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Evening star., 1940-03-30
$4,000 Boost
Advocated for
Traffic Bureau
Trade Group Fovors
$4,000 Be Used for
Installing Lights

The Washington Board of Trade
today had before it recommends
tions by its TrafIic Committee for
additional appropriations of at least
$4,000 in the 1941 District ap-
preparation bill to enable the Traf-
nc Department ito carry on its
work more efncienty."
Characterizing the present appro-
priation for the Traffic Department
as thoroughly inadequate" the
committee, at q luncheon meeting
yesterday, asked specifically for an
additional $4,000 for more person.
mel on the engineering staff Of the
department; $1,000 for the repair
Of trafnc signals and $25 900 for
traff1c light installation.
In addition, the group reiterated
its stand for an appropriation of
So, 200 for q truck to convey the
present two signal light repairmen
to the various lights throughout the
city which need repair, an elec-
trician and an electricians helper.
Salaries Specified.
The $4,000 item would provide
for two assistant engineers with a
salary of 5000 annually, two assist
ant engineers with an annual salary
of $4,000 and two signal checkers
at 81 40 each.
Although there are at present 100
intersections in the city at which
traffic lights are needed, according
to William A. Van Duzer, director
of vehicles and traffic, his depart
ment is to receive only $25 900 for
traffic signal installation in the
current appropriation bill. He
pointed out that this is a so per
cent reduction from the $4,000 ap-
propriated for that purpose in last
years bill.
The six additional men asked
for by the group on the engineering
staff would bring Washington much
closer to the standard for cities of
its size, Washington I. Cleveland,
manager of the local American Au-
tomobile Association Club, declared.
He said that a recent survey by
the National Safety Council had
shown that the minimum number of
men assigned solely to trafic
engineering should be H. The Dis
trict now has only six.
Expects $2,775,o0O Gas Revenue.
A breakdown of estimated re-
ceipts by the Traffic Department
for the coming fiscal year revealed
that $2,775, 900 was estimated from
the 2-cent tax on gasoline: $780,
600 from the automobile registration
and weight tax, $365, ,l25 from the
motor vehicle fee, $4,000 from
the paving assessments and a sur
plus of $4,000 from the highway
fund. making a total of $4.970.12
OF this, expenditures for the year.
would total $4,847,150, it was esti-
mated.
The committee also urged the
Census Bureau to have the census
tracts in the District coincide with
the Police Department precincts so
that information gathered by the
1910 census in this city might be
OF more value to the department.
1t was pointed out that at present,
the tracts overlap the precincts, so
that it is very difiicult for the police
to make use of the census informa-
ton In compiling accident statistics
etc.
Evening star., 1940-03-30

There is no such thing as correct
or incorrect American diction. There
is no single standard of speech that
could serve as a model for the
United States.
"The way person talks" ex-
planned DR.. Joseph F. Snyder of
New York University, should be
judged by only two factors. Is he
understandable? Does he speak
naturally?"
DR.. Snyder, in Washington for
the Eastern Public Speaking Con-
ference today at the Mayflower
Hotel, believes that provincialism
and distinctive dialects are not, in
themselves, undesirable in speech.
1t all depends upon the person and
the circumstances.
Say, for example, a man in the
mountains of Kentucky suddenly
resolves to acquire the accent of a
Bostonian. The board "a's" he
would use might not be incorrect.
phonetically. but they doubtless
could be unwise because Of the ef-
feet they would have upon the
mountaineer's neighbors. They
would think he was putting on airs,
and his talk. as far as they were
concerned, would become less de-
sirable.
"On the other hand, if the
mountaineer were planning to move
to Boston. the temporary handicap
might well be worth the trouble in
the long rum"
DR.. Snyder can speak with au-
thority on psychological reactions to
various types of American speech.
Recently, in collaboration with DR..
Walter Wilke, also of New York
University, he tested the reactions of
hundreds of persons in the East,
South, Middle West and New Eng
land to IL typical American dialects.
The dialects used were samples
from Texas, Virginia, Georgia,
North Carolina, Connecticut. Upper
New York State; Lancaster. Pa: H.
linois, Boston, New York City, New
Hampshire and mixed foreign or
polygiot.
Most acceptable to the average
listener, by far, was the voice of the
Lancaster resident.
Evening star., 1940-03-30
McNutt Approves
Hatch Actin General

Expressing general approval of the
Hatch Act, Federal Security Admin
istrator Paul v. McNutt said last
night he felt, however, that Gov
ernment workers had q constitu-
tional right to participate in polit-
ical processes.
He told the Society of Personnel
Administration, meeting at 1923
Pennsylvania avenue NV, he ap-
proved of any Government activity
that would build up a career serv-
ice. The act, he said, was an ex-
pertinent which might improve pub
lie service.
He recommended that criticism
be withheld until a thorough test OF
the act had been made.
Evening star., 1940-03-30

Mr.. Bunker's plan would eliminate
the present system of having pedes-
trians cross to the center of Penn
sylvania avenue and waiting for
another signal before continuing
Under his system, trafhc and pedes-
trian movement would be divided
into three movements, as against the
present five.
His plan would require only two
changes In the present signals. The
walk Light standards in the center
of the avenue would be removed, and
q left-turn signal would have to be
installed on the southwest corner.
Evening star., 1940-03-30
Monument to Honor
First 6. &C. Head

A monument of field stone, made
by the enrollees at the c. C. c. camp
In Benning, Anacostia road and E
street Sc, will be dedicated to the
memory of Robert Fechner, first
c. c. c. director, at $3.50 p m. April S.
The camp will hold an open house
at the time of the dedication in
honor of the 7th anniversary of the
establishment of the c. c. C. Wis
itors will be welcome from April 1
to Z. Escorted tours will be made
from 10 am. to noon and from
to 4 pm.
Evening star., 1940-03-30

But as regular patron of the
intersection, Mr.. Bunker said he's
found the tramc system there a little
too intricate and a source of an
noyance to pedestrians who are
forced to cross Pennsylvania avenue
in two separate stages.
So Mr.. Bunker sat down in his
spare hours in the evening and
rigged up a model of his own system,
complete with the signal lights, street
car tracks, automobiles and pedes-
TRANS made Of cardboard, small
motor and Z battery.
Evening star., 1940-03-30
Scout Hess Honored
For Attendance Record

For having perfect attendance
record In scouting for six years,
without absence, Maurice Hess,
Eagle Sea Scout, of 1875 Thirty fifth
street, was honored last night at
the 10th anniversary celebration OF
Troop 5, Boy Scouts, at st. Alban's
Parish Hall. t...
Young Hess was commended by
Scoutmaster John H. Bayless. A
capacity audience Of scouts. scouters
and parents was on hand. The
youth cut huge troop birthday
cake.
Evening star., 1940-03-30
Hoover Receives PIdoue

LOS ANGELES, March 80 P).-
Former President Hoover was pre-
sented with a plaque yesterday in
behalf of Scandinavian colonies In
the United States for his Finnish
relief work. Birger Tinglof made
the presentation, accompanied by
Philip Paval, Los Angeles Danish
American artist, who created the
plaque.
Evening star., 1940-03-30
House Member Annoyed
By Building Distances
By the Associa ted Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Representative White, Democrat,
of Idaho is annoyed by the Capitals
great distances.
He objected in the House yester-
day to location of two new Govern
ment buildings in what he called the
"swamps" down by the Potomac
Rivera mile or more from the
Capitol.
Representative White suggested
that future buildings be located on
Capitol Hill and linked with mem
bers' onices by perestrian subway.
Evening star., 1940-03-30
2S Churches Begin
EvunqeIistic Drive

The second week of q simultaneous
evangelistic campaign win begin with
services in 28 churches of Northern
Virginia in the Methodist Advance
movement tomorrow and continue
through April Z, except Saturday,
each evening at 8 O'Clock.
Arrangements are under the direc-
ton of the Rev. A. p. williams, D. D.,
district superintendent of the seth
area: the Rev. Harry w. Craver,
chairman, Publicity Committee, and
the Rev. G. c. Bell, chairman, Com
mittee on EVANGELISM.
Evening star., 1940-03-30
G. U. Professor Elected

The Rev. George johnson, head
of the department of education at
Catholic University, has been re-
elected secretary general of the
General National Catholic Educa-
tionAl Association at Kansas City,
according to the Associated Press.
Evening star., 1940-03-30
Law Symposium
Will Close
Tonight
Role Of Congress and
Courts as Federal
Umpire Discussed

A three-day symposium on con-
stitutional law was scheduled to
close at the United States Chamber
of Commerce with a session at 2:30
o'clock this afternoon and an eve
ming program at 8 O'Clock tonight.
Sponsored by the George WASH
ington University Law School and
the Federal. Bar Association. the
symposium is built around the
theme of 1.-THE New Nationalism
and the New Independence Of the
States"
A hint that the Supreme Court
may lean toward retaining its own
jurisdiction to define the power Of
Congress but yield to Congress au-
thority to define the regulatory
power Of the States was traced In a
recent dissenting opinion to q court
decision as last nights session took
up the question Of the functions of
Congress and the courts in umpir-
ing the Federal system.
John Dickinson, former Assistant
Attorney General now general so
licitor for the Pennsylvania Rail-
road, cited q dissent by Justices
Black, Frankfurter and Douglas in
case dealing with the validity of
a State tax on gasoline carried
through Arkansas in the tanks of
motor vehicles for the propulsion
OF such vehicles in interstate COM
merce. The justices said the de-
cision was not a proper one for the
courts, but for Congress.
Opinion Seen'as Demand.
The opinion, Mr.. Dickinson said,
clearly Is demand for fuller par
ticipation by Congress in the re-
sponsibility and function of Federal
umpire"
Prof. Charles s. Collier Of the Uni
versity Law School declared State
tax jurisdiction seems to depend on
the balance Of the reserved powers
of the States as guaranteed by the
10th amendment against vague con-
siderations of national interest and
the claims of private property to
immunity by virtue of the 14th
amendment.
A panel participating included
Senator Minton of Indiana, former
Assistant Attorney General Carl Nc
Farland and Robert N. Miller of the
District bar.
Today's program included ad-
dresses by Prof. Thomas Reed Powell
OF Harvard on intergovernmental
tax immunities and Warner Gard
ner. Special Assistant to the Attor-
ney General, on Can States Tax
Income from Federal Bonds and
Notes?"
Final Session Tonight.
The panel includes William C.
Walsh, attorney general of Mary
land: Paul E. Shorb of the District
bar and Oscar s. Cox, assistant to
the general counsel of the Treasury
Department.
The final session tonight will hear
former Solicitor General William L.
Frierson on the decision OF Erie
Railroad VS.. Tompkins, while Judge
Charles E. Clark of the United
States Circuit Court Of Appeals for
the second circuit will discuss pro-
cedural aspects of the new State
independence.
The panel will consist of Fowler
v. Harper of the University of In
diana and George K. Reiblich OF
the University of Maryland.
Dean w. C. Van Week of the
George Washington University Law
School was to preside this afternoon
and William N. Morell. president of
the Federal Bar Association. tonight.
Some $50 persons attended last
nights session.
Evening star., 1940-03-30
Postmaster Is Confirmed

The Senate confirmed yesterday
the nomination Of Lewis N. Glover
q postmaster ut Berryyille, Va.
Evening star., 1940-03-30
Traffic Record

The traflc record, as revealed
at police headquarters for a.
hour period ending at 8 am. to-
day:
Fatalities, none.
Accidents, n.
Motorists injured, 1.
Motorists arrested, sol.
Pedestrians injured, 5.
Pedestrians arrested for vio-
lation Of pedestrian control
regulation, ).
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-17
PLANE RAMP TO BE INSTALLED
 AT BOAT HARB0R
City Agrees 10 Tow Present Hangar from Femmer's
 Dock Location

An offer by the Alaska Air Trans port and the Marine Airways to operate public airplane ramp at he new small boat harbor was ac- cepted last night by the Juneau City Council.
 The City will move a floating hangar, ramp and float now oper- ated by the plane companies near Femmer's dock to the new loca- ton and provide access to them by gangway.
 The companies agree to provide service at the ramp to all visit ing planes. The equipment being moved measures 72 feet long by l5 feet wide and will be installed near the entrance of the harbor. It will provide facilities for two planes at time.
 For Windy Days
 Explaining the need for plane ramp at the small boat harbor, Alex Holden and Sheldon Sim mons last night said that their planes were unable to take off at present in southeasterly gales or Taku winds, but would be able to do so in the upper end of the channel because of the protection afforded by the Juneau-Douglas bridge and the harbor breakwater.
 The City has called bids on con- structing floats and a gridiron in the harbor. Bids will be opened March 1.
 Fire protection for the Waynor tract will not be provided by the City henceforth, it was decided at the meeting, as a contract calling for such protection has expired. The tract is outside the city limits.
 LicuOr Licenses
 A restaurant liquor license for Michael Bocatch and a wholesale malt license for Fruit Industries, Ltd, were approved by the Council.
 Councilmen took under advise ment request of Mt. Juneau Lodge, F. and A. M, for designation of an additional tract at the cemetery as a Masonic plot.
 A street line at Ferry Way and South Seward was established.
 Voting precincts were established the same as they were a year ago.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-17
NORTHLAND LINE OFFERS 10 RENT
 CITY DOCK HERE
Would Pay City $500 Per Month = Council 10
 Study Proposal

A proposal from the Northland Transportation Company for leas- ing of the City Dock was discussed briefly by Councilmen at last nights City Council session
 The firms offer is to pay $500 per month rent for use and full supervision of the dock, with the City to pay for fire insurance ana to bear the entire cost of main tenance of the dock and build ings.
 The dock would remain available to all vessels as a public dock, under terms of the proposed agree ment. but the Northland Company would have priority for the land ing and loading Of it's own vessels.
 The wharf would be conducted by the Northland Transportation Company with it's own employees and all earnings and fees would go to the firm. During the five year life of the agreement, the Northland Company would agree not to increase dock rates with out the sanction of the City Coun- cil.
 The offer was made in writing by R E. Robertson, Northland at torney. It was taken under advise ment by the Council
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-17
INCORPORATING
 MINING CONCERN

A. B. Cunningham, Tacoma att torney, has been in Juneau for the past few days at the Hotel Juneau, arranging legal matters in connec- tion with the incorporation of AL aska Placer Lakes, a mine develop mept project at Windham Bay.
 Cunningham said incorporation will be for S250000 and that fur ther development work to determ- inc the precise nature of operations will be carried on next summer.
 The corporation holds ground in the Shuck River district where three lake basins have constituted gravel traps believed to run con- sctant tenor of low gold values. Sluicing will be started this sum- mer.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-17
INk0METER DEVELOPED;
 IS WONDER
By HOWARD w. BLAKESLEE
 AP Science Editor

CINCINNATI, O., Feb. 17.-Since the birth of the printing press, in 1471, the quality of ink has been tested with the human finger tip
 The finger-tip test possibly goes back even to the time when the Chinese originated printing with blocks.
 Now machine has replaced this, one of the oldest of human skills. The new device is the ink ometer developed by Prof Robert F. Reed, research director of the institute of scientific research. Uni versity of Cincinnati
 For good printing, two qualities are required of ink. One is called tack. It means stickiness or CO., heSiveness. If tack is too great, money is wasted on the extra power required to turn the ink distributing rollers Or the ink may peel or injure the surface of the printed paper.
 The other quality is length. This is the capability of the ink for drawing into long threads. Experts guessed both by the gentle pull felt on the finger tip withdrawn from a touch of ink.
 The new inkometer is a pair of rollers, their surfaces linked, rotat- ing with faces in contact. One roller is fixed. The other is free to lean bit under pull of the ink. A pendulum attached to this free roller measures exactly the pull of the ink
 It is claimed that the machine is not only better than the finger test, but that it can do what no finger ever could, namely, measure tack and length of ink while being squeezed between moving rollers. This is important, since speed may change the qualities.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-17
NOT GUILN,SAY
 FOUR INDICTED
 BY GRAND JURY

Four p.eSA Of not guilty were en- tered in District Court yesterday afternoon by prisoners indicted by the Grand Jury.
 Those pleading were William AL bert Clayton Dent, charged with rape, burglary and assault with intent to rape; Raymond s. Cor man, charged with contributing to the delinquency of minors; John Adams, charged with possession and sale of narcotics; and Adams, on a separate charge of selling intoxi- eating liquor without license.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-17
SENTENCES FOR FIVE D0LED OUT
 IkC0URT TODAY
Four Years Apiece for Two Indicted on Morals
 Counts

Sentences totaling ten years ano nine months were imposed in Dis trict Court today by Judge George F. Alexander on prisoners who pleaded guilty after being indicted by the Grand Jury.
 William James was sentenced to one year and one day on one count of contributing to the de- linquency of a minor, one year and one day on a second count, the two to run concurrently, and three years on third count, total of four years in all.
 Richard Trask was sentenced to two years for assault with intent to rape, two years for contribut- ing to the delinquency of minor, the terms to run consecutively for a total of four years.
 Edward B. Haynes received a sentence of two years and six months for larceny in a boat.
 Mark Williams was sentenced to
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-17
FOUR SECRET
 INDICTMENTS
 MADE TO-DAY
Evelyn Misoff Is Charged with Prosfifuting
 Daughter

Five indictments, all but one of them secret, were returned by the Grand Jury this morning. It is believed the body has just about concluded it's deliberations d probably will adjourn Monday.
 Evelyn Misoff of Juneau was in- dicted today on five counts of feloniously inducing. her daughter Inez. a minor, to live life of prostitution, of accepting the earn ings of a prostitute and of con- tributing to the delinquency of a minor.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-17
ALASKA HAS 361 N0TARIES;; MOST
 INFIRST DIVISION

Alaska has 361 Notaries Public, according to a compilation made by the office of the Secretary of Alaska.
 The First Division, with 122, has the most, followed by the Third and Fourth, tied at 103 each, and the Second with 33
 Juneau has 59, more notaries than any other city in Alaska. Fairbanks has 55, Ketchikan 29, Anchorage 28, Nome 23 and Seward 13
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-17
194O Autos Arrive
 For Two Juneauiies

Dr. w. M Whitehead is sporting a new Dodge deluxe sedan today, purchased through the McCaul Motor Co., The 1940 model is in an admiral blue shade and features all of the latest accessories
 Another car was purchased by Harry Bracken. The 1940 Plymouth is designed in amphibian green and is a deluxe model.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-17
TRINITY PARISH MEET
 CALLED TO DISCUSS
 NEW PROJECT HERE

A Parish meeting will be held Wednesday evening at Trinity Ca thedral to discuss plans for a new Parish Hall All members of the church. and those interested in the project, are requested to be pres ent at 8 o'clock.
 Following the business meeting thtere will be a social hour enjoyed with refreshments being served by the Guild.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-17
KRAUSE vS. (0VI(H DAMAGE TRIAL IS
 SET FOR APRIL 8

Suit of Edmund J. Krause, can didate for Mayor last year, againsi John L. Covich, Secretary -Treasur- CT of the Juneau Mine, Mill ano Shelter Workers Union, has beer set for trial April 8.
 Krause is seeking to recover dam- ages for Covich's having written letters to Bristol Bay union off, ficials alleg edly "blackballing Krause and preventing his ob- taining work in the fisheries there.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-17
FINE BAS-RELIEF
 OF SEWARD GIVEN
 GEORGE 4. PARKS

A large, old and striking bas- relief of Secretary of State William H. Seward, who bought Alaska, has been received by Former Governor George A. Parks from the estate of a friend who died recently in Denver.
 The plaster profile, contained in an oval frame. is an original work, signed w. Robinson, Sculptor, Au- burn
 Parks plans to hang it in his District Cadastral Engineer office in the Federal Building.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-17
Bingo Party Held
 By Ladies' Aux

About 35 individuals attended last nights bingo party given by the Juneau Ladies Auxiliary in Union Hall after their regular business meeting. l High honors were won by Mrs. Vesta Hertzig, and low by Mrs. Will ma Schmitz
 Refreshments were served at a late hour and arrangements were in charge of Mrs Lola Hill.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-17
THREE DIV0RCES
 GRANTED;F0URTH
 CASE K DISMISSED

Divorces have been granted in District Court to Harry J. Whit ten from Frances Marie Whitten to Nellie Shorty from John Shorty and to Howard w Moebus from Margaret Moebus.
 A divorce suit filed by Ernest w HilTman against Alice Hillman was dismissed today on plaintiffs mo- tion.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-17
BILLIARD RETURNS
 FROM PETERSBURG

Deputy Collector of Customs J. J. Hillard returned on the steamer Taku today from Petersburg, where he had been on temporary duty. Hillard will now be assigned to the Juneau office.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-17
Local 2685 Meets
 Thursday Night

On February 9, at the Union Hall there will be an important meeting of the Juneau Sawmill and Timberworkers Union Local 2685. The session is called for 8 o'clock and all members are urged to at tend
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-17
HARD WORK PAYS
 FOR NEv. MINER

WINNEMUCCA, New, Feb IT. Three years of hard work on 600-foot mining tunnel eventually paid Jack Cahill for his labor. lie has encountered a rich vein of quicksilver and has $18,000 worth of ore on the dump awaiting treat ment
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-17
COURT HANDS DOWN
 THREE JUDGMENTS

Default judgments were obtained in District Court today by Mary M. Monagle against Hamilton Gib- son, by Charles Waynor against Owen Flynn, and by Charles Way nor against the Alaska Radio and Service Company.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-17
California Women for
 Roosevelt

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Feb. IT, The California Federation of Demo- cratic Women's Clubs is on record with an unanimous endorsement of President Roosevelt as a candidate for third term.
 The endorsement was carried at the state convention of the federa- tion accompanied by cheering and applause It was introduced by the Long Beach delegation.
 1rlatN frn al
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-17

i three months and $500 fins for assault with dangerous weapon.
 A suspended sentence of three years was imposed on Peter Cher noff for burglary.