Evening Star Newspaper, October 31, 1931, Page 32

LE 9 N\ | Metropotitan 40 pm. B—16 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31 BALLOU URGES TAX SYSTEM REFORM Schools Jeopardized by De- # Yective Financing, Super- intendent Holds. A basic reform in the Nation's public tax system advocated yesterday by | Dr, Prank W. Baliou, superintendent of District schools, as & means of saving Public education from “eritical harm” the present financial depression. Dr. | jou was speaking before the i hode | d Institute of Instraction at Provi- | e on “Education and Pinancial De- jon." Declaring education is in the midst | 8t perha the greatest crisis in vh»l ry of the country, Dr. Ballou said present financial stress had “brought t the defects in the typical State tax- g structure—the over-reliance upon property tax, the escape of intangi- % property from taxation. the lack of % wmity and equity in local asgess- M practices, the need for wider use of moome as & measure of tax-paying 2.} negd for a “basic reform in the lc revenue system,” he added, is| and the cducational profes- 1d aid in bringing sbout these Urges Educator's to Study. Ballou said educators must keep informed about “further cial developments that will ly take place before this Nation | I have fully recovered serious financial depression in its ry” Also he declared, it is in- bent upon educators as never be- to “interpret the meaning and Lof the public schools to "conclusion, the superintendent ded educators aucy .. r students of economic anc soci “ rs if similar financial distress is avolded in the future. Training Change Asked. : “It may be,” Dr. Ballou sald, “that | the program of instruction in our schools should inclucle more of the ele- ments of economics and soclology. Cer- tainiy, as a result of the educational ram in the schocls, the future eitizens should be prepared psycholo- gically to face periods of distress with courage, vision and a determination #o find a way out.” Commenting upon budget slashing, Dr. Ballou, who had just compieted & three-day session ‘with the Budgei Bureau in consideration of Washington achool eppropriation requests, said pub- | lie schSl budgets are considered for | major guts in any economy Pprogram because they represent between 25 and 40 per ceni of a municipalities’ total | appropriations. | . “Those who are look\n‘ for means of ently see in ecuca- tion only an t’nk borhood of $3, ! “They a?pt to overlonk cer- (ICIA namel that the United ys less taxes in proportion to nnlom income than any other civil- ized countr; the fact that public school expenditures claim less than 3 cents of every dollar of national income; he fact that teachers' salaries are er than those paid to the average nfully employed Perlon. and, finally, fact that effective education is an estment of vital concern to national | 8. OFFICIAL HELD N ALIEN SMUGGLING| Deputy Collector of Internal Rev- enue and Lawyer Acoused in Detroit Drive. By the Associated Press. - DETROIT, October 31.—Indictment of a deputy collector of internal revenue and an attorney who handled immigra- tion cases was cited by John L. Zur- brick, district director of immigration, as the opening move in an intensive campaign against alien smugghng in this area. ‘The deputy, Jacob Mack, and the at- torney, Walter H. Reynolds, ~were charged with inducing three witoesses to testify that an alien who sought naturalization was lawfully registered | in the United States. The alien, Ru- dolph Sgerkes, also named in an indict- ment, is under arrest because of his al- unlawful attempt to obtain natu- ization papers. Sserkes, according to Investigators, admitted paying Reynolds $200 on_the advice of Mack for his services. Rey- | nolds denied the charges. Murray W. Garsson, special Assistant Becretary of Labor, whose headquarters | are in Chicago, and W. F. Watkins, su- pervisor of immigration, Washington. Bonterred ‘Thursday with Zurbrick and | expressed the opinion that the Detroit @istrict is in need of & clean-up. Garsson sald the officlals were not only investigating the smuggling of | aliens into the United States, but also | bribery and extortion in the immigra- | tion service and the illegal practices of attorneys representing aliens in court wctions, ASKS $20,000 DAMAGES ®. C. Employe Sues Concrete Com- | pany for Allged Injury. Robert F. Dovener, an inspector in the District Highway Department, has filed guit in District Supreme Court seek- ing $20.000 damages from the Bernard Ready-Mixed Concrete Corporation for slleged personal injuries Dovener said that while discharging his duties last September 4 at the v of the Smoot Co., Thirtieth And K #treets, he was standinz on & m‘ when s loaded truck of the de- t prssed too close to the wall of fhe parapet and crushed his foot. The | injury caused an operation and since she operation he has developed a gan- ‘:uxu condition of the foot, he tells court. Attornev George C. Shinn Mppears for the plaintiff TODAY'S AMUSEMENTS. ‘National—“Three's a Crowd.” at Pnd 8:20 pm y-—“Frivolities of 1 #nd 8:15 pm R-K-O Keith's at 11:39 am and §:39 p.m 2:20 " at 2:18 Mar- 539, Consolation 1:39, 3:39 Genius.” 11 Mad 12:45, 2:35, 4:25, 6:15, 8 Bdalto—-“Reckless Living." | ..-‘ D3, 3:55, 5:56, 7:53 and 9 mpm The Cuban Love Sou.” at| ®an., 2:05. 4:35, 710 and 9:40/ u'exhonnlzo 3:50, 6:30| i -ru ~“Susan Lenox.” at 11 am 50, i | 4:50, 6:45, 8:40 and 10:40 | | | Ambassador 12:58, 3:08. 5:1 BiIL" 9:36 pm. “Girls About Town,” at 11:25 “Caught”. at 2. 4:40, 6:35, and 9:45 pm. Children’¥ Hal- party at 3:55 pm. The Brat” 11 am. to 11 ‘Honeymoon Lane” at IIIM'HDH Chil- party s ¢ pam. i.- B. Compete for Dlstrlct’s Audmon Pnze EIGET WASHINGTON SINGERS TAKE PART IN FINAL EVENT. Senator Will | arranged by The Washington Star, to | coast network of other Columbia Broad- | WON. | ban Biltmore, Lotus, Aster and Ward- DJUDGED best of a group of 40, these eight young men and young women will go before the microphone of WRC late this afternoon to sing for the Atwater Kent prize They Marfetta Fleetwood, Ina Marie Holtzscheiter and Leonard R. Davis Beverly R. O'Brien, Helen H. Donofrio and Robert W. Cushman, (Al provrflm: lcheduled Ior I‘Allfln Slavldard Time.) 315.6 Meters. WRC 950 Kilocycles. 3:45—Notre Dame-Carnegie foot ball game. 4:30—Phil Spitalny’s Orchestra. 4:55—"Unemployment Relief Activi- ties,” by George J. Adam 5:00—The Lady Next Door 5:15—PFinals in the District’s Radio Auditions. 6:15—Rudclph Schramm’s Orchestra. 6:45—Louise Fisher, planist. 7:00—Amos ‘n' Andy. T 15—The Yeast Jesters. 7:30—Alice Joy and Paul Van Loan's Orchestra, 7:45—Harold Veo's Orchestra and Mar- guerite Cromwell. 8:00—Meyer Davis Orchestra. 8:30—Program by Naticnal Advisory Council on Radio in Education. 9:00—John Philip Sousa and his banc. 9:30—The Paint Club. 10:00—B. A. Rolfe’s Orchestra. 11:00—Last-minute news. 11:02—Lee Morse, crooner. 11:15—Weather forecast. 11:16—Jesse Crawford, organist. 11:30—Halloween program. 12 OO—R\Id Vlllee and his Connecticut 12:30 ta l M-—Vfincent Lopez and his orchestra. WMAL {530 .9 Meters. 630 Kilocycles. 2:00—Saturday Syncopators 2:15—Foot ball souvenir program. 2:30—Tllinois-Northwestern foot ball e, 5:30—] Loule and the Thirsty-five. 5:45—Correct. time. 5:46—Flashes from The Evening Star, by Doug Warrenfels. 6:00—Weather report. 6:02—Sunday School Lesson. by Dr. ‘Wiliam Knowles prer * WISV " with Samuel Unter- | 'y 6: 50——Jel1’y c.}:rnl'ln. phnhl in Washington Tonight,” by Fred- erlc William Wile. 7:30—Chronicles, with Frank Black's Orchestra 8:00—Arthur Pryor's Band. 8:15—Abe Lyman's Band. 8:30—The Tonecasters. 1 8:45—Jeanne Van Etten, soprano. 9:00—Eileen Fowler, ~reader, Adolph_Torovsky, pianist. 9:15—Louise Bonuso, sCprano. 9:30—Welcome program for WGN. 10:30—National Radio Forum—Speaker, Senator Bingham of Connecti- *cut, 11:00—Songs by Jack Miller. 11:15 to 1:00a—Halloween Dance Music. WVOL 228.9 Heurn 1,310 Kilocycles. 3:00—Varlety Hour. 00—Dance Tunes, :45—March Time. :00—One-Time ©pportunities. :15-—Horace Walker's Ensemble. :45—"The Making of a Regular.” :00—Program by Walter T. Holt. 15—Nordiea Mandolin and Guitar Orchestra :45—Tommy O’'Connell. :00—Dinner Mausic. :20—News flashes. :30—Marimba solos by Flemming Orem. 45—Bringing Up Father. 00—“Miscellaneous Moods,” Northern Dramatic Co. :15—Eddie Leger, banjoist. :20—Celtic Trio. 45 to 9:00—Agnes May Fisher, so- prano. and by the 205.4 Meters. 1460 Kilocycles. 2:45—Dance Music. 4:00—Children's Hour. 4:45—Lillian Sprigss. 5:00—Where to Get It. 5:30—Charles Town, W. Va “blues” singer. program. 6:00—Jimmy_Nichols. 6:20—News flashes. | 6:30—Insurance program. | | 6:45—Studio feature. 7:00—Mrs. Sandman. l 7:15-Dramatic Miniatures | 7:30—Hawailan Troubadours. { 00—Advertising feature. | 30—Dance Music. | 8:45—Health Talk. | 9:00—Old Virginia Hoe-Down. 10:00—News flashes. 10:15—Pen 'n’ Ink. 10:30—Shoreham Dance Orchestra. 11:00—The Collegiates. 11:30 to 12:00—Fletcher Henderson's Orchi Major Radio Features DRAMA. “Miscellanecus Moods,” by the North- ern Dramatic Co. WOL, 8 SPEECHES. “The Political Situstion in Washington Tonight,” by Frederic Willlam Wile, WMAL, 7:15; “The Tax Problem," by Senator Bingham, mn the Na- tional Radio Forum, WMAL, 10:30. VARIETY. Bing Crosby, baritone, WMAL. 7:00; the Yeast Jesters, WRC, 7:15: the Chronicles, WMAL, 7:30; Harold Veo's Orchestra with Marguerite Cromweil, WRC, 7:45; Arthur. Pryor's Band, WMAL, 8:00; John Philip Sousa_and his band, WRC, 9:00 The Paint Club. WRC, 9:30; Hal- loween Party, WRC, 11:30. DANCE MUSIC. A. Rolfe's Orchestra, WRC, 10:00; Rudy Vallee and his Connec- ticut Yankees, WRC, 12:00; Vincent lopez and his Orchestra, WRC, 12:30a HIGH LIGHTS ELSEWHERE. 6:45—Topics in Brief; Lowell Thomas —WJZ, WBZ, WHAM, KDKA, WLW, WRVA, WIOD and WFLA. 7:45—The Goldberg's comedy sketch— WEAF, WTIC, WGY, WWJ, WSAI and WBEN 8:00—"Danger Fighters,” sketch—WJZ, WBAL, WHAM 9:00—"Careless Love," dramatic skeich —WJZ, WHAM, WJR and WIBO. 9:30—"The First Nighter,” dramatic sketch—WJZ, WBAL, WHAM, KDKA, WBZ and WLW 00—Cuckoo, burlesque _skit—WJZ. KDKA, WBZA, WHAM and WLW. 10:30—Clara, Lu and Em, humotous sketch — WJZ, WBZ, WHAM KDKA, WLW and WBAL. 00—Slumber music; Laurier String Ensemble—WJZ. 00—Amos 'n’ Andy, second broad- cast—WMAQ. KWK, WREN WDAF, WHAM, WSM, Ws3 and KTHS. 30—Russ Columbo and orchestra— WJZ, WBAL and WHAM. 15—Paul Whiteman's _Orchestra— WJZ, WBAL and WHAM. 5 S5 URGES ADVERTISING POOL TO RESTORE CONFIDENCE Columbia Dean Proposes Creation of $25,000,000 Fund to Combat “Economic Stage Fright.” By the Associated Press. 10 1 1n 12: New York, !l'hm output by 1, ‘man said, could return factories. dramatic | PRESIDENT SENDS 35000 TO SAN FRANCISCO CHEST Asked for Word of Greeting, Hoo- ver Responds With Check for By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, October 31— President Herbert Hoover, acting as a resident of the San Prancisco metro- | politan area, has donated $5,000 to San | | Prancisco'’s Community Chest, Newton | W. Stern, chairman of the Chest cam- | paign, was informed of the donation | by Lawrence Richey, one of Mr. Hoover's secretaries. Mr. Stern had- asked Mr. Hoover to send a word of greeting to the Chest campaign now under way here. Richey telegraphed yesterday that Mr. Hoover's greeting would consist not merely in words but in a chack for $5,000, which he had just mafled The PresiGent's pri at Stanford Universi PFrancisco. Charity Campaign. ‘ | te residence is south of San - Our big buildings. S OMEHOW Rose Roofs are naturally incorporated in the specifications for are, upper, left to right Lower, left to right: [ ke N. B C© Hugh Phelps Clark, Edwin C. Steffe, Folks Behind “ The Microphone | | ] t cided to purchase a new radio set recently. After hearing a | triend's new set he rTealized that his | own was obsolete, and he was anxious | to get a fuller en- joyment out of the programs. Then a big bright idea oc- curred to him. He wrote the manufacture of ! the set he had heard, praising its wonderful quality. He was lavish in his commenda- tions. A few days later | the manufactur- | er's advertising | representative in- | vited Gorden to | visit bis office. s A “Now,” thought | Gordan, “they will use my letter for ad- vertising purposes and give me & new | BY THE RADIO EDITOR. ‘ ICHARD GORDON, who enacts the role of Sherlock Holmes on the N. B. C. mystery ceries, de- The actor's name has been promi- nent on most two generaticns, and his surprise | was as great as his disappointment when he learned that the manufac- turer merely wanted to know “who this fellow Gordon is.” ARK WARNOW always directs his orchestra on Columbia with a pencil instead of a baton. Word of this directicnal idiosyncrasy reached the ear of a pencil manufacturer who forthwith had a bright idea. He sent a dozen of his pencils to Warnow, in- closing this note: “Would you be so kind, as a testi- monial, to> recommend our pencils to other orchestra leaders?” 'OW that the leases have been signed by the principal tenants of New York's radio city, it looks is going to be the big- | gest rent payers. This is based on the | fact that the network headquarters will | have space on the first 12 floors of the main 66-story building. Included will | be 27 broadcast studios. We Give Property Management Personal Attention office building, reside ties in our hands. P | cert bi | Moulton will discuss “America and the Tmmmmnmmtmmm;mw* * TR L I BINGHAM ON RADID | FORUM TONIGHT Discuss Tax Problems Over WMAL At 11 P.M. Senator Hiram Bingham of Con-| necticut will go before the microphone | tonight in the National Radio Forum, | discuss Federal tax problems confront- ing the coming Congress. His address will be broadcast from 10:30 to 11 o'clock over WMAL and & coast-to- casting System stations. 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