Evening Star Newspaper, December 23, 1930, Page 10

A—Ii0 # TiiE EVENING I]RK{]BER[EABS | Frorfi the Front Row TUBERCULAR FIEAT Association Officials Are Held Intact—New Sanatorium Planned for 1931. Dr. George M. Kober was re-elected president of the Tuberculosis Assocla- tion last night and the entire staff was retained in office at a meeting of the organization’s directors. Others renamed were Mrs. Ernest R. Grant, vice president; Walter S. Pratt, jr., treasurer, and Viola Russell Anderson, acting secretary. The Ex- ecutive Committee for the new year will include the officers and Mrs. Joseph. Sanders, Dr. F. C. Smith, assist- ant surgeon general of the U. S. Pub- lic Health Service, and Dr. Harry Bern- A statement issued by Mrs. Sanders, ghowed the receipts of the seal sale campaign to date total approximately $34,000, while the goal set was $45,000. About 1,100,000 stickers yet are to be sold. Sticker Use Is Urged. ‘However, several seal sale groups, in- cluding the Junior League's department store booth, have not yet made returns. The self-service seal boxes throughout the city have not vet been tabulated and these outstanding receipts, together with the number of seals sent out on approval and net vet paid for or re- turned, might make up the existing shortage, she explained. “With one more shopping day before Christmas in which to push the sale of seals for use on parcels and letters,” Mrs. Sanders said, “we wish to ask that every one who has not yet bought seals or sent payment for the seals and who can do so will send payment now to our mssociation at 1022 Eleventh street so that we may go forward with all our health program for the coming year.” Mrs, Grant advised directors last night that if the seal sale is successful she would approve the moving of the children’s health camp from its re- ported crowded quarters at Fourteenth and Upshur streets to the 216-acre site on Defense Highway in Maryland, which the District recently purchased for the establishment of a modern sanatorfum. Sanatorium Plans Complete. “We are informed by th: District architect, Mr. Harris,” said Mrs. Grant, “that the plans for the new sanatorium are now complete after careful study by Dr. J. Winthrop Peabody, superin- tendent of the Tuberculosis Hospital, and Dr. W. A. Risk, the resident physi- cian, who recently have inspected the modern tuberculosis sanatorium at East Akron, Ohio. The plans are to be sub- mitted to Congress after the holiday recess and it is confidently expected that work will begin on the new sanatorium the coming year. “Pending its completion, however, we are assured by the architect that the | old Colonial hous: now on the sana- torium property can be used at once for our Summer camp purposes to- gether with our tents for sleeping now in our possession and as many more as may be needful. This will not interfere in the least with work on the new sana- torium building. It is my intention therefore to call a meeting of the Camp Committee, compos:d of directors of KENTUCKY SALES TAX By the Associated Press. A suit attacking the constitutionality of the gross sales tax law enacted by the 1930 Kentucky Legislature was filed in Circuit Court yesterday by For- rest M. individual taxpayer. gross sales of all retail dealers rang- ing from one twentieth of 1 per cent on sales up to $400,000 annually to a maximum of 1 per cent on sales of $1,000,000 and more. Sales of all stores in one system are combined for tax purposes. grounds it violates the equal protec- tion and commerce clauses of the Con- stitution clause of the State constitution. It also alleges that the tax is “arbitrary, dis- criminatory and oppressive.” half the receipts go to the board of charities and correction for rehabilita- | - tion of State institutions and the other half go toward retiring the State debt. Tax Commission officials estimate the tax would yleld approximately $2,000,- 000 annualiy, which Isaac Davies, a hobo, was carry- ing when arrested were two jars of face cream. He sald the amazement shown by the police was highly insulting. (Copyright, 1930. by North American News- Reviews and News of Washindton.u Theaters. lence and scenic delays, which were warranted by the frequent demands of shifting, this comedy proceeded with sure-footed ease and seemed quite the -most worthwhile of the current season’s Junior Theater pro- ductions. The presence of & ne: comer to the cast, Leslie Orleans, lad who put fire and thunder and the necessary dramatics into his role, aided and abetted by Henry Hull, jr, who proved his mettle not so long ago in “Tom Sawyer,” bolstered the cast to a high pitch. There were besides Henry Fonda, an actor whose skill seems to serve him as neatly in character roles as in ju- venile “leads”; Theodore Tenley, playing the part that Willlam Faver- sham undertook a few years ago, and Kurt Nothnagel, Robert de Laney and Clifford Adams, all ex- cellent in smaller roles. The splendid cholce of this sort of entertainment, “The Prince and the Pauper” will probably be cherished by those present as one of the mental plum puddings of the holi- days. Certainly all concerned did well by it and, incidentally, Henry Fonda's name may be found on the program not only as one of the chief acting assets but as stage manager and as scenic executor—and what else, please, Mr. Fonda? E. de 8. M. OKLAHOMA POLICE HUNT UNDER COURT ATTACK MISSING CREEK FREEDMAN “The Prince and the Pauper” Admirably Done at Beélasco. ESTERDAY afternoon at the Belasco Theater a prince be- came a pauper and a pauper a prince, while the crowds of children and grown-ups that made up the audience smiled and laughed and roared and seemed to enjoy them- selves very much indeed. ‘This dramati- zation by Abby Sage Richard- son of Mark ‘Twain's famous National Junior ‘Theater as its third play of its fourth subscrip~ tion season. Staged attrac- tively by Glenna Smith Tinnin, the cast went about its busi- ness with more than satisfying results, and the ac- tors seemed to enjoy themselves as much as the audience—which is a sure indication of success in the grease-paint art. Apart from minor lapses into si- Henry Fonda. Gross Levy on Retail Transactions |Kidnaping Plot With Forced Mar- Claimed Violation of Rights Granted Under Constitution. riage of Wealthy Man as Objec- tive Is Charged by Prosecutor. By the Assoglated Press. TULSA, Okla, December 23.—Offi- clals today continued their search for Peter Johnson of Wewoka, 52-year-old wealthy Creek freedman, belleved to have been kidnaped from the home of his brother-in-law, C. C. Harvey, here Sunday. Two colored men were held in jail and a colored woman, Bessie Sandridge, was sought for questioning. W. L. Coffey, county attorney, said Johnson was taken by three colored men, who sought to force him to marry one of their accomplices. Mrs. Harvey sald two colored men and a colored woman came to her home and took They recently land FRANKFORT, Ky., December 23.— . Moore, Frankfort, suing as an The tax places an annual levy on ‘The suit attacks the tax on the Johnson after forcing her aside. left in an automobile. Johnson became wealthy after oil was discovered on " He was married the third time about a week ago. and the special privilege ‘The gross sales tax law provides that Subscribe Today It costs only about 13 cents ger day and 5 cents Sundays to ave Washington’s best newspa- per delivered to you regularly every evening and Sunday morn- g ‘Telephone National 5000 and the delivery will start immedi- ately. The Route Agent will col- lect at the end of each month. - PP el Hobo Carries Face Cream, CHICAGO (N.AN.A).—In a bundle er Alliance.) the association, as soon as possible to consider,the plan for thus utilizing the sanatorium site with the co-operation of the District authorities.” PHILADELPHIA POLICE PROBE CURATE’S DEATH | Native of Baltimore Died in Hos- ||| pital After Being Found Ill in Apartment Yesterday. By the Associated Press. PHILAD! 23.— ELPHIA, December Police started an investigation into the death yesterday of Rev. Albert Aune, 38, a curate of the Good Shepherd zmwlhnt Episcopal Church, German- wn. 4 i He was found Il in his apartment | yesterday and was taken to a hospital, | where he died & few hours later. Police | said they found a bottle labeled poison | in the apartment, but they have not: determined what connection, if any, it ! may have had with the curat:'s death. Mr. Aune was born in Baltimore. He had been here about a month, coming from Haddonfleld, N. J. | M. A. LEES Tomorrow Is Your Last Chance to Buy This Fine Xmas Gift— Bessa— A REMARKABLE, NEW, IMPORTED Roll Film 310:0— Camera , This is the Lowest Priced Camera Ever Fitted with an F 7.7 Lens It is fitted with the superior Voigtlander F 7.7 astigmat lens in a new novel fucusing mount with adjustable front. A simple distance and group lens adjuster makes focusing changes easy. This is the first time this lens has ever been offered in such an inexpensive camera. Light-weight metal body—nickel-plated finder—hinged back. 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TURKEYS, FRESH KILLED From Nearby Farms 3 5c POUND Ducks . . . ™29 l Baking Chickens ™ 27¢ STAR, LOAN HEAD FACES 40-YEAR SENTENCE Los Angeles Man Pleads Guilty of Charge of Em- bezzling $8,000,000. WASHINGION, By the Assoclated Press. LOS ANGELES, December 23.—Gil- bert H. Beesemyer, 45, former Hollywood financier and clubman, today faced a long penitentiary term—a possible max- imum of 140 years—for the theft of $8,000,000 from the Guaranty Building & Loan Association of Los Angeles. The former secretary-manager and 65-per cent stockholder in the Guaranty firm withdrew a not guilty plea to plead |, wl\lmrzy yesterday to 10 counts of grand theft. Beesemyer asked Superior Judge Wal- ton J. Wood to sentence him immediate- ly, but the judge refused, saying he wished to make a summary investiga- tion of the case, and set Friday morn- ing for pronouncement of the penalty. Prison Term on Each Count, Beesemyer is subject to a sentence of from one to 14 years on each of the 10 counts. The sentences or any part of them may run consecutively or cur- rently. Prosecutors indicated they would demand the maximum penalty. Beesemyer sald at the time he entered not guilty pleas that he did so only in order to remain here temporarily to as- sist in untangling the affairs of his company. He said yesterday the ap- pointment of a Federal receiver and a board of advisers made his presence no longer necessary. Beesemyer arose in a meeting of di- | rectors of the association nearly two | weeks ago and confessed peculations management passing WEST END 1201 Conn. Ave. 1122 14th D © Rats Destroy Tax Notes. LONDON (N.A.N.A.). —Unscrupulous hallelujahs are sounding the streets of London these days. Demand notes to the value of $12,000, given in payment of income tax by several hun- dred persons, were destroyed by rats in the vaults where the notes were kept. (Copyright, 1930, by North American News- paper Alliance.) 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