Evening Star Newspaper, December 1, 1932, Page 5

e m— THE luyi... CARTOONIST'S QUIP [ e ome = e IMIDDLE WEST .S | LEAS OTABLES === TERMEDMAROONED |k o Aviation as a carcer for young men| E. A. | . Ends U. S. Service CLERK IN PARKS OFFICES IS RETIRED. JHINTON WILL DISCUSS [A tomormow alent Rt s ocdock 1 U | Boers o Gearae. Sashingian Unigers AVM"ON As PROFESSION A, 1736 G street. | sity, will be open to the general publie, g L Hinton, who was pilot of the naval it was announced. t NC-4, which crossed the At- | i &WL IR L lying : N lantic in 1919, and of the first ial | Ocean Flyer Will Give Free Public} expioration expedmo: 10 hig Amasot} U. D. C. MEETING CALLED Lecture at Y. M C. A. To- River, will outline possibtiities of air| transportation as an industry and as a| morrow Night. profession, with particular reference to| The District of Columbia Division, future development. | United Daughters of the Confedera Drum, employment director of | will meet tomorrow at 2 pm. in Con- Presidents, Vice Presidents and Others Collect Carica- tures by Berryman. BY BESS FURMAN, Associated Press Staff Writer. More than 40 rs of cartooning h\! - the Nation's Capital have taught Clif- ford K. Berryman of The Evening Star that men like to chuckle at themselves. | Far from taking umbrage at the! exaggerated physiogncmies that come | from the cartoonist's pen, Presidents, | Vice Presidents, Speakers and Scnators ! vie with each other in collecting their own caricatures, the veteran cartoonist | said. Take Charle Curtis and “Cactus” Jack Garner, for instance. Curtis has 38 of Berryman's cartoons of him in a framed frieze in his vice presidential office. During the recent campaign Berryman turned the full barrage of his wit upon Vice Presiden- tial Candidate Gamner, principally pok- ing fun at his lack of verbosity. Garner Asks Originals. As fast as the “sphinx s cartoons were publi'hed Speais to Berryman for the c & o mak vice presidential office “I've never met but one man who didn’t want to be cartooned.” chuckled | Berryman. “He was the late Sereno of Payne-Aldrich tariff bill But while he was saying he didn't want to be my subject, his wife came in with an armload of his photos :;;xuide me, and helped me pick the . True, Berryman conceded, a few men, including President Hoover, had icked slight flaws in their limning. e President, who derives great e Jjoyment from an odd collection of por- traiture of himself, told Cartoonist Ber- | ryman his pencil had not paid proper | attention to the results of medicine ball. “You are making me too fat,” point- ed out the President, at the same time selecting the fishing ones to hang at Camp Rapidan. Appreciative, indeed, was Calvin Coolidge, cartooned in cowboy outfit, Indien garb, and scores of other laugh- producing guises. Gave Back $10. “At the close of the administration, the Coolidges were selling took plates | for one of Mrs. Coolidges charities, and 1 sent in a check,” narrated Berryman. “The White House called me over, and I went in to see the Piesident. ‘Here, take back your $10, Coolidge said. ‘You've given me so much pleasure while I've been in Washington, the book plates are yours.'” Greatest stimulator and appreciater | of all the Presidents, Berryman said, was | Theodore Roosevelt, who had a “bully!” for every cartoon that “clicked.” and whose good-by to the newsmen was: “Bill Taft is a fine fellow—but how you are going to miss me as a copy- maker!” Garner, Senator Borah and Senator Norris are pronounced by Berryman his best subjects now—"and I'm going to! have more fun than a box of monkeys after March 4!" he added. “Roosevelt’s going to be a great subject—and he'll bring a lot of others in.” PROF. ALBUS DESCRIBES | “FREEDOM” OF WOMEN Wives “Emancipated,” Under Dis- trict Laws, From Old “Chattel” Status, He Says. Laws of the District of Columbia have freed married women of chains of the old common law which linked them with “chattels” of thelr husbands, it was stated yesterday by Prof. Frank J. Albus of the Southeastern University School of Law in & radio lecture over Station WMAL. Under the old law, he said, the hus- band had almost absolute control over the person and property of his wife. Almost all the disabilitles to which married women formerly were subjected have been removed in the District, so & wife now retains possession of her own property as though she Were unmar- Tied She has the legal right to make con- tracts in her own name, and therefore her husband is not liable for the debts of his wife unless she is acting as agent for her husband or is forced %o pur- chase necessaries for herself or chil- dren, Prof. Albus pointed out. Lo MARYLAND PATRONAGE MEETING IS CALLED Delegation to Meet in Tydings’ Of- fice to Decide Disposition af Important Jobs. ‘Maryland patronage, with the post z collector of internal revenue for the ct, which includes the National Capital as the big plum, will be con- sidered at a conference of the entire Maryland delegation in conference in the office of Senator Tydings, tomorrow afternoon. William P. Ryan, who held the post of collector under the Wilson administration, is said to be slated for this job. It is now he‘}d by ?alsn Tait, inent as a Republican leader. wgtnher patronage to be considered at this conference arc the jobs of collec- tor for the port of Baltimore, city post- master for Baltimore and the post- masterships in the various countles, in- cluding those contiguous to Washington. JAPANESE WILL UTILIZE INSECT TO MAKE SHOES Silk Growers Place Orders in South Africa—Manner of Use Is Not Revealed. | The Japanese are planning to make £hoes out of one of the commonest of American insects, the bagworm, accord- ing to the Commerce Department. However, the department said it had | been informed that Japanese silk grow- | «rs h-d not placed their order here, but 1n South Africa Just how the Japanese plan to utilize the bagworm, which harbors in ever- fnzns and works particular damage to | oliage, is not known. SUES FOR $50,000 Plaintiff Claims Damages for Al- leged Assault. Alleging that his “mentality is and will continue to be greatly weakened” and his nervous system impaired as the yesult of an alleged assault on him, Ar- thur E. Rabbitt, 907 K street northeast, today filled suit in District Supreme Court, to recover $50,000 damages from 3rving J. Hennings, 1142 Fifth street northeast. BERTRAM JOHNSON, University of Missouri student, was forced to appear in this garb after he lost a bet with Lawrence Ely, star Ne- braska center, that Missouri would beat MUNICIPAL WASTE SCORED BY ATW00 American System of Government Threatened, Says Writer and Economist. The American system of government must crumble if wasteful expenditures in municipal administrations do not end, Albert W. Atwood, writer and economist, told the Washington Lions Club at a luncheon meeting in the Hotel Mayflowe yester Citing facts and st: ics from a study he has been making of American cities, Mr. Atwood said that “at least 30 per cent of the money now expended could be saved if municipal govern ments were placed on a business basi: New York and Chicago, he said, are the salaries to political appointees with n demonstrated abilities. His investigation of the New York City government, he said, convinced him that one man holding a high office was of “admitted unsound mind, but was considered harmless and permitted to hold his position.” The solution lies in educated persons taking a deeper interest in city affairs, the speaker said. Leonard W. De Gast, president of the club, presided. CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS PLANT TREES TOMORROW Bicentennial Memorial Ceremony to Take Place on Constitu- tion Avenue. Plans for the planting of George Washington Bicentennial Memorial trees tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. have been completed by four well known civic organizations on the new Constitution avenue, where it intersects Pennsyl- vania avenue, between Third street and | John Marshall place. The organizations to plant the trees | are the Association of Oldest Inhab- | itants, the Columbia Historical Society, the Federation of Citizens’ Associations and the Society of Natives. | James F. Duhamel, in charge of ar- rangements, today urged a large attend- ance of members of the four organiza- tions, and asked that all be present promptly as the plantings were sched- uled to start at 1:30 p.m. without delay. Publicity Director of Washington | Loan & Trust Ad Club Speaker. | Elliot H. Thompson, publicity di- | rector of the Washington Loan & Trust Co. and chairman of the Bankers' As- soclation Committee on Christmas funds, will be honor guest and speaker at tomorrow’s luncheon meeting of the Advertising Club of Washington at the Raleigh Hotel. Mr. Thompson’s talk will be on “Money for Christmas,” which is to be | the theme of the meeting, and will | deal with Christmas savings funds. | = | SENATHRS 060 TO RITES | Committee to Attend Funeral of | Representative McLaughlin. l A committee of eight Senators was appointed by Vice President Curtis yes- | terday to attend the funeral at Muske- gon, Mich., tomorrow of Representative | James C. McLaughlin, who died sud- denly Tuesday at Marion, Va. The eight are Senators Couzens and Vandenberg, michigan: Watson and Robinson, Indiana; Fess and Bulkley, Ohio, and Glen and Lewis, Illinois. JOIN PEACE CLASS 75 Women Register for Studies| Under Church Federation. | Seventy-five women already have registered for the peace study class which will be conducted tomorrow at the Washington Hotel under auspices of the Woman's Council of the Wash- ington Federation of Churches. Others| are expected to enroll tonight and at the beginning of the class tomorrow. The subjects to be discussed are “The Causes of War,” “Building Up/ Peace Machinery” and “The Attitude of Church Women Toward Peace.” Mrs. Frank E. Edington will be leader of the study class. The session will begin at 10:30 am. and will adjourn at 4 pm. Buffet luncheon will be served at noon. ENGINEER MEETING Explosive Power of Factory Dusts to Be Demonstrated. ‘The explosive power of factory dusts will be demonstrated next Thursday for the benefit of the American Insti- tute of Chemical Engineers. The dem- onstration will be staged at the Agri- culture Department testing station, Arlington, Va., and is expected to be observed by several hundred engineers. = & ‘The plaintiff says he was beaten with @ club or other instrument about the head, chest, back, arms and legs by the ‘defendant on April 3 in the 5300 block Fifth street. He spent six weeks in & hospital, he tnMAuaa em:r:m s ®. Grant appear for the plaintiff, Scouts to Give Comedy. Troop 81 of the Boy Scouts of America will t the three-act comedy “ Dark” Nebraska in foot ball. —A. P. Pho(o.’ most wasteful of all cities, paying high | |Duluth Board of Trade Official Sees Competition With East Impossible. By the Associated Press. Fred S. Keiser, trafic manager of the Duluth Board of Trade, testified before a Senate Foreign Relations sub- committee today that the Middle West a marooned condition economi- and that construction of the St. Lawrence waterway is necessary in order that its people may exist. | Under present business conditions, | Reiser testified. it is impossible for a western manuficturer or distributor to | compete with those in the East. | Canal Hit Midwest. Keiser, urging ratification of the St. damaging bluw at the commerce of the Midwest by bringing the two coasts closer together from a transportation standpoint and that higher freight rates have contributed to the distress of what he called, “the marooned area.” “Unless something is dcne by Con- gress to relieve the transportation bur- dens of this section,” Keiser said, “the | business is going to dryrot and farmer | cannot afford to farm. You can look | f-r a great majority of the entire group to come down and live on the coast as n of ion her the large section cf the s is going to dry up and quit business Keiser testified that estimates of sav- | ings of 8 cents a bushel in the ship- | | ment of grain to Liverpool were con- | | servative. | $6,000,000 Annual Saving. “Assuming that the Department of Commerce is correct in their estimate of 96,000,000 bushels of American grain available for handling by the St. Law- rence waterway, the saving at 615 cents |would be in excess of $6,000,000 per {annum,” he said. | Keiser said this saving would go di- rectly into the pockets of the grain producers, John C. Tulloch, collector of customs |at Ogdensburg. N. Y. completed the testimony in behalf of Northern New | York cities for the ratification of the treaty. He testified millions of tons of freight go through New York City annually by rail which might be trans- ported through the St. Lawrence. CITES 326 INSTANCES OF DOUBLE TAXATION Special House Committge Reports en Inquiry—Public Hearings Planned Later. The Federal and State governments | have asked citizens to pay taxes on th | same article in 326 instances, accord- ing to the report yesterday of the spe- | cial House Committee appointed to in- vestigate double taxation. An instance cited in the statement issued by Representative Vinson, Dem- ocrat, of Kentucky, chairman of tne committee, was gasoline taxes. Each State collects on the sale of gasoline. So does the Government and the Dis- trict of Columbia. In addition to listing instances of | double taxation, a preliminary report | soon to be issued will discuss the tax- ing powers, the Federal tax system and !thnt. of the States and subdivisions | Expenditures also will be gone into. | Public hearings are planned later. | using the report as a basis, and a final report probably will recommend changes in the present taxing systems. Vinson said the committee had de- termined that the taxing power of the Government and the States was very broad and that there was no legal bar to double taxation, although there were limitations in some cases. DR. SIMON WILL SPEAK Washington Hebrew Congregation to Hear Talk on “Josephus.” Dr. Abram Simon will speak before the Washington Hebrew Congregation tomorrow night on “Josephus,” a his- torical romance by Lion Feuchtwanger, distinguished ~ Austrian and _Jewish novelist. Dr. Simon will answer the | question, “Was Josephus a Patriot or a Traitor to the Jewish Cause?” Dr. Simon's Saturday morning topic will be on “Isaac, the Lover, at Forty.” Miss Annie M. Humes for 38 Years Was G. P. 0. Employe. Miss Annie M. Humes, for 38 years an employe of the Government Printing Office, died yesterday in Wheeling, W. Va., it was learned here today. Miss Humes had lived in Wheeling for several years. She had been retired in 1920 because cf physical disability. Lawrence waterway treaty with Canada, | said the Panamp Canal has struck a | JOHN C. DALPHIN. —Star Staff Photo. Thirty-five years of continuous Gov- ernment service—26 of them in Wash- ington—were brought to a close yester- day with the retirement of John C. Dalphin, administrative clerk in the Office of Public Buildings and Public | Parks, who reached the statutory age imit for active service. Mr. Dalphin entered the employ of the United States Engineers at Boston in 1893. He transfered to Wash- ingtoa nine years later and came into | the Office of Publi Buildings and | Grounds, as it was then known. Sub-| sequently he served as assistant chief clerk of this organization. He makes his home at 1113 Massachusetts avenue. LAST-MINUTE SHOPPING HELD HEALTH MENACE Dr. Fowler Points to ‘“Severe Men- tal and Physical Strain” Incurred. Last-minute Christmas shopping con- | stitutes a health menace in bringing | large numbers of persons together in | stores, Dr. William C. Fowler, District | health officer, declared today The statement was made in a letter |to Edward D. Shaw, secretary of the | Merchants and Manufacturers” Associa- | tion, in which Dr. Fowler commended | Washington merchants for making it “possible and desirable” for residents of the clty to do their holiday shopping | carly. | He said early shopping, by spreading {the holiday season over a longer pe- riod, lessens the “severe mental and physical strain on the men and women engaged in the sale and delivery of Christmas gifts. BOY SCOUTS RECEIVE | 2,000 STAMP REQUESTS Special Seal of Local Club Will Be Issued to Collectors De- cember 14. More than 2,000 self-addressed stamped envelopes have been received at local Boy Scout headquarters with | Boy Scout Stamp Club of Washington, to be issued December 14. Collectors of first-day covers in all | parts of the country have responded to the announcement that the club is sponsoring this applique on prepared envelopes sent to it before Decem- | ber_10. | The cachet pictures a Scout seated | befere a portrait of George Washing- !tan. The caption reads: “Boy Scout Stamp Club of Washington, D. C. | Anniversary of Washington's Death, December 14, 1932.” Wiliam Osmun is the president of the club, Houston Buchanan is secretary and Roger Kirk treasurer. They may | be addressed in care of the Boy Scouts | of America, 1103 Vermont avenue. TRAFFIC RAPJK DROPPED }Commissioners Abolish Bureau As- sistant Superintendency. The District Commisisoners yesterday ssued an order abolishing the rank of | assistant superintendent for the com- | manding officer of the Traffic Bureau, | and leaving the rank of the commander | at_an inspectorship. The pay of an assistant superintend- ent is $5,500 and that of an inspector $5,000. While Maj. Ernest W. Brown was in command, a section of the police manuel was in effect making this job available only to those carrying the rank of assistant superintendent. This qualification was abolished by yester- day’s order. Richard H. Sanger, 1715 N street, re- ceives $71,000 and a life estate in the | same amount, according to an appraisal | of the estate of his late aunt, Miss Lil- lian Sanger, filed in New York yester- day for State transfer tax purposes. Miss Sanger died February 25, last. Her estate was valued at $571,000 net. istmas ChiGat! To Your Budget . .. to lighten it’s Burden of Home Operating . .. to Ease the Task of Home Laundering . .. ! 8250 Only $4 Monthly on Barber & Ross’ convenient plan. $69.50 complete & ABC “Liberty” THE wringer-type washer that has changed the aspect of many a home budget. Fitted with noted Westinghouse motor with direct drive.. rollers. . .all-porcelain tub... .automatic wringer...balloon cast-aluminum agitator...and finished in handsome mottled grey. An economy leader... both in price and terms! Ask for a free demonstration! Washers—Third Floor at 8 o'clock in d Ghurch, Fifth street and avenue southeast, | | requests for the special cachet of the|- Leather, Cane, Pottery and|wil be discussed by Walier Higton. | the Y. M. C. A, has invited to the lec- | federate Memorial Hell, 1322 Vermont Metal Work and Painting I Are Represented. Woven work, cane and reed work, copper snd silver work, leather work and pottery, painting and miscellane- ous work, are represented among the many articles offered this year in the annual pre-Christmas sale of the Oc- cupational Therapy Departtent of the Army Medical Center, Walter Reed Hospital. Only a smail percentage of the articles made in the department are sold, it was explained, as the men keep them. give them to their families and frien and otherwise dispose of them. Proceeds from the sale of the articles are to go to the #ndividuals who have made them. Thé men, many of whom are without funds, get money from this source whereas they wculd have no other income. The work which goes into the mak- ing of the articles, known as occupa- sonal theraphy is a part of the patients’ treatment. The sale and display, conducted under auspices of Capt. F. B. Wake- man, medical officer in_charge of the Occupational Therapy Department, is on the ground floor of the main build- ing at Walter Reed. LIEUT. COL. S. R. WOOD, | CHAPLAIN, RETIRES, > | Prominent Army Clergyman Will Make Home in California. Has Enviable Record. Lieut. Col. Stephen R. Wood, one of the most prominent chaplains in the Army, was placed on the retired list yesterday, having reached the statutory age of 64 years. In 1923 Chaplain Wood was assigned to Langley Field, Va., and was brought on duty at Fort Humphrey, Va. from 1928 to August 1, 1932, He was trans- ferred then to the office of the chief of chaplains to await retirement. Chaplain Wood will make his home in Contra Costa County, Calif. He has had a long and varied service and has been consistently successful in building | up the morale of troops wherever he has been stationed. His service has extended to the Philippines and the Canal Zone. For 15 years he was chap- lain of the 29th Infantry, following it on all its foreign service. INJURED WOMAN BETTER | Miss Editnoodmausee, 60, Knocked Down by Auto. Miss Edith Woodmansee, 60, of 1427 Chapin street was reported improved today in Emergency Hospital, where she was taken last night, suffering from in- | juries received when knocked down by ! an automobile at Sixteenth and Euclid | streets. Miss Woodmansee received a severe cut on the head and was under | observation at the hospital fof possible internal injuries. ‘The automobile which struck her was operated by Edward Rice, 20, of the jice said. | Chevy Chase Dairy Gk former naval lieutenant end transatlantic fiyer, in a free publ ture under auspices of the Vocational| here. The lecture, one of a series on order of business. Guidance Committee of the Y. M. C.!occupational adjustment being given land. division president, will preside. Y’Mm:fl' ture members of the Naval Reserve and | avenue. Committee reports and the ic lec- | students of the technical high schools | annual election will be the prineipal Mrs. Fred Louis Vol- faP e PR “=and go easy on the pocketbook It’s a wise man who shoots this double- barreled order at us. And doggone if there aren’t a lot of ’em! Good taste plus economy is what they want—and get! For Oxford Grey is the one color that’s right any time, anywhere. 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