought to trial.
IT told them particularly" said
Mr.. Curran, that if after careful
examination of all the facts and
witnesses in a case they were con-
vinced of the defendants inno-
cence or that there was insufficient
evidence against the defendant, that
they should not bring the case to
trial.
There is no point in subject
ing innocent persons to public trial
And I have enough confidence in
my assistant attorneys to believe
they can handle cases for which
they are responsible in a manner
that will be satisfactory to all con-
cerned."
Policy Will Save Time.
Attaches of the court declared
that heretofore assistant United
States attorneys have either con-
suited the United States attorney
about doubtful cases or proceeded
to bring them to court, where often
they wkre settled with verdicts di-
rected by the presiding Judge.
Mr.. Curran pointed out that this
policy of handling cases will not
only give the attorneys more time to
work on cases, that on the evidence
should be prosecuted to the fullest
but that it also would save the
courts time and the public's money
Often after arrests are made, MT
Curran explained, developments will
indicate that the defendant is in
nocent or that there is not sufncient
evidence.
Pines Order Recalled.
Nolle pressing q case, he con.
tinued, does not mean necessarily
that the court believes q man is in.
nocent; often it simply means thai
the prosecution Is convinced, on thu
evidence at hand, that it would bt
futile to bring the case to trial.
When Mr.. Curran's predecessor
David A. Pine (now q member o1
the District Court OF the Unitet
States for the District Of Columbia
became United States attorney II
January, 1888, he issued an orde1
that no nolle PROSE- should be intro.
duced In any negligent hondddl
Evening star., 1940-04-07
Early Action Forecast
On Bills LiberaIizinq
D. T.. Job Insurance
Two Pending Measures
Would Cut Employers
Tex From 3 to TT Pct.
Star Staff Photos.

Chairman Randolph of the House
District Committee predicted yes
terday that action soon would be
taken on proposed legislation to
liberalize the District Unemploy-
ment Compensation Act, which now
forces employers to contribute to .
benefit fund that has q reserve Of
s17,O00,0 900.
Proposed legislation before the
committee would reduce from to
2.7 per cent the pay roll tax of the
employer and keep the "benef1t"
compensation fund from running
out Of bounds" as information given
the House District Committee in
dicates 1t would.
$4,000. 900 Fund Possible.
Reports submitted to the COM
mittee indicate that If the en-
ployers continue to contribute on
the basis of 3 per cent Of the pay
roll tax, the unemployment COM
pensation fund, which would be
available to the employe, would
amount to more than $40 900 900 in
the next year. Employers now pay
3 per cent of the salary of the en-
ployes.
There are two bills pending be-
fore the Judiciary Subcommittee of
the House District Committee to
cut the pay roll tax of the employ
ers from 3 to 81 per cent.
One Of these measures is spon-
sored by Representative McGehee,
Democrat. of Mississippi, chairman
of the judiciary subcommittee of the
House District Committee. The
other has been introduced by Rep
resentative Eberharter, Democrat, OF
Pennsylvania.
Early Hearings Sought.
Mr.. Randolph said he hoped the
McGehee subcommittee would hold
public hearings on both bills early
this week so one of them could bt
approved by the full District Com.
mittee and placed on the House
calendar for consideration Apri
20, the final District Day" of tn,
month.
Mr.. McGehee is now at his home
In Mississippi. He has said tina
further hearings on proposed legis'
lation are unnecessary. Severa
other members of his subcommittee
however, have insisted that addi
tional hearings be held.
Mr.. Randolph announced he woult
make every effort to have the legis
lation considered by his COMMITTEES
without further delay. He said h
did not know the plans of MI
McGehee.
II don't think" he said, "it il
good for either business or labor To-
the present unemployment compen
sation situation to exist any longer.
Evening star., 1940-04-07
D. G. Astronomers Hear
Lecture on Meteors

DR.. Charles P. Olivier, director Of
the Flower Observatory of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania and presi-
dent of the American Meteor So
ciety, gave an illustrated lecture on
meteors before the National Capital
Amateur Astronomers Association at
the National Museum last night.
Following the lecture, the associa-
ton voted to cooperate with the
meteor society by reporting meteors
seen here. Stephen Macy, president
of the association, presided.
Evening star., 1940-04-07
Migratory Waterfowl
Reported Increasing

Government experts said yester-
day they believed the continental
supply Of migratory waterfowl had
increased as much as IS per cent
since last spring.
Between 55,000,000 and $4,000, 900
ducks and geese have started
their flights for northern breeding
grounds, the Bureau of Biological
survey estimated.
Evening star., 1940-04-07
Blue Ridge Parkway
Sections 10 Be Open
This Summer
Long Stretches Of Scenic
Drive to Be Available
To Tourists

= Motorists this summer will be able
to make the trip from Front Royal,
Va, to the Great Smoky Mountains,
using large sections of the Blue
Ridge National Parkway, which some
day will stretch the whole distance
along the crest of the Blue Ridge.
National Park Service engineers
in charge of construction of the
scenic drive said yesterday that this
summer, in addition to the entire
97-mile length of Skyline drive from
Front Royal to Jarman's Gap in
Shenandoah National Park, there
will be approximately 200 miles of
the Blue Ridge Parkway ready for
motor travel.
What Motorists VIII Find.
For example, a motorist would go:
From Front Royal, Va, to Jar
mans Gap, Va, via the familiar
Skyline drive.
From Jarmans Gap over the first
unit of the Blue Ridge parkway 8.5
miles to Rock Fish Gap.
From here to Adney Gap, just
south Of Roanoke, Va, the scenic
drive is under grading contract only
or hasn't been worked. Therefore,
he would use existing Federal and
State highways to Adney Gap.
From here he would travel 40
miles OF completed and surfaced
parkway to Deep Gap, N. c., and
again use the existing highways
through Boone, N. c., and Blowing
Rock, N. c., to Beacon Heights,
near Linville, N. G..
Thence he could travel so miles
over completed parkway surfaced
with crushed rock and open on a
travel-at-your-own-risk basis to the
toll road up Mountain Mitchell,
highest peak in the East. From the
parkway to the mountain top the
road has been made a free road.
has been made q free road.
Thence he would use existing
highways to Asheville, N. c., and to
Great Smoky Mountains National
Park.
Toughest" Part Is Last.
Park Service engineers said yes
terday they were saving the South
ern and toughest" part Of the park
way until last.
The Park Service said yesterday
that the Towering season along the
Blue Ridge extends continuously
from early May well into July
breaking flrst with the shsdblow
Evening star., 1940-04-07
Will Discuss Retirement

Mrs. Margaret H. Worrell, presi-
dent of the League of the American
Civil Service, yesterday requested
Government employees who have
been involuntarily retired through
the Economy Act to meet tonight at
g O'Clock at the Washington Hotel
I wish to discuss a retirement
matter that will affect these persons
financially, Mrs. Worrell said. She
estimated that between 1000 and
5000 persons have been involun-
tarily retired under the economy
Reasure. ..%
Evening star., 1940-04-07
Leoion Post to Meet

The April meeting Of Cissel Saxon
unit, American Legion Auxiliary,
will be held tomorrow at 8 pm. at
the home of Mrs. l.. D. Burns, 3
Fairview road, Silver Spring, Md.
Plans viii be completed for the
annual POPPY sale In May.
Evening star., 1940-04-07

case and that all such cases be
prosecuted.
The proportion Of convictions OBJ
tanned In such cases has been much
smaller than the percentage of con-
victions obtained in other criminal
cases, q recent survey revealed. Last
year, for example, Of Al defendants
II received directed verdicts Of not
guilty, 3 were found not guilty and
ouly 2 were convicted.
Evening star., 1940-04-07
Will Address PIT. A.

Mrs. Esther steves, director Of
childrens' classes at the Miliken
Conservatory of Music In Illinois,
viii address the John Quincy Adams
Parent-Teacher Association at Q
luncheon Tuesday at 71o1 Wyoming
avenue NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-09
Clean House Cheerful

Clever wives see a direct connec-
ton between keeping themselves and
the household clean and cheerful
and husbands who truly enjoy being
at home.
Men usually get around more than
women. They go more places, meet
more people than most wives. Is it
any wonder, then, that the man who
comes home from work to a dingy
house and an untidy wife may get
restless and irritable?
The wife who cares makes every
effort to keep the home shining and
attractive. She realizes that a
household which radiates soap-and-
water cleanliness is q Joy to visit
and a pleasant living place.
Obviously, soap and water are
more than just cleansers. They
really help to make home happier.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-09

dllu SQUSlltuIllI6 vi diildlAS LUCAS VIC 7
are the important ones this year?
Starting out every day looking
your best, instead of throwing on
anything just because you have no
engagements scheduled? (The girl
who always thinks this is the day
she meets her big moment still
has the right idea)
Learning that you need not spend
a fortune on clothes. but that a few
good ones are better than a large
collection Of inferior styles?
Sticking to a sensible diet so that
you can achieve the slender sill
houette?
Learning how to wear your make
up?
Watching the length of your
skirts? They should be short, but
not bathing-suit length.
Refusing to wear "roll-tops" lest
they be revealed by those short
skirts in what couldn't be a more
distasteful appearance?
Acquiring a pleasant speaking
voice? On the telephone or in per-
son, it's one of the greatest assets.
Making yourself solemn promise
to keep your nails always well man
toured, your hair brushed and fire.
quently shampooed?
Having the laundering habit? It's
a mere matter of routine to rinse
out hose, panties, shields, slips and
all the other incidentals nightly.
Not being afraid Of fashion? No
one wants you to look like a freak,
but there's no point in ignoring a
smart new style just because It's