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Evening star., 1940-03-25
Stores May Hire
0ptometrists,
Court'Ru|e
Appeals Bench Says
Practice Differs
From Medicine

Holding the practice Of optometry
lacks the confidential relationship
OF doctor and patient, the United
States Court of Appeals today up
held District Court finding that
department store is entitled to
engage in this activity. Chief Jus
tice D. Lawrence Groner wrote the
opinion, affirming the right of Lans-
burgh g. Bro. and the Buhl Optical
Co. to engaged in the practice Of
optometry.
Two licensed and registered op-
tometrists brought suit in District
Court asking an injunction to re-
strain the two concerns from en-
gaging in this practice here. Dis
trict Court dismissed the suit and
the optometrists appealed
"No Relation of Trust"
Chief Justice Groner, who heard
the case with Associate Justices
Henry w. Edgerton and Wiley Rut-
ledge, wrote in his opinion today
that relationship of trust and
confidence is lacking under these
circumstances and so:
In this view, we may very we'll
concede that optometry is a pro-
fession, as that term is now COL
loquially used. but that fact is not
enough to bring the rule into effect.
There is no more reason to prohibit
a corporation, organized for the pu-
pose, from employing licensed op-
tometrists than there is to prohibit
similar employment of accountants,
architects or engineers. We know
OF no instance in which the right
in any Of those cases has ever been
challenged, though universally all
are deemed professions.
I'VE find nothing In the statutes
to indicate tn Congress intended
to prohibit corporations from en-
ploying licensed optometrists. Its
primary purpose was to insure that
the service would be rendered by
competent and licensed persons and
thereby to protec4 the public from
inexpertness. That purpose may be
fully accomplished. though the per-
son rendering the service is en-
plcyed by corporation"
Differs From Medicine.
Representing the corporations in
this case were Attorneys Simon
Lyon. R. B. H. Lyon, Richard Z.
Lyon, Washingtonians. and Robert
Rosenberg of Harrisburg, Pa.
The court recalled that in the
recent case of the United States vs.
the American Medical Association
it pointed out that the practice of
medicine here might not be sub
jected to commercialism and exploit
tation, but ruled that this finding
does not apply to optometry.
She Optometry Licensing Act of
1924. the court said. neither requires
nor contemplates that an optometrist
shall be graduate physician. or
that he shall. like an oculist, dag
nose, or treat diseases of the eye"
Evening star., 1940-03-25
c. !. 0. RoIIy Delayed
By Old School RuIina

Due to an old ruling of the Board
OF Education prohibiting public
meetings in school buildings during
holidays, Congress of Industrial
Organizations rally, which was to
have been held in the auditorium of
Central High School next Thursday
has been postponed to April 10, it
was announced by Craig Vincent,
secretary Of the Washington indus
trial Union Council.
Evening star., 1940-03-25
Six-Point Economy
Program Is Pushed
In Montgomery
Distribution Of 1000
Petitions Begun by
Citizens Committee

A six-point program to effect
economies in the Montgomery
County budget was being circulated
throughout the county today asking
support of the Citizens Emergency
Committee headed by Washington
I. Cleveland.
Formed last week at a meeting
Of. the Montgomery County Tax
payers Association, the ouEomittee
began distribution OF LOCO, petitions
asking indorsment of the program
which proposes:
To establish a policy Of no net
increase in the county's outstand-
ing Indebtedness: paying off ma
turing Indebtedness in full as is
sues of bonds or certificates of in
debtedness fall due; rigid econ
omies; policy of public hearings on
budgets for the county and special
taxing areas: reduction in the tax
rates Of the special taxing areas. and
placing the county on a pay-as-
you-go basis.
Mr. Cleveland said an open meet
ing is being planned for either
Thursday or Friday night at which
the county commissioners will be
present to discuss the budget with
individuals or groups from various
sections Of the county. The definite
date Of the meeting will be an
nounced tomorrow, he said.
Increased Assessment Cited.
with the increased assessment of
about S28. .000, 900. announced yester-
day by the commissioners, the asso-
citation believes. county finances can
be put in order" Mr.. Cleveland said.
"The increased revenue of more
than $400, 900. plus the institution OF
rigid economies, will, in the opinion
of officials of the association, 60 a
long way toward paying all interest
and all maturing bonds during the
coming year.
(The $4,000 increase is CAL
culated on a continuation of the
present SIS tax rate. The three
Democratic members of the
board have announced that the
rate would not be changed)
"The purpose of the Emergency
Committee is to act now on a long
range program of economy and debt
reduction, and the committee will do
all in its power to assist the commits
sioners in attaining the ends sought
In the taxpayers association peti-
ton"
Committee Personnel.
On the committee with Mr.. Cleve-
land are william j. Duiker, w. s.
Daley, r. 8. Rata, George D. Brab-
son, Charles E. Parsons and Steple-
ton Zeutius.
Mr.. Cleveland said the committee
had arranged for the distribution of
handbills and holding the open
meeting.
The county board was to meet at
2 pm. today to hold its first discus
sion of the budget which has been
prepared from estimates submitted
by department heads. Board Presi-
dent Thomas E. Hampton last week
announced the net increase over last
years budget would be about $49, 900.
Evening star., 1940-03-25

Edward Arnold, robust, some
times bad man" screen actor, came
to voteless Washington today in be-
half OF a proposed National Citi-
zenship Recognition Day.
Accompanied by Ben Neal, presi-
dent of the II Am an American"
Panegyric Foundation, Mr.. Arnold
was to appear before the Senate
Judiciary Committee in an effort
to have June IL designated annually
for national realization of the
rights, benefits and obligations Of
American citizenship"
Objectives of the foundation, Mr.
Arnold said, are to formally induct
the some 2,500.000 persons who come
to age each year into the full estate
Of citizenship and to re-awaken
Evening star., 1940-03-25

older citizens to an appreciation
of what citizenship means.
Once a National Citizenship Rec
ognition Day is fixed, Mr.. Arnold
declared, a national committee will
aid local groups in planning ap-
propriate ceremonies.
Fifteen thousand young citizens
attended the first California pane
gyric in Hollywood Bowl last June
IL, Mr.. Arnold pointed out, and the
program was broadcast on a Nation
wide radio hookup.
The foundation, according to Mr..
Neal, is sponsored by 80 civic, re-
ligious and patriotic organizations.
1t represents both major political
parties and is not partisan and is
non-sectarian in character.
Mr.. Arnold said that he expected
to be here most Of the week.
Evening star., 1940-03-25
? Gents a Mile
Railway Fares
Go in Effect

Eastern railroads reduced their
one-way coach fares from 2h cents
to 2 cents q mile at midnight, in
accordance With an order Of the In
terstate Commerce Commission.
Round-trip fares will range as low
as Ia cents, the exact rate being
determined by q sliding scale &C
cording to distance travelled.
Major bus lines will put sharp
reductions into effect on longer runs
which meet competition from the
railroads.
The railroads will retain their s.
cent-a-mile Pullman rate.
Evening star., 1940-03-25

Maryland and Virginia State
police today were investigating two
Easter trafnc accidents in which
one Baltimore colored man was
killed near Savage, Md, and a
Washingtonian was critically in
jured near Lynchburg, Va.
Chester E. Beard, %, of 1862 Co.
lumbia road NV. was in a Lynch
burg hospital suffering from in
juries received when the car op-
Grated, police said, by William Har-
vey, 200 Massachusetts, avenue NV,
in which Mr.. Beard was passenger
was wrecked near there.
Mr.. Beard, a clerk in a drug store
at Columbia road and Fourteenth
street NV, was making a surprise
visit to the home of his wife, Mrs
Clarice Beard, in Vinton, Va, when
the accident occurred. Mr.. Harvey
was not seriously injured, but Mr..
Beard was still unconscious early
today, according to Mrs. Eta Brooks,
who conducts the apartment house
where the Boards live. Mrs. Beard
had left Friday with their l8-
month-old son, Joseph Paul, for
Vinton, and her husband intended
to spend the day there.
Otis Copeland, 80, colored, of Bal
timore. was instantly killed last
night when he crossed the Balti-
more pike near Savage. Nd, and
was struck by two machines, one
operated by Robert Beatty Of Glen
dale, Nd, and the other by William
Short OF Savage, according to re-
ports by Maryland State Police.
Mr.. Copeland's car had broken
down and he was crossing the heav-
lily travelled highway to obtain as
sistance, police reported.
Elmer Hill. %, Of 1925 I street
Sc, was in Casualty Hospital today
with severe head cuts received in
an accident near Silver Hill, Nd,
early yesterday.
William Gross. 81, Seat Pleasant,
Nd, was also under treatment at
the same hospital for injuries re-
ceived in a crash near Seat Pleas
ant.
Louis G. Schmidt, 81, Capitol
Heights, Nd, was In Casualty with
injuries received when the auto
mobile he was driving struck a pole
on Benning road near Minnesota
avenue NE. yesterday.
Evening star., 1940-03-25
$4,000 D. c. Cars
Still Have Tags
Expiring Sunday

Now that the income tax deadline
has come and gone, there's another
facing Washingtonians-it's only
five days before motorists must have
their new tags.
Traffic Director William A. Van
Duzer estimated today there were
something like $4,000 cars in the
District still without new licenses.
Next Sunday at midnight is the
daad.ine. But actually there are
only five and half days, because
Saturday is half holiday and the
tag shop will be closed at noon.
Motorists appearing Monday
without 1910 tags will find their
cars liable to seizure.
Approximately 100000 tags have
been issued to date.
Evening star., 1940-03-25
Bond Concerts

BY the United States Marine Band
this afternoon at o'clock at the
White House Capt. Taylor Bran
son, leader William F. Santelmarn,
second leader, conducting.
PROGRAM.
March, Mother Goose" Goldman
Overture. William Tell" Rossini
Descriptive, THE jolly
Coppersmith" Peter
Cornet solo, Spanish
Caprice" .--- Smith
Musician Edward Masters.
Selections from Babes
in Toyland' Herber,
Rhapsody in Blue" Gershwin
Waltz Santiago" Corhin
xvlophone solo. "Chop Sticks" Owen
Musician Charles Owen.
Fantasy. Songs From the
Sunny South" Lamre
Novelty, Parade of the
Wooden Soldiers ..- Jessel
March, "Franklin D.
Roosevelt" Woodin
"The Star Spangled Banner"
BY the United States Navy Band
Symphony Orchestra tonight at BIS
o'clock, in the Marine Corps Audi
torium. It. Charles Benter. U. S. N,
conductor: Charles Brendler, assis-
tant conductor.
PROGRAM.
Overture. "Orpheus in the
T1rdaruyor1So n%nnh,o,,
Grand scenes from the opera
La Tosca" G. Pucc;-i
Duet for flute and clarinet,
-. Hear the Gentle
Lark" F. Lax-Bishco
Musicians c. Brendler and
r. TownsendD
Suite, "Casse- -Noisette" (The
Nut-Cracker) P.Tschaikowsky
/. Overture miniature
2. Danses characteristiques
(a) "Marche." Co "Danse de Ia
Fee Dragee," (c) "Trepac, Dance
Russo" Cd "Danse Arabe," (e)
Dance Chinoise," "Danse des
Mirlitions"
3. "Valse des feurs
Two intermezzo from "Jewels
of Madonna" E. Wolf -Ferrari
(a) Introduction to Act IT,
(b) Introduction to Act III"
Invitation to the
Dance" c. M. Won Weber
prelude to Lohengrin" r. Wagner
Selections from the operetta,
"The Only Girl" v. Herbert
'Danse Slave" E. Chabrier
"The Star Spangled Banner"
BY the United States Army Band
tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 O'Clock,
In the Army Band Auditorium. Capt.
Capt. Thomas F.. Darcy, leader; Karl
Hubner, assistant leader.
PROGRAM.
Paso doble, "Gallito" Gittle
Game Cock Lope
Overture "Preciosa" Weber
Cornet solo. MY Prayer" SQUIRE
(Ralph K. Ostrom, soloist)
Rhapsody, "Espanole" --Ferront
Valse, Dream Of the Ball" joyce
March, "Au America" .Zamecnik
Evening star., 1940-03-25
Utility Construction
Of 593 Million Planned

The Federal Power Commission
reported yesterday that electrical
utilities, private and public, pro-
posed to spend s593, ,879 ,533 for new
construction this year
Private companies plan to spend
S49o,434,26l and public organiza-
tions $1O3,445,272
The commission said the addi-
tlonal installed capacity would
amount to 1.877,844 kiloWatts, an
increase of AZ per cent over exist
ing capacity.
Evening star., 1940-03-25
BaItimorean Killed,
D. {. Man Injured
Seriously in Traffic
Police Probe Easter
Accidents in Maryland
And Virginia.
Traffic Record

The trafic record, as revealed
at police headquarters for "a
hour period ending at 8 am.
Sunday:
Fatalities, none.
. Accidents, IS. -.
MotoFiSts' injured, 9.
Motorists arrested, 38s. =. 10
Pedestrians injured, S. @s
Pedestrians arrested for vio-
lation of pedestrian control
regulations. 3.
The traffic record for 24-hour
period ending at 8 am. today:
Fatalities, none. )
Accidents, q.
Motorists injured, S.. @
Motorists arrested, 113.
Pedestrians injured, S.
Pedestrians arrested for vio-
lation Of pedestrian control
regulations, none.
Evening star., 1940-03-25
6. |. 0. Forms Union
Of Morticions Here

A new c. I. o. organization, the
Morticians Local Industrial Union
No. 1043. last week received its Con
gress of Industrial Organizations
charter and has a majority of the
employees signed up in II of the city's
funeral homes, G. I. o. ofacials an
nounced today.
Evening star., 1940-03-25
Georgetown Citizens
Rop SuIes Tax PIon

The Executive Board of the Pro-
gressive Citizens Association Of
Georgetown has reiterated it's stand
In opposition to a sales tax for the
District.
Arguments against this form of
levy are that it puts an unbearable
burden on the poor" that ut will
limit buying here and will send shop
pers to the nearby States" and that
ut will prevent tourist trade from
spending money freely"
Evening star., 1940-03-25
Beer Permit Heurino

ROCKVILLE. Md. March Is
tSpeciaD The Montgomery Liquor
Control Board will hold a public
hearing April on an application
of F. A Florence for a license to
sell beer at Clifton Park, Silver
Spring,
Evening star., 1940-03-25
Retired CupituIist Dies

ASHEVILLE, N. c., March Is (E).
u. G. Speed. rs. retired capitalist
and a member of the Council for
National Defense during the World
War, died here yesterday. The
body will be taken to Louisville, KY,
for burial tomorrow. He was a ma
tive of Paris, Mo.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-24
TWO DIE, TWO HURT
IN AUTO COLLISION
Cotton Mill Workers Burned
Fatally On Bladenboro-
Lumberton Road

LUMBERTON, Nov. Is. Two
Bladenboro cotton mill workers were
burned to death and two other per-
sons we're injured, one seriously, in
a head-on automobile collision east
of here on the Observation-Disclosures
ton highway this morning.
The charred bodies of Elmer Hez
Parnell, %, of Bladenboro and Jack
Watts, %, of Buffers. burned beyond
recognition, were taken from the
completely destroyed light sedan
nearly an hour after the car burst
into flames.
The injured, Mrs. w. G.. Pope, Al,
of Elizabethtown and John Lewis
Taylor of near Elizabethtown, occu-
pants of the other car, are in a
local hospital, where the condition
of Mrs. Pope was described as criti-
cal.
She sustained a severe conclusion
of the brain, a fractured left leg
and serious internal injuries.
Taylor, the driver, suffered deep
decorations about the face and nu-
merous bruises.
Patrolman Paul Michaux, inves-
tigating the accident, said that per-
sons who saw the men earlier in
the morning said that Parnell, iden-
titled as the driver, was under the
influence of liquor and that Watts
had been drinking. According to wit
nesses the car was weaving back
and forth across the highway at a
high rate of speed when it struck
the west-bound coupe, then careened
into a small ditch on the right and
burst into flames.
Witnesses said a large dog leaped
from the flaming vehicle and was
lost in a wooded section nearby.
Funeral services for Parnell will
be held tomorrow afternoon from
Singletary Crossroads church.
He is survived by a wife, two
small daughters, Janis and 10; his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Par
nell; one sister, Mrs. Crofton Kin
law, and two brothers, Franklin and
James.
He is survived by a wife, three
small children, his parents and sew
eral brothers and sisters.
Funeral services for Watts will be
held Sunday at $3.50 p. m. in Fowler
cemetery near Tabor City by the
Rev. s.. A. Hatley, of Tabor City
Baptist church. The body will re-
main at the Hawes-Peacock funeral
home until the time of the service.
Watts is survived by his widow,
two children, Doris Mae and Eugene
Watts, his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Mellon Watts, of Tabor City, five
brothers, Gady, Luther, Rowland
Gallon and Lewis, all of Tabor City,
two sisters, Mrs. Lula Spivey, OF
Tabor City and Mrs. Lunettie Wright
of Bladenboro.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-24
COOPER PLEDGES
HELP ON BASE
Mayor Writes Secretary u
War Entire Community
Will Cooperate

Mayor Thomas E. Cooper yester-
dav wrote Secretary Of War Slim
con declaring that on behalf OF the
citv commissioners land the entire
c~itizenrv of Wilmington" he was
nledging "complete and unstinted CO.
oneration" in the planned establish
mont of an anti-aircraft firing range
IN the Holly Shelter area
His letter follows:
NV Dear Mr.. Secretary:
I have learned with the profound
est interest of the decision OF n
War department to establish an anti
aircraft base in the vicinity of Will
mington. 1t is particularly crafty
ing to this community that the
branch of the service which is to be
located in this area is concerned
with the vital problem of defense
against aerial raids.
7 am sure that I speak for n
entire citizenry Of Wilmington and
This section of the state when I say
that we offer you the most complete
and unstinted cooperation in carry
ing forth your plans for the estab-
lishment and successful operation OF
the base. Some months ago l ad-
vanced the suggestion that some
form of defense activity ought to be
located at or near Wilmington, and
the same thought has been expressed
w a number of our citizens, Inc 1t
is most pleasing to all OF us that
this area has now been chosen.
In the matter of procuring the va
rious services that will be required
for the new base, 1t will no doubt be
necessary for you to call upon the
city government of Wilmington and
upon our citizens for assistance. We
in Wilmington assure you that such
c@ooperation will at all times be most
Fundamentally given.
I remain, Sir,
Most respectfully yours,
THOMAS E. COOPER
Mayor and Commissioner OF
Public Safety.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-24
DUCE TO CHANGE
PLAN OF ATTACK
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many planes hot down in combat
by Italian fliers. A Rome COM
munioue said Italian bombers had
attacked numerous detectives, es-
pecially in the Koritza sector, hit
ting highway functions and troop
concentrations.
The high command also acknoW-
lodged that British aircraft again
had bombed the Italian Adriatic
port of Bari, killing n civilian,
wounding five, and causing dam
age to dwellings.
In East Africa, Italian filters
we're said to have bombed Ros-
ieres airport, and British positions
near Gallabat and Port Sudan,
starting fires and damaging planes
on the ground. Two British fighter
planes were shot down, the COM
munique stated, while all Italian
planes returned safely.
British planes were reported to
have attacked Bomba and Derna
in Libya, and to have fired a field
hospital at Kassala in the Angle
Egyptian Sudan.
On the diplomatic front, Italy
welcomed Rumania into the Axis
military alliance. Virginia Gayda,
in II Giornale D'Italia, comment
ed: 1.-THE Axis is extending it's poll
tics and the three power pact in
Asia as far as the shores of the
Black sea and is adding new eff
fcient forces to its power"
In preparation for a move to iso-
late Turkey, as we'll as Greece,
informed sources said German am
bassador Franz Won Papen will
start next week to apply diploma
tic pressure on Turkey to bring
that country into line for a new
European order" a
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-24
Relief From
Pile Irritation

80 years g a Buffalo druggist
created an ointment for relief from
the itching and smarting Of Piles. 1t
brought such quick cooling, soothing.
astringent relief that it's fame spread
throughout the country. and made
Peterson's Ointment a favorite in
thousands Of homes. Ask your drug,
gist for a 35c box of Peterson's Oint-
ment today. or 60c tube with appli-
tor. Money back If you are not de-
lighted with the relief.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-24
James Nall Honored
By Carolinas Fliers

RALEIGH, Nov. % R- The
Carolinas Aero club, meeting here
tonight, passed a resolution man,
ing James C. Nall of Charlotte,
Civil Aeronautics Administration
inspector for North Carolina, as
the man who had done the most
for aviation in this state during the
last year.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-24
SHIP HITS SPAN
HERE AND SINKS
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to locate the hole in the ships bow
and pumps were Immediately placed
into use to keep down the water
in the forward hold and the ship
at an even keel and prevent the
ship from listing further, Maffitt
said.
The Severance had just started
to enter the draw bridge about II
o'clock yesterday when a sudden
strong current caused the bow to
swerve sharply to the side of the
channel. A hole was knocked out
in the lower part of bow when it
crashed into the fender piling, the
ship Immediately sprung a leak,
filled rapidly with water, and the
bow was buried in the mud.
No One Hurt
Shipping officials reported no one
was injured in the mishap and said
an estimate of damages could not be
lllduc ulIl1 LUZ lllc
The American Bureau of Ship
ping, New York City has a sur
veyer en- route here to check the
damages and make Recommended
tons about insurance matters, re-
pairs, and pumping out of the
water in the bow.
The Wilmington district army
engineers office reported a marine
surveyor was expected to arrive at
the scene of the accident during
the night or early morning and a
representative of the ship owners
is expected to arrive late this after
noon.
Army engineers said divers were
making an effort to determine the
extent of damages to the Severance
and pumps had been loaned for
the purpose of holding the pressure
against the bulkheads of the vessel.
Once the ships bow settled deep
make her bulge from the side of
the channel. Both U. S. engineers
and the Stone Towing company
estimated yesterday that it would
take about a week before the Sever
ance is removed.
The ship was Sc years old, army
engineers said last night, and it's
thin worn plates are believed to
have been badly shattered when the
bow smashed into the fender piling
on the port side.
Appeal To Public
In view of the possibility of seri-
Gus or fatal accidents, army engi-
neers last night appeal to the gen.
eral public not to congregate on
the bridge today to view the Sever
ance.
All river traffic above the bridge
will be blocked for another week
with the exception of small craft,
army engineers said.
Bridge traffic was only temper
arily suspended after the accident
occurred. Passage of automobiles
resumed across the bridge a short
time after the mishap.
Minor patching work will prob
ably be done in port, according to
the Stone Towing company, but
army engineers said proper repair
work could not be attended to
closer than Charleston.
The Severance was being towed
up the river by a tug from the
Stone Towing line. The ship and
tug were reported to be approach
ing the bridge at a rather fast
speed when the ship swung bow
wise into the protective wooden
fender around the draw. The bridge
was not damaged but part of the
woodwork was knocked down from
the fender piling.