Evening Star Newspaper, December 19, 1932, Page 2

A—2 wxx 5,300 GIEFS TAKEN 10 T0Y MATINEES' Workers Prepare Presents for Distribution to Needy on Christmas Day. The happiness fotal of the “toy mat- inees” continued to mount today as workers prepared the gifts for distribu- tion to destitute boys and girls on Chiristmas morning. ~A grang ourpuusing of 5,500 presents was predicted by volunteers who spent all day Sunday sorting the matinee re- turns at the “Santa Claus Toy Shop.” 1517 K strest Upward of 4.200 children and adults contributed parcels through Saturday’s 12 matinees. arranged by Warner Bros. 1 co-operation with The Star. But when workers removed outer wrappers of larger parcels. they found hundreds containing from two to six separate presents for poor children. Belated gifts also Were coming in at the theaters from boys and girls who had already purchased them. but were prevented by Saturday’s snow storm from attending the matinees. At the Tivoli Theater alone, some 150 addi- tional packages were ready for collec- ticn today. The gifts are being classified at the toy shop and placed in boxes marked for boys or girls of various ages. These will be sent out by ck today charity agencies working in co-opera- tion with the Council of Social Agen- cles. The various agencies: well acquaint- ed with the deserving boys and girls of their neighborhood. will address the gifts to individual children. Some parcels contained as many as six warm pairs of stockings. with gioves to match. or_several woolen sweaters, accompanied by caps. Every gift will be tagged and delivered Christmas morning. straight to the boy or girl who needs it most. SENATE SENTIMENT ON SALES TAX RIDER T0 BE}ER BILL STUDIED (Continued From First Page.) tax legislation will be enacted at this short session of Congress. “If the Republican administration should offer a tax bill now, it migh bring about a different situation, and efforts to adopt the manufacturers' tax undoubtedly would be made. When the Senate Finance Committee holds hearings on the beer bill, when it is sent to us from the House, and Secre- tary Mills of the Treasury Department should appear before the committee and ask that the manufacturers’ tax. be added as an amendment. some effort might be made to so amend the beer bill" Await Roosevelt's Views. Democrats in Congress are waiting, before they do anything about general revenue legislation. until they get some idea of what President-elect Roosevelt's position is in regard to tax legislation. They do not know whether he will favcr a general manufacturers’ excise tax. Democrats in the Senate, like Senator Walsh, even though they may be in favor of the manufacturers’ tax, are not anxious to “go out on a limb” in the matter until they know the posi- tion of Gov. Roosevelt Senator David A. Reed of Pennsyl- vania, who has also been a strong advo- cate of & gepeal mAnufscturers: tax o balance thé budget. said it was not Lis present purpose to offer a manu- facturers’ tax amendment to the beer bill. THE EVENING Food Plays Vital Rol‘ef i Balanced Menus for Limited Incomes Outlined Ey United States Nutritionists to Help Families Avoid Grave Health Dangers. Lunch;on or supper: Corn chowder, ad. €gg i Thursday. Breakfast: Rice] top milk, toast. Dinner: Meat stew, apple sauce. Luncheon or supper: Scrambled eggs, | | STUDY of family food prob- lebs, made by Dr. Hazel K. Stiebling. senior food econo- mist. Bureau of Home Econo- | mics, and Miriam Birdseye, | nutritionist, extension service, Depart- | 'Small Relief From Cold Is| STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY AID PLEAS SWAMP CHARITY AGENCIES Seen—3,000 Dig City Out of Snow. ___(Continued From First Pege.) ment of Agriculture, in collaboration baked potatoes, stewed tomatoes, ginger- | bread. with Clyde B. Schuman, director, nu- trition service, American Red Cuoss, | has resulted in the working out of & series of menus to give gocd nutrition values for a limited outlay of money. In & time of depression, the group believes. “the well-being of families IS | bread endangerec and all expenditures for| Luncheon or supper: Vegetable plate, food must be carefully directed or |baked stuffed -potato, creamed carrots, | adults will suffer and children may be ' boiled turnips. . handicapped for life. In some com- | munities there are nutrition experts | who can help plan the spending of | food money so that every cent will do its duty. Where this special service cannot be provided, community leaders are urged to enlist the help of a home economics teacher, home demonstra- | tion agent or some other person who has had special training in foods and nutrition.” The menus approved by the group Friday. i Breakfast: Stewed prunes, whole wheat porridge, top milk, toast. | Dinner: Macaroni and cheese, beets, lettuce and dressing, left-over ginger- | Saturday. Breakfast: Oatmeal, top milk, toast. Dinner: Seasoned beans, baked brown bread. 5-minute cabbage, apple sauce. Luncheon or supper: Creamed chip- | ped beef, boiled potatoes, carrots. At every meal there should be milk | for children and bread and butter for | all. Tea and coffee should be served only to adulis. Children should be given a daily ration of cod liver ofl. For the menus listed the followin for low-cost diets of high nutrition supplies would be required: | value are as follows Bread—Total, 14 pounds. | Flour—134 pounds. | S Graham flour—3 cunces. | Breakfast: Oranges (for children),| Corn meal—14 ounces. whole wheat porridge, top milk. i—12 ounces, | Dinner: Rice and meat loaf, baked olnces. | | potatoes, stewed tomatoes, raisin bread g olnus | EiHdiaE Oatmeal—235 pounds. Luncheon or supper: Cream of pea soup, omelet. S » pounds. Beans or peas—1% pounds. | ‘Tomatoes—6 pounds. | Onions—13; pounds. Carrots—13; pounds. | Cabbage—11. pounds. i Beets—2 pounds. Corn—11, poun Monday. | Breakfast: Stewed prunes. top milk, todst. Dinner: Creamed rice soup. fish with macaroni. vegetable slaw (5-minute cab- bage for children), oatmeal, cookies. catmeal, g .| Lettuce—12 ounces. dfll:u‘r:xgrr:;i&r supper: Vegetable chow Turnips—'. pound. s 3 Oranges—1 pound Tuesday. Apples—3'4 pounds. Bananas—6 ounces. Breakfast: Whole wheat porridge, top Dried fruit—1'« pounds. milk, toast. Fats. including bacon and salt pork— Dinner: Corned-beef h/sh, soft- 21, pounds cooked eggs (for children), beets, apple Sugar—! pounds. shortcake. Lean meat and fish—4!4 pounds. | Luncheon or supper: Bran soup. ebt- Cheese- pound tage cheese, date salad, fruit cup. Wednesday. Breakfast: Oatmeal. top milk. toast Dinner: Broiled haddock, baked on- ions In tomato sauce, baked potatoes, oatmeal cookies. Eggs—13;, dozen. ‘The estimates are based on the min- imum needs of a family consisting of five persons. two adults and three chil- dren. Proportions, of course, may be increased and additional dishes intro- duced according to means. RS, DA, MYERS, CONFEREES GIVEN - STAR CRITIC, DIES PHILIPPINE BILL Book Reviewer Was Former Hawes and Cutting Hope | Assistant Superintendent i ““Objectionable” Features | of D. C. Schools. | Will Be Eliminated. | [ | | Mrs. Ida Gilbert Myers, whose book BY_A:::A;m:mu:,N Rt ot 2 e House today referred the Philip- | reviews have been a feature of The Star | oo yjGependence bill passed by the | for many years, died suddenly early last | Senate to a conference committee for | night in her apartment at the Franklin | adjustment of differences between that Park Hotel. Sheehad been in ill health measure and the one passed by the | : House last session for some time and a heart attack was = A5 the Hawes-Cutting measure, pro- | the immediate cause cf death viding for independence of the Philip- | Mrs. Myers was a native of Northern Pines in 12 years, was prepared for com- | 2 " | ference, supporters of Philippine inde- New York. After gracuation from Os- pendence at the Capitol were inclined to wego, N. Y., Normal School, she came to | regard as too hasty unfavorable reac- Washingtcn and in 1885 was appointed | tion in the islands to the bill. Some of | those who have long advocated freeing doing unusually heavy business this | morning, many motorists discontinuing | 663 calls; 850 emergency calls were | driving over the treacherous streets. Busses from nearby Maryland and Vir- ginia carried particularly heavy loads. Delays In street car service this morning were due mostly to crowded- ness and icy trolley slots. Links broken from automobile chains and caught in trolley slots also caused delays. The American Automobile Asocla- tion continued to be kept busy by emer- gency calls from motorists. Approx- | imately 200 were received this morning, | and emergency crews yesterday Teceived | received Saturday, while the storm still was in progress. { Man Found on Sidewalk. | The death attributed to the storm was that of Thomas Blackwell, 69. who | was found lying on the sidewaik in| front of his home, 5109 Sherrier place, | with a broom clutched in his hand. | He was discovered by a newspaper | boy about half an hour after he had gone out to sweep the snow from the | front steps and sidewalk. The fire| rescue squad took him to Georgetown | Hoepital, where he was pronounced | dead. Physicians said there was a gash on his forehead, apparently received when | his head struck the sidewalk. An au- | topsy performed at the District Morgue | this morning revealed a cerebral hem- | orrhage was the cause of death. | Mrs. Anna Thorn, 83, of 413 Fourth street. was critically injured when she slipped and fell on the sidewalk in front of her home. After receiving treatment_at Emergency Hospital. she was transferred to Gallinger Hospital, Senator Bingham of Connecticut, who a sixth grade teacher in the second has been a leader in the fight for beer | division of the District public school position, however, that he did not wish | Was appointed & teacher in Washington in any way fo embarrass the passage Normal School (now Wilson Teachers' | of the beer bill in the Senate through | the adoption of amendments which might cause it to fail. Willing to Co-operate. Senator Bingham made it clear, how- ever, that if there was a real effort to be made to place the manufacturers’ tax on the beer bill he would co-operate with other Senators to get the amend- ment on the bill -In some quarters it was suggested adoption of 2 manufacturers’ tax amendment might enable the beer bill to escape a presidential veto. Presi- dent Hoover and Secretary Mills both strongly urged upon Congress the adop- tlon of the manufacturers’ tax as a remedy for the unbalanced budget. If this manufacturers’ tax were included in the beer bill the President might. it was suggested, be willing to sign the measure It has been reported. and so far there has been no denial, that the President would surely veto the beer bill if it were sent to him in the form it now stands before the House. MUSICIANS SEE JOBS IN BEER-WIME BUSINESS Restaurants, Hotels, Cafes Gardens to Take More Men, Letter Tells Garner. B the Associated Press NEW YORK, December 19.—Joseph N. Weber, president of the American Federation of Musiclans, said in a let- ter to Speaker John N. Garner, made public here yesterday, that musical em- ployment in hotels and other dining laces would be “more than doubled™” v restoration of wine and beer sales in those places. “The sale of beer and light wines is restaurants, hotels, cafes and gardens,” the letter said. “would immediately have the result of lowering the con- sumption of hard liquor and make for true temperance. People would again enjoy music and other innocent amusement in such places. Most speak- easies would soon be out of commis- sion and violation of the law would be curbed and Starting Sunday, Dec. 25 “MINUTE MYSTERIES” Detective and mystery story fans! Here's the newspaper feature you've been waiting for. Starting next Sunday The Star will print “Minute Mystery,” complete detective story with plot, clues and everything, except the solution. It takes only & minute to read. 1t's up to you to solve the mystery. When you decide on the solution, you turn to_another page and find out Whether you are correct. Look for the first “Minute Mystery” in next Sunday’s Star lege) and on September 1, 1889, was named principal there. Left Schools in 1906. In this poit Mrs. Myers remained until 1900, when she was appointed assistant _superintendent of _schools, | serving there until 1906, when she | terminated her connection with the | school system. In “Washington. Past and Precent—A History,” the chapter on “Public Edu- cation.” edited by Harry O. Hine, secre- tary of the Board of Education, carries this tribute to Mrs Myers “Mrs. Ida Gilbert Myers became assistant superintendent in July. 1900, when legislative _enactments wrought many changes, For many years pricr thereto she had achieved distinction as | principal of the normal school. kncwn as | Normal School No. 1. Her active career with the schools closed in 1906 while assistant superintendent. but not her assoclation in matters educational. for she continues in literary work, and the | people of Washington who read The | Star know her name as a h-usehold | word.” } Joined Star Staff in 1908. | Mrs. Myers joined the staff of The | Star in 1908 and has since been with this paper in charge of book reviewing., | Sharing her intense interest in books | were birds, and it had long been Mrs. Myers' daily custom to feed the birds | in Franklin Square, opposite her home, ! there had come to describe her as bird woman.” | Mrs. Myers' body | parlors of Almus R. Speare, 1623 Con- | necticut avenue. Arrangements for in- | terment await advice from friends in | the West, but 1t s expected burial will |be in the family plot in Weedsport, | IN. Y. PUBLIC WORKS ORDER STRONGLY INDORSED American Engineering Council | Gives Unqualified Support i to Hoover Plan. i Unqualified support of President Hoover'’s executive order creating a division of public works, which would | include, among other functions, projects nos under military supervision, was | expressed by the American Engineering | Council in a statement made public | here today. The council, representing 60.000 en- gineers in this country, declared that the engineering and allied technical | | professions are in favor of the Hoover program, because they are convinced that it will “wipe out waste. cut the cost of Government and improve the | Federal ~administrative _organization. y duplication and archaic practice: | | The councll condemned the system | {of control of Government river and harbor work by Army engineers as “ex- ceedingly undemocratic and unfair to the more than 200,000 professional en- gineers of the United States, and par- ticularly so to that faithful and effi- cient group of civilian engineers who have heretofore been denied the recog- | nition and advancement to which they |are entitled, for under a military | | regime only military officers are recog- | nized.” | The council concurred in President | Hoover's explanation that the work on | | harbors, rivers and flood control now performed by Army engineers is essen- tially non-military in character and is related to National defense only in the most indirect manner. L r the island possessions were resentful the threatened boycott against Ameri- can products. Conferees on the Hawes-Cutting bill are expected to get to work immediately to iron out differences between the Senate bill and that House last April granting freedom to the islands ip elght vears. Senator Hawes, Democrat, Missourd, co-author of the Senate bili with Sen- ator Cutting. Republican, New Mexico, advised the Filipinos to wait until the bill emerges from conference and is finally disposed of by Congress before passing judgment. “The bill is not settled yet” Hawes said. “It is going to conference. Two of the things we regard as most ob- jectionable may be eliminated.” The Missourian referred to the total exclusion of immigration and the 615.000-ton duty-free sugar import quota voted by the Senate. both pro- visions being stricter clauses in the House bill. ‘The latter provides for an annual im- migration quota of 100 and permits 850.000 tons of sugar to come in each vear without payment of tariff. Manuel Roxas, Speaker of the insular House and joint chairman of the In- dependence Mission here, sald he was informed the Senate conferees would strive for acceptance of the House im- migration and sugar quota provisions in conference. Meanwhile, speculation over what action President Hoover will take when the bill reaches him continued. Re- publican leaders believed the measure would be vetoed. They felt it would have to be rewitten radically to meet the views of Secretary Stimson, & for- passed by the economically government. FILIPINO BOYCOTT THREAT DISCOUNTED BY ISLAND LEADERS ____(Continued From First Page.) American people will never consent to what has been done if they are in pos- session of the facts.” President Rafael Palma of the Uni- versity of the Philippines, however, remarked, “we can not get a bill to satisfy all of the various elements of our people.” His sentiment was echoed by Francisco Benitez, dean of the institution. TRADE DISASTER FEARED. Importer Attacks Restrictions Under Independence BilL MAINLA, P. I, December 19— Horace B. Pond. president of the Pacific Commercial Co., largest Amer- ican importers in the islands, today disclosed his personal estimate that the trade restrictions under the Hawes- Cutting independence bill passed by the American Senate Saturday would reduce Philippine exports from $100,- U. 8. 000,000 to $25,000,000 and imports to | $20,000,000 & year, or below the present annual insular revenue. “It would be disaster to the economic life of the Philippines,” sald Pond, pre- dicting the consequences of promulga- tion of the independence measure. He denounced the clause that would ex- clude Filipinos as Asiatics instead of permitting them a small quota. La Vanguardi: leadi: afternoon newspaper of Manila, today features a front-page _editorial ' headlined, “Our Protest Still Stands.” It goes on to state that the Senate acted against the unanimous protest of the Philippine Legislature and press. “That we shall feel grave conse- quences from this bill immediately,” La Vanguardia says, “unless after furthey consideration it is modified, a8 cer- is htnulwo‘ndumm\m" where those who used the pathways mer Governor General of the islands, | plows. swung into action early Satur- “the and Secretary Hurley, who last year | day and worked continuously visited the possessions and later reported | late Saturday night in a successful is at the funeral to the President that they were not | effort to keep the principal highways ready to assume self-| o | | | where it was said she had a possible | fracture of the right shoulder and arm |and severe cuts about the head | Others forced to apply for hospital | treatment as a result of the storm in- cluded, Edward Danlels. 2928 Four- teenth street, and Alec Powell, 27. col- | ored, 126 Francis street northeast. | Daniels received a fractured faw when struck by a skidding taxicad | while cranking his automobile at Elev- | enth and Euclid streets. He was treaied | at_Gariield Hospital | Powell suffered frostbite of the hands and feet while clearing snow from street | car tracks. He, too, was treated at | Garfield Rose Tobin, 11, colored, 80 M street. fell and broke her leg while playing n the snow at First and L streets’ After being treated at Sibley Hospital she was transferred to Chfdren's Hospital. Falls in Front of Home. Miss Lurine Maultsby, 19, of 410 Sixth street, injured her arm and leg when she fell on the sidewalk in front of her home. She was treated at Emergency. Slipping and falling from a trestle at First and L streets northeast. Joseph Ferrell, colored, 1005 Sixth street north- | east, broke his jaw and wrist. He was | treated at Casualty Hospital. | Mrs. Mary Pearall, 123 Tenth street escaped with a few scratches and bruises when struck by a skidding hit-and-run car at Thirteenth and Clifton streets. She was treated at Garfield. The Associated Charities, Catholic Charities and other reliel agencies re- ported large incresses in requests for ald since the storm. Most of the re- quests were for fuel. it was said. The Clothing Conservation Commit- tee also reported unusually heavy de- mands for garments. Over the week end, it was said. there were more re- quests for clothing than at any other time during the Winter. A call for donations was issued by the District Federation of Women's Clubs, which conducts the committee in the Ford Building, Fourth street and Pennsyl- vania avenue. Rural Routes Are Open. All of the main traffic arteries of nearby Maryland and Virginia were 1 Scene in Rock Creek Park Top ! how it locks in this photo. but it's only a trick of the cameraman. e DECEMBER 19, 1932 In the Wake'”of Record Showfall HUGE CUT ASKED " N VETERAN 05T |Commerce Chamber $400,- 000,000 Proposal Would Not Hit Actual Service List. | By the Associated Press A slash of $400,000,000 in expendi- | tures in behalf of war veterans without | reducing by “a single dollar” payment i -4 Lower left: An icicle as long as the Washington Monument—at least that's Lower right: Ernest Lee Jahncke, Assistant Secre- to those who incurred disability in war service, or to dependents of the soldier dead, was recommended to the Joint Congressional Veterans’ Commit- tee today by the Chamber of Com- merce of the United States Chester ~Leasure, director of the | chamber’s public affairs division, read | the proposal, by Henry T. Harriman president of the orgenization. Importance of Task. “We appreciate the importance of the task before your committee and sincerely trust that from your delibera- tions will issue recommendations to Congress in favor of the substantial reduction of the expenditures h Yyou are examining.” the statement said “May I likewise express the hope that | your search for a long-rang | policy, with respect to veterans and therr dependents, will not delay full recognition of the urgent importance of vour other objective—namely, such re- vision of veterans' legislation &s will produce early and substantial economy | without denying a single dollar to those Justly entitled to benefit. * * * Disabil in Service. “We ask no reduction in expenditures for veterans whose service brought them disabilities. We ask maintenance of wholly adequate provisions for them, and if in any respect your committee finds there is not now full discharge of the national obligations to them, I know | I can speak for our entire membership in saying we will support any increase in expenditures necessary to make good the full obligation. “We ask, and our committee asks, only reduction which we believe will be in the interests of every one, including the veterans thems submit. be in the p Federal expendi " account of disabilities which resul the mormal hazards ‘of ciiiian e for persons having in every sense a civilian status.” Savings Recommendations. The chamber’s specific recommenda tions for savings were Denial of compensation for a abilities not clearly proved to be s connected. Repeal of legislati pitalization for disa utable to service Limiting Government dis- vice- N granting hos- flities not attrib- 7 life insurance to the purposes for which it was undertaken " Placing compensation paid dependants on a basis of necessity and service-con- nected disabil Returning disabled emergency officers to a disability compensation status. Scientific Relief Basis. Placing veterans' relief legislation on a scientific basis, with con duction in adminis! The savings outli from such changes werc Spanish-American War pensions, $112.843,000 Compensation for y 2 - bilities, $75.000000, "o Pive disa Allowances for non-service connected disabilities. $104,278,000. Emergency officers’ retirement y, $6.798,000. it Hospitalization. $40,000.000 | Hospital constructian. $5.000.000. . Reinstatement of milttary and Navy insurance, $40,000.000. Administration, $20,000,000. — BELIN ADDRESSES POLES tary of the Navy, and his daughter, Adele, try sliding on the ice of the reflecting pool before the Lincoln Memorial. New Ambassador Says U. 8. Condi- —Star Stafl Photos. | Schroeder, jr., estimated today. |Improved Light Movies Promised | a pool of mercury closed the circuits of open today, and street car and bus sery- ice 'was again operating on normal schedules WTH OVEN YO the almost incessant operation of snow Mullen of Nebraska, Another plows manned by crews of the Virginia and Maryland Highway Commissions | Cabinet Possibility. Ac- companies Him. and employes of the various county gov- ernments who were pressed into serv- | ice early Saturday. A sudden drop in the temperature left many of the roads covered' With a thin surface of ice, but only one traffic casualty was reported In the nearby | communities, and that was of a minor | nature. Theodore Kelly, colored. of Burnt| than similar Millc, Md., suffered body bruises when | he was struck on the Seminary road | near Kensington late Saturday night by an automobile operated by Herman | Rosin_of Montgomery Hills. He was treated at the Montgomery County Gen- eral Hospital in Sandy Spring. Rosin was not held by police. | 100 Men Put to Work. | In Montgomery County a force of | 100 unemployed men were put to work yesterday clearing away snow in the towns and villages and at important county road intersections and will be | kept at work until the task is com- pleted. The unemployed laborers augumented a force of 150 workers from the State Roads Commission, who, with nine huge By the Assoctated Press ALBANY, N. Y, December 10.—Owen D. Young, author of the Young plan for settlement of war debts, and Arthur F. Mullen, Democratic national com- mitteeman from Nebraska, held confer- ences today with President-elect Frank- lin D. Roosevelt at the inner exscutive offices. ‘The appearance of Young and Mullen, both of whom have been mentioned as | possible members of the Roosevelt cabi- net, came as a surprise, for Mr. Roose- velt had not told any one he expected them. Mullen emerged from the executive offices first and said he and the Presi- ~elect had talked “in a general way” on national affairs. Young re- mained after Mullen left. and luncheon wae taken in for him and the Governor. “You know there's been a lot of talk about you as a prospect for the Attorney Generalship in Mr. Roosevelt's cabinet, don't you?” newspaper men asked Mullen. “Well, all I know about that is what I read in the papers,” Mullen replied, smiling. Works on State Finances. until pen to vehicular traffic. Nine county and two State snow plows kept Arlington County's roads in a passable condition. Sand was placed | on all unusually slippery spots on hills | and no serfous accidents resulted. A covering of snow spoiled the pros-| pect of skating on the Washington | Suburban Sanitary Commission’s reser- voir at Burnt Mills, but there was much coasting, several streets in the various | incorporated towns being roped off for the youngsters. Rosupplemennng the woal; of the Statc ads Commission, individuals with | s ” : | can Federation of Labor. snow plows in the rural sections opened | Mr. Rossevelt had expected to see private lanes and cleared entrances to | | Green at Hyde Park yesterday, but the e O LARan conference with the labor leader had COSTS GOTHAM, $1,412,500. not taken place when he motored away from his residence there toward Albany last night. Instead it was said Green probably would come to see him today. Sales Tax Talk Heard. Talk of a State sales tax was buzzing abcut the New York Capitol when Mr. Roocevelt resumed work as a result of disclosure by State Senator Seabury C. Mastick over the week end that he had discussed this method of raising revenue with Governor-elect Herbert H. Lehman, who will take office Janu- ary 1. With “disappointi frcm existing tax sources, Mr. Roosevelt has predicted a State deficit of from $80,000,000 to $100,000,000, which under the constitution must be made up in the new State budget. The Governor has made no comment on the statement of Mastick, who is chairman of the State Tax Revision Ccmmission, that the commission would least one national matter—a visit from ‘William Green, president of the Ameri- 18,500 Men Added to Regular Force Removing Snow. NEW YORK, December 19 (#).—The | week end storm is going to cost this| city about $1,421.500 for snow removal, Commissioner of Sanitation Wililam Besides the regular force, 18.500 emergency workers were clearing the streets today and Commissioner Schroe- der said the job would probably last till Friday. SIGNBOARD AID SEEN by Italian Inventor. MILAN, Italy (#).—Better electric light movies on signboards are promised by Prof. Michael Lo Presti, technical expert and “nstructor in the Milan Polytechnic School. His invention is a system in which is felt to be needed. Returns to Albany by Auto. Interest centered in the Green visit because of reports that Green -would like to see Daniel J. Tobin of Boston lamps through perforations in a card-| velt cabinet. Miss Frances Perkins, board roll, much like that of a piano-| Gov. Roosevelt’s industrial commis. player, as the roll passes over the con- | sioner in New York State, alo has been tacts of the several thousand lamps of mentioned for this pest. the signboard. The President-elect returned by guto- ‘The mercury, being fluid, touches each | mobile frcm his Hyde Park home, driv- lamp contact as the perforation passes ing over slippery, ice-coated highways. over it. Springs and other devices areDuring the day he entertained at thereby eliminated. luncheon - and neighbors. Roosevelt's program for the day was | divided between State finances and at | prepare a sales tax proposal in case it | reorg: named Secretary of Labor in the Roose- | Falls Through Ice On Memorial Pool, Proving It Unsafe Assistant Foreman in Park Unit Makes Test of Durabil There was no doubt that the ice on | the smaller reflecting pool at Lincoln | Memorial was too thin for skating | purposes yesterday. Grover Clark, as- sistant foreman of the park division, Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks, proved it when he fell through while making a durability test. As a result, park police were sta- tioned at the pool to ward off pro- spective skating. Officials said the snow on the ice made it dangerous for skaters, but it is planned to remove this. Although skating is banned, the pub- lic was permitted to use the parks today | for skiing. toboganning and sledding. | The hills in Rock Creek Park. in the | vicinity of Sherrill drive, lured count- less children and many adults. The Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway, from P street to near Calvert Street Bridge, | was blocked off by Park Police to per- mit sledding free from traffic hazards. Park officials said the roads through | the parks have been opened. shifts of | men working far into the night to ac- | complish this. The officials issued an | invitation to the public to feed the birds, which are without their cus- tomary food, because of the snow blanket, they said. 'BINGHAM TO SPEAK ON REORGANIZATION Chairman of Senate Economy | Group Will Address Radio Forum Tonight at 10:30 0'Clock. Senator Hiram Bingham, chairman | of the Senate Economy Committee, will discuss the reorganization of the execu- tive departments and bureaus of the Government in the National Radio Forum at 10:30 o'clock tonight. The Forum is conducted by The Washing- ton Star and broadcast over the net- work of the National Broadcasting Co. The Connecticut Senator, as chair- man of the Economy Committee, has given the reorganization ordered by President Hoover a thorough stady. ‘The reorganization, called for in 11 executive orders issued by the President, has aroused considerable opposition in some quarters. The orders are before Congress now. Both major political parties promised anization of the Government in their platforms during the presidential campalgn. Senator Bingham, whose committee is composed of ranking members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, discuss the feorganization proposed by the President, as well as the needs for going further along this line. Rides Bicycle 26 Years. GARDEN CITY, Kans., December 19 (#).—Joseph Sartorius, sugar-beet fac- tory employe, has been riding one bi- '-'y{“' ”phy.“ and has traveled 34,320 miles in period, | 'SENATE DEBATES TRANST HERGE | Austin Urges Immediate Ac- tion and Blaine Hits Consolidation. The Senate this afternoon launched into a debate over merger of the street railway systems of W hington, with | Senator Austin of Vermoa$ urdidg im- mediate action while Senatw Blaine of Wisconsin, opponent of the consolida- tion plan in its present form, warned that if the question is taken up it may lead to a week or more of discussion. ‘The question before the Senate is Austin’s motion to make the merger resolution the unfinished business of the Senate. He made the motion late Saturday, but it went over until today and there was some delay beginning discussion of it this afternoon because of speeches on other subjects. Senator Austin read to the Senate & long list of the civic organizations and trade bodies that have urged favorable action on the merger problem and pointed out that a majority of the Sen- ate District Committee favorably re- ported the consolidation plan as now Ppresented. Merger “Urgently Needed.” Senator Austin sald the merger legis- lation is urgently nceded to clear up a transportation muddle here and to elim- inate waste resulting from duplication of overhead. “There is no inflation, no watet in l{lumwltlon“' Senator Austin de- clared. Senator Blaine, in opposing the tak- ing up of the merger. said it would in- volve “a protracted debate. extending throughout the week and, perhaps. into the next week.” He argued that the proposal is not a simple one and-can- not be discussed in a few hours. He said it involves everv feature of public utility regulation and that these | features should be discussed so that if there is a merger here it could be made & model one in the light of the best ex- perience of the various States in public utility regulation. He contended that under the pending me'ger plan. a “scrambled system wou'd be further scrambled.” It is uncertain how soon the Senate will reach & vote on the Austin motion, which, if carried, would make jhe merger resolution the unfinished busi- | ness before the Senate. Senator Austin wil: appeal to the Senate to give the advocates of the merger an opportunity to have it brought up and settled at this session. If the Senate does not act on the pend- ing resolution by March 4 the consoli- dation plan would have to start all over again both branches in the new ed with Capper tee in & minority report seeking to have & number of changes made in the terms of consolidation as pretented. b el Mining Engi: Dies. DULUTH, Minn., D._>mber 19 (P) John Uno Sebenius. 170, for 36 years general mining engineer for the Oliver Iron Mining Co. and other subsidiaries of the United States Steel Corporation at Duluth, died yesterday tn & hospital at Minn. tions Are Improving. WARSAW, Poland, December 19 (). — | P. Lammot’ Belin. the new American Ambassador. told _members _of Polish-American Chamber of merce at a luncheon in his honor yes- terday that economic conditions in’the United States are improving The cordial reception accorded him in Poland, the Ambassador said. has | made him recall his youth. which he | spent in Pennsylvania. where he came | in touch with a great many Poles. The American people, he added. have the highest regard for the progress achieved | by Poland BAD HELP GOOD | |8ixty Chicago Gunmen Make Toys for Poor Children. | ,CHICAGO, December 19 () —Some | of Chicago’s bad boys were at work 1yes(erda_\' to bring a happy Christmas to Chicago's good boys Sixty youthful gunmen, burglars and | automobile thieves spent their time in | the House of Correction making shiny toys from broken cast-off toys donated by charity organizations The reno- vated toys will go to poor children, who | otherwise might wake up Christmas | morning with an empty stocking | And over in the women's quarters inlmble fingers repaired and dressed | dolls for good little giris. INQUEST ORDERED Workinan Death in Fall to Be Ip- vestigated. An inquest was to be held this after- noon into the death of Marion C. Samp- | san, who died today in Emergency Hos- pital after being injured December 12, when he fell into an excavation at Pirst and U strests southwest. Sempson was a workman employed by the Stone & Webster Construction Co., and lived at 622 Minnesota avenue southeast. Irish Rail Strike Opposed. BELFAST, Northern Ireland. Decem- ber 19 (#).—The National Union of | Railway Men by a large majority yes- terday decided against a general strike | in protest against pending wage cuts. Shopping Days ‘til Christmas