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FOES OF SALES TAX SEEK INCOME LEVY La Guardia Amendment Ac- cepted to Boost Rates of $8,000 Earnings. (Continued From First Page.) tion, he said, “is responsible for more charges on the Treasury of the United States than any other organization in the land.” He said it brought about authoriza- tion of the $17,000,000 Chicago Post Office, “the most expensive building in the world, with the possible exception of the Commerce Department Building.’ It was rsponsible, he added, for the expenditure of “millions on the Illinois waterway and the Mississippl River, and “for the fact that we bought the Cape Cod Canal.” “Thay come here oncc a year and line us all up and tell us what they want us to do,” he said. Says Circular Was Mailed. «The association, he added, sent to every manufacturer in Illinois a circu- lar headed, “Manufactures Sales Tax & Dangerous Menace.” Rainey charged James L. Donnelly of Chicago, executive vice president of the association, was responsible for this, but declared Hurley had telegraphed him that he was “in full accord with the non-partisan efforts of the Ways and Means Committee to pass a sales tax bill.” “If we don't balance this budget we are going to have the biggest panic any nation ever had in the history of this world,” Rainey said. - Meanwhile, Representative Doughton, Democrat, North Carolina, leader of the Democratic group which organized to bolt their leaders on the issue, said: “If we don't defeat the sales tax here the Senate will do it.” Representative La Guardia, Republi- can, New York, obtained 39 names to & petition and forced Representative Snell «of New York, minority leader, to call a party conference for tonight. The in- dependents opposing the sales levy hope to break into the regular lines at the meeting. May Wreck Government. Asserting the Government was run- ning behind its receipts $7,882,000 a day, Rainey told the House, “We now have added to the public debt $5,000,- 000,000 and we will pay an annual in- terest charge on that of $210.000.000. “To keep borrowing and in interest charges may bring the day thac might wreck even this Government. We are directors of the greatest corporation on earth and at the present time this great corporation is bankrupt. We can only restore its solvency by wiping out this deficit.” The majority leader explained the tax bill was based on the assumption that the foreign debtor nations would Loses Suit COURT DECIDES AGAINST FAMOUS BEAUTY. DOROTHY KNAFP. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 18.—A Supreme Court justice ruled against Dorothy Knapp’s $500,000 damage suit for los- ing her part in Earl Carroll's “Fioretta” yesterday, but tempered his decision by ruling strongly in personal favor of Dorothy. “Concededly,” Justice Ernest E. L. Hammer pronounced, “the plaintiff is | Although | fair of face, form and figure. £o advertised and exploited, she does not give an impression of sophistication | worldliness, but that of | or calculati education, culture and refinement.” The court’s opinion, nevertheless, was that Miss Kmpf, winner of a national beauty contest in 1923, probably “was not equal to singing the theme song or dancing as the heroine’s part was orig- inally cast.” The pretty plaintiff had sued the late | Mrs. Ann Wainwright Penfield, Evelyn Hubbell, her secretary; Earl Carroll and others for alleged breach of contract after she was dropped from the “Fio- retta” musical comedy cast. Justice Hammer ruled she had re- ceived all the compensation due under her contract. resume payments amounting to about $270,000,000 at the end of the one-year Hoover moratorium, but added: E .1 don’t believe they’ll pay a dollar of Turning to_the subject of Government. salary cuts, Rainey said: ““We've got to cut our salaries. That's and we've got to cut other sal- aries than our own. But you can't save this Government by cutting salaries.” The savings from salary cuts would be negligible, he said, but “they are needed for the psychological effect dur- SALES TAX HELD VITAL Shouse Says Measure, Repellent to Democratic Mind, Is Necessary. SAVANNAH, Ga. March 18 (@) — Jouett Shouse, chairman of the Demo- cratic National Executive Committee, last night called the manufacturers’ sales tax before Congress & Democratic concession to absolute r;mumy and one of the products of “political armistice” in Congress. The whole idea of such a tax, he said, “is repellent to the Democratic mind,” but “needs must be when the devil of necessity drives.” He spoke here before the Hibernian Bociety of Savannah. Faced with an absolute necessity of formulating a tax plan that would correct the Treasury deficiency by 1933, Mr. Shouse said, the Democratic majority found inescapable the un- welcome job of increasing taxes. Situation Is Critical. “There is cause for neither surprise nor criticism that many members of Congress oppose the sales tax,” he said. “Save for the critical fiscal situation, there would be small excuse for it. It will be supported in frequent instances by those who would ordinarily incline to defeat it, because they realize the ab- golute necessity of making every effort to balance the budget.” He predicted it would be es- sentially as proposed by the Democratic House znd the Republican Senate and signed Ly the President. That being the casc, he continued, there can be no monopoly of praise or blame for its Tesults, The “political armistice” from which the measure resulted, Mr. Shouse said, ‘was, forced on both parties by “the pressure of public necessity,” and does not extend outside actual Government business on into the presidential cam- paign. Bills Held Palliatives. By means of co-operation in Con- gress, the Democratic leader said, the two parties apparently have “effected legislation which tends to ameliorate the dire condition of the fiscal and in- dustrial institutions of our country,” but he calied the measures “palliatives” and said the best that could be hoped for them was that they would provide a breathing spell in which business may set_about its own salvation Even so, he added, “the present Con- gress has functioned more satisfactorily to the public interest than has any re- cent Congress during a corresponding period. * * * It was a situation fraught with difficulties. The leaders of my party realized that when they under- took co-operation, it was bound to sub- ject them to attack whenever their plans differed from the President. Such attack has come, but Democratic lead- ership has unswervingly kept to its TRAINMEN HIT PLAN. Brotherhood Resents Impositions Hid- den in Sales Tax Bill. CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 18 (#)— “Impositions * * * hidden in the proposed sales tax measure” are re- y the Brotherhood of Trainmen, A. F. Whitney, brotherhood president, said in a letter sent yester- day to Representative Henry T. Rainey of Iliinois. The letter was in the form of a pro- tes. against a forecast by the Demo- cratic floor leader that failure to pass the sales tax bill would result in re- duced wages for Government employes. ‘Whitney said that millions of work- ers now f"“m‘ reduced wages, part- time employment and in many cases no employment at all are being crushed by tax laws that place most of the burden on labor. “The Brotherhood of Rallroad Train- ." his letter concluded, defending humanitarian principles that stand for right and justice and is equally strong in resenting impositions SALARY CUT BILL REPORT EXPECTED ~BY HOUSE MONDAY (Continued Prom First Page.) bill now being drafted by the Economy Committee as an amendment on the legislative appropriation bill Others to Be Heard. Hearings on the legislative appropria- tions bill are nearly completed, with George Carter, the Government printer, to be heard tomorrow, and Director Hess of the Botanic Garden to be heard on Monday, so that the Appropriation ittee :::I‘l‘l that it tfll‘llzi el‘g:]{ report the I tive appropriation in time to be considered by the House immediately following the tax bill now under consideration. A change of sentiment in Congress for drastic salary cuts “all down the line” was attributed today by Repre- sentative Byrns to “lobbying activities of certain 1 employes.” Byrns the change was due large- 1y to the action of the postal employes who caused the defeat of a proposal to prevent automatic salary increases for Treasury and Post Office Department workers. ‘The proposal bill is expected to save from $50,000,000 to $100,000,000 an- nually. Demands Have Increased. Byrns sald “demands for wage cuts in the lower brackets have increased tenfold.” Meanwhile, hearings before a Senate Committee on the Borah bill to cut sal- | aries of Farm Board members and of- ficials of organizations under the board were continued until tomorrow at the request of Chairman Stone of the Farm Board. ‘The Borah measure seeks to cut pay of the board members from $12,000 to $9,600 and limit salaries of officials of the organizations under it to $15,000. The pay cuts, sponsored by individual legislators since early in the session, had appeared to be defeated by gen- eral sentiment against such economy means, but the harassing job of bring- ing the four-billion-dollar Federal bud- get down to a size commensurate with the present national income, forced it to the front again. So far President Hoover has main- tained steadfastly a strong position against Pederal rly cuts, but there has been no official statement from the White House on the subject. The Democratic leader of the House, Rainey of Illinols, sald yesterday he considered the cuts necessary, particu- larly for the immediate psychological effect upon the country. touched. It is a provision of the Con- stitution that the Chief Executive’s pay may neither be raised nor lowered dur- ing his term of office. The presidential salary after this term, however, could be reduced from its present $75,000. REED MUCH BETTER Former Senator in Best Condition Since Operation Week Ago. ROCHESTER, Minn., March 18 (). —Gaining stre steadily, James A. Reed, former United States Senator from Missouri, today was “in better condition than at any time since an operation Perfurmed a week ago, surgeon said. Reed was operated on for gall blad- der trouble. President Hoover's salary cannot be | 1S READYTOSEL SURPLUSES ABROAD {Plans for Intensive Drive on| Foreign Markets Bared by Hyde. By the Associated Press Official contemplation of an “inten- sive sales campaign” by the United | States to place some of the country's huge surplus of wheat and cotton in European and other countries was re- ported today by Secretary Hyde. The Agriculture Secretary told news- paper men that, although plans for such & campaign were at present nebulous, there was a definite “hope” that some such procedure could be followed in lifting the weight of these enormous surpluses from the American market. Many Conferences Held. Conferences on the possibilities are being held in official Washington, rang- ing from the White House to Capitol Hill A possibility that part of the $200,- 000,000 farm loan fund of the Recon- struction Finance Corporation might be employed in such a surplus-slicing cam- paign also was voiced today by Hyde. A resolution to make this fund imme- diately available has been adopted by the Senate and sent to the House. Sen- ator Smith, Democrat, South Carolina, presented it. “It would not be humanly possible for us to make $200,000,000 of loans to agriculture at this time,” Hyde said. “Since we could not loan this amount if we had it, a better plan might be to employ this money in cutting down our surpluses rather than continuing to_stimulate production.” Hyde sald that before anything defl- nite csuld be done toward disposing of the wheat and cotton held by the sta- bilization corporations it would be necessary to determine exactly what the conditions were abroad concerning these two products. Milnor Sails for Europe. Although Hyde had nothing to say upon the matter, there was considerable speculation in the Capital that the sailing yesterday to Europe of George S. Milnor, president of the Grain Stabil- ization Corporation, might have some such end in_view. Secretary Hyde and Chairman Stone of the Farm Board consulted yesterday with Vice President Curtis and agricul- ture leaders at the Capitol. Hyde also saw President Hoover and Walter New- ton, one of the President’s secretaries, but would not comment on the conver- asation. President Hoover has consulted mem- bers of the House Agriculture Commit- tee on the big fund. It is the hope of the administration to make part of this money available for financing the for- eign deals. Although Chairman Stone said later no active negotiations were under way with a prospective wheat purchaser, it was said in another quarter that China was in the market for between 50,000,~ 000 and 80,000,000 bushels. ‘The board sold 15,000,000 bushels to China last Summer. In this connec- tion, Stone said toda: “I have every reason to believe China will meet her obligations when they fall due. She has paid her interest promptly. That is the only way a country can maintain its credit.” Powerless to Act. Less than $50,000,000 of the board's original $500,000,000 remains unecum- bered, and this prevents it from enter- ing into negotiations itself with foreign governments. “The board can't do it.” Stone said. “I think it would serve agriculture best if Congress created a fund to finance foreign sales. The thing we are faced with now is ov ction. That won't be helped when loans are given to every farmer to go right back and | do it over again.” Aside from carrying & debt due from | a foreign government, the board would first have to pay off primary loans of about 35 cents a bushel against its wheat. Besides China, Germany bought 500,- 000 bushels of wheat last Fall and 25,- 000,000 more were traded with Brazil for coffee. The board now holds about 160,000,- 000 bushels of wheat and 1,300,000 bales of cotton. CURTIS IS CERTAIN OF KANSAS BACKING, MULVANE DECLARES (Continued From First Page.) partment. He makes a good speech and would fill the bill well. But some | of the Republicans feel that possibly it might be as well not to go to the | cabinet to get a keynote speaker on the theory that it should not be quite “such a family affair.” - Mr. Hurley, too, has said he believes ultimately the prohibi- tion issue would be settled on the basis of States' rights. Just what the national convention will do about a liberal plank the Re- publican leaders are still at a loss to predict. The hope was expressed by one of them today who has generally been on the dry side that the matter might be adjusted amicably, and pos- sibly with the dry Republicans agree- ing not to protest against the inclusion of some kind of referendum plank. If the dry Republicans make a seri- ous fight against a resubmission plank, as they threaten to do, and the wets persist in their demands for such a plank, prohibition will be the big con- test in the Republican National Con- vention. The wet Republicans are call- ing attention today to the statement from the Republican national commit- teeman for Ohio, Maurice Maschke, that the majority of the Ohio delegation to the Republican National Convention this year would be “wet” in sentiment. Ohio Republicans have been strongly dry in past conventions. Mz, Mulvane is one of those Republi- cans who insist that there has been a distinct swing in public sentiment re- cently toward President Hoover and the G. O. P. He halls from one of the States where the soreheads have been many, due to the depression and the low prices of wheat and oil and gas. He insisted there was no doubt that Kansas would go Republican in the national election this year. The people are feeling more hopeful and cheerful and are giving President Hoover credit for the relief rogram which has been enacted into aw. Patsy Polk Morgan, a little girl age 2%, years, who nevertheless is said to resemble Charles Augustus Lindbergh, such as we find hidden in the pro- sales tax measure, and we sin- - cerely hope that the Congress of the United States wil defeat the sales tax bill and will take steps to raise suf- ficient funds for the operation of the Government by removing discrimina- tions in present tax laws from the shoulders of the masses to the shoul- ders of the classes. This can de R d!i ;‘he"ux levy &m-aws and inheritances.” be onl‘:ehl ’ jr., will have her answer ready if fellow passengers on the train which is to bear her South this week point a suspicious finger—a police certificate will be Pat- sY's answer. Patsy's grandperents, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Morgan, jr., of 3625 8 4 foresaw bilities of this mistake and moved forestall it by telephon- . Police Commissioner Crosby for advice, GIRL RESEMBLING STOLEN BABY GETS POLICE O. K. FOR JOURNEY Parents Take Precautions to Avoid Questions by Lind- bergh Infant Searchers. ‘The upshot was that an official police “OK" was placed on a family group photograph of Patsy and parents, read- “Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Morgan, jr., and \tll::h' daughter Patsy. Not an imita- B Because of Patsy's blonde curls, her blue, eyes and amiable smile, and be- cause’of the public enthusiasm for run- ning kidnap clues, this photograph W] dllpuh in a ent place olks, and travel, » word of the Mecropol you have the of the itan Police Department for it. = s Stage Find WASHINGTON, PA,, GIRL MAKES HIT AS DANCER. RUTH GORMLY. Lou Holtz, who discovered Lyda Rcberti and other musical comedy stars, intro- duces his newest protege i Ruth Gormly, pretty dancer from Washing- ton, Pa. —A. P. Photo. MERGER GEESON PXPECTED TODAY Senate District Committee Giving Final Consideration to Amendments. With a score of amendments to be ironed out, the Senate District Com- mittee is in session this afternvon in the hope of taking final action on the resolution to authorize merger of the traction facilities of Washington. It is belleved the committee will reach a decision on the resolution, but the extent to which it may be changed will not be known until after the committee members in session to- day have gone over the various amend- ments, One of the principal questions to be settled is the extent to which the street car companies should be re- lieved of street paving costs, a question on which no final agreement was reached with the District Commis- sioners, ‘There are various other amendments to be considered at the suggestion of the Public Utilities Commission, Peo- ple's Counsel Richmond B. Keech, William McK. Clayton of the Feder- ation of Citizens’ Associations, Evan H. ‘Tucker of the Northeast Washington Citizens' Association and others. One question relates to the definition of the transportation facilities that could be operated by the merged com- pany. Another is the request of Clay- ton and Keech for universal transfers between streets cars and busses as well as between car lines, and some pro- vision for continuation of reduced rates for school children. Keech also has objected to the terms in the resolution to govern the sale of electric power to the merged car companies. GOUNSEL FOR PITTS PLEADS NOT GUILTY Frank G. Raichle Granted Two Weeks in Which to Study Perjury Indictment. Prank G. Raichle, New York attorney who defended G. Bryan Pitts at his trial here on conspiracy - embezziement charges, pleaded not guilty in District Supreme Court today to an indictment charging him with subornation of per- jury and obstructing justice. A request by Raichle for two weeks' time in which to consider the prepara- tion of pleas in abatement or other motions attacking the validity of the indictment was granted by Justice James M. Proctor. Raichle's arraignment was moved up at his request after he had explained it was necessary for him to return to his home in Buffalo, N. Y, as soon as possible. The indictment charges he procured Pitts to introduce in evidence at the conspiracy embezzlement trial a num- ber of alleged spurious documents. He also was accused of inducing Miss Helen L. Snyder, Pitts’ secretary, to testify falsely concerning a plea in abatement to the indictment against Pitts. Raichle said he has not as yet se- lected counsel to represent him in the event he is brought to trial on the in- dictment. BALL TO BRING TOGETHER WOMAN PARTY LEADERS Democratic and Progressive Com- mittee Members Coming to Social Function Here. The Democratic ball at the Shoreham | ¥ Hotel Saturday night will bring to- gether many nationally women of the party who are sponsoring the event to further interest in the coming presidential campaign. Headed by Mrs. Elizabeth Smith Ed- wards, national chairman, officers of the National Committee of One Thou- sand Democratic and Progressive Women are coming from various sec- tions. The ball is to be given under the auspices of the committee. Other officers are Mrs. Edward M. House, vice chairman; Mrs. Duncan U. Fletcher, vice chairman; Miss Mary Culey of Boston, vice chairman; Mrs, Peter A. Drury of Washington, vice chairman; Miss Vera Russell, vice chairman; Miss Patricia V. Dorn of New York, national secretary of the Ball Committee, and Mrs. Willlam G. Dowd, national secretary, Baltimore, who is actively engaged in organization work for the committee. Mlle. Doumer Is Engaged. PARIS, March 18 (#).—The engage- ment of Mile. Lucile Doumer, grand- daughter of the President of France, to Marcel Pasquier, an attorney, was an- nounced today. . —_— New Zealand Imports Fall. ‘WELLINGTON, New Zealand (#).— New Zealand has cut her imports by 25 per cent within a year, January trade figures. Exports only a slight decrease. prominent WOMAN ATTACKED IN HOME WITH AX Refusal of Food to Colored Man Blamed for Assault on Colesville Road. Mrs. Anita Doyle, 33, was attacked by a colored man with an ax in her home, cn the old Colesville road, be- hind the University of Maryland, and seriously injured about noon today when she refused to give him food and clothing. | At the Washington Sanitarium In | Takoma Park, where she was taken by Dr. Donald Davenport of the staff, it was said she was badly cut on the head and arms, but it was thought she wouid live. Asks for Food. According to the story told hospital attaches, a colored man applied at the door of Mrs, Doyle’s home today and asked for food. Mrs. Doyle and her son Ray, jr, about 6 years old, were alone in the house at the Lime. Afraid to allow him to enter, she re- fused to give him anything to eat. The man then is said to have asked for clothing. When she again refused he forced his way into the house and struck her on the head and arms sev- eral times with an ax. Drops Revolver. When the colored man fled he drop- ped a revolver. The little boy picked it up and took it with him when he ran screaming from his home to the nearest neighbors, who called the ‘Washington Sanitarium. Mrs. Doyle is a graduate nurse, hav- ing trained at the sanitarium, where she was taken for treatment. An at- tempt was made immediately to notify her husband, who was at work. MISSING SER.VANTS LOCATED IN PROBE OF BABY KIDNAPING (Continued From First Page.) but he did not take the license number of the car nor did he notice the drivrr closely enough to be able to give any description. “With the information at hand.” Schwarzkopf said, “this mattgr was in- vestigated as far as possible without being able to obtain any information of value to the investigation.” The police superintendent said his subordinates were out on several phases of the investigation, but as yet they had reported nothing of importance. COUPLE EXPLAIN FLIGHT. Left Lightfoots Just {o Find New Jobs, They Say. BRYN MAWR, Pa, March 18 (#.— Katie Thornburg and Paul Engenston- berg, servants sought for questioning in connection with the kidnapi of Charles A. Lindbergh, jr, were found today employed in the home of a prominent Bryn Mawr family. The man and woman left the employ of Mr. and Mrs. C. Leandro Lightfoot, Franklin Park, N. J., on March 2, the day after the 20-month-old son of the Lindberghs was stolen from its crib. Both emphatically denied any knowl- edge of the kidnaping. They said they “just wanted to change jobs,” and so left the Lightfoot em| . They ad- mitted telling Mrs. Lightfoot that En- genstonberg’s mother was ill in Ger- many as the reason for leaving. ‘The pair told police they were legally married last October. They started work in the Bryn Mawr home on March 3. After leaving Franklin Park, they said, they went to Philadelphia, stayed at a small hotel for the night and ob- tained their new positions the next day. ‘They were taken back to the Lind- bergh home at Hopewell for further questioning by the New Jersey State police. The man, according to police, said that Mr Lightfoot helped him make a ladder out of some crating and that the ladder was used to repair an elec- tric light in the Lightfoot garage. He also said that since coming to Pennsylvania he applied for an auto- mobile driver's permit in his own name, took a test in Philadelphia on Wednesday and falled, went back yes- terday and passed successfully. No one questioned him regarding the Lind- bergh case. He and Katie went to Hopewell vol- untarily, police said. GETS KIDNAP THREAT. Du Pont Official Warned One of Three Children Will Be Stolen. WILMINGTON, Del., March 18 (#).— A police guard was maintained today at the home of J. Simpson Dean, assist- ant treasurer of the Du Pont Co., after receipt of a note which threatened :Idnapln‘ one of the three Dean chil- iren. ‘The threat, police said, was made over the phone to & nursemaid of the children Wednesday night. She re- ported a gruff voice said, “One of Mr. Dean's three children will be kidnaped unless we get some money,” and when she started to reply the connection was broken. Mrs. Dean was formerly Paulina du Pont and a cousin of former United States Senator T. Coleman du Pont. DROVE KIDNAPERS, MAN SAYS. Police, However, Doubt Story of Suspect Held in Idaho. POCATELLO, Idaho, March 18 (#).— Ignace Blaustein, 30, was held here today by police, who said he told them he was the driver of the motor car in which Charles A. Lindbergh, jr., was Kidnaped. Investigators reported the short, dark-complexioned prisoner supplied an address at which he said the child could be found and announced he had mo- tored West from New Jersey with two other men implicated in the abduction. Newark police were informed of the purported ~ confession. Details _were eld here. Ernest Stoops, Boise, Idaho, detective, held the story was " not consistent. Blaustein was arrested in Boise sev- eral days ago on a charge of robbing ; University of Idaho fraternity house ere. “Blaustein laughed when I ques- tioned him about the Lindbergh case, ! Stoops said, “saying he did not hear | about the kidnaping until he reached lWeber. Utah.” Blaustein told Stoops he left New Jersey March 6, five days after the child was abducted from his home in Hopewell. He said two men and a woman, wife of one of the men, were in the party. Stoops said Blaustein admitted he was on parole from Concord, N. H., under a grand larceny charge. Police here said Blaustein told them he had been released from Sing Sing Prison only & month ago. GIRL ESCAPES ABDUCTORS. BRIDGEPORT, Ohio, March 18 (®). —Bridgeport police today were investi- gating the attempted kidnaping of 6- year-old Marguerite Daniel. A man attempted to seize her while she was playing near her home. She eluded him and ran screaming to a nearby house. The would-be abductor disappeared. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Daniel, Feter 5 writer 1t was & “joke.’ Left to right: Dr. Maurice L. Hollod, first prize winner; Miss Mayme E. King, second prize winner, and Mrs. Doris Noetzel Eliason, third prize winner. ~—Star Staff Photo. Winning Letters in Anti-Hoarding Drive| prize winners in The Star’s contest for the best letters outlining reasons why money should not be hoarded, but put into eir- THE following letters have been picked as the first, second and third culatiof to stimulate business and militate against the present depression. The first prize is $100 in gold, the second $50 and the third $25. The letters, in the order of their selection, follow: Panic! Depression! Crisis! I instinctively hoarded my money in much the fashion of the proverbial miser, as tens of millions also were doing. And so with an oversufficiency of commodities and non-circulation of accumulated millions, how could the glut of the market be liquidated? Unemployment routed? Prosperity restored? I am not an economist. But supreme confidence in my country, plus sound common sense, soon triumphed. Out came my hoard. The family purchased much needed clothes, our house was repaired, the old Ford traded in for a new one, the balance adopted two “baby” bonds, and now happiness prevails! MAURICE L. HOLLOD, 523 Four-and-a-half St. B.W. Spend your money and you will have it. As paradoxical as this statement sounds, it proved trye in my case. I was compelled to withdraw my savings from a family fand to express my firm conviction, supply of it. To spend money encourages and exercises the In 1931 I put back into circulation every dollar I made; by doing so I contributed to church, school, laundry, painter, plumber, maid, real estate, real estate taxes, coal company, gas company, electric company, water, parents, music school, hotels, Pullman fare, railroad fare, food stores, shoe ,stores, clothing of all kinds, unemployed, leaving a balance of $2 checking account. assist in buying a horse that he might farm this Spring. and will always have of this world's goods. of spending. Yours to never hoard. “Stop hoard! for your own good.” . - yo how hoarding contributes to one’s peace of I, for one, cannot see mind. Having lost faith and confidence in our blnkln% withdraw thel funds, thinking it is unsafe to leave tl rogram of saving and ull-dml&lfl,ou mes an obsession. I practice carried to this length becomes a menace to health I gave $10 to a farmer, to 1 am working I know the art and necessity MISS MAYME E. KING, 134 R street. institutions, people em there. Then a into effect that in some cases 't myself, but I do believe that saving Living in constant fear and deprivation warps our dispositions and gives us a gloomy outlook. Why postpone our happiness waiting for pi ity to return? thinking and use your idle m a normal way of Cultivate to invest in some of the roducts of this machine age, in sound securities, or deposit them in the k. You will thereby help in stabilizing industry and in routing the depression. I do not advocate extravagance or unnecessary buyicg, but the sensible buying of those commodities we can afford. I am concentrating on the purchase of an electric refrigerator and am interested not in frozen assets, but in frozen desserts. Vi truly erymm yours, LACTIC ACID AND DYES FOUND TO SLOW CANCEROUS GROWTH American Journal of Cancer Reports New Progress in Combating Disease—No Proof of Being Antagonistic to Tuberculosis. BY HOWARD W. BLAKESLEE, Assoclated Press Science Editor, NEW YORK, March 18.—Animal ex- periments in which lactic acid and certain dyes slow down the development of cancer are reported today in the American Journal of Cancer. The lactic acid report is by I A. Parfentjev, W. Devrient, V. D. Suntzefl and B. Sokoloff of the Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis. By transplantation they produced a cancer in rats known as rat sarcoma 39. The lactic acid in pure form was injected into the blood, once or twice a day. “These experiments,” they report, “show that lactic acid in the form of sodium lactate and of ethyl lactate ex- erts a certain inhibiting influence on the growth of rat sarcoma 39; they also indicate that the effects of lactic acid can be increased through the ad- dition of various substances, which, however, in themselves seem to be also active.” These additional substances were so- dium, pepein, lipase and traces of cop- per and cuinone in certain combina- tions. A form of cancer known as chicken tumor No. 1 was found somewhat sensi- tive to certain dyes by Margaret Reed Lewis and Warren Reed Lewis of Stan- ford University. The work was aided by a grant from the American Chemical port, “was in: concentrations of toluidin blue, phenol- 3-indophenol, 4 bromo phenol—3-indo- phenol and phenol indophenol.” All these are dyes. Similarly the cancer- producing principle of a rabbit tumor was Inactivated by the first two and the last of the above dyes. Investigation of a quite general belief that cancer and tuberculosis are antag- onistic—that is, that a person with one is not likely to contract the other—was reported by Edwn B. Wilson and Helen C. Maher of the Harvard School Public Health. “There seems to be little or no evi- dence,” they stated. “in favor of an antagonism or dissociation between can- cer and tuberculosis and a considerable variety of evidence in favor of a slight degree of positive association between But until better estimates of merbidity are available one may not be dogmatic over the matter and may well admit that for practical &urpom cancer and tuberculosis may regarded independent.” SERGT. TALLEY FACES TRIAL TODAY Accused of Maltreatment and Vio- lence in Arrest of Elevator Operator. Detective Sergt. Carlton Talley was to be arraigned before the Police Trial Board this afternoon on charges of conduct prejudicial to the force, mal- treatment and unnecessary violence on Raymond M. Grimes, colored, 33, of 913 E street southwest. The case is one of the many investi- gated by the Department of Justice during the third degree probe last Fall, but was not presented to the grand jury because Federal agents constdered it too ‘weak for criminal action. Grimes, an elevator operator at the ‘Washington Loan & Trust Building, in & sworn statement made to Department of Justice investigators, charged Talley with beating him about the head and face with his fists after Grimes was found asleep in a pargxed automobile (‘;3 ?::1“‘ Capitol near M street, May The colored man was taken to the fourth precinct station and again at- tacked by Talley, according to Grimes’ statement, and then was released a short time later without any charge being placed inst him. FARMER BURNED SAVING DAUGHTER FROM BLAZE Resident Near Cumberland Awakes to Find Home in Flames. Injuries Serious. Special Dispatch to The Btar. 3 March 18.— Jordon Potts, 43, farmer, was serjously burned in rescuing his 14-year-old daughter, Grace, from their home at the foot of Green Ridge, about 1 mile from the National Highway, early yes- terday. He is at Allegany Hospital here. The frame house, one-story, was par- tially consumed before Potts and his wife were awakened. He and his wife ft the building, but RICH RECLUSE NAMES DEAD BENEFICIARIES Ida E. Wood Made Will 42 Years Ago—Distant Relatives Seek $1,000,000 Estate. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, March 18.—A sister and a daughter, both of whom are dead, are named as sole beneficiaries in the will of Ida E. Wood, $3-year-old millionaire recluse, filed for probate yesterday. years in a hotel room where dusty trunks concealed nearly $1,000,000 in cash and jewels, signed the will 42 "“The " sister, Mrs. Mary E. Mayf sister, 5 E. leld, died March 5, 1931; the daughter, Emma Wood, on December 30, 1928. Otis F. Wood, & nephew, of Staten Island, in his petition for letters of ad. ministration, termed Mrs. Wood “an T poin guardian by the 3 He gave the names of 10 persons who are next of kin, all of whom live in New York except Annie Wood, niece, Ossing, N. Y.; Grace R. Wood, grand niece, Parls, France, and Madelaine Thor- becker, grand nice, Peiping, China. Otis Wood named eight others whose claims to a share in the estate he dis- putes. He said they are grandchildren of Adolphus E. Wood, half-brother of Benjamin Wood, Mrs. Wood's husband. BAND CONCERT. By the United States Marine Band Orchestra, this afternoon, at the Marine Barracks Auditorium, at 3 o'clock, Capt. Taylor Branson, leader; Arthur 8. Witcomb, second leader, conducting. Overture, “Sicilian Vespers" . Verd!i "mu:z tlen”. ....... .Luigini I Allegretto. III. Andante sostenuto. IV. Finale, andante-allegro troppo. Intermezzo, “The Broken Melody.” non Marines' hymn, “The Halls of Montezuma.® “m‘u Spangled Banner." DOCTOR'S LETTER ON HOARDING WINS Hollod Given First Prize. Women Take Second and Third. Judges in The Star's Anti-Hoarding Letter Contest announced their de- cisions today. The winners are: Dr. Maurice L. Hollod, 523 Four-and- a-half street southwest, first. Miss Mayme E. King, colored, 134 R street, second. Mrs. Doris Noetzel Eliason, 5507 Thir- teenth street, third. The prizes are $100, $50 and $25 in gold for first, second and third places, respectively, and will be forwarded to the victorious contestants immediately. The winning letters were selected by The Star's trio of judges from the hun- dreds which were submitted during the week of the contest, ending last Sat- urday evening at 6 o'clock, and Tepre= sent the outstanding views of Washing- ton citizens as presented to The Star on their personal reactions to thée Nation-wide anti-hoarding campaign. Winners All Under 35. The contest was open to any resident of the District who had returned his or her money to normal channels. The winners were determined zolely on a basis of the letters submitted. The judges were C. E. Nelson, Sunday editor of The Sta . H. Kauffmannm, % | paving assistant business manager, and Charles E. Tracewell, columnist, whose daily essays, “This and That,” appear on The Star’s editorial page. Several days .rmdu;e clgee orhthe contest were re- qui for thoron considerati of the letters. o et under 5 years of ave, D Hoes’ sng years of age, Dr. Hollod and Miss King being 32 and Mrs, Eliason 34. The first prize winner is & chiro~ practor, with offices at Vermont avenue and L street. Miss King conducts a colored beauty shop, and Mrs. Eliason, the only one of the three who is mar~ , is a housewife. “I always have been interested in economic and financial questions,” Dr. “since college when I majored in economics. The Star announced its contest my interest immediately was quickened, and I real- ized what a powerful factor in popu- larizing the anti-hoarding drive such & competition would be. I have defi- nite views which go along with the economic theory that the country must spend to be prosperous, so I imme- tely set down my ideas on paper l':rl";egt them in. I did not expect Confident of Success. When Miss King entered the con- test she was considerably more confi- gem l;{ success quhm'gr Hollod. “I new I was gol to a prize,” she declared, “because everything I put in my letter was based on facts.” Miss King sent her letter to The Star the day before the contest closed. It was not until then, she explained, that she knew it was in progress. “I sat down immediately when I heard of the contest and e: conviction that spending she continued. Mrs, Eliason, & mother of two daugh- ters, thinks The Star's wntutugn done much to bring home to the house- wife that anti-hoarding is not just & term but a fact that profitably can be incorporated in everyday life. “Since the anti-hoarding campaign commenced many of my friends have found that to spend at this time i not extravagance but good, hard sense, 1 intend to keep on buying what I need for the house just as soon as get the money to do it with, of waiting for the depression to end”™ Mrs. Eliason is the wife of Ray- mond O. Eliason, automotive engineer in the War Department and principal of the Yousg Men’s Christian Asso- ciation Preparatory School. daughters, Norma, is 13 years old, other, Clair, is 7, e e HEARINGS SLATED ON $600,000 FUND FOR RELIEF IN D. C, (Continued Prom First Page.) $900,000 would be used for purchase of the site and the other $100,000 for be= construction, grading and of streets. “Since the preparation of the budget for 1933 and since the campaign of the charitable organizations for sub- scriptions for table and relief work in an amount predicated upon the ex= perience of a year ago,” Mr. Roop ex- , “the demands upon these or- ganizations indicate a materially larger number of residents of the District of Columbia in need of relief than was anticipated at this time. k. th the funds subscribed to uvln? 88 | charitable agencies exceed the amounts previously subscribed, they are still in- o ihet sntich g'::'a'unn. e an an e Fall and Winter 4 ‘The approval of the requests for a supplemental estimate of appropriations Mrs. Wood, who lived frugally for | Whit by the budget director was given only after he was shown that unemployment here has increased beyond expectation. The proposal for an emérgency appro- riation from public funds was made y Paul J. Benjamin, executive secre- tary of the District Committee on Employment, which had exhausted the $250,000 Community Chest fund raised by private subscription, in meeting the heavy demands made upon the relief agencies this Winter. ‘The District Commissioners conferred with E. C. Graham, chairman of the Committee on Employment, and with Newbold Noyes, representing the Wash- ington Council of Social Agencies, and last Wednesday notified the Budget Bu- reau, w’l!zlch promptly advised with the e House. FORBRA IS VICTOR IN GRAND NATIONAL AS 200,000 WATCH (Continued From Pirst Page.) American-owned Dusty Foot refused to take one of the jumps. Sea Soldier Sluggish. “Sea Soldier was sluggish all the way,” sald Jockey Wilson after the Trace, “He never made & mistake, taking all of the big leaps with ease, but he took his own time and every time I hit him, he wanted to slow down. At the canal turn, where many of the big fleld came to grief, he took the jump er conf horse's failure bongh’mlflmd ntutnln- ice e : bringing him to “He's still the perfect " sald Carey, “and if I ever bri him over again for the National it will be just the race.” to Amer- month. His Maryland Hunt ica the twenty-fifth of axz race will be in the owned vear, tossed her Iast mounted. THhe Bt e