Evening Star Newspaper, January 1, 1933, Page 8

FOREIGN ISLANDS NEARU. . FEARED France and Britain Should Pay Debts With Them, Ex-Envoy Feels. ‘BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Charging that the British and French insular possessions in the Caribbean Sea “constitute potentially a battery of guns pointed at the heart of the Ameri- can continent,” Arthur H. Geisler, from 1922 to 1930 United States Minister to Guatemala, proposes the voluntary transfer of these islands to the United Btates “as an expression of good will.” Mr. Geisler, one of the country’s rec- ognized authorities on Central Ameri- can affairs, holds that such an offer would be a suitable gesture on the part of Great Britain and France in con- nection with their expectation—likely in 1933 to take the form of a demand— that their respective war debts be ly revised downward. The former diplomat, a lawyer in Oklahoma City, Wwas recently in Washington discussing his project et the Capitol. The junior Senator from Oklahoma, Thomas P. Gore, Democrat, now has a resolution ding, suggesting the transfer to the nited States by our European debtors of the German colonial possessions ac- Quired by them es the result of the World War. Leaves Memorandum. Mr. Geisler left with interest = thorities in Washington 4 mfmorzexd:\‘ll'n of his plan, which reads as follows: “Extending from off the coast of South Carolina, past Florida and on ;ig;x; l'.ow‘\;lrdr tfilc 1coast of Venezuela, re the following groups of islant held by Great Bflmlgl:g i o Square miles, 19 4,396 0 Popu- lation. 30,814 60,367 974,742 124,518 183,557 BY JAMES WALDO FAWCETT. Officials at the Washington City Post Office are div in opinion with re- gard to the possibility of a “rush of ess” today. Some belleve that col- lectors will storm the building in quest of New Year cancellations; others do not anticipate any such_development. Formally, the George Wi n Bi- centénnial commemorative issues went out of use yesterday. Actually, they | still are to be obtained at the philatelic |agency and at occasional post offices | throughout the country. No more will be manufactured. The 1922 designs are again standard. Inquiry among collectors indicates that several hundred, at least, will de- sire todey’s postmark, and the time may come when they will be valuable. From the specialist’s point of view, the smaller number canceled today the better. ‘The Washington branch of the Society of Philatelic Americans will meet Tues- day evening at 8 o'clock at 1103 Ver- mont avenue. Col. William N. McKelvy, president, will speak on “Stamps of Haitl.” The public is invited. On the evening of January 13 the branch will conduct an auction sale of stamps. CoE‘McK:lvy will address the Central High School Stamp Club, Wedensday afternoon, January 11, at 3:15 o'clock. His subject will be “The Ethics of Stamp Collecting.” The branch yearbook is in press and will be ready for distribution in a few days. ~Collectors desiring copies may partment of The Sunday Star. The Washington Philatelic Society will meet at 8 o'clock Wednesday eve- ning at the Carlton Hotel, 933 Sixteenth street northwest. James Waldo Faw- cett will discuss “The Amateur Stamp Collector.” The public is invited. Alfred F. Kunze, president, will speak over Station WOL this afternc at 1:15 o'clock. His subject will be on- federate Stamps—Blockade Running.” The Federal American National Bank and Trust Co., Fourteenth and G streets, §6$,299 bago 97,100 “France exercises sovereignty over Martinique (385 square miles, 235,000 inhabitants) and Guadeloupe (582 Square miles, about 200,000 inhabitants) and several smaller isles, ‘Into the same category of European mmsiom may be placed the colony of tish Honduras (8,598 square miles, 50,286 inhabitants) or Belize, as the Central Americans call it, adjoining Guatemala on the east. That includes Euucllly all of the European holdings the region of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, except a few small ds held by Holland which is not indebted to the Government of the ““The present ownership of those colo- Dies dates back more than 150 years, to the days when France and England had ojects of empire involving Louisiana, ico and Central America, when Great Britain was planning to control the Nicaraguan inter-oceanic route, and France intended to build the Pan- ama Canal. It will have been observed that the aggregate area of the islands 15 relatively’ small. Those held by the British are only equal in extent to a square of 111 miles by 111 miles, or ap- mmlul’ the size of the State of land. The area of the French holdings is about that of a small county. Some of these colonies have much of the time been economic burdens upon the public treasuries of Great Britain | and France. But they were valued as naval and military bases from which to dominate the mainland. Declares Need Gone. D the last century and a half conditions have changed. The United States has come into existence. It Louisiana from France. The Doctrine was promulgated against the further acquisition of terri- tory in America by European govern- ments. The United States, with the acquiescence of England and of French interests, for which recompense was given, built and now owns the Panama Canal, and has an exclusive option on the Nicaraguan waterway. In conse- quence of these developments, the Eu- ropean powers no longer have need of the Caribbean fortification sites for purposes of defense. Their lack of need that respect may be compared to that of America in reference to islands in the Chafilel between England and France or the Mediterranean. It may be noted that the United States neither has nor seeks any territory in Europe. “To say that those possessions in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea constitute potentially a battery of guns pointed at the heart of the American continent does not imply that France or Great Britain will ever make war upon the United States or on any of the other American countries in thflt‘ regicn. However, it is conceivable that one day some country or other may attack America. It is quite possible that then Great Britain and France may find that their interests or necessi- ties impose neutrality upon them, while those possessions, or scme of them, will perhaps be needed as additional bases for America’s defense. The se- curity of the American continent re- quires that those potential military and naval bases in American waters be un- der American control. “History records numerous cases of the transfer of colonies, prompted by good will or policy of state. There were, for instance, the conveyance of Louisiana by Prance to the United States in 1803 anG the transfer of Helgoland in 1890 by Great Britain to Germany. The Helgoland transfer was part and parcel of a three-cornered deal whereby the British acquired supremacy in Zanzibar from the French and the Germans and the British waived all claims to the island of Madagascar in favor of France. U. S. Action Left for Later. “Whether upon the relinquishment of those colonies the United States will wish to extend its own sovereignty over all or any of them is a question to be considered when the occasion arises. It is possible that the Congress may prefer to accept only such of them as are best suited for the defense of the continent, leaving the others to form independent governments or to join existing republics, although perhaps the people of most of the lands under consideration would, for economic rea- sons and otber causes, prefer to become part of the United States. “During the past century several will sponsor & stamp exhibit beginning Tuesday morning and continuing for two weeks. Ten frames of specimens will be shown in the bank lobby. All commemoratives of United States issue and a prize collection of German com- memoratives will be on display, as well as a considerable number of other rare and valuable examples of the philatelic engraver’s art. A feature in one frame will be an approved portrait of Presi- dent-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt with specimens of the treasures of his fa- vorite hobby. The public is invited to inspect the show during banking hours. ‘The Baltimore Philatelic Soclety will hold an exhibition at 415 North Charles street in that city January 23 to 28. On the evening of Friday, January 27, there will be an auction under the management of Perry Fuller. A group of Washington collectors plan to char- ter a bus and make the irip to Balti- more to attend. New cachets are as follows: January 6, sponsored by Alfred Huska, 9708 Holmur street, Detroit, Mich.; January 13, formal opening of National Golf Course (Bobbie Jones), sponsored by Jouett Davenport, Augusta Chamber of Commerce, Augusta, Ga., and Jan- uary 28-30, thirtieth annual ski meet, sponsored by H. E. Bellini, Lakeville Chamber of Commerce, Lakeville, Conn. On March 4, Elmer Nelson, of The Fairway, 612 F street northwest, will sponsor an Inauguration day cachet. The design icts the United States Capitol, and the caption reads: “In- auguration of Pranklin D. Roosevelt, thirty-second President, March 4, 1933.” Edward Denny Bacon, for many years ilatelic secretary to King George V, received .the honor of kpighthood. obtain them by writing the Stamp De- | THE SUNDAY the birth of Jean Baptiste Constant Moens, of Brussels, Belgium, one of the greatest philatelists who ever has lived. His periodical, “Le Timbre-Poste,” founded on 1863 and continued for 38 years, was and still is a mine of rich material for writers on staraps. ‘The 1,100th meeting of the Chicago Philatelic Society will be held Thurs- day evening. James A. Zalud is presi- dent and Henry Ades Fowler secretary, A new philatelic mciet{' is being or- ganized at Buffalo, N. ¥, under the leadership ot Frank Merget, Emil Auer, Stewart Burdick and Marvin Garfinkel. The new post office at Chicago will be opened tomorrow. cost $22,000,000 and to be “the” most expensive building ever erected by the United States Government ‘outside the District of Columbia.” The new post office at Trenton, N. J.,, also will go into service tomorrow. Senator David 1. Walsh of Massachu- setts has introduced a bill to authorize a special stamp to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the naturaliza- tion of Gen. Thaddeus Kosciusko as an American citizen. The President of the Argentine Re- public has authorized a commemora- tive series of stamps to mark the 50th anniversary of the founding of the City of La Plata, capital of the province of Buenos Aires. The values and sub- | nicipal Palace, 20-cent La Plata Cathe- dral (in_course of corstruction), and | 30-cent Dr. Dardo Rocha, founder of | La Plata. : Protests of collectors against ‘“use- less” stamps are beginning to have effect. The government of Lithuania has announced that in the future it will issue only one new set a year. A New York debutante of the present season is Miss Louise Boyd Lichtenstein. At a tea and at a dance in her honor the principal theme of conversation was not movies or bridge, but stamps, for Miss Lichtenstein happens to pos- sess one of the most interesting collec- tions of French issues extant and to be an exceptjonally brilliant student of the whole field of philately. The automobile depicted on the 4- cent stamp of the Pan-American Ex- position series of 1901 was an electric vehicle owned by the Baltimore & Ohio Rallroad and operated over the streets of Washington. Representative M. Clyde Kelly of Pennsylvania, writing in the National Republic, discusses “the first United States airmail” He says: “A * * * proof of Washington's faith and cour- age in new ideas was shown in 1793, when he sponsored the first airmail flight in America. * * * He accom- panied Jean Blanchard, the French balloonist, to the old prison yard in Philadelphia, which thus became Amer- ica’s first airport. Washington gave Blanchard the first airmail letter in American history. It was addressed ‘To all whom these presents may come,’ and read: ‘The bearer hereof, M. Blanchard, a citizen of France, pro- posing to ascend in a balloon from * ¢ ¢ Philadelphia this day. * * * These are to recommend to all citi- zens of the United States and others that in his passage * * * they oppose no hindrance to the said M. Blan- chard: that * * * they receive and aid him, and thus render honor | to their country and justice to an incividual so distinguished by his emzp to establish * * * his art * *¥* in order to make it useful to mankind’” The letter was dated under Washington's “hand and seal,” January 9, 1793, and thus becomes the first airmail letter carried in this coun- try. The balloon floated to Woodbury, N. J, a distance of 15 miles, taking 45 May 27 next will be the centenary of Wants Chan minutes for the flight. ce for Boys TODAY’S WANDERING YOUTH DISLIKES BEING “BUM.” how, may be tomorrow’s Presi- dent. At worst he is entitled to separation from adult “bums” and a chance to improve himself. | These are the conclusions of Everett Turcotte, 20, short-order cook and counter man, who has spent the last| 18 months on the road in search of work. A broken home in Foxville, Mass., turned him to the highway—small jubs and still smaller handouts kept him moving over the Eastern half of the United States, North and South. For the last three weeks he has been | at the Salvation Army's emergency home, sawing wood two hours daily for his keep. Just before Christmas he found a| part-time job, selling fruit cake from | door to door on commission. | Majority Want Work. ‘Today Turcotte brought his written | conclusions to The Star. He said his| ambition was to write and, although his English teacher had praised his compositions, he had to leave high school after the first year to look for a job. Turcotte wrote: “As one of the boys who are hitch- hiking from place to place, or riding freights in the same manner, I have this to say: “The majority of the boys are willing to work. By this I mean we are not 2 shiftless lot, like the professional bum, not caring whether we get any- | where or not. | “We are an active army. We have | ambitions, ability to become lawyers, doctors, scientists, engineers, Senators, or even Presidents, of our country. All| this is not impossible, as has been | proved by the history of the United States. So I say this: “There must be found a way to help us keep up our courage and moral prin- ciples. There must be something to keep our idle hands and brains busy, even if only for our beds and meals. Can Realize Goals. “By this I don’t mean the woodyards in common use today. These throw us in with the older fellows and profes- sional bums. And we easily learn the bums’ racket, as that’s all it is. Some OPAY’S wandering boy, in the opinion of one of them, any- EVERETT TURCOTTE. new thrills and adventure listen these men. Some of them are old| enough to be our fathers. We hear that | bay rum is not bad stuff to drink and | is cheap. We also hear that we can | g0 to private homes and missions and | bum clothes and sell them to another| fellow who may have been out ‘stem- ming,’ as panhandling money is called | by men who do nothing else., When | they have made their ore or two dol- | lars, or whatever they set the mark/ for the day, they are off for a good | time. Some go to shows, some to| speakeasies and some to houses of ill| repute. “Us ‘kids’ as they call us, are told it's not 50 bad to be on the bum. We're | told it'’s a great life. Some of us fall for this. And we are satisfied with the result. But some of us are not content with this. We realize that we have a future and that the future of the coun- | try depends on us “Now, I'm not asking that we should be given the best of everything in shel- ter and food. But I do say this: We should be kept away from the older fel- It is said to have | jects will be 3-cent Port of La Plata, | | 10-cent Presifient Rocha, 15-cent Mu- | Gi —>5tar Staff Photo. of us of weak will power and a yen for | K: KIWANIS OFFICERS 10 BE INSTALLED Dewey Zirkin Will Succeed| Edwin F. Hill at Meeting Thursday. Dewey Zirkin will be installed as the new president of the Washington Kiwanis Club at its meeting Thursday at the Raleigh Hotel, succeeding Edwin P. Hill, now gov- ernor of the Capi- tal Kiwanis dis- trict. Other officers to be installed are Lewis T. Breu- ninger, first vice president; Harold N. Marsh, second vice president; James H. Baden, treasurer, and Ed- ward D. Shaw, secretary. The; charge of the club's past presi- dents. In addition to the installation, trophies will be presented 24 members Yog‘i had perfect attendance during Mr. Hill established a new record for the club, attending 126 meetings dur- ing the year, including the interna- tional Kiwanis convention at Detroit and international council meeting at Chicago. bringing his 1932 percentage to 242 per cent. Other members with perfect at- tendance during the year were Dr. George A. Baker, Z. D. Blackistone, Albert M. Briggs, Charles F. Dowd, Burns C. Downey, Charles W. Easter- day, James B. Edmunds, Edwin H. Etz, Dr. C. O. Goodpasture, Harry G. Kim- ball, Frank T. Mitchell, Edgar Morris, Charles W. Pimper, Fred W. Quinter, John G. Scharf, Fred A. Schutz, John F. Sheiry, Dr. O. U. Singer, Willlam F. Smith, Arthur F. Steinberg and George H. Winslow. Dr. Herman S. Hoffman and Frank E. Johnson also have perfect at- tendance since joining the club Sep- tember 5 last. THE WEATHER District of Columbia—Partly cloudy and colder today; tomorrow partly cloudy, slowly rising temperature; fresh northwest winds. Maryland and Virginia—Fair colder today; tomorrow cloudiness and warmer. West Virginia—Fair and continued cold today; tomorrow increasing cloudi- ness, possibly followed by rain over nerth portion. River Report. Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers very muddy yesterday afternoon. Report Until 10 P.M. Saturday. Midnight Dewey Zirkin. and increasing Highest, 61, 7:30 a.m. yesterday. . Year ago, 41. Lowest, 35, 10 p.m. yesterday. Year ago, 36. Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) Today. ‘Tomorrow. . 12:24am. 7:01am 12:52 pm. 7:31 p.m. 6:14am. 12:02 p.m. 6:40pm. The Sun and Moon. Sun, today ... T: 4:56 Sun, tomorrow 7:27 4:57 Moon, today .. 10:51am. 10:54pm., Automobile lights must be turned on one-half hour after sunset. Precipitation. Monthly precipitation in inches in the Capital (current month to date): Month. 1933. Average. Record. January .. v 3.55 7.09 February . March . April . May . June . July ..... August . September October E November . . December ... .... 3.32 1.56 Weather in Various Cities. ~Temperature.~ Precipi- Max. Min. _tation,8 S Pri Sat.pan.to Asheville, N. (G gy Atlanta, Ga.. 8 Atlantic_City, Baltimore, Md 5 Birmingham, Al Bismarck, N. Dak Boston, Mass. . Buffalo, N. Y. Chicago. Tl Cincinnati, Ohi Cheyenne. Wyo. Cleveland, Ohio. % Towa c. nt. anapolis, sonville, Loutsville, Marauette, Memphis, Miami, Moblle, Ala. H New Orleans, La..'. New York. N. ¥ North Plaite, Nebr. Omaha. Nebr. Philadelphia, "Pa... Phoenix, Ariz....... Pittsburgh, Pa.. Portiand, Me. Portland, Oreg. Selt Lake City. Ut San_Francisco, Banta Fe, N. Mex. Savannah. Ga. Seattle. Wash Springfield, 1] Tampa. Fia. mpa. 34 1 S22 s SRRSBERL Vicksburg, Miss.."".\] 44 WASHINGTON, D. €. 61 Burglar Kills Town Marshal. | OKMULGEE, Okla., December 31 (). —J. P. Wilson, Weleetka night marshal, | was shot to death last night by a program wiil be in | deb STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, JANUARY 1, 1933—PART ONE. The Technocracy Question New System ;f Currency Based on Enetgy and Preventing Debt and Huge Accumulation of Wealth Suggested. Editor's Note—This is the third of a series of siz daily articles giving a new insight into technocracy, whose prediction of possible economic col- lapse started a farflung conmtroversy. The artioles also present other sta- tistics pertaining to displacement of men by machines, energy consump- tion, debts and other points involved. BY J. B. BRACKETT. (Copyrighi. 1933, by the Associated Press.) NEW YORK.—A new ‘“money,” an exact, invariable token of exchange based on energy, is one of the tenta- tive proposals of Howard Scott, direc- tor of technocracy, as & need of this economic_system. But why a new money? 'Because, in the eyes of Scott, the present sys- tem of exchange, coupled with other attributes of the price system such as t, interest and the dollar's vari- abllity as a measurement of wealth, interferes with the machine and social progress. This is part of the paradox of goverty in the midst of plenty, wherein uge factories lie idle, willing and physically able to produce, but pre- vented from doing so because of the lack of purchasing power among the people—a lack partly accounted for, according to Scott, by the concentra- tion of money in the hands of the few. Says “Price System” Finished. Does Scott propose the total abo- lition of the price system, of banks, of interest, of mortgages and finally of the dollar itself? The present system is finished, tech- nocracy says, and the country must realize that the price system will no longer work. Neither Scott nor Technocracy has publicly explained fully what a new system of direction would include, so far as the replacement of the present exchange system is concerned.. A unit of “value” under the price system, as Scott describes it, s a “certification of debt"—a lien, the- oretically, against a physical entity. Under technological control, a unit of “measurement” would be a “cer- tification of available energy produced.” Instead of trying to value goods in terms of dollars of variable purchasing power, technocracy would measure the energy produced—so to speak, would measure the income instead of the capital—in calories, ergs, foot-pounds, British thermal units, horsepower or with some of the other terms for energy measurement which are theoretically exact and which would be used up. This, technocracy holds, would pre- vent debt and huge accumulations of wealth. The individual wculd receive a . proportionate share of the erergy produced. He would spend it in cer- tain ways for the things he desired. The energy unit would not-be a measure of desire as is the dollar, but a measure- ment of what actually was available and might be economically given to the people. All of this implier central distribution of income and a more rigid control of the division of goods. Soule Attacks Proposal. Economists are critical of such pro- posals. George Soule, economist and associatt editor of the New Republic, says if the Nation could have such control as this, present old-fashioned money would do quite well. As for Scott’s statements that en- ergy units would furnish exact meas- urements, an economist for a Wall street financial house points out that the amount of energy produced from coal oil and waterpower is variable and that the measurements of it are also variable. Unless technocracy proposes absolute control of the entire economic system, this economist says, the more efficient user of fuel would receive more income and would accumulate things, again unless the State pre- vented such accumulation. Bootleg “Energy Money.” Another economist holds more or less facetiously that “energy money” could be quite easily bootlegged. The hills might be full of “illicit stills” for the manufacture of energy which would be wired secretly to towns and cities. It might be transported across na- tional lines, if such lines were al- lowed in a technol controlled system. And what would h it tnn.lfiuhn of power were pos- sible radio, a possibility now receiv- ing considerable stu be, the economist to_make energy extremely unstable. Many economists have ‘'oposed & commodity dollar to alleviate the gen- erally admitted evils of the present variable dollar. Such a dollar would be allocated purchasing power accord- ing to a commodity index and would vary as the supplies of the various commodities varied. ‘Thus, t.l:lmnt'ily ‘would ll"‘iy! have ap- proximately the same purchasing power and debts would not vary in their bur- densomeness. ‘Tomorrow—Machines and Debts. MAN FEEDING CHICKENS MYSTERIOUSLY SHOT Bullet Severs Jugular Vein of 74- Year-Old Former Road Super- visor in South Carolina. By the Associated Press, GREENWOOD, 8. C,, December 31.— A. Jeroma Bell, 74, former Greenwood County road supervisor, was shot and killed by an unidentified person while he fed chickens in the yard of his home here today. Bell was struck in the throat by a small-caliber rifle bullet which severed "rd Fiea " death bet lea jore arrived. e It could not be determined immedi- ately who fired the shot or whether the bullet was a stray. Sheriff E. M. White began an inves- tigation. ————— AUSTRIA TO PAY LOANS Makes Arrangements for Obliga- tions Due Five Nations. NEW YORK, December 31 (#).—The Bank for International Settlements, as trustee of the Austrian government international loan, 1930, announced to- day that the Austrian government had informed it the government has made arrangements to supply the nee- essary funds in the respective foreign currencies for the payment on January 2, 1933, of the interest coupons dated January 1, 1933, of the American, Brit- ish, Italian, Swedish and Swiss tranches of the 1930 loan. ‘The announcement added that the in- terest coupon for the remaining tranche of this loan, namely, the A issue, will be paid at the same time in Aus- trian currency. Doctor’s Patient Crashes In. MONTPELIER, Ind. (P).—Joe Ivey swung his wheel as his automobile started to skid. His coat sleeve caught, roueh the throttle. The car crashed a window in a physician's of- fice, and the doctor set Ivey's broken arm. ., Minute Mysteries . Solution to DEATH GOES SAILING. (See Page 3.) Melrose's story was untrue. He d Jukapo.nlp.hbl‘z been dead at least 20 minutes when disdovered. Had this been the case the boat could not have gotten around the bend with cnly & dead man to steer it. Go ahead and figure it out! Whatsoever contradicts my sense I hate to see and never can believe, on. p—te .« SOUTH Four Famous TRAINS AFTERNOON—EVENING—NIGHT S , T e Gulf Coast Limited Lv.320PM = =" SHIP YOUR AUTO—NEW LOW RATES Street, N.W. GEO.P. o N‘fi%k‘uuv 0 TLANTIC CoAasTt L1 7&Wfl2&m¢qf& NE Wishing You Health, Happiness, and Success in 1933 - EIMurphy & INCORPORATED 710 12th St. N. W. NAt. 2477 Est. 35 Years Specials Tuesday and Wednesday $3.50 Genuine Toric Glasses Far or Near Complete With Shell or Metal Frame KAHN OPTICAL CO. Genuine Toric KRYPTOK Invisible Bifocal Lenses and far). Best lenses made. Sold reg- ularly $15. Special price Tuesday and f 617 Seventh St. NW. Between F and G Streets THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE DISTRICT GROCERY STORES, INC, EXTENDS TO ITS PATRONS AND FRIENDS Best Wishes FOR A VERY HAPPY AND American statesmen have envisaged the American Legion {iows and men, and also that if it i | colored burglar he sought to' waylay. desirability of Europe’s relinquishing | the fons under consideration. as July 8, 1932, Senator Gore of Oklahoma presented a resolu- tion which proposes that the Secretary of State ascertain whether any of the European powers indebted to the United States would prefer to transfer to the United States, in lieu of cash iyments, colonial possessions received g; such European governments from Germany as a result of the war, or whether they would prefer to assign to the United States islands they hold in American waters. As the erstwhile German colonies consist entirely of holdings in the regions of Africa, Asia and Australia, therz might eventually ‘be voiced considerable opposition in the ‘TUnited States to their acquisition by the United States. Furthermore, it Auxiliary Victory Unit, No. 4, held its annual Home for Soldiers, Sailors and Marines, entertaining the men staying at the home. Mrs. P. E. Doleman, president; Mrs. William Oley, rehabilitation chair- man, and Mrs. J. Byron White collabo- rated in arranging the program, which included several vocal selections by Mrs. Richard W. Bywaters, a vocal selection and tap dance by Miss Marilyn By- waters, recitations by Miss E. Snyder, little Miss Gillieart and Mrs. Max Levy’'s young nephew. The Marine of A. G. Bodua, furniched the music. may not be quite opportune to press any part of that resolution. Possibly the fact that Mr. Gore has not yet urged its adoption indicates that tne Senator himself believes that Great Britain and France may prefer to initiate the idea of such cessions, rather than having America suggest them. At 'apy rate, such an offer on the part of the Brmshbeu;d r.h:‘1 Prcnlvil:l -oul.da ug; doubted! leemed & D! > taxpayers to whmehfi-mndm our European debtors would shift a part of their Wml to the United States «w o . (Capyright, 1933.) Santa Claus presented each man at the home two gift packages. Refresh- ments of ice cream and cake were served. Mrs. William Oley was in charge of the party. In addition to the Christmas party, the unit, through its president, Mrs. Doleman, and its child welfare chair- man, Mrs. Schroeder, distributed food, clothing and toys to a needy family. Mrs, Marion Martin, past unit presi- dent, assisted in the distribution of Christmas packages at Walter Reed Hospital, under the direction of Mrs. Roberta Pawcett, who was in charge of that group, ; Christmas party at the Temporary | Band Orchestra, under the leadership | | found we have any ability for any one | | vocation, we should have a chance fo| | work toward that vocation, if only for | | tore. “But above everything we should be made to realize that our ambitions can be realized even in these times, if we | stick to them—just as well today as in| the past.” ASSAULT CASE DROPPED Madison Man Alleged to Have At- tacked Architect. ' MADISON, Wis., December 31 (#).—| An assault charge brought against C. ih' Secrest of Madison by Frank Lloyd | Wright, architect, of Spring Green, Wis., | was dismissed in Superior Court today | {on motion of District Attorney Fred | | Risser. | Wright suffered a broken nose in a| street fight with Secrest. The latter | said Wright refused to pay his wife wages which he claimed were due for services. After the fight, four students at Wright's school invaded Secrest's home and horsewh; him. They subse- quently paid The gunman escaped. Krakatoa, in the Dutch East Indies, leaping from its crater. KEEP WARM Economically COAL RANGES Cooking, Baking & Heating our room and board, as I stated be- has been active recently, huge flames ' COAL HEATERS All Kinds, All Sizes OIL HEATING Gravity Circulation Roofing, Furnace Installations Repairs and Cleaning We carry the only complete line of all kinds of Stoves, Ranges and Heaters in Washington. W. S. Jenks and Son 723 7th NW. 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