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Evening star., 1940-03-01
Band Concert

BY the United States Army Band
in the Army Band Auditorium to-
morrow morning at 1880. Capt.
Thomas F. Darcy. leader; Karl
Hubner( assistant leader.
Program.
March National Defense Becker
Potpourri, "reminiscences Of
Wales" -- Godfrey
-Cornet trio, Three Solitaires,"
Herbert
Musicians, John Kahler, Charles
Barnes and Victor Christensen,
Soloists.
Rhythm classic, "Counterpoint q h
Mode" Singer N Carr
Characteristic, Lady Of Spain,"
Evans
Waltz, Jolly Girls" -volistedt
March, "Flytng With the Colors,"
Green
"The Star spepgled Banner"
Evening star., 1940-03-01
Subcommittee to Decide Fate
OF Liquor Inquiry Monday
Eberhorter to Seek Decision
After Dispute With Shofer

be unfair" to close the investiga-
ton without giving members of the
A. B. c. Board an opportunity to
answer the criticism Of them during
the hearings.
With respect to Mr.. Shafer's
charge at the hearing yesterday
that IAN influential Maryland Con-
gresham" had inspired the inves-
tigation because he was interested
in the case of Leo j. Rossiter. Mr.
Kennedy said he would have a
statement to make after he reads
the official transcript of the record.
Rossiter License Renewed.
(Mr. Rossiter, proprietor Of
restaurant on Georgia avenue,
recently had his license to sell
liquor by the drink renewed after
it had first been refused by the
A. B. C. Board)
Il don't believe this subcommittee
should be used as sounding board
for certain politicians who want 10
control the A. B. G. Board. de-
clared Mr.. Shafer.
Mr.. Kennedy said he had brought
no pressure" on the board and had
made no request to it, with respect
to the Rossiter case.
Il know Mr.. Rossiter and his
brother in Baltimore, who operates
seafood restaurant there" he de-
clared, "but my only idea In pro-
posing this liquor investigation was
to see if changes in the law should
be made and whether the A. B. c.
Board had been fair in its actions.
Il didn't hope to get Mr.. Rossiter's
license back after it had been turned
down."
Public hearings Of the subcom-
mittee came to an abrupt close late
yesterday shortly after Ernest F.
Henry. an attorney and a member
of the Petworth Citizens Asso-
citation, charged that members of
Congress had "meddled' into cases
before the A. B. c. Board and also
had brought undue pressure" upon
the board. He declared congress
sional pressure had put the board
ION the spot"
Congress originally enacted into
law what is described as an Ideal
system for control of liquor in the
District, Mr.. Henry said, but the
District Commissioners, despite re-
peated requests, have failed to pro-
mulgate regulations designed to
carry out several important parts
Of the ideal system.
This lack of appropriate regu-
lations under the present act and
the occasional pressure of men,
bers of Congress has made mock
cry of protest hearings before the
A. B. c. Board" he declared.
Dale Crowley, executive secretary
of the United Dry Forces of the
District, told the subcommittee the
ultimate" goal of his organiza-
ton is the return of prohibition to
Washington.
He complained that under the
present liquor control system there
has been an appalling increase
IN drunkenness and so per cent
increase in arrests of women for
intoxication in the last six years
"It is our conviction that a
liquor license system that pro-
duces such a record In degradation
of womanhood should be changed,
he said.
Mr. Crowley also made a number
Of recommendations These included
a ban on radio and newspaper adj
vertising of liquor.
Evening star., 1940-03-01
Changes 10 Aid Needy
Urged in Procedure
Of Municipal Court
Poor Litigonts Would Be
Told If Their Salaries
Couldn't Be Attached

Changes in Municipal Court pro-
cedure. designed to tighten the prob
lens of poor litigants. were recon-
mended for adoption in all branches
Of that tribunal following a con-
ference yesterday afternoon of court
judges and members of a subcom-
mittee of the District Bar Associa-
ton.
These changes were recommended: !:
l. Judges must inquire into the
financial condition of the litigant
against whom judgment has been
entered in order to notify him
whether he is exempted by law from
having his salary attached. Under
present regulations a defendant who
can claim exemption must notify
the court formally. However, many
INDECENT defendants are not aware
of their right to this claim.
2. Approval of the court must be
obtained before any additional at
taehments can be levied upon a de-
fendant. thus preventing creditors
from harassing debtors.
8. When there is more than one
attachment against any Itigant, it
shall be the duty of the CLERK to
submit the file in the case to the
judge who will determine if any
unnecessary costs have been in
Cured.
4. Employers cannot be compelled
to submit to oral examination con-
corning the financial condition of
their employees who have had judg-
ments entered against them except
upon approval by the court.
Other minor changes were also
recommended.
Similar reforms were approved and
incorporated into the Small Claims
and Cancellation Court when it was
created by Congress nearly two years
ago. conference spokesmen said.
The meeting, called at the request
of the bar associations subcommit-
tee investigating sales collection
practices of local finance and in
stallment firms, advocated extension
of these changes into all divisions
of the court. George D. Horning,
jr., is chairman of the subcommittee
The Small Claims branch has
jurisdiction in all suits up to $50
while other divisions handle cases
up to $1,000.
Evening star., 1940-03-01
Cherry Blossom
Festival Dates SET
As April 5 and 6
Program to Include
Water Pageant, CIossicoI
Dancing and Fireworks

While still awaiting definite word
from the National Capital Parks
Office on the approximate date the
cherry blossoms are expected to
bloom, the 1910 Cherry Blossom Fes-
tival Committee went forward today
with tentative plans to stage the
affair on Friday and Saturday,
April and 6.
A representative of the parks
Office told the committee yesterday
he would be able to give a definite
date for the blossoming about March
Is. In past years, the trees usually
have been in full bloom by April S.
and the committee is preceding on
the theory that this year will be no
exception. % -.
IncludaG Water Pageant. ~. ~
Present plans for the two-day fete
include presentation of light opera,
a water pageant In the Tidal Basin,
dances under the cherry trees and
fireworks. The festival queen, Misa
Rose Colliflower. will be crowned on
the opening night. The entire pro-
gram. with the exception of the cor
onation ceremony, will be presented
both nights.
r. Aubrey Bogley, chairman Of
the Night Pageant Subcommittee,
has made arrangements with Miss
Ethyl Manning, director of the Co
lumbia Light Opera Company Of
Washington to present a stream
lined" version of Gilbert and Sulli.
vans "Pinafore." A stage will be
INSTRUCTED near the edge of the
Tidal Basin boathouse and directly
across from the Thomas Jefferson
Memorial.
Preceding the operatic presenta-
ton, the Evelyn Davis dancers will
perform. The water pageant will
feature a formation of brightly
colored canoes and other craft
which will be arranged by the Life
Saving Division of the American
Red Cross. The show will get under
way each night about Z o'clock.
Military Display in Prospect.
Since the Army Day parade !.
scheduled for the afternoon Of Apri
6, the Festival Committee Is trying
to arrange to have a portion of the
parade pass by the cherry trees. 1r
the event the festival is postponed
because Of the absence of the bios.
SONS. military exhibition also may
be added to the program.
| The committee has appointed
Brig. Gen. Albert L. Cox, comman.
dant of the District National Guard
as chairman of the Music Com.
| mittee.
The festival is sponsored by the
Board of Trade and its Greater Ma.
tional Capital Committee; the Hote
Mems Association. Restaurant Men.
Association and the Merchants &
Manufacturers Association.
Evening star., 1940-03-01
BY JAMES e. CHINN.

Fate of the investigation Of the
liquor situation in Washington by
special subcommittee of the House
District Committee hung in the bal
ance today.
Chairman Eberharter, Democrat,
Of Pennsylvania plans to hold an
executive meeting of the subcom-
mittee Monday to decide whether
the inquiry should be abandoned.
A dispute between Representative
Eberharter and Representative
Shafer, Republican, of Michigan, one
of the subcommittee members, over
the authorized scope of the investi-
CATION is the cause of the present
indecision.
Mr.. Eberharter contends the sub
committee has broad and unlimit-
ed" power to inquire into all phases
Of the liquor situation. Mr.. Shafer,
however, said the investigation was
ordered primarily to- inquire into
two particular cases and since those
cases have been settled the sub
committee has no authority to pro-
coed further. -
Committee Decision Sought.
Mr.. Eberharter intends to ask his
subcommittee to appeal to the House
District Committee for a final deci-
sion.
Meantime. however. Representa- a.
tive Kennedy. Democrat, of Mary
land, who made the motion to
create special subcommittee to
conduct the liquor investigation
said he did not intend that the in
quiry be confined to two cases that
had been considered by the Alcoholic
Beverage Control Board.
MY idea was for the subcommlt-
tee to investigate the whole liquor
setup IN Washington" he declared
The liquor law is old enough now
to show its weak spots. 1 intended
for the subcommittee to find these
weak spots and recommend the
changes necessary in the law to cor
rect them"
Mr.. Shafer, however, insisted the
subcommittee had gone beyond its
jurisdiction" and said he would
have nothing more to do with the
investigation unless the House pro-
videS money out of its contingent
fund to employ lawyers and investi-
gators to conduct the inquiry in q
proper way. He also declared the
investigation should not be con.
Quoted by members of the District
Committee but by a select com.
mittee appointed by the Speaker.
Would Avoid Pressure"
Il don't want to stand in the way
OF a thorough investigation of the
liquor situation here said Mr.
Shafer, "but I believe the investi.
eating committee should be giver
some authority and should be com.
posed OF members not susceptible
to the pressure groups here ir
Washington.
"A lot of improvements are needed
In the liquor code and I will de
my part to bring them about.
am satisfied there are too many
stores here selling liquor by thu
bottle. In fact, I think the whole
liquor code should be rewritten. Bul
it should not be done by the Dis.
trict Committee"
Mr.. Eberharter said that although
he did not agree with Mr., Shafer'.
point that his group had exceeded
its authority, he wanted the full
District Committee to settle the is.
sue. He said he thought it woulc
Evening star., 1940-03-01
Senator Mead Discusses
Hospitul Loon Bill

Senator James Mead of New York
last night discussed his bill to loan
$500, ,000. 900 to hospitals through the
country before meeting of the
Washington Chapter of Federal
Architects. Sngineers, Chemists and
Technicians in the Interior Depart
ment Auditorium.
Other speakers were Lewis A..
Berne, international president, F. A.
E. G. T., and G. D. Fowler Of the
G. I. O., with which the organizes
ton Is af1iliated. Alexander Knowl.
ton, president Of the Washington
Chapter. presided.
Evening star., 1940-03-01
900 Howard Alumni
To Hear Wallace Talk

Howard University officials esti-
mated some 10000 alumni all over
the country will hear the charter
day address of Secretary Of Agricul-
ture Henry A. Wallace to be broad
cast from the university gymnasium
at 1880 tomorrow by the National
Broadcasting Co.
The broadcast will feature the
charter day dinner at which spokes-
men of the various alumni classes
will speak.
Morning ceremonies at 1890 am.
in the chapel will feature addresses
by Prof. E. Franklin Frazier of the
faculty and H. s. Howard, son of
Gen. o. o. Howard, one Of the
founders of the university.
Evening star., 1940-03-01
commission had disreearded zonine

commission had disregarded zoning
regulations as to establishment of oil
service stations in first commercial
zones. The commission replied that
its order contained no provision for
an oil service station, and that there
is one on the property which already
had been zoned commercial.
The petition also had alleged that
false" testimony of material ma
ture had been given at the first hear
ing which could have been refuted II
a new hearing was granted. The
commission replied that the nature
of the false" testimony was not
stated and that the material facts
in the case, the physical conditions
and the use to which the property
was to be put, were known to the
commiSSic7. ~
Evening star., 1940-03-01
Red Cross Dispatches
Garments for Refugees

The District of Columbia Chapter
Of the American Red Cross has just
dispatched six packing cases-con-
tanning 1890 knitted and woolen
Rarments-for distribution among
war refugees in Poland and Finland.
The shipment consists of sweaters,
mittens, woolen caps, dresses, fan
mel shirts, corduroy suits and hos
pital garments-all made here by
volunteers. The local chapter has
accepted an initial quota of 10,704
garments for 1940
Evening star., 1940-03-01
Traffic Record

The traffic record as revealed
at police headquarters for a.
hour period ending 8 am.
today:
Fatalities, none.
Accidents, 10.
Motorists injured, 6. s,-
Motorists arrested, 413. !.
Pedestrians injured, 3.
Pedestrians arrested for vio-
lation Of pedestrian control
regulations, 10.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-05-02

sewn together with double carpet
thread and she keeps the work
fiat on the table all the time she
is sewing. For this rug, the cen
ter row is Is inches long. Sew
around and around this, using the
colors indicated. When the oval
is 81 inches long and is inches
wide, divide it evenly around the
edge with pins about five inches
apart. Now, sew a row around
with a Pinch loop at each pin. Sew
the next three rows around these
loops easing the braiding in just
enough to keep the work flat.
NOTE: "The Rug That Grew
Up With the Family is another
interesting making idea. Di-
rections are in Mrs. Spears Book
3, which also tells how to make
spool shelves; streamlining an old
style bed; and many other useful
ideas. Write Mrs. Spears today,
enclosing 10 cents in coin and book
No. 3 will be sent to you by re-
turn mail.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-05-02
GEN e RAJ
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AIR POLITICS

Up to IS months ago, the chief
beef of this column was the appau-
ing series of commercial airplane
accidents and the sloppy work and
unsatisfactory reports of the bureau
of the department of commerce in
charge. Under the former secretary
it was political pot house and the
influence of big aviation interests
was not conspicuous by its absence.
Then, after four years effort, Sen
ator McCarran got his bill through
setting up the Civil Aeronautics au-
thority as an independent non-parti-
san agency. It separated executive
function from judicial and legisla-
tive ones, put the former in the
hands of an administrator, set up
an independent safety board to plug
up the CHASTITY gap in the department
tai administration. The authority
was promptly manned with compe-
tent experts.
This column hasn't seen anything
to kick about for more than year
in which about $4,000, 900 passen
ger miles were flown without a
death-an unprecedented safety rec
ord. CAA is not entitled to all the
credit, but it rates its share. 1t is
now proposed, under the reorgani-
cation act, to abolish the safety
board and reduce the authority to
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-05-02
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FARM MORTGAGES.

Baldish Ed O'Neal, president of
the American Farm Bureau fedora
ton, has let the cat out of the bag
on the real reason for his opposition
to the holly debated reorganization
of the farm credit administration
1t came out during a man-to-man
talk with Secretary Henry Wallace.
O'Neal is one of the loudest crit
les of Wallace's sweeping reforms,
which are aimed at stopping the
alarming increase of FCA foreclo.
sures. O'Neal fought the appoint
ment of A. G. Black, strong New
Dealer, as new head of the agency,
and explains that Wa1lace's policies
will result in "loose and unsound"
credit. But in his private talk with
Wallace, O'Neal gave an entirely
different reason.
ed" said Wallace, ''you can't
get me to believe that you are sin.
cerely opposed to liberalization OF
the FCA. You know as well as ]
do that it was absolutely necessary.
We simply had to do something to
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-05-02

old status as bureau of the de-
partment Of commerce-right back
where we started from.
Many in congress, the CONNER
cial air pilots and informed air trav-
elers are up in arms against this
shocking proposal, but the big avia-
ton interests are not saying word.
They prefer King Log to King Stork
and King Sugar Papa most of all.
The dope is that the change will 60
through if they do not oppose it. 1t
is doubtful if they will, but the air
travelling public ought to join the
air pilots in forceful opposition.
These are the people whose hides
are endangered.
There are only two apparent rea-
sons for wrecking a unit that was
working so well to 60 back to a sys-
tenn that wasn't. One is politics
and the other is amateur professori-
al piddling with an organization
chart in the rarefied academic at
mosphere of the Brownlow commits
tee. Neither is good enough. Poll
tics is what we don't want here. The
best reorganization chart in the
world is no good without the right
men In the proper places with un-
hamperea opportunity to do their
stuff.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-05-02

stop those farm foreclosures. AS
the representative of many desti-
tute farmers in the South and West,
how can you consistently protest
against this relief for them?''
''Wel, Mr.. Secretary" replied
O'Neal with grin, 81 was forced
to oppose you. You see, several
hundred of my members have good
jobs in the FCA, and they were
afraid they would be fred in the re-
organization. This man Black has
them scared. He's tough guy. :"
Note-The New York Farm bu-
reau, strongest state unit in O'Neaps
organization, threatened to with
draw if he didn't support the Gil
lette bill to take the FCA out of
Wallace's control and, restore the
old "pound of flesh" mortgage poll
cies which previously prevailed.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-05-02
American Royalty.

Jay Newlin is worker on Secre-
1tary Henry Wallace's Pioneer-Hi-
Bred farm near Grimes, Iowa, and
when Grand Duke Otto Won Haps-
burg visited the place recently,
Newlin acted as his guide. After
wards friends asked Newlin what
he thought of the royal GUEST, who
had been visiting at the farm.
ooh, l guess he's a nice young
fellow" said Newlin, "but the only
royalty that cuts any ice with me
is, in cattle and corn"
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-05-02

ABOVE: In the second
half Of their first year, stu
dents attend lectures on
medical and surgical mrs.
ing, also working five hours
a day in the wards. LEFT:
Typical instruction. Stu
dents are taught the differ
ent methods Of massage
by actual demonstration.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-05-02
Nurses Get Rigorous Training
In Hospitals Throughout y. S.

NEW YORK CITY.-National Hospital day. May H. ,ou find
vsg local hospitals Guiding the work
of these institutions trained the
of u health At Mt Sinai hos
pa typical nursing school, whose ,cork pictured be-
o Mt Sinai has 235 student o must haze completed
high good be betoeen 10 and 30
years good health and suitable personality In three they
completed 5000 hours of practical training and
UorE in the and laboratory
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-05-02
MEDICAL ADVANCEMENT.

If the astonishing developments in
medicine continue at their recent
rate, many will have to be shot on
Judgment day.
There is a professional prejudice
against laymen discussing these de-
velopments. The most cruel decep-
tons have resulted from ignorant
ballyhoo of quack cures. The medi-
cal profession has suffered so much
on the rebound that any popular
publicity touches it's most sensitive
spots.
Recent developments are marvel
ous-the control of many types of
pneumonia and one of the most stub
born social diseases by sulfapyri-
dine-the still experimental five-day
cure for syphillis-the checking of
the anaemia of old age-these are
but an acceleration of the improve
ment in four decades which saw the
conquest of typhoid, typhus, yellow
fever and several tropical diseases.
Surgery does not lag. In a re-
cent minor siege with it myself,
ran across professional paper of
which co-author with navy sur
geon is one of our most distinguished
army medicos. The service group
has Jagged behind none in it's con-
tribution to this revolution which is
revising the mortality tables by
amazingly extending the years of
our lives. Reed, Gorgas,. Keller,
Grayson, Metcalf, Magee, Mcintyre
they are the peers of any.
The thing in this paper that would
astonish anybody and which I my
self have seen and felt is the ire
mendous advance in anaesthesia
(another mystic word) and battle
field surgery since soldiers in battle
have had to have their shattered
legs cut off with no more surcease
than a horn of hootch. Anaesthesia
means eliminating or dulling pain
under the knife. This art has so far
advanced that, under competent
surgeon, would have little appre-
hension of either danger or pain un-
der any ordinary operation.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-05-02
Braided Rug With
Scalloped Border.
By RUTH WYETH SPEARS

ONE day a snapshot came from
~ a reader showing a half dozen
braided rag rugs spread out on the
grass. No two were alike. I
thought this one with a scalloped
border was particularly interest
ing and the maker wrote me that
the scallops do stay flat on the
floor.
She uses wool rags and fire.
quently dyes them the colors she
wants. She cuts or tears them
into strips an inch or more wide,
according to the weight of the
material and then braids them
tightly. The braided strips are
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-05-02
Passport Fingerprints.

The war in Europe has put a band
age on the thumb of a certain state
department official in Washington
Twenty times a day he removes
the bandage and uses that valuable
thumb in the departments official
business.
James E. McKenna, of, the pass
port division, validates every pass
port issued for travel to Europe by
pressing his right thumb on an ink
pad, then stamping the fingerprint in
two places on the passport-one
print on the picture of the appli-
cant, and one on the facing page.
His fingerprint is on file in every
U. S. consulate abroad, and through
it U. S. consuls can establish the
validity of every passport.
The application must first be
passed upon by the division chief,
Mrs. Ruth B. Shipley, but Mrs. Ship
ley, who is a neat and comely young
widow, prefers not to press her fin
ger on the ink pads.
To insure a clear print on every
passport, McKenna keeps the thumb
protected with rubber bandage.
He removes it only when there is
imperative necessity" 'f
This is the phrase governing is
suance of passports to Europe. Since
the war began, Americans have
been forbidden to travel to Europe
for any ordinary purposes. Pass
ports we're called in, and are not re-
issued unless Mrs. Shipley gives the
nod of approval and Mr.. McKenna
gives the stamp.
It was not a nod but a negative
shake of the head which Mrs. Ship
ley gave to an American dowager
recently who wanted to go to
France. The woman had lived in
France, and had cabled servants to
ship her belongings to this country.
So she came to the state depart
ment and requested a passport to
France, for the imperative neces-
sity'' Of bringing back her pet dog.
The passport was not approved and
Mr.. McKenna did not remove the
bandage from his thumb.