Evening Star Newspaper, April 29, 1933, Page 7

HOUSE T0 TAKE UP - AGECUTTUESDAY [Consideration of Independent Offices Bill Completed by Subcommittee. ' Bubcommittee consideration of the $ndependent offices appropriation bill has been completed. It will be con- widered by the full committee Tuesday worning and reported to the House at noon. Under unanimous consent, gen- eral debate on the bill may start Tues- day afternoon. Chairman Buchanan of the subcom- istee will request a special rule for he legislative riders which are an es- sential feature of the President’s econ- omy and reorganization program. As drafted, the bill carries essentially the same provisions regarding retire- ment of Government employes after 30 years of service as were explained in ‘The Star yesterday. While the lan- guage of the legislative authority is not yet available, it gives the President dis- cretionary power to retire Government employes after 30 years of service dur- ing a two-year period in order that he may effect a substantial reduction in the force of Government employes. It provides that such retired work- ers shall receive annuities averaging approximately $1,200, from which will be deducted the 3'; per cent contribu- tion of Government employes toward the retirement fund. This deduction is to cease when the retired workers reach the retirement age. It also pro- vides for re-employment of such retired veteran workers when the Government needs their services. An important other change in the legislative provisions s in the authority iven the President to cancel contracts. ;rht Budget Bureau recommendation was & blanket authority to the Presi- dent to cancel any Government con- tract. As changed by the committee this authority is limited only to trans- portation contracts, such as ocean, air | and railway mail, “WHY BELIE\.IE IN JESUS?” TO BE PASTOR’S TOPIC| “Tragedy of Fear” to Be Theme of Rev. I. W. Ketchum at Service in Evening. | At Peck Memorial Chapel tomorrow | morning, “Why Believe in Jesus?” is the topic_of Rev. Irving W. Ketchum | and at 7:45 pm, “The Tragedy of Fear.” | A meeting of the Ladies’ Aid will be | held at the church a t8 p.m. Tuesday. The Woman's Missionary Sotiety will hold a rummage sale Thursday and Friday. The choir meets Friday at 7 pm. Herbert C. Tucker will meet the Boy Scouts at 7:15 p.m. The following were received into church membership April 23, Miss Helen Pauline Becraft, Miss Mildred Teresa Cocker, Miss Anna Elizabeth Dinsmore, | Miss Esther Janis Fox, Miss Margaret | Jane Hartley, Miss Jane Virginia Mor- | gan, Miss Dorothy Ada Poore, James | Albert Schafer, Joseph Edward Schafer, Miss Alice Roberta Walker, Miss Doris Loraine Wheaton, Arthur Gordon Wheaton, Mrs. Helen Elizabeth Becraft | and Mrs. Esther Janis Fox. DR. DAUGHERTY SPEAKER| “Test of Fire” and “Life's Sacred | Trusts” Tomorrow's Topics. At the Memorial United Brether Church tomorrow, the minisle:(,m ife’s Sacred Trusts. y] “The Nervous Miss Niles,” will be given Monday at 8 p.m. in the Sunday School room, sponsored by the | Reed class. A cooking school, con- | ducted by Mrs. M. A. Rich and or- ganized by the Nedla class will be held ‘Tuesday and Wednesday at 1:30. The midweek service will be held Tuesday | at 7:45 pm., after which the Ladies’ Aid Society and the official board will meet. The mothers’ and daughters’ dinner will be served Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. to be followed by a program. Dr. and Mrs. Daugherty will leave ‘Thursday for Akron, Ohio, to attend the general conference of the church, the local pastor having been elected a dele- gate to the quadrennial meeting. In thelr absence the pulpit and _parish | work will be carried on by Rev. J.| Herschel Cooper, assistant minister. The midweek services will be in charge of | Rev. Ward Smith, another ministerial | District’s Heroes in the World War Compiled by Sergt. L. E. Jaeckel. 8 recorded in the official citation, Earl D Gregory (Army serial No, 1290053), sergenat, Headquarters company, 116th Infantry, 29th Division, American Expedition- ary Force, was awarded the French Croix de Guerre with Palm (with the approbation of the commander in chief of the A. E. F.), for exceptionally gal- lant and heroic conduct in the Bois de Consenvoye, north of Verdun, France, October 8, 1918. Having picked up a rifie and mortar shell from the ground, he attacked and captured, single- handed, an enemy machine gun and took three prisoners. Advancing a sec- ond time, he captured a 7.5 c.m. moun- tain gun, and, upon entering a dugout in the vicinity, he captured 19 of the enemy. Sergt. Gregory is director of recrea- tion at the Mount Alto Veterans' Hos- pital in Washington. HULL IS HONORED BY LEGAL CROLP & International Law Society Names Secretary of State Vice President. Secretary of State Hull was elected an henorary vice president of the Amer- ican Society of International Law at the business meeting of its twenty- annual convention at the ‘Willard Hotel today. James Brown Scott was re-elected president and Elihu Root honorary president. The following were elected members of the executive council to serve until 1936: Edward C. Wynne of the State Department, William I. Hull | of Swarthinore College, Frederick D. McKenney of the District of Columbia, Richard W. Flournoy of the University of Washington, Thomas Raeburn White of Pennsylvania, Fred K. Nielsen of the State Department and Herbert W. Briggs of Cornell University. All other officers, active and honorary, were re-elected. This afternoon there will be two ad- dresses and a general discussion, and the annual dinner will be held at the Willard at 7:30 p.m. The addresses are | “Machinery for the Preservation of Peace,” by A. H. Feller, instructor in international law, Harvard Law School, and “Modern Tendencies in Arbitra- tion,” by Prederick S. Dunn, Creswell lecturer on international law at Johns Hopkins University. Texan Discusses Aliens. At the sessions yesterday John P. Bullington of the Texas bar discussed the treatment of the private property of aliens on land in times of peace. He showed that often the property of aliens is in better case than that of nationals. In many instances, he said, where a State expropriates property of a certain class, such as mineral rights, the State will make restitution for invasion of the proprietary interests of aliens, where under the law its own nationals are not entitled to any compensation for their lost_property rights. Although there are no hard and fast rules, he said, there is a standard for compensation in such cases, albeit the standard is rather vague. E. Russell Lutz, assistant to the legal adviser, State Department, discussed the treatment of private property of aliens in times of war. Mr. Lutz pointed out that the results of the Treaty of Versailles, in actual practice, have been that Germans in allied countries whose property was taken away by the allied countries have received either no com- pensation or compensation so slight as to be unnoticeable. This, he said, was in direct violation of a standard of in- ternational conduct adhered to by civilized nations with few exceptions since the seventeenth century. Foreign Investments Less Secure. He said this fact made foreign in- vestments less secure, and pointed out that the International Chamber of Commerce is in favor of exempting from seizure the private property of aliens in times of war. Former Assistant Attorney General Charles Warren told the delegates that the best that could be said of the “rights” of neutrals in times of war is that they are such as the belliger- ents are willing to concede. He denied the existence of any abstract “right,” and said that each war should be treated on its own basis and that neu- trals should endeavor by negotiation to make the best bargains possible with DR. SHANNON TO SPEAK At the Metropolitan Memorial Church | tomorrow morning Rev. Dr. John Reid Shannon will preach and Dr. Mont- | gomery will conduct the introductory | service. Dr. Shannon formerly was | pastor of this church. | The men’s Bible class will be ad-| dressed tomorrow morning by McK. | Etchison, president of the District Federation of Bible Classes. Hiram K. Green, president of the class, will pre- | side. | The Official Board will meet Thurs- | day evening, preceding the play, “Rev- | erend Dayton, Up to Date,” given by the young peoj CONFIDENCE No word in the dictionary holds, greater possibilities for business recovery Confidence in the President has prompted Congress to place power in his hands. Confidence in the banking structure as a whole led to prompt cessation of the banking Confidence of depositors has made it possible for banks to resume their customary functions in a normal way. Confidence trade. LET’S HAVE CONFIDENCE! the belligerents. Concessions might be attained as practical arrangements, he pointed out, which belligerents might never concede as rights. Philip C. Jessup, associate professor of international law at Columbia“Uni- versity. also discussed neutrality in an address, “Is Neutrality Essential?” Get Marriage Licenses. UPPER MARLBORO, April 29 (Spe- cial) —Marriage licenses have been sued here to the following: Lonnie Lee Myers, 24, and Clody Esther Hedrick, 24, both of Washington; Charles A. Norris, 28, of Washington and Louise P. Bos' Brentf Md. moratorium. THE EVENING DR. MAUDE ABBOTT 1S GUEST SPEAKE Heart Association Hears Au- thority on Congenital Car- diac Diseases. Dr. Maude G. Abbott, curator of the McGill Medical Museurh and the Army Medical Museum, of Canada, was guest speaker at the meeting of the Washing- ton Heart Association last night, speak- ing on “Congenital Heart Disease.” Dr. Abbott, who has been in Wash- ington for several days attending ses- sions of the District Medical Soclety, is recognized as the greatest living au- thority on congenital heart disease. It was she who, at the suggestion of Sir William Osler, put the subject of con- genital cardiac diseases upon & statis- tical basis and formulated clinical classifications based upon more than a thousand autopsied cases. The Washington Heart Association, the American Heart Association. has established permanent headquar- ters at 1315 Nineteenth street. Each of the patients treated at the heart clinics is followed into the home by a trained case worker in order that some accurate and scientific c'h:;k may be made upon the progress of the case. "R‘i’le\lm.fic heart disease frequently manifests itself in the child and young adult” Dr. James Alexander Lyon, president of the association said, “and it is especially important that the pub- lic be informed as to its cause, and its roper treatment.” B g::e heart clinics have Been estab- lished at Children's, Georgetown Uni- versity, George Washington University and Emergency Hospitals. Plans are now under way for the establishment of a jree clinic at Providence Hospital. Officers of the gr“h}nmn lA!lell't 354 are: . James _Alexander T, ot nt; Dr. Louis Ecker, vice B e e g, treasurer; Executive Comml! , Dr. Wallace M. Yater, Dr. Thomas S. Lee and Dr. Leslie T. Gager. R “HIGHWAY OF LIBERTY” SUNDAY SERMON TOPIC Dr. U. G. B. Pierce Will Preach Tomorrow at All Souls’ Uni- tarian Church. Dr. Ulysses G. B. Pierce will occupy his pulpit at All Souls’ Unitarian Church at the 11 o'clock service, preaching on “The Highway of Lib- erty.” At 12:15 o'clock a meeting of the Lend-a-Hand Society will be held. In Pierce Hall at 7:30 p.m. the motion picture hour will be concluded for the | season with the feature “Smiling | T o ‘The teachers and officera of the church school will hold a dinner meet- ing Monday. Plans for a Summer con- ference for young people will be dis- cussed. A meeting of the new Board of Trustees, W. A. Wheeler chairman, will be Tuesday evening. On Thurs- day a delegation, including Dr. and Mrs. U. G. B. Plerce and Mr. and Mrs. George A. Ricker, will attend the Spring meeting -of the Joseph Priest- ley Conference in Germantown, Pa. The L’Allegro Club has scheduled its Spring dance for Friday evening and Saturday evening Dr. e of Philadelphia, president of | recently been established in town, will give an illustrated talk re- garding this undertaking. . MASSING OF COLORS SERVICE ARRANGED Program to Be Held in Open-Air Amphitheater on Mount St. Alban May 28. Lyon, president; The fifth annual massing of colors service, arranged under the auspices of the District of Columbia Chapter of; the Military Order of the World War, will be held in the open-air amphi- theater on Mount Saint Alban May 28 at 4 o'clock, according to an announce- ment made today by Maj. Edwin S. Bettelheim, jr., adjutant general, and Rev. Arlington A. McCallum, chaplain general of the sponsoring organization. Between 75 and 100 national patri- otic organizations will be invited to participate in this service and to have their official banner represented in the procession. The order of service will include a solemn commemoration, with taps and a moment’s silence “in memory of all those who have laid down their lives for their coumz.;‘ Members of President’s cabinet, leaders of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, representatives of the diplomatic is the factor needed to stimulate business in all the arteries of corps and others will be numbered among the guests of hon The Washington Loan and Trust Company HARRY G. MEEM, President Main Office, F St. at Ninth Established in 1889 ‘West End Office, Seventeenth St. at G STAR, WASHINGTON, MOVIE PROBE ORDERED BY HOUSE COMMITTEE Rules Group Approves Sirovich Resolution for Inquiry Into Industry. By the Associated Press. ‘The House Rules Committee yesterday approved the Sirovich resolution for con onal investigation into the motion picture industry and its finan- cial affiliates. Privileged legislative status also was voted through adoption of a rule to limit debate to one hour and permitting no_amendments. ‘The investigation would be conducted )y a select committee of seven House members, with the right to subpoena records and witnesses. The resolution ordering the inquiry was held up by the House Democratic leaders for about three weeks, after an effort was made to get House action was defeated by Representative Warren, Democrat, of North Carolina. Investigation would be made into bankruptcies, ownerships and practices of branches of the industry, including the production, distribution and exhibi- tion of motion and sound pictures. “LEGACY OF A LIFE” Topic Selected by Rev. Edward G. Goetz at Zion Church. “The Legacy of a Life” will be the subject of the sermon by Rev. Edward G. Goetz, pastor of Zion Lutheran Church at the 11 a.m. service tomorrow. The Church Council will meet in the chapel Monday at 8 p.m. The Ladies’ AiG Society will meet Tuesday at 8 p.m. at the home of Mrs. L. Dorsch, 722 ‘Webster street. ‘The Young Women’s Missionary So- ciety will have a tea at the home of Miss Emma Holzer, 738 Farragut street, May 6, from 4 to 6 p.m. If you want more action for D. C, MEDICINAL LIQUOR RULES TOBE EASED Changes Practically Ready for Signature of Cum- mings and Woodin. New regulations allowing much more latitude to physicians in prescribing medicinal liquor have been completed and are expected to be issued soom, it was learned yesterday. The regulations, based on the new law liberalizing the amount of medici- nal liquor which doctors may use in treatment of the sick, are virtually ready for the signatures of Attorney General Cummings and Secretary of the Treasury Woodin. While details of the regulations still remain secret, it is understood they are “much more liberal” than the regula- tions still in effect. Instead of limiting the doctor and his prescription to a pint in 10 days to a patient, the new regulations are understood to give more freedom for the physician to exercise his own judgment. Under the new act, which was passed upon the insistence of the medical profession, quantity and frequency of prescription liquer is left to the forth- coming regulations. Advice of the medical profession was upderstood to have been sought in pre- par the new regulations. es the Secretary of the Treas- ury and the Attorney General, they will also carry the signatures of Com- missioner Doran of the Bureau of In- SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 1933. DR. SIZ00 SELECTS SERMON SUBJECTS “Losing Steadfastness” ~Will Be Theme in Morning at New York Avenue Presbyterian. At the New York Avenue Presby- terian Church tomorfow morning Dr. Joseph R. Sizoo will have for his sub- ject “Losing Steadfastness,” and at the evening service “Religion jn the Crisis.” ‘The young people will observe their fellowship tea at 6 o'clock in the parish hall, with Miss Elsie Spencer as hostess, followed by a discussion of the theme “Stories Jesus Told,” conducted by Clarence Lentz. The Lincoln Guild on Tuesday eve- ning will sponsor the third lecture of a series, when Mrs. Mitchell Carroll will speak on “Rome—Yesterday and Today.” The lecture will be illustrated. A silver offering will be received for the church repair fund. Dr. Sizoo will conduct the midweek prayer service Thursday. DR, BALLOU ASKED FUND CHANGE PLAN : Control of School Money Is Given Commissioners in Senate Bill. Authorization of the transfer of funds from one item to another within the public school appropriations and the placing of the transfers under juris- diction of an agency other than the schools was recommended by Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent cf schools, during the Senate hearings on the 1934 appropriations bill, it was re- vealed in the published report of the hearings released yesterday. Dr. Ballou had outlined to the sub- committee of the Senate Appropriations Committee the distress which would | confront the public schools if they were obliged to operate next year un- der the bill as passed by the House. The total reduction in the sum of the ap- propriation in itself, he pointed out, would force dangerous paring of edu- cational opportunities for Washington school children, amount was specifically apportioned among the various items, the school system would be further handicapped. ‘Thomas Asked Suggestion. Senator Thomas of Oklahoma inter- rupted Dr. Ballou’s statement to inquire whether he could suggest amendments to the bill which would enable the school people to adjust their finances | by transferring items from one point to | another and enable better operation of the schools than “you apparently will and as the reduced | as the bill is written at the present “Mr. Chairman, that is exactly what I think ought to be done, and I have already drafted a statement,” Dr. Bal- lou replied. authority be the “May I suggest this, that given to the budget office District of Columbia or the Com- missioners or the Budget Bureau or the President to permit us to transfer savings in one of our school funds to ’o‘flm school 'iuw. where we cannot ive within appropria- tions? I lly suggest that # be lodged somewhere out of the schos department, because we are perfectly willing to present our case to any agency you see fit to select.” Continuing his statement, Dr. Ballo, explained to the subcommittee that “I would be much easier to undertake t/ live within an appropriation of $8,500,- 000 than to try from the necessity te live within the specific limitations of 25 different appropriations.” Commissioners Suggested. Later in the hearings, Senator Thomas. asked Dr. Ballou and Maj. Daniel Don- ovan, District auditor, “to work out an amendment to be presented to the com- mittee, embracing the suggestion or re- quest just made by Dr. Ballou, covering the flexibility of the application of these funds, the transfer of funds from one item to another, to be used to bet- ter advantage.” Senator Thomas then asked Maj. Donovan where he would suggest “placing the authority for juris- diction over the fund transfer.” “I would suggest the District Com- missioners,” Maj. Donovan replied, and Dr. Ballou added: w"‘l‘hlt would be entirely satisfactory ‘The amendment was submitted as re- quested before the hearings were over and the provision in the Senate version ulm:m-he appropriation bill for 1934 is the e ‘To date, 30,000 Mexicans have re- turned to their native land from Los Angeles County. W/’ E promised you action during our Anniversary sale in March, and we gave it to you. You thronged our store day after day and gave us one of the most successful Anniversaries in our history. In the month of April, we kept up this momentum with more action by opening the Magic Rooms, by staging an outstanding Home Furnishings Exposition, giving the children an Easter car- nival, and furnishing the fans with daily base ball scores over WRC. All this has helped give us a very successful April business. Now comes May, and we are all set to follow the administration’s lead by giving you more action instead of resting on our laurels. This action consists of opening up the first week of May with Dis- trict Week, a 6-day sales event of tremendous magnitude which will vastly overshadow our usual District Day event which normally occurs at this time. The kind of action we are seeking is to put more goods into our customers’ hands at lower prices, because: More your money see our advertise- ments in The Sunday Star and all the Sunday If more goods are sold goods art made. If more goods are made More people go back to work. If more people go back to work Happy times will be here again. Monday, May 1Ist, to Saturday, May 6th 4 g X