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Evening star., 1940-02-10
Court Delays Execution
Of Two SIuyers

Two condemned slayers scheduled
to be electrocuted next Friday re-
ceived extensions in District Court
yesterday.
Justice Peyton Gordon in Criminal
Court No. / directed that Edward B.
Bishop, 36-year-old itinerant auto
mobile mechanic, carpenter and
dairy worker, convicted of Staying
his wife with hammer in Pension
Park, be executed Friday, March Is.
He also ordered that James Bos-
tick, colored. q, be executed on the
same date. Bostick is accused of
Staying 16-year-old William Tuck
son. II, October 9, 1886.
Evening star., 1940-02-10
Ruling Exempts
FewCIasses
From D. {. Tax
Seal Includes U. S.
Employees Having
'DomiciIe' in City

A claim of legal residence" in a
State will not exempt resident of
the District from liability under the
income tax and Government en-
ployees will be among those who
will have to have their returns In by
March Is under the present act.
Only three classes of persons held
residing here for a definite" per-
iod are specifically exempt under a
ruling yesterday by Corporation
Counsel Elwood Seal on the mean
ing of word "domicile" as used in the
local act.
Except for these three classes of
persons, other persons living here
would be prima facie "domiciled" in
the District for tax purposes, he held
in his opinion which was approved
by the Commissioners.
Members of Congress Exempt.
Those mentioned in the ruling as
exempt are:
/. The President and Vice Presi-
dent and members of Congress.
q Cabinet members and other
public officials appointed by statute
for a definite period of time and who
were not domiciled here prior to
such appointment.
3. Army. Navy and Marine Off
GERS and persons in the Foreign
Service who were not domiciled here
at the time of their appointment
nor have voluntarily established
domicile here, but rather are as
signed here for definite term of
duty.
Holds Voting No Test.
AS to the effect of legal resi-
dence" elsewhere on tax liability,
Mr.. Seal held:
There would seem to be no rela-
ton between payment of taxes to
the District and the right of any
such taxpayer to exercises the elec-
tive franchise or any other rights
or privileges he is entitled to
exercise in any of the States
The fact that person is domi-
ciled in the District for taxation
purposes certainly does not take
away or destroy any rights or
privileges which he heretofore
possessed or enjoyed"
Whether or not a person paying
tax here and having legal residence
in State is subject to State tax
on the same income is not for
District officials to decide.
Figures Cited.
According to civil service figures
there are more than $4,000 Gov
ernment employees in Washington
and more than 1000 under the ap-
portioned service of the commission
are here bat have definitely given
their legal residence elsewhere. 1t
was understood, however. that the
number claiming legal residence
elsewhere is considerably larger,
although there is no record of it..
A bill is now pending before
Congress which would permi. pay
ment of the income tax in two in
stallments-one on April IS and
the other, October Is.
A case is also pending before the
Court of Appeals which also would
define domicile.
Evening star., 1940-02-10
Tour Set April l9, 20
For Georqetown Homes

The annual tour of Georgetown
homes sponsored by st. Johns
Church of Georgetown will be held
this year on April 10 and 20.
Members of the committee in
charge are Mrs. Clarence Charest,
chairman: Mrs. Theodore N. Gill,
jr., vice chairman; Mrs. James Ber-
rell. Mrs Devereux Green, Mrs. Will
liam Barron Kerkam, jr., Mrs. Louis
Jeffries. Mrs. Fontaine Bradley, j.
Bernard Wyckoff and the Rev. r.
Bland Tucker.
Evening star., 1940-02-10

probably do not notice it as much as
you and would, butt it should be
remedied; and there were certainly
some things there which should not
be there and which should not be
allowed.
MY feeling was that the food and
the service-I rather think the serv-
ice is done entirely by the inmates
themselves with the result that I
saw the food placed on the tables
and I did not see people eating it
for fully 10 minutes. Some of them
were going in as left, which was
fully 10 or IL minutes after I first
saw that food placed on the tables.
Now, one of the things that makes
food palatable is to have it hot, and
1 of course do not know how much
money should actually be spent on
food for the people there. My i'm
preston would be that many Of
those people should be on special
diet. I saw no provisions which
would make that possible or to do
that in an intelligent way. There
was no dietician, but only a steward
employed.
Now with old people and people
who are i'll, they are not SO old but
they are i'll and they have no one
to care for them and no resources
and they certainly need special food
With the plant as it existed could
see no way in which that could be
possible. .. "a.
Low Ebb of Civilization ~
If This Is Proper Care.
I came away from Blue Plains
with a feeling that if that was the
conception of the United States of
proper care for the aged who were
not able to care for themselves We
were at pretty low ebb of civiliza-
ton. 1t was sickening feeling that
you got from that whole atmosphere
But that in itself did not seem to
me as important as the Receiving
Home for Children because the Re-
ceiving Home deals with the future
We know that those who are in
the Home for the Aged and Infirm,
that great many of them are going
to die and while we may be a little
ashamed of the treatment accorded
them that is not going to be so
harmful to the country as in the
case of the Receiving Home where
you are dealing with the future
and there the service is entirely
inadequate.
At the Receiving Home for Chill
dren they try to do, I think, very
good job but they could not do a
good job. Take for example recrea-
ton for boys.
There are more boys there, of
course, than girls and naturally it
is easier to give girls employment
and 1t is easier to teach them more
or less quiet things But when you
come to boys the average boy needs
a way to work out physical spirits
and physical occupations are almost
a necessity to the average boy. Even
boys who are not in any way delin-
Quent find it rather hard to be
cooped up in small room with a
lot of other boys for many hours
of the day.
Recreation Facilities
For Boys Lacking.
could not tell you the exact
number that were in the room
which is assigned to the boys for
recreation. Next to that room there
is little room with a ping pong
table. but only two boys can play
at one time and the other boys all
sit in a room with benches around
the wall with two long wooden
tables which are empty. Upon
those tables there were very few
dilapidated books. The story is that
few of those boys read. Well am
not very much surprised that they
do not as the books were not very
attractive looking and there was no
Evening star., 1940-02-10
thanks and appreciate your coming

thanks and appreciate your coming
here today.
We will now hear from DIR. Fuller
ton Of the Public Health Service.
Mrs. Roosevelt-In conclusion I
may say. Mr.. Chairman, that came
away with the feeling that if in the
United States Blue Plains was our
conception of how to care for the
aged we were at pretty low ebb
of civilization. 1t was a sickeninp
feeling that we got from the whole
atmosphere.
Evening star., 1940-02-10

had one man responsible he would
still have to get the money wouldn't
he?
Evening star., 1940-02-10
More Modern Program
At Industrial Home.

Now the Industrial Home. of
course. takes older children, border
line children. They are all white
children.
The buildings are old. 1t is not
modern plant, and it should be on
the cottage plan. The children have
better room and there is a more
Evening star., 1940-02-10

complete transcript Rooseuets testimony reat
Washington charitable institutions Public Health
Subcommittee of the House District Committee yesterday tolows:
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1940-03-14
Personal Advertisements

H0E-MDE Ohio maple syrup for sale by Francis C.
Fosnight, A2-E Crescent Road. Phone 1868.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1940-03-14
March L., 1910
WITH THE PLAYERS
Volume 1. No. %

AWS The Greenbelt Players hold program
AS{GA meeting Tuesday, March l9 at eighttsh
ps;.m w pm. in school 222. The evenings
~ feature will be a reading by Dorothy East
Starke Youg's spring play, "The Twilight Faint"
IF the "Bury The Dead" cast procures its costumes
scenery during the next three weeks, it is prob
able that few shots Will be taken of their rehears
ais for release in the April Creenbelt news reel.
It is reported that Director Schein is having q
bit of d fficulty arranging rehearsal points-what
with theatre to work in There has been con-
centratton the male parts of the story in the
meantime in housetohouse readings, and the actors
are much enthused the script material.
WASHINGTON CALENDAR:
The East Washington Troupers presenting their
WJSV tournament play "Ftve-Nine-one" at 400 Pm.
this Saturday.
At the National Theatre, Paul NUM- clumps about
the stage in "Key largo" through March 10. Also at
the National for the entertainment of the youngsters
under the Lilacs, Boy and His Dog", pre-
scented by the Chldrens Theatre of New York. (lo:3o
A.M.--tickets at 1874 Street)
This weeks Foreign Language Cinema picture at
Pierce Hall, 18th Harvard Streets, is the Eexican
story, "Houbres De Ear" this Saturday. $500 PM.
20 cents
Luise Rainer may be seen at the Belasco in "Saint
joan, with the Washington Civic Theatre through the
10th of March. 1910 Pm.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1940-03-14
CATHOLIC CHURCH NEWS

Lenten services will continue to be held Wednes-
lays and Fridays in Berwyn. The Wednesday evening
service $500 P.E. is combined with the Miraculous
Medal Novena; the Ienten services Friday are con-
Quoted at 2:G5 and 500 Pm.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1940-03-14
GUMDROP COOP PAYS
1O% TO SHAREHOLDERS

The Junior Cooperative Store, operated by the
children Of the Elementary School, has just paid
dividends to the amount of $2.l5 to the boys and
girls who shareholders and who have prrcha sed
ten cents worth of candy school supplies at the
store. The store paid cent for every ten cents
the shareholders spent.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1940-03-14
COMMUNITY CHURCH NEWS

Special Easter communion service Will be held 8
O'Clock Friday evening, March u, in the social room
of the Elementary School. This will be candle-light
service.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1940-03-14
HEBREW CONGREGATION NEWS

The Sunday School is preparing Purim play to be
presented on the 9th of this month.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1940-03-14

Harold E. Snyder arrested Friday for failure
to file last years personal property statement, due
September IS. Mr.. Snyder faces fine of from s. to
s25.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1940-03-14
LATTER DAY SAINTS NEWS

Members and their friends are invit ted to social
toni ht honor of the q8th anniversary Of the Ma
American Momen's organization still In existence.
The party wi II take place I'm the Social Room at $3.50.
The Sunday evening services Will be conducted by
Miss Thomas, president Of the Greenbelt branch
of the Relief Society, and will center about the
tivities of this international organization, which
numbers loo, 900 members in the United States.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1940-03-14

Students of Business English and Public Speaking
taught by DR.. Strausbeugh reminded that classes
being held every Thursday from $500 to 1000 Pm.
in RooH 225 of the Greenbe1t Community Building.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1940-03-14

STEADY riders leave Greenbelt 2:l5 Pm, arrive
l2:l5 AM, days week. 28-F Crescent Rd.Phone S4s
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1940-03-14

kTED-Passenger, vicinity Commerce Dept. $3.50 Am.
to 400 PM '3o Plymouth, RADIO 22-D Crescent Road
Evening star., 1940-01-20
Points for Parents

When children are past babyhood
,De should be ready to break our rou-
tine sometimes 1Dhen occasion seems
to 1Dnrr1nt it,
Evening star., 1940-01-20

It was the voice of Tommy Tit the
Chickadee and two seconds later he
was in the cedar tree beside We'll
come and Mrs. Robin, repeating his
message.
whats the use2" said Welcome
Robin. Whats the use, Tommy?
Everything that we can eat is COW
cred with ice and our bills simply
are not stout enough to break
through 1t. This is the end of us
and we may as well admit It,"
Nonsense! Perfect nonsense!"
exclaimed Tommy Tit. "You do as
I tell you and follow me. Never
give up while there's hope"
Evening star., 1940-01-20
By willard
By Mormon Morsh
By Bud Fisher
By Gene Byrnes

up his mind. I'VE may as well die
there as to die here" said he.
Tommy seems to be very sure of
what he is about and, you know, he
has spent more than one winter up
here. Come on, my dear"
Mrs. Robin slzzvered, but she
joined Welcome Robin and both flew
after Tommy Tit, whose CHEEKY
voice came back to them, filled with
encouragement, as he led the way
toward the Old Orchard. And ali
the time they wondered what he ex-
pected to md there and whether
this was tho last time they ever
would dy.
Evening star., 1940-01-20

"But there isn't any hope" sobbed
Mrs. Robin. I'm 50 cold now that
I'm almost stiff. I feel weak al
ready. The only thing that can
save us Is food, and where are we
to get that, should like to know?"
"Just perk up and follow me!
Dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee!"
where tor" demanded Welcome
Robin, already beginning to feel
little better for the good cheer Of
Tommy TIT
ITO the Old Orchard" replied
Tommy. "To the Old Orchard,
where you built your home last
Evening star., 1940-01-20

spring. And the sooner we get there
the better for all of US. I'm begin
ming to feel this cold myself, and
must get q stomachful as soon as
possible"
But there isn't any food there!"
cried Welcome Robin. There isn't
q thing on those trees which we
could eat even II there was no ice."
ASK no questions; follow me.
Oh We 60 now-one, two, threel"
Suiting action to his words,
Tommy Tit fitted away in the d.
rection Of the Old Orchard. Wei.
come Robin hentated, then made
Evening star., 1940-01-20
fectly hopeless to try to get enough

fectly hopeless to try to get enough
Of those berries to keep them alive.
They simply couldn't do it, that was
all. And there was no other food
of which they knew. Do you won
der that they shivered as they sat
side by side and wished with all
their might that they had gone
South in the fall?
We'll freeze to death before we
are many hours older" said We'll
come Robin sadly. Just that very
instant . cheerful voice rang out:
dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, dee, deel
Just you come and follow mel"
Evening star., 1940-01-20
Don't Take NY
Word for II
BY FRANK COLBY.
Audocious
Adj. Daring; spirited; adventurous.

Adj. Daring: spirited; adventurous.
Do not say "aw-DAsH-us," rhym-
ing the second syllable with cash,
hash.
This is one Of four familiar words
in which the short "a" Of hash is
erroneously used. The others are
rapacious, vivacious and sagacious.
In Caucasian also it is best choice
to use the long "a" sound of gracious.
Memory phrase: GRAY -shus, what
an aw-DAY-shus, vy-VAY-shus,
ruh-PAY-shus, suh- -shus, kaw-
KAY-shun.
Capitals indicate syllables to be
accented)
Question-My teacher tells me
that I should not say II am mad
at you" Is IT am angry at you"
correct?-J. r.
Answer-One Is angry at or about
a thing, and angry with a person.
Say Il am angry with YOU"
Question-Is food "eatable" or
edible?
Answer-Either is correct, though
edible is the better choice.
Question-Please pronounce tuber-
culoSis.-R.
Answer-Do not say "too-ber-
kuh-lo-sis." Use the long III" of
unite IN the first and third syl-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS."
For q personal answer to your
questions about words, send q
stamped e cent, self addressed
envelope to Frank Colby, care
The Evening Star.
Evening star., 1940-01-20
AirpIune Hitch-Hiker
Visits u Stutes
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
FRANKFORT, Ky.-Eleanor Pog-
wist, 26-year-old self-styled "air-
plane hitch-hiker," was something
new at Kentucky's capital.
She said Kentucky was the 22d
state which she had visited. Thumb
and air transportation holding out,
she plans to visit all 48 States by
air and call on the Governors Of
each.
She came here from Ohio, and
presented Gov. Keen johnson with
gift from Gov. John Bricker Of
Ohio-a miniature white elephant" !"
Evening star., 1940-01-20

Registered y. s. Patent ONCE
va know the gent'man next door?
I got it all f1ggered out. He's be-
witched! The feller at comes t. the
door an looks down his nose is the
witch. Well hab to do somepin'
about it.
Evening star., 1940-01-20
Bedtime Stories
By THORNTON ". burgess,
Blessed he whose words Of cheer
Help put hope in place Of fear.


Help put hope in place Of fear.
Hopelessly Welcome Robin pecked
at q glistening, icy mass. Within
he could see the berries, the cedar
berries, which meant food and
warmth for him and for Mrs. Robin
If they could get them. But they
couldn't get them. Anyway, they
couldn't get enough Of them. The
ice was too hard for their bills. Now
and then, after a great deal of work,
pecking. pecking, pecking. they
would manage to get berry, but
even then 1t was so covered with
ice that when they swallowed 1t it
chilled them still more, II that was
possible. They saw that 1t was per-
Evening star., 1940-01-20

Mother: This is the only evening
OF grandfather's visit that he can
spend with us so you may stay up
later if you will take a rest this
afternoon.
Evening star., 1940-01-20
jolly Polly
A Little Chat on Etiquette
BY JOS. ]. FRISCH.
AFTERNOON.

S. S. MA whole slice of bread
should not be bitten into, but rather
broken into small pieces, then but
tered and conveyed to the mouth
with the fingers. The same rule
applies to rolls, crackers and bis
cults. The principal objection to
biting into slice of bread, says
one authority, is that the pattern
OF the teeth in the bread gives it
the appearance of an impression
for dental plate.
Send self-addressed, stamped en-
velope for the leaf1et Manners at
Table"
Evening star., 1940-01-20
LETTER-OUT
BY Bruno

Remove letter
aed for the last column Print
tne word you have removed
its one of the Philippines ~ '
Answer
(A) AN1SEED-DEN1IES "noD
(P) PERGOIA-GAOLER q keeper).
(R) PIONEERS-PEONIES (fowers
Cd FAINTEST-FATTENS (puts on weight.
C) EIICITS-CITIES Oarge towns).
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-13
UNITY FOR WATERWAYS

NORTH CAROLINA'S coastal area has sucn
~ a heavy stake in waterway development
that it is both gratifying and encouraging
to learn that a large delegation will accom-
pany Col. GEORGE w. GILLETTE, the War de-
partment engineer in charge OF this district,
to the Rivers and Harbors congress soon TO
convene in Washington. Heretofore, colonel
GILLETTE has had little concentrated support
from communities along the coast and from
interior regions served by the states streams.
These communities have been in the habit
of working for separate, and often conflict
ing. benefits, in which the area as a whole
has suffered. With them working together,
as it is indicated they will. North Carolina
will be better able to obtain endorsement
for greater waterway projects, with benefits
for all, than under the old system.
It is the united program of states in the
Mississippi valley which in the past has Civ.
en- the vast region priority in waterway leg
islation and brought it favors far in excess OF
those granted other districts. Leaders in that
large area early recognized that their best
chance of advancing their economic security
through waterway improvement lay in work.
ing together where congressional appropria'
lions were the goal, with the result that the
Mississippi valley for years has led the coun.
try in waterway progress.
With this example before them, North
Carolina advocates Of similar Improvements
for rivers and harbors, for drainage, for
canals, and flood control are determined to
use the same policy for their acquisition.
The meeting of the Rivers and Harbors con.
gress should, in these circumstances, be more
helpful for this section than any previous
gathering of that organization.
The Cape Fear river and the inland water
way are among Wilmington's chief assets.
Their further development, in the one for
accommodation of more and more cargo yes.
sells with better and larger port terminals,
deeper channel and greater turning basin,
and in the other for attracting more small
craft to our resorts, constitutes one of Will.
mington's greatest means for advancement. 1t
is up to Wilmington's delegates to the con.
gress, therefore, to see that the city shares
to the full in any program which is endorsed
for North Carolina by the Washington ses.
sions.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-13

forest was neither terrifying nor depressing.
They loved it; and they loved the Individual
trees so well that at least a dozen OF them
were, at various times and places, sacred. Oak
beech and ash came tlrst ana were certainly
most widely revered. But hazels were credited
with power of speech and prophecy and were
planted to hedge places of judgment Under
the lindens the dwarfs held their councils. If
one had any reason to cut an elder he prayed
to it first and asked forgiveness. Spells for
the cure of various ailments were pronounced
under sacred pines.
Peter Grimm, the senior partner in the fairy.
tale firm, delighted in finding memories Of
sacred groves and trees in place names through.
out Europe; but there is no reason whatever
for thinking that the children of the forest
worshipers lost their esteem for a beautiful
grove, or the awe inspired in them by a great
lonely oak, with the passing Of heathendom.
The ballads of merrie England bring us a great
mass of testimony to a surviving Anglo.Saxon
love of the greenwood; and in many parts
Of this country the camp meeting still pro.
vides our country folk Of colonial stock with
an excuse for an outing in beautiful groves
that have been defended for generations against
the ak.
That the love of a fine trees for its own
sake Is still in the blood we all know better
than ever now because of the lamentation with
which all types and classes of people survey
the damage done by the ice storm. 1t is with
something Of the indignation with which peo-
pie see justice gone awry, that men and women
now walk the countryside and note that it was
not from scrub growth that the exquisitely
beautiful blight took its toll, that it did not
even clean the dead wood out Of old trees, but
picked the crowns out of the biggest and
healthiest red oaks and beeches. The more
healthy twigs a tree had, to carry a load Of ice,
the worse it suffered. So it was that the mighty
beeches, which the most terrible gales leave
unscathed and which are all but immune to
woodland diseases and pests, are now carrying
their burdens of splintered wreckage. There is
one consolation, however, and that is that the
finest of our forest trees, the white oak, proved
it's great strength under its load of ice and
suffered least of all the giants. Perhaps there
is a hint in this of the reason why it always
headed the list of the heathen's sacred trees.