Evening Star Newspaper, June 19, 1932, Page 4

NEW U.S. TAXES IN FORGE TUESDAY Majority of Levies Under Revenue Act of 1932 Effective Then. By the Associated Press. A Nation of 120,000,000 persons, from children to their grandparents, will start digging into their pockets Tuesday for an additional $1,118,500,000 in new taxes to aid the Government balance its budget. The 1932 revenue act, signed on June 6 by President Hoover and designed to raise a total of $3,261,500,000 to mest the Government's expenses in the 1933 fiscal year. puts most of the new levies in force at that time. Nearly every citizen. from five-and- ten-cent store girl clerks to the multi- millionaire, will start contributing to the increased levies. Rich Are Hardest Hit. ‘They apply to a long list of articles and productr, ranging from candy, chewing gum and electric light bills to automobiles and conveyances of prop- erty. The wealthy will be the hardest hit because they purchase more of the articles taxed and because of increased levies on income in the higher brackets. The largest part of the new duties will be upon articles not taxed since| war days. The manufacturer will pay the tax, but in a number of cases will} pass the cost along to the ultimate pur- chaser. These levies are designed to raise $457,000,000 in revenue. The new income taxes are as high as those paid in 1921, with the normal rates at 4 per cent and 8 per cent and the exemptions cut to $2,500 for a mar- ried person and $1,000 for a single per- D “Ironsides” Jr. MIDGET SHIP MODELED ESCRIBED as the smallest sea- | going model in existence, a re- | production of Old Ironsides, | capable of sailing under hel" own canvas and manned by a crew, is to be launched tomorrow after- noon by James A. Callan, her builder, owner and captain, who is a veteran of the Navy. From her building ways at Dean’s Shipyard, Thirteenth and M S streets southeast, the Constitution Junior, as she will be christened, will THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTO D. C, JUN to Leave Ways AFTER FAMOUS CRAFT., S. Constitution, now at the Washington Navy Yard, and his officers and repre- sentatives of patriotic societies. MARINE EXPENSE May Have to Pay Costs of; Election Clerks—Senate Refuses Funds. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. ‘The Nicaraguan government may have to pay for transportation and up- | keep of the additional force of Amer-! ican Marines which it wants to serve as clerks to supervise coming elections should Congress persist in the refusal to appropriate the necessary funds. The Senate refused Thursday to ap-| propriate any money for the trans-| portation of Marines to Nicaragua. ‘This refusal may place the State Department in an unpleasant position, since this country is morally pledged to assist the Nicaraguans in their ef- fort to have free elections. Fair Play Sought. ‘The desire to send American Ma- rines is not due to any desire of the Department of State to exercise any influence on the Nicaraguan electorate, but herely to insure, at the request of Nicaraguan J;olmcal leaders, fair play for all presidential candidates. ‘The precedent of having American Marines supervise the Nicaraguan polls An old Navy motor launch, which was bought at public auction, forms the | basis for the Constitution Junior. Read- ing that an Englishman had built a| 60-foot model of the Victory, Lord Nel- s flagship at Trafalgar, Capt. Callan determined to construct the Constitu- tion Junior, which is 47 feet long. has been established before Mr. Stim- | son became Secretary. He inherited this situation from Secretary Kellogg. Before the presidential election in | Nicaragua in November, 1928, the con- servatives were worried over the result of the elections and made a formal re- | quest of the United States for a force of | | NCARAGUA FACES | QUAKES AGAIN ROCK WIDE MEXICO AREA Three Dead, Damage Exten- sive—Cyclone Also Sweeps Pacific Coast. By the Assoclated Press. MEXICO CITY, June 18.—At least| three persons were reported killed and more were feared dead today in a heavy earthquake that shook Mexico from coast to coast and caused severe | damage. At about the same time a strong cy- clone, swept Mexico’s Pacific Coast causing further extensive damage from | Manzantllo to Guaymas, said radio dis- patches. The deaths were reported from Colva, capital of the state with the same| 10 BE TOMORROW rero. Most of the dame_c occurred in the Friend of Calvin Coolidge Will Be Buried in Mount = States of Colima and Jalisco, which Olivet Cemetery. JAMES C. WHITE. affered severely from an earthquake | on June 3. Governor's Home Destroyed. ‘Gov. Salvador Saucedo and his fam- ily narrowly escaped injury when their ' home, at Colima, was virtually de- stroyed. Many public buildings and at least 100 houres were damaged there, dispatches said. ‘Three strong earth shocks struck Colima at 12:27, 4:15 and 4:30 am. The cyclone swept the coast just be- fore dawn. The earthquake was fol- BUSINESS UPTURN 15 SEEN BY DAWES Former Finance Chief Returns to Chicago Optimistic Over Outlook. (From the 5:30 Edition of Yesterday's Star.) By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 18.—Charles G. Dawes came back to Chicago and his banking business today with the belief that “we have reached the turning point in the depression.” ‘The former Vice President, budget director, Ambassador, was returning from his latest big task—that of chair- | man of the Reconstruction Pinanc~ Corporation. He based his belief tha: the depression had reached bottom on his work in Washington, where he said “one gets in fair perspective the gen- eral business situation in the country.” From Bottom Up. “It is the smaller business enter- prises with low overhead expenses which seem to be showing improve- ment,” Gen. Dawes said, “but in time the larger ones must necessarily fo low. The recovery in the depression will start from the bottom up, not from the top down. That is what experi- ence shows.” As Mr. and Mrs. Dawes stepped from a Washington train, he declined to dis- cuss politics, brushed asice rumors that he would become the chairman of the Chicago Civic Opera Co. But he was all ready for the depression question, and handed typewritten statements to reporters, Moderate Gain Needed. LEADOFHORSEMEN' NOW 2715 POINTS Net Gain of 620 Over Vander- bilt’s Bridge Team Made Last Night. By the Associated Press. DEAL, N. J, June 18—The “four horsemen” of contract bridge, despite |an unsteady pace tonight, increased | their lead over the challenging Caven- dish Club team to 2.715 at the halfway mark in a 160-board match. The quartet, led by P. Hal Sims, made a net gain of 620 points over the ‘l(‘am headed by Harold S. Vanderbilt, | railroad executive, who introduced cone tract to the United States, during the second 40 boards of the match Throughout the afternoon and early evening play the hands were contested | closely and the horsemen had to be content with a net total less than | one-third the 2,095 score they ran up | in the first 40-board session last night, | . Sims was lavish in his praise of the fine play of Vanderbilt, Baron Walde mar von Zedtwitz, Raymond Balfe and John Matt of the Cavendish team. He opposition they furnished trongest the horsemen have d at any time in their bridge Doubt of Outcome Voiced. Nore of his teammates was particu~ 13 optimistic of the ultimate out- . saying the lead was cely enough to assure the horsemen maintaining it in the two final ses- sions on June 26. Tl_w pleyers spiked reports they were i heavily on the re- sult. Wil m of the hor: A horsemen On Saturday the model will be sailed | Marines to see that nothing unlawful | [OF€ = ered Vanderbil to the Washington Navy Yard and happened at the booths. This request | 1OWSd by & small tidal wave at Man- David B o =1 gessel is to be manned by local Sea, 2, % ongside Old Tronsides. was made by the conservative i- iy v Scouts. i e % R e icaud The quake, felt strongly in Mexico >0 10ng & close friend of Calvin Cool- | small enterprises which have been ef- The' daughter of the owner, Mra | Copt Cala o e e s | the iiberal canditate, 1n papborted bY | city, opened crecks and dislodged plac- dge and for many years political writer (fected the last year, we need for t 1415 | years ago . 8. 8. 3 C e, the present Presi- | ¢ °f "t 5 can embassy, but there| for the Boston Herald, who died yester- profitable business in many lines no re- | Eleanor Callan Craun, who lives a Montague street, will christen the ship. | brig rigged Navy frigate, then at the | dent Mancado. A similar request has|ie 10 the American em = ‘With the forced econci and re- 113 Slip into the water at 5 oclock. ' The = . Funeral services for Jemes C. White, | 4, ceq inventories in Loth our large and son. The bill eliminates the earned in- come credit which has been allowed for several years. The surtax rates start at 1 per cent in excess of $61,000 and increase to 55 per cent on incomes cents a pomnt and Sims. David Burne stine and Howard Schenken, the other horsemen, said they had “risked” sime ilar sums on the outcome. One of the interesting hands fol- | | lows: of more than $1.000.000. The higher rates are expected to raise an additional $178,000,000, while in- creased corporation taxes are counted on to bring in $41,000,000. Miscellaneous and stamp taxes will add $197.500,000 to the Nation's tax bill, while increased postal revenue will | bring in $160,000,000. Administration changes and limitation on security losses account for the remainder of the $1.118.500,000. Part of the levies do not become ef- fective Puesday, including the increase in first-class postage from 2 to 3 cents, which begins July 6; the second-class postal rates on July 1; the tax on boats, July 1; the increased income and cor- poration taxes, which are effective from | last January 1, and the estate and gift | taxes, which were effective June 6 after 5 pm. | Luxuries and articles and products | not directly necessary to living bear the | brunt of the new taxes beginning Tues- day. Those levied on the manufactur- ers of the articles are listed under the heading of manufacturers’ excise taxes. In addition there are levies on mis- cellaneous articles, including telephone messages costing more than 50 cents. Admissions to places of entertatinment be taxed, along with new rates sues of bonds or capital stock, transfers of stock, transfers of bonds conveyance of property. rsons leasing safety deposit boxes have to pay 10 per cent more, the nal cost .going to the Govern- and every check calling for pay- of money will' bear a tax of 2 ment ment cents. - Income in Sharp Decline. ‘The increased rates were made neces- sary by a sharp decline in the Govern- ment’s income due to a falling off in all forms of present taxes. Income levies, which had been the base of the tax system, declined 25 per cent in 1931 and this year have fallen| off nearly 50 per cent more. From a total of $2,400,000,000 in 1930, the taxes have decreased until for 11 months and 15 days of the present fiscal year they amount to only $930,170,328. in the same period of last year they to- taled $1,611,157,000. Customs receipts and miscellaneous taxes also declined, and Government ex- penditures mounted due to efforts to provide employment through public works construction, aid to farms and other rehabilitation moves. With but half a month left of the fiscal year, the Government has a defi- cit of $2,781.303,316. having collected from all sources onlyl $13839,914,998, while spending $4,621.218.314. June 30, the end of the fiscal year, will see the second deficit in a decade in the Treasury. Last year the Gov- ernment _concluded the year with a deficit of $903,000,000, the first since 1919, and it will end this year with a deficit of nearly $3,000,000.000. | | FIVE CONCERTS PLANNED Present at the ceremony will be Comdr. Louis J. Gulliver, captain of the U. S. Washington Navy Yard. He served 14 | years in the Navy. New Federal Taxes Citigens to Begin Payment Under Recently Enacted Revenue Bill Beginning on Tuesday. By the Associated Press. The new taxes which citizens of the | United States begin paying on Tuesday‘ and the amount of money they are ex- pected to bring into the Treasury are: Income tax (effective last January 1). Individual: Normal tax rates, 4 per cent and 8 per cent, exemptions, $2,500 and $1,000, $63.000,000. Surtax rates, 1 per cent on net in-| come in excess of $6,000 to 55 per cent on net income in excess of $1,000,000, $88,000,000. No earned income credit, $27,000,000. ‘Total, $178,000,000. Corporation: Rate increased from 12 per cent to 13 per cent, $22,000.000. Exemption eliminated, $16.000.000. Consolidated return, additional rate 1 per of three-quarters of cent, $3,000,000. Total, $41,000,000. Limitation of security losses and other changes, largely administrative, $80,000,000. Estate tax (effective June 6): Gift tax, rates of three-quarters of 1 per cent to 33': per cent (effective June 6). $5,000.000. Manufacturers’ excise taxes tive June 21): (effec- Lubricating oil, 4 cents per gallon, ! $33.000.,000. Brewers' wort, 15 cents per gallon, unestimated. Malt syrup, 3 cents per pound, $82,- 000.000. Grape concentrates, 20 cents per gal- | lon, unestimated. Imported gasoline, crude oil. et coal. lumber and copper, $6,500,000. | Tires and tubes, 2V and 4 cents per pound, $33,000,000. | Toilet preparations, 10 per cent (ex- cept dentifirices, soaps, etc.), 5 per cent, $13,500,000. Furs, 10 per cent, $12,000,000. Jewelery, 10 per cent on amounts over $3: plated silverware exempt, $9,000,000. Passenger automobiles. 3 per cent; tires and tubes exempt. $32,000,000. Trucks, 2 per cent, $3.000.000. Parts and accessories, 2 per cent (tires and tubes exempt), $7,000.000. Radio and phonograph equipment | and accessories, 5 per cent, $9,000,000. | ! refiner Mechanical refrigerators, 5 per cent, $5,000,000. Sporting goods and cameras, 10 per cent, $5,000,000. Firearms and shells, 10 per cent, $2,- 000.000. Matches, wood, 2 cents per 1.000; paper, one-half cent per 1,000, $4,000,- 000. Candy. 2 per cent, $4,000,000. Chewing gum, 2 per cent, $1,000,000. Soft drinks, various rates, $7,000,000. Electrical energy, 3 per cent on sales for domestic and commercial purposes, $39.000,000. Gasoline, 1 cent per gallon (sal y), $150,000.000. Total manufacturers’ excise taxes, $457,000.000. Miscellaneous taxes (effective June 21)—Telephone, telegraph messages, ete. Telephone, 10 cents, messages costing 50 cents to $1: 15 cents, $1 to $2; 20 cents, $2 and more. Telegraph, 5 per cent. Cable and radio, 10 cents each—$22.500,000. Admissibns (effective June 21)—1 cent per 10 cents on admissions over 40 cents (educational and Olympic ex emption eliminated), $42,000,000. Stamp taxes (effective June 21). Issues of bonds or capital stock, 10 cents per $100, $6,500,000. ‘Transfers of stock, 4 cents per $100 par value, or 4 cents per share, no par; 5 per cent for shares selling over $20 (rates to apply to loans of stock), $20,- 000.000. Transfers of bonds, 4 cents per $100 par value, $5,000.000. Conveyances, 50 cents on $100 to $500: 50 cents per $500 In excess, $8,- 00,000. Sales of produce for future delivery, 5 cents per $100, $6,000.000. Oil transported by pipe lines, 4 per cent of charge, $8,000,000. Lease of safety deposit les at "boxes, 10 per | cent of rental, $1,000,000. Checks, 2 cents each, $72.000,000. Boats, various rates (effective July 1). $500,000. Total miscellaneous and stamp taxes, $197,500,000. Total additional taxes, $958,500,000. Increased postage rates (effective July 1 and 6) and other postal legis- lation, $160,000,000. ‘Total additional taxes and postal revenue, $1,118,500,000. IN PARKS COMING WEEK|, o poTARIANS REACH | THIEF DROPS PURSE Hours to Be From 7:30 to 9 P.M. Except at Sylvan Theater Saturday Night. Five band concerts will be held in the parks during the coming week, First Lieut. F. B. Butler, assistant director of Public Buildings and Public Parks, an- nounced yesterday. The band concert hours will be from 7:30 to 9 p.m., ex- cept that of Saturday night, which will be from 8 to 9:30 o'clock. On Monday evening, the Army Band will play in the District of Columbia ‘World War Memorial in West Potomac Park. On Tuesday evening, the Navy Band will play in Lincoln Park, Eleventh and East Capitol streets. On ‘Thursday the Marine Band will play in the District of Columbia World War Memorial. On Friday, the Community Civic Band will play at Unfted States reservation No. 170, Vermont avenue, Tenth and U streets, while the Army Band will play on Saturday evening in the Sylvan Theater, on the Washington Monument grounds. AMENDMENT IS BLOCKED IN NEW OIL TAX LAW Copeland Objects to Smoot Resolu- tion Seeking to Prevent Trans- fers Evading Levies. By the Associated Press. Senator Copeland, Democrat, New York, yesterday blocked an attempt by Chairman Smoot of the Senate Finance Committee to obtain consideration of & House resolution amending the new tax law on oil .and gasoline. Copeland objected when Smoot asked unanimous consent to take up the measure out of order, He thought it should be given further study. ‘The resolution provides that dis- tributors who hold more than 25,000 galions of gasoline or 1,000 of lubricat- ing olils on June 21 shall pay the levies in the new tax law, which goes into effect on that day. —_— CARNIVAL TO OPEN ‘The second annual carnival of the Congregation and Talmud B'nai Israel will open tomorrow night at Georgia lvemx’e anidm(liauag: tl“Ereet. It will continue nightly, wi e exception of Fridays, through July 2. Leo G. Garner heads the committee in charge of the carniyal. Other com- mittee chairmen are Harry Himelfarb, Signatures and Permits; Maurice Rabi- novitz, Publicity and Advertising; Mrs. M. Priedenberg, Raffies and Donations; Mrs. I. Davidson, Merchandise, and Al Gagher, Booths and Decont.kmfi SEATTLE, WASH., TODAY Prescott, Harris, Brawner and Mrs. Ward to Attend Con- vention. Four delegates from the Washington Rotary Club are scheduled to arrive in Seattle, Wash, today to attend the twenty-third annual convention of the Rotary International, which opens a four-day session tomorrow. The Washingtonians attending the convention are Samuel Prescott, George Harris, Henry Brawner and Mrs. Ethel ‘Ward, executive secretary of the local club. ‘The conference will open with a leg- islative meeting of official delegates and a “welcome home” greeting to Sydney W. Pascall of London, England, the president. Mr. Pascall has just finished a world tour of Rotary Clubs. More than 5,000 Rotarians and their | families from all over the world will attend the convention. There are in excess of 3,500 Rotary Clubs, numbering approximately 155,000 members. CAPITAL DAY PLANS Celebration Postponed for Second Time Because of Weather. Greater National Capital day, post- poned for the second time because of | the threat of rain today, may be held | at Washington-Hoover Airport next | Sunday, under the auspices of the| Greater National Capital Committee of the Board of Trade and officials t:it‘i the airport. | The program, involving aerial and | ground demonstrations, first was p““'i pened from last Sunday to today. Yes- | terday it was ordered delayed indefi- nitely because of the forecast for con- tinued unsettled weather. BETA CHIS MEET HERE Sorority Convention Expected to Bring 175 Delegates. Approximately 175 delegates are ex- pected here Thursday for the opening of the three-day convention of Beta Chi Sorority at the Shorehara Hotel. Plans for social and business activities are in charge of members of the seven 1ocal chapters. On the program is listed a Juncheon Thursday at the Madrillon, & dinner and reception that night at the Shore- ham, a dance Priday night at the Shoreham and annual banquet Saturday night. FLEEING EROM WOMAN Colored Man, When Closely Pur- sued Through Alley, Flings Loot Down and Escapes. A colored thief snached a purse last night from Miss Hilda Ann Hill, 25, of 1613 Nineteenth street, but abandoned his loot when pursued by the young woman through an alley near her home. Miss Hill told police that while back- ing her automobile into a garage in the rear of her home she was approached by a young colored man who requested her to direct him to an address in the 2100 block of Q street. Then he snatched her pocketbook and ran. The girl jumped from her machine and ran after him. After the chase had proceeded about 100 yards the man threw the purse down without removing its contents. o Two Lawyers to Speak. T®0 members of the District Bar will speak on the “Dangers That Threaten the Nation, and the Evils That Have Resulted From Prohibition,” Saturday night at Northeast Masonic Temple. The speakers are E. P. S. Newman and Richard J. Taggart. Their ad- dresses are not given in connection with any organization. SPECIAL SALE OF THE RODMAN BROS., Florists 14th and Harvard been made for the 1932 elections by all candidates. United States Government agreed then as it has agreed today to supervise the elections. United States Paid in 1928, In 1928, however, things were pros- | perous in this country and the Govern- | ment paid expenses of the supervising | Marines. | TUnder the policy of stringent | economy Congress™ is compelled to |adopt, it is possible that there should | |be no funds available to pay even for | | transportation of the military clerks to | Managua. | Of course, if the Nicaraguans feel| that the only way to insure free elec- | tions is by the supervision of Ameri- | can marines, they could offer to pay | for the transportation and upkeep of | the 430 men needed for the election. | Such a proposition would be quite in | order and it is likely to be accepted | | by the United States Government. The | | sum could go in the Nicaraguan budget | as_electoral expenditure. | “The Nicaraguan Government pays a large part of it. She pays all the ex- penses except those for the movement of men. Should the American Con- gress decide definitely against any ap- | propriation for supervision of the Nica- | raguan _elections, Nicaragua would |simply have to pay for the transport of the Marines, as well as the other expenses. a part of which hitherto had been paid by the United States Gov- ernment. 30 LEADERS CHOSEN FOR BOY SCOUT CAMP | i ! Reports indicate that the quake was day, will be held at St. Paul's Catholic but only a moderate increas felt throughout Central Mexico, al- Church, Fiiteenth and V streets, tomor- though casualties appeared to be few !OW morninz. Mass will be sald at 9 ommgd mhemn fear of natives which ;_‘&‘WK- Burial will be in Mount Olivet caused them to sleep outdoors during Cemeter e Tast eavy enrirauane 208 Uring | U White had been in falling health 4 | for several months. He died at the Voleano Active. | Chasileton epartment of Dr. James F. Residents of Viima said they saw balls Coupal, White House physician during of fire shoot from the crater of the the Coolidge administration, where he Colima volcano. which has been semi- “The oil industry, for instance, is now demonstrating this.” Gen. Dawes suggested that “real evi- dences of reaction” would come from the “mass attitudes of our people,” not from the shifting opinions of certain sections.” “For instance” he added, “I would attribute much more importance to the increase of electric power consumption in the country curing the last two weeks NORTH. 5—-K832 ‘WEST. S—4 H-—-Q 105 D-AQJ c—986 EAST. 5—-AQJ1078 H—K D-K 3 C—AT52 65 had been visiting for two weeks. active since the June 3 quake. ‘This A native of Boston, Mr. White earned Iod to a belief that today's quake Lad its epicenter there and was of volcanic origin Today's earthquake was felt from Colima, Manzanillo, Tepic and Mazat- lan through Mexico City to Vera Cruz. Damage was reportcd at the town of Manzanillo, Guadalajara, Zamora, where | four were killed on June 3, Texitlan, Yurecuaro, Penjamo, Ameca, Ciudad Guzman, near the foot of the Colima volcano,” San Cristolbal, San Gabriel and Sayula. Trains were halted by wrecked rails at Texitlan. Churches Damaged. At Colima. capital of Colima_State. the churches of San Joe and La Merced were badly damaged, as were the Banco Nacional and a hospital The churches and public buildings at Colima were clcsed and soldiers patroled the streets to keep order while the in- kebitants, warned by the first shock this morning, remained outdcors. Ernesto Fuchs, an astroncmer at Guadalajara, predicted repetitions of the quakes until June 22. He s believed Scuthern Australia also would experience earth shocks within the next few days. INJURED BY TRAIN e charge of permitting gaming, after po- the confidence of political leaders | throughout New England and was re- garced as one of the ablest political writers in that section during his news- paper career. He was associated with the Polish government during the World War and later aided the Polish Repub- lic during the regime of Paderewski. Surviving Mr. White are his widow and a sister, who were with him when he died. POLICE HOLD THREE MEN AFTER RAIDING HOUSE Prisoners Face Liquor Possession Charge—Gaming Count Also Filed Against One. ‘Three men were arrested on charges of illegal possession of liquor and of them was booked on an additio lice raided a house in the 1200 block of D street northeast late yesterday. The men held are: Carl Cummings, 29, of 400 block Twelfth street north- cast, charged with illegal possession and permitting gaming: A. D. Kilbreth, 43, of Brookmount, Md., and Pred Chew- SOUTH. 5—9 6 H-J842 D-109872 c—uJ How Hands Were Bid. In cne room Sims was North, Balfe, East o, South, and Mattheys, West. Th , pass; West, East, one spade; : West, two diamonds; <, East, three spades; South, West, three no trump; North, : East. four spades. me contract was played in room, with Burnstine and n opposing Vanderbilt and Von Zedwitz. Here the bidding was slightly different. Burnstine opened with one spade, his partner called two diamonds and Burnstine then went to four spades. The play of this hand showed a tremendous swing in favor of the horse- men'’s system to the tune of 1,350 points. Von Zedwitz opened the queen of clubs, whereupon Schencken was able to make five spades for a plus score of 750. Meanwhile in the other room Karn, because of the diamond overcall, opened the 10 of diamonds, which was trumped by Sims. As a result of the subse- quent fine defense of Sims and Karn Balfe was set four tricks. or 700 points, than to stock or bond quotations. SPERRY VISITS PATRICK New Gas Company President Con- fers on Firm's Affairs. Marcy Sperry, recently elected presi- dent of the Washington Gas Light Company, yesterday paid his first Visit Nomp to the District Building, where he had Pa: an informal discussion of the affairs of 5 s company and other matters with * aj. Gen. Mason M. Patri of the Public Utilities Co the vice chairman, Rily Eigen After the brief conference, Gen. Pat- rick said the call of Mr. Sperry was to make the acquaintance of members of the commission. GOING TO CONVENTION Master Plu;bers to Attend New York Sessions. Robert J. Barrett, national director, will head a group of Washington rep- resentatives at the fifteenth annual convention of the Natlanal ssociation of Master Plumbers, scheduled to con- . chairman <jon, | |William L. Leitch Will Be in | Charge of Activities at 1 Camp Roosevelt. Walking on Tracks. Charles Wyman, 53, of 201 Michigan avenue, Alexandria, Va. was slightly injured yesterday afternoon when struc by a slowly moving Pennsylvania Rail- road train while walking on the track about 150 feet south of the New York | ning, Charles Wyman, 53, Hit While nor possessicn. bottles of beer and a half gallon of | liquor in the raid. Each man was required to post $500 bond on each count. 3 thea: Spanish W] 0, of the 1200 block D street | st, both charged with illegal | Police say they found 24 | heat Estimated. vene tomorrow in New York City. Others from this city to attend the convention are John F. Donovan, exec- utive secretary of the National Associa- tion. and Mrs. Donovan: A. R. Mc- Gonigal, District plumbing inspector; Mr. and Mrs, Elmon Ewing and W. E. Miller. less 100 honors, a net of 600 points. Phone Girls Linguists. London's Continental Telephone girls handle 4,000 long- s daily, using nearly 50 uages and dialects dista: - Camp Roosevelt, which will open on June 27 for its fourteenth season as a camping place for Washington Boy Scouts, will be in charge of a staff of | 30 experienced leaders, it has been an- nounced. | The camp will be operated under di- rection of William L. Leitch. The busi- ness manager will be Edward D. Reed, | principal of the Lennox Vocational 1 School, who will be assisted by Capt Monore L. Bricker, Gilbert Street and | Earl R. Myers. Fred G. Stuart will be in charge of | handicraft activities, with Ralph Ruff- ner, Harold Boesch and Sam Leishear as his assistants. Fred Powell will direct swimming ac- tivities, assisted by Albion K. Parris, | 3d, of the University of Kentuc] D. Randall Book and Kelsie L. Reaves. ‘Wade Barstow will be boating super- visor, assisted by Thornton Hart and Otis Bunch. A. G. Schnurman will be at Roose- velt again this year as nature super- | visor, assisted by Bob McDermott and | Stuart Abrams. 17 AT AD CONVENTION Washingtonians Attend Session in New York City. Seventeen delegates from the Ad- vertising Club of Washington are at- | tending the twenty-eighth annual con- vention of the Advertising Federation of America, which opened today in the g:;dnr{;«swm Hotel I]n New York . e convention will run through ‘Thursday. o Members of the Washington club at- tending are Howard W. Berry, presi- dent; Ernest S. Johnston, chairman of the Convention Committee; James W. Hardey, Mr. and Mrs. James Rotto, Norman Kal, Allan Kaufman, Allen V. DeFord, Grant Leet, Miss Claire Moore- fleld, Floyd Caskey, Joseph O'Toole, Walter Barkdull, W. O. Stotler, Miss Dorothy Roess, Miss Marion Carr and Vincent F. Callahan. T N Club Holds Outing Today. ‘The Red Triangle Outing Club, un- der the leadership of Walberg Hewitt, will visit Chesapeake Beach on an out- ing today. The party will journey to Baltimore from the resort by boat and return to the ital by train at night. Famous Ever-Blooming GARDENIA PLANTS 2% Feet $ 5 [ ] Color 2 High up In Flower and Ready to Plant and 1434 Park Rd. Avenue Bridge. At Emergency Hospital, Wyman was said to have suffered lacerations to his face and scalp. After treatment he was allowed to go home. William E. Nall of Baltimore was engineer of the train MADRID, Spain, June 18 UP).—Spain’s 1932 wheat crop was estimated at 4,400,000 tons in figures announced to- | ; Marcelino Domingo, minister of | Agriculture. He estimated the probable | consumption at 4,000.000 tons. \WITCH DEFIERS AGAIN FAIL TO CHANGE Animal Ba-ahs While Scientists Prove Su- perstition False—Maiden Flees to Bed With By the Associated Press. WERNIGERODE, Saxony, Germany. June 18.—Witch deflers again tried to transform a billy goat into & young man atop -the lofty Brocken, Ger- many's magic mountain, tonight with- out_success—as they expected. The billy goat failed to appreciate the seriousness of the event and “ba-ahed” several times while modern British and German psychic researchers | read the ritual prescribed by an old book of black magic, brought from the archives of the National Laboratory of Psychical Research, London. Experimenters Try Again. Undeterred by the faflure of the moon to appear and their own failure | to transmogrify the goat with the aid of a maiden pure in heart, last night, the experimenters again smeared blood, honey and the scrapings of church bells on his scrawny sides. They again incanted the Latin abracadabra. But he only remainea a billy goat to the crowd of 500 witnesses of the moopnless ritual—a full moon was re- quired in the formula. Fog wraithed boulders and cfags. The spectators were bitter cold, too. Thus modern psychic research won The terms of Morris Plan Loans are simple and practical—i GOAT INTO MAN| Bad Cold. its second and last test egainst the old ! witches' formula supposed to change | a goat into a_handsome man. | But although the goat remained the | same, the maiden pure in heart of the | previous attempt was in bed with a | severe cold, contracted in the raw night | wind of the magic mountain in the | previous ceremony. Girl Confesses Identity. She had described herself as Gloria Gordon of England, but she broke down and confessed that she really | was Urta Bohn, daughter of a Breslau | attorney. ;g)ad anted to avoid publicity,” she said. As for the witches’ requirement that a maiden “pure in heart” must officiate | at the ritual, Fraulein Bohn said she guessed she was “as well qualified as any girl nowadays.” The guiding spirit of the dark tryst was Harry Price, director of the Na- ' tional Laboratory of Psychical Re-| search in London, who said he be- lieved the “authoritative failure” would go a long way toward removing linger- ing superstitions in men's minds and | at the same time raise peychic re- search to a higher place in public estimation. t is not necessary to have had an account at this Bank For each $120 bor- rowed you agree to deposit $10 a month in an account, the pro- ceeds of which may be used to cancel the note when due. Deposits may bemadeona weekly, semi-monthly or monthly basis as you prefer. Note $120 $180 $240 $300 $360 $540 $1,200 $6,000 - Morugs Pl Supervision U, S. Trsesury 1408 H Str to borrow. 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