Evening Star Newspaper, January 14, 1932, Page 5

THE EVENING STAR, "WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 19 32. STATEORV RULE URCED BY SHITH “Let the American People Be Heard,” He Says, “They Are the Ones Affected.” By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 14.—Asserting “There are more speakeasies than there ever were saloons,” former Gov. Alfred E. Smith, in the current issue of Liberty, says the prohibition prob- “NO ONE ASKED IF WE WERE MARRIED," SAYS ELSIE JANIS Only Asked if We Were En-| gaged, Asserts Actress, Revealing Marriage.' Ceremony Was Performed at‘ Tarrytown Mayor’s Home New Year Eve. By the Associated Press. | NEW YORK, January 14.—Elsie | lem would be solved by invoking the principle of home rule by the severali States. | “Let the American people be heard.” he says. “They are the ones aflected. “We have made it possible to dis-| tribute, sell and consume grades of beverages which often en-| danger the lives of our people. We have more illicit stills in the country | than ever before. More liquor is being imported into the country Attacks Corruption. “There are more speakeasies than there ever were saloons. More drink- ing on the part of young people and women is going on. And there is more! corruption among enforcement agencies | than ever before. And all in the name of a great experiment called prohi- bition.” He outlines a plan for a popular ref- erendum among tk eople of the va- rious States on a for manu-! facture, sale, poss r- tation of liquors s the voter: 1d | be asked, through State conventions, to pass upon a proposed new amendment | to the constitution which, in effect, would provide that nothing in the eighteenth amendment would apply to those States which have liquor control laws of their own. Cites Loss of Revenue, “The right thing for Congress to do,” he says, “is to hand this question to the American people themselves for de- termination and stqp talking about whether the Democratic party is wet or dry, or whether the Republican party is ‘wet or dry. “By this plan the American people have lost billions of dollars in revenue. They have spent countless millions in enforcement. They face the deficit! Tepresented by over $2,000,000,000. All} for no purpose except politics.” URGES CLEA.R PAY LAWS William Green Asks Extension of | Prevailing Wage Principle. Clarification and extension of laws requiring Government contractors lo' pay wages prevailing in the locality where the work is being done was asked today before the House Labor Com- mittee. William _Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, proposed | that the law be amended to include flood control and rivers and harbors Pprojects as well as public bulldings. He said also there are many instances where contractors escaped the law by making rebates. THE WEATHER District of Columbia—Fair tonight; tomorrow occaslonal rain; not much chenge in temperature; lowest tonight sbout 48 degrees; gentie winds, mostly south Maryland—Fair _tonight; tomorrow occesional rain; slightly colder in ex- treme west portion tomorrow: gentle to moderate winds, mostly south. Virginia—Fair; somewhat warmer jn. west portion tonight; tomorrow cloudy, probably occasional rain in the interior; moderate shifting winds, becoming southerly. West Virginia—Increasing cloudiness followed by rain beginning late tonight or tomorrow; warmer tonight; slightly colder tomorrow in north and extreme west portions. Report for Last 24 Hours.a ‘Temperature. Barometer. Inches. 30.09 30.11 30.8 3024 30.29 4 pm 8 pm. .. Midnight 4 am. 8 am. Noon . 30.31 Highest ... 75,3:00 pm. Yearago.. 36 Lowest .... 48,7:30 am. Yearago.. 25 Tide Tables. (Purnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) Todsay. 12:20am 7:01 a.m. 12:49 pm 7:36 p.m. The Sun and Moon. Rises. 7:26 ‘Tomorrow. 1:08 a.m. 7:448m. 1:36 pm. 8:26 pm. Sets. 8Sun, today. 5:08 Sun, tomorrow 7:26 5:09 Moon, today.. 10:56a.m 11:58 p.m. Automobile lamps to be lighted one- half hour after sunset Rainfall. Monthly rainfall in inches in the | Capital (current month to date): Month. 1932. Average. Record. 3.55 7.09 '82 July August . September October November 237 December PR 332 1.56 Weather in Various Cities. 2.84 PTemperature. 2 Stations. weather. | Clear Pt.cloudy Clear | Clear Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Clear Pl.cloudy Pt.cloudy Cloudy Clear ear Cloudy Fok Pt.cloudy Rain Snow Clear . Clear Portland. Orex Raleigh, N. C . Ptcloudy Snow j Wilson of Los Angeles, said tcday the , ¢ | 11 inferior | | when I met him a year and three or |up to him. His career is his business.” Janis, who, it became known yesterday, 4 i | was married New Year eve to Gilbert | ; . | only reason why she hadn't told aboit i It before was that no one had asked her “No one asked us if we were married,” she said. “They just asked us if we were engaged, and I said I never would be engaged.” The actress and Wilson were married at the home of Mayor Eugene Lehman of Tarrytown, whers Miss Janis has an estate. “We walked up the hill to Mayor Lehman's house, and we were married by Police Judge Daniel Dwyer,” she | sald. “The mayor was the witness. | JANIS, that has been in my life since mother left. We are very happy. Sufficient unto the day is the joy thereof.” ‘Will Return to California, The newlyweds will return to Cali- fornia within a few weeks. Wilson was | born in Chicago, the son of Everett Wil- son, and once was in the real estate business there The bride said she met him a year ago last October in Hollywood at a | perty givek by n Charles Thomas, | singer. Wilscn, she said. had just given up the real estate business in Chicago and had arrived in Hollywood to live | with his grandmother and get a job | in moving pictures. “Oh, I suppose that's something any person with a good profiile might want to do,” she said when asked why he had decided to become an actor. “Whether he goes on in the theater or | back into the real estate business is Mammy Gives Blessing. “Then we walked down the hill again, and my colored mammy, who has been ‘with me 25 vears. gave us her blessing. That was al! there was to ie.” Miss Janis is 42, and her husband 26, according to their marriage ‘icense application. “He is a great deal younger than I am,” she said today, “out never having had a husband and never having tad a child, I thought I would combine the two in one. “He was about to become an actor four months ago. Now, between being | my business manager and my first hus- band, I think he'll be busy enough— | Finally she cut in with: for a little while, at least. | " “Hey, not so heavy on that stuff. It's He fills & great companionship need | still Janis speaking.” DRY GOODS LEADER NORTH DAKOTA MAY HITS TAX INCREASE. NAME ROOSEVELT C. B. Clark Demands That Indorsement as Presidential Congress Drastically Re- | Choice Held Certain at Dem- duce Appropriations. | ocratic Convention. By the Associated Press. ! A demand that Congress drastically | slash appropriations before increasing taxes was laid tefore the House Ways | and Means Committee today by C. B. | Clark of Detroit, chairman of the Tax Committee of the National Retail Dry- goods Association. | He said he did not believe “the tax | payers are going to be satisfied with a reduction ol"unly 1.6 per cent in ap- | iy, and orea’ » "3a000 |New York Governor at county conven- 000,000 cut. " | tions, they said they regarded Roose- The Budget Bureau, he said, made| velt's indorsement by the State conven- only a $52,000,000 cut in governmental | tion as a certainty. Heads of the North department estimates calling for more | Dakota party planined to communicate than $4,113,000,000. [RrestiLopueasOon Y o s L Coverer Clark said he represented retail as- | 8 50on as completed. sociations with approximately 100,000| A majority of the delegates to the members who employ more than 1,250,- | onventon came instructed to vote for 000 persons and busi e e 500.000,000 anauaity. /"% | ocratic Gentral Committee, meeting yes- | ‘As the committee that will formulate | {€Td8Y, - expressed ~themselves ~unani- | the new tax bill resumed hearings, Clark A Mously In favor of Roosevelt. terday by Undersecretary of the Treas-| [ oap "Grand Forks, secretary of the | Several times during the interview ishe was addressed as “Mrs. Wilson.” | By the Associated Press. VALLEY CITY, N. Dak. January 14.—State Democratic party leaders said they looked to the North Dakota Demo- cratic convention, onening today, to bring Gov. Pranklin D. Roosevelt of New York into the open as a presi- dentlal candidate. In view of sentiment in favor of the ALIENS' ADMISSION URGED BY WIVES 25 of 300 Under Immigration Ban Before House Committee. Twenty-five women, many of them carrying babies, today were making a personal appeal to the House Immigra- tion Committee to secure the admission of more than 300 husbands into this country on the grounds they were mar- ried to American citizens The delegation represented the New York branch of what is known as the Citizens' Wives' Association, composed of 300 American-born or neturalized women whose husbands are aliens They cclled late yesterday on Secre- tary cf Tabor Doak, with Mrs. Abbie Scott Baker of Washington acting as spokesman. In presenting the women to the Labor Secretary, Mrs, Baker said: “Here are a few of the 300 American women who are entitled to their husbands.” Each made an appeal for an amendment of v | the immigration law that would give| alien husbands of American citizens a nen-quota, or at least a preferential | status. | It seems that there are about 300 | American women married to alien hus- bands who have been denied admission { to this country on the ground that they |are likely to become public charges. | Some time ago, it was explained at the Labor Department today, all of the i women filed affidavits saying that they were employed and that they had sav- | ings which ranged from the lowest figure of $300 to the highest figure of $10,000, and that, therefcre, their hus- | bands would not become public charges | “'When the applications were made by | thece American wives for the admis- sion of their husbands, the American consuls abroad, it was said. again re-! fused visas on the ground that was al- readv given “When these women marrled,” Mrs. Baker informed Secretary Doak. “they | had no idda that they would be required to show the possession of so much | money. If the rules of the game had not been changed on these women in | the latter part of 1930, all of these hustands would have been admitted. is because of a total change in the in- terpreta of the rules gov-rning those likely to ome public charges that these hu ds are detained If they udged by the 1929 standard, all | ese husbands would be here.” Mr. Doak was asked by the delega- | tion if he could find his way clear to' give his sympathetic support to the plea. | He referred them to the House Immi- gration Committee. b A Sale for Those Who Appreciste Fine Clothing SALTZ BROTHERS CJine Apparel for Gentlemen 1341 F ST The Semi-A REET, N.W. ° nnual Sale of Langrock Fine Clothes is new in progress. Langreck Clethes embrace the best h good clothin A special group ol and tailoring and finest imported wool- ens and are accepted as one of the best makers of g in America. L] $45 Suits and Overcoats, $38.50 $55 Suits and Overcoats, $43.50 $60 Suits and Overcoats, $48.50 f $35 Suits, $28.50 Langrock Full Dress and Tuxedo Suits Reduced. Sale of Haberdashery, Hats and Shoes now going on Temnine Apparel | federation to give cl It | ership. HOME OWNERSHIP PROGRAM IS URGED Miss Harlean James Reviews Wilbur’s Report Before Women’s Federation. In an address before members of the board of directors of the General Fed- eration of Women’s Clubs at Federation | headquarters, this afternoon, Miss Har- | lan James, former secretary, of the American Civic Association, summarized the reports of Secretary Wilbur on the President’s Conference on Home Build- ing and Home Owno°rship, urging the study to the biect of better homes and home own- “We have had too much action with- out knowledge and study in the past.” caid Miss James. “In the Spring. 10 und volumes containing reports and suggestions of the President’s Confer- ence on Home Building and Home Own- ership will be published and every club and library should have these copies available for study.” Miss James emphasized the need of | | programs which would make it possible | for” thrifty people to buy homes, to | bring old homes up to modern stand- |ards to place sturdy furniture in homes | for the same cost as they have paid hitherto for flimsy furniture, to improve grounds and cultivate small gardens, and innumerable other particulars ad- vised by tha committees of the Presi- | dent’s recent Conference on Home | Building and Home Owne;s Jol. U. S. Grant. 3d. ada club women on the report James' Committ>e on Organiza gram of which he was a member. Col. Grant stressed the point brought out by the committee during the Presi- dent’s Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership that there was | much need in cities and communities of private organizations which would co-operate with officials in zone plan- ning and civic improvements Routine Reports Heard. Routine reports occupied the business of the morning. including those of the Education Committee, the National Council of Women's Motion Picture Committee and the Publicity and Press Committee. Reports were also made by Mrs. Robert Burdette, extension secre- and Mrs. John A. Frick on the ision of the constitution This evening a dinner will be given the Cameron Ciub at the George Alexandria, in honor of hich the pas: the General Federation, D. Sherman: the present president, Mrs. J. F. Sippel, and the possible future president, Mrs. Grace Morrison Poole of Massachusetts, will ssed the of Miss n pro- by Mason Hotel the board mei president of Mrs. John '35 WASHINGTON’'S FINEST $40) speak on little known phases of th» | of George Washington. Yesterday afternoon more than 100 members of the board were received at the White House by Mrs. Hoover Reports will be continued throughout tomorrow's sessions, and the semi- annual meeting will be concluded Satu:- day. POLICE PRECINCT AT BENNING URGED District officials were tablish a police precinct in Benning in a letter sent them last night fol- lowing a joint meeting of the Benning Citizens' Association and the Parent- Teacher Association of Benning School Benning has had sufficient area and population to warrant the creation of another precinct for several years. it was said. The citizens were told by Warner Stutler, a member, that $52.000 had been appropriated for the estab- lishment of the station, but that it had been used later for other pur- poses. Charles 1. Stengle. sentative from New York he District George Washington Bi- centennial Committee. svoke. outlining the plans for the celebration. Miss G. E. Kelsey, principal. said pupils of the school planned to plant a Georre Washington memorial tree and to take part in the celebration by pageants and other festivities. urged to es- former Repre- a member of MEN'S WEAR STORE e 54,5 HART SCHAFFNER & MARX - SUITS and VERCOATS ury Mills, that he had heard no com- plaint against an increase in taxes ex- cept from those objecting on the grounds of selfish interests. Clark said his assoclations were willing to spend their just share of added taxation. New Zealand has 18,756 milking ma- chines and 45,781 cream separators. We have taken dreds finest garments the price in half for this GREAT Clearance. 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