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THE EVENING STAR., WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 1934. |SERVICE DISABILITY ENDOWMENT FUND || Sell Tickets for Bal = A2 %% FLLSWORTH'S SHP /| What’'s What Conductor ICOMMITTEE RESTS DELAYED BY GALE Giant Waves Buffet Vessel on Return Trip to Dunedin. < ¥ ~ BY DR. LINCOLN ELLSWORTH. By Radio to The Star. ABOARD THE MOTOR _SHIP WYATT EARP. EN ROUTE TO DUNE- © DIN, New Zcaland, January 26—We are 320 miles from Dunedin, but mak- " ing little headway on our return trip from the Bay of Whales, Anarctica. We have been battling a strong wind which swung right around the compass in 24 hours and then into the northwest, increasing in velocity to 70 miles per hour, with some gusts estimated at 80 miles The heavy, white-crested waves sud- : denly mounted to an average of 20 feet * high and some rose to 30 feet and more. Swirling foam hid the blueness of the " ocean and the spray whipped from the waves by the wind stung the faces of those on watch on the Wyatt Earp like hailstones. Buffeted Like Canoe. ‘The Wyatt Earp, a splendid sea boat, rose and fell and rolled and twisted like a light canoe on & cataract. taking little heavy water on her decks, but continu- ally drenched from the top of the * bridge to the alleyways with spray. The water penetrated everywhere, and every * one venturing on deck, including myself, failed to escape repeated soakings. * When for the second time I was hang- ing my clothes to dry in the fidley above the engine. a shower came through the engine room skylight and drenched me again. It was impossible to keep the alley- ways and mess room free from water. It swilled from end to end of the mess room and, as we struggled between the rollings of the ship to ladle a few spoonsful of hot stew from basins to our lips, part of the ocean on the mess room floor curled about our feet. How the cook managed to prepare meals is still & mystery, as was probably the contents of the meals themselves. Dared Not Go to Sleep. All through the day and night the wind raged. At night I tried to rest in my bunk, but dared not go to sleep for fear of rolling to the floor. With the engine at full sped ahead, the Wyatt Earp just managed to hold her own for 24 hours. We made no progress and at 8 o'clock this morning we were in the same place as at 8 o'clock yesterday morning. About noon today the wind partly subsided and we are going ahead in spite of a wind force which is still rated as a half gale, mak- ing about 2 miles an hour. Had good weather held we would have been in Dunedin Saturday morn- ing, but now as to the time of our arri- val one guess is as good as another. However, there is no desperate hurry, Even with several days’ delay there wilk still be time to crate our airplane, the Polar Star. in readiness to be shipped on a vessel sailing for San_Francisco on February 20, and time for me to catch the liner Mariposa, sailing from Auckland on February 10, via Honolulu to the United States. (Copyrizht. 1934. by the North Newspaper Alliance. Inc.. and American the New York Times. Behind News in Capital. All Gains in Business Are Credited to Public Works. BY PAUL MALLON. HE public works and civilian em- vloyment doles really are doing | some uplift. 1 In fact they have brought the only remarkable general im- provements notable in the business picture during the last three months. That deduction is clearly the feature of this month’s balance chart of busi- ness. It is a seasonally adjusted un- biased table of Government and private statistics, showing just exactly where we stand on basic items each month in relation to normal (1923-1925). This month the chart segisters the fact industry and labor have come through another hard Winter without gaining any ground or losing any. It shows our January condition generally about 10 per cent better than last Jan- uary and just about equal to January, 1932 Only Two Indices Gain. The only indices which jumped up strongly during the last two or three months were department store sales | andbuilding. The Christmas month of December was 8 per cent better this season than !last in the department stores. | i | That is nct as remarkable as the: fact the usual dull month of Janu- ary showed a probable jump of 13 Doints above last January. It indicates clearly that the money being poured out by the Government to city unemployed through the C. W. A. is making retail business improve against a strong seasonal trend. | The results of Federal stimulation are even more noticeable in building. That industry was running only 48 per centof | normal three months ago. In January | it was 73 per cent, solely because of the P. W. A Better Balanced Plane. i The result is that business is going into the second month of the new year | on a better balanced plane than it has been any time since the depression | started. Pay rolls still are less than| they should be and foreign trade is away out of line, but everything else— production, employment, sales, freight loadings and building—is each fairly well balanced with the other. They average about 70 per cent of normal, as you can mote by studying the chart as follows: Pactory employment.| LUTHER PLACE MEMORIAL TO GREET NEW MEMBERS “The God Who Is Seen Through Love” Is Topic of Dr. C. C. Rasmussen. “The God Who Is Seen Through Love” will be the theme of Dr. Carl C. Rasmussen’s sermon tomorrow morn- ing at Luther Place Memorial Church. A special feature of the morning serv- ice will be the welcoming into church membership of another group of new members. The Young People’s Fellowship group Wwill meet with Mrs, Gould Wickey, 7516 Bixteenth street, at 3 p.m. tomorrow. The Woman's League of Gettysburg College will give a luncheon at 12:30 Pp.m. January 31. in the church, for the purpose of distributing the bulle- tins. Reservations for the luncheon should be made through Mrs. Carl C. Rasmussen. Georgia 6502, not later than Tuesday. The Thursday night prayer service meets at 7:50 o'clock. The adult Sun- day school classes will hold their sepa- rate meetings following the service. SERMON SERIES CLOSES AT CALVARY METHODIST Dr. Vernon N. Ridgely Will Preach Tomorrow Night on “What prayer : is that such industries as textiles, steel {Pay rolls. 117113115 70 RS 53 ) A5 68 an.. 785 532 63 73 64 44 49 ~Estimated Spring Rise Predicted. The confidential guess of experts is that the chart will be at least three points better generally in February. They are confident of & strong further rise through the Spring months. You may be surprised to find the January figures on production. employ- ment and pay rolls are no better. Certainly statistics you have been read- ing from day to day during the month indicated we were soaring in the skies. | There are two reasons for that. One| and automobiles could not get going during December and January. Tex- tiles had to seek a 25 per cent reduction | of the N. R. A. code requirements. The industry overstocked last Summer and now is trying to adjust its output to current demands. Automobile production encountered rheumatism on the knee-action wheels. Henry Ford is the only one Is Man?" “Wishing for Wings” is the subject of the sermon at tomorrow morning’s gervice at Calvary Methodist Church by Dr. Vernon N. Ridgely, minister, and the evening service on “What Is Man?” who has been producing enough to supply orders. The others have been delayed in getting their production technique straightened out. One manufacturer is supposed to have had 70.000 orders on hand recently that could not be filled. The tailure of automobile production |law to require .| by Dr. J. Phelps Hand, pastor of Wesley | Asgt 1 | chairman, for a group dinner confer- ‘This is the last of a series of three|caused the failure in demand for steel. sermons on “Living Questions.” Louis| All three together neutralized the im- A. Potter, organist and director of mu- | provement shown during the month in sic. will lead the song service. other industrial lines. Miss Joan Miner has arranged for a Gain Through Comparison. speaker from Korea for the Young People’s meeting at 7 p.m. The sub- The other reason why financial page Ject will be “What It Means to Be a|statistics look better than they are is Christian in Korea." the fact they always are compared with The Thursday evening devotional [last January. At that time we were service will be held in the guild hall | going down fast and just getting ready with the minister in charge. to bounce on the bottom. Circle No. 6 of the Woman's Guild| Any half decent figure for this Janu- will be entertained at the home of | ary looks like a boom time figure when Mrs. N. J. Cunningham, 3518 Porter | compared with January last year. strcet, Tuesday_evening. That situation will hold true for the The Calvary Dramatic Club will meet | first six months of this year at least. Wednesday evening at_the church to| (We tcuched bottom in March last make plans for the Easter religious|year.) Grama and the Young People’s Spring |* The improvement in foreign trade is play, which will be given after Easter.|attributed to the dollar policy and 2 3 pr&hl bm?m"p"ihne bet ted lquor ports cember amoun! ACH |to more than the increase in _total BR- PEBKIE 18 THE imports. That means if it had not g been for liquor, our imports would #Loving to Order” Topic TomoITOW | pave fallen off. at Universalist Church. “Loving _to Order” is the sermon topic of Dr. Frederic W. Perkins at the Universalist National Memorial Church tomorrow at 11 o'clock. There will be a sewing meeting at the home of Mrs. F. W. H. Weishaupt. 1832 Ingleside terrace, Monday. from 1 to 5. On Wednesday evening the W. E. D. O. Circle will hold sn‘:hca‘;g in _the Romaine-Van a e e parish house. Miss Clara | The increase in exports is being :m- Pitcher is in charge of the tickets and | cially attributed to the fact the cheap Miss Hortense Keables of the prizes. | dollar permitted buying here by for- The board of management will hoid | eign nations. That seems to be a cor- its monthly meeting Thursday evening. | rect assumption, but the improvement Since the last meeting, Ralph C.| hardly is big enough to brag about. Staebner of Falls Church, Va., has ac-| Some of it may be due to the deals eepted appointment to fill an unexpired | for exports we made with foreign na- term on the Official Board. 1 tions who want liquor quotas. The Boy Scout troop will meet A R i Thursday at 7:30 in the Weston room.| T Wb S0 T ICEE L g out any i great sums through public works even yet. PASTOR TO PREACH The chart index gives him a break e because public building normally falls 1In Chevy Chase M. E. Church tomor- | off during ember and _January. mwnm, llwn'clo(' the pastor, Rev. Ed-| Actually, he spent less in December ward G. Latch, will have for his sub-|than in November. But his expendi- ject “The Gate of Heaven.” The young | ture was so much greater than normal people’s group will meet at 6:45, with | that it looks big when it is adjusted the pastor assisting in the study period. | seasonally. The women of the church will have| Here are the actual amounts of con- & missionary magazine party Monday | tracts let under the public works pro- | evening at the home of Mrs. Marshall| gram in the past five months: C. Guthrie. July. $15,000,000. Mrs. William De Lashmut and Mrs.| August. $32,000,000. William E. Springer are arranging for| September. $57.000.000. the cafeteria dinner at the church| October, $86,000,000. Thursday for the benefit of one of November, $104.000,000, the circles of the Woman's League. The December, $99,000,000. widweek meeting will follow the dinner. ~ When you consider that, even after 2 2 PROOF OPPOSED Senate Subcommittee Favors Change in Spanish War Claims. By the Associated Press. An amendment to the economy act to make it unnecessary for Spanish- American War veterans to prove their disabilities were of service origin was reccmmended yesterday before a Sen- ate Appropriations Committee. Former Senator Rice W. Means, ap- pearing for the veterans, said it was | unfair to make them prove service con- | nection for their disabilities so long after the war. He quoted a member of the House as saying 37 Spanish War veterans had taken their own lives in Massachusetts as a result of being dropped from the rolls. ‘The ngs are being held on the independent offices appropriation bill passed by the House and which con- tains no new benéfits for veterans. Administration Senators feel President Roosevelt will not want to go beyond the new regulations he promulgated recently liberalizing veterans' benefits to the etxent of another $21,000,000. However, Senator Glass. Democrat, of Virginia, committee chairman, said yesterday he would favor amending the Special Appeals Board in Washington to put veterans’ appeals ahead of Government appeals in their deliberations. MUSIC DAY PLANNED AT ALBRIGHT MEMORIAL “What Has Jesus Got to Offer Me"” Pastor's Subject—Church Session. The last sermon in the series on personal religion will be preached at Albright Memorial Evangelical Church tomorrow at 11 o'clock by the minister, Rev. George E. Schnabel. The sub- ject will “What Has Jesus Got to Offer Me?" This will be Music day. The orchestra and both choirs will pro- vide the music. The evening service will be an “old hymn night,” with everybody singing their favorite old hymns. The sermon subject will be “When Youth Becomes Christian.” On Monday evening the annual con- gregational dinner and business meet- ing will be held at 6:30 o'clock. Trustees will be elected. be in charge of the pastor and the twelfth chapter of St. Mark’s gospel will be discussed. On Priday night the brotherhood will present its annual play in the recreation hall. SERMONS CONTINUED Dr. J. Phelps Hand to Preach at Wesley Methodist. ‘The third of the series of sermons on “Satanic Subtleties” will be preached M. E. Church. tomorrow at 11 o'clock. The subject will be “The Fountainhead of Sin.” He will teach the “builders’ class” of the church school at 9:45 a.m. His subject will be “Prayer.” This class meets at the Methodist Home for the ed. | The Young People’s League will meet | in the church parlor from 6 to 7:30 p.m. A light buffet supper will be served | during the first half hour. The subject of the discussion period will be “The Advantages of a Spiritually Observed | Sunday.” Plans are being made by a committee composed of the pastors of the co- operating churches, J. Phelps Hand ence on evangelism February 16. The official members of church and ‘school workers of Metropolitan, _Eldbrooke, Wesley, Chevy Chase, Kensington and Concord and Cabin John Churches will attend this conference. It will be held at_the Eldbrooke Church. February will be observed as “Church Loyalty month™ at Wesley. WILL ELECT DELEGATES Eldbrooke M. E. Representatives for Lay Conference. An election of one delegate and one reserve delegate to the lay conference will be held in Eldbrooke Methodist Church tomorrow morning under the direction of Judge A. E. Shoemaker. The pastor, Rev. Walter M. Michael wili preach on “Comfort Ye My People.” New members will be received. The_Young People’s Society and the High School League meet at 7 p.m. An evangelistic service will be held at 8 p.m. under the direction of the pastor. He will preach on “Repentance.” A song service is a_feature. The Atheltic Club meets at 7 pm.| on Tuesdsy with Coach H. H. Love- l2nd directing. The midweek prayer meeting will be held Wednesday evening. PLAN VICTORY DINNER Methodist Union's Membership Campaign to Close. The victory dinner which will be held at the Petworth M. E. Church next Wednesday will mark the end of the Methodist Union's membership cam- paign which started last Sunday. The speaker at the dinner will be the re- cently appointed chancellor of the American University, Dr. Joseph M. M. Gray. The combined Men’s and Wom- en’s Glee Clubs of American University, under the direction of Prof. Harlan Randall, will be heard in several numbers. A report will be made by each Meth- odist Church in the Washington district as to the number of members obtained in_the campaign. Prominent among those in attendance at the dinner will be Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes, resident bishop of the Wash- ington area; Bishop Willlam F, Mc- Dowell, Bishop John W. Hamilton, Dr. Benjamin W. Meeks, superintendent of the Washington district, Baltimore Con- ference, and Edwin Dice, president of the Methodist Union. Gets Job While in Jail. WOODSTOCK, Ontario, January 27, (#).—When Carl Piper went to jail for one week to await sentence on a charge of assault, he was unemployed. When he appeared for sentence today he told Magistrate Patterson he had a job promised him for March 1. A jail mate had offered him a steady job on his farm. a contract is let, the maximum rate of employment under that contract cannot be reached for months, you can readily see that no considerable number of men have yet been re-employed through public works. Add up the figures and you find $393,000000 of contracts were awarded up to January 1. Economists generally figure each $1,000 expenditure under public works results in employment of one man. Of course, the whole $393,000,000 will not be spent for some months, but just for argument, say it was all spent up to January 1. Public works would then have em- ployed 393,000 men. That seems rather insignificant in A $3,000,000.000 program designed to help 10,000,000 unemployed. (Coprrisht, 1934.) 4 CARLO PERONI, Musical director, who will conduct all performances of the San Carlo Opera Co. opening Monday for a week's en- gagement at the National. TREASURY-P. 0. BILL 15 SENT T0 SENATE Measure Approved by House Yesterday With Series of Amendments. ‘The Treasury-Post Office appropri- ation bill, carrying $820,720,000, reached the Senate today after passing the House yesterday with a series of amend- ments. The major House amendment struck a blow at an empioyment project in which Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt has taken a personal interest—a furniture factory at Reedsville, W. Va. On the motion of Representative Ludlow, Democrat, of Indiana, and with the agreement of Representative Arnold, Democrat. of Illinois, who had charge of the bill, the House inserted the wording to prevent expenditure of post office money for equipment manufac- | Prayer meeting Thursday night will | tured by the Reedsville plant. It would | delivered a apply also to any other Federal factory save that in the District. Mrs. Roosevelt Not Mentioned. ‘The Reedsviile establishment is being built with $525,000 allocated from the | public works fund. The allocation was made shortly afte: Mrs. Roosevelt made {& tour through the Reedsville region and decided that a furniture factory would give jobs to many idle miners. _Mrs. Roosevelt's name was not men- tioned in the debate, but the name of the town was. “The proposal to put the Government in competition with private business violates the fundamentals of American philosophy and sets a precedent that will hound and plague this country for years to come.” Ludlow said. Nobody replied, and without even a standing vote, the House accepted the amendment. Representative Goss, Re- publican, Connecticut, tried to insert and amendment to prevent construction of the Reedsville factory, but that was ruled out of order. He said off the | floor he might follow up the case by introducing a specisl resolution since “it was not our intention to let P. W. A. funds be used to build factories whie will compete with private enterprises. New Car for Morgenthau. No other changes of particular conse- quence were made in the bill, aithough Representative Chase, Republican, Minnesota. attempted to reduce the al- lowances for domestic and foreign mail subsidles. As finally approved by the House. the blllb‘nlzlc:'ed s‘:ésog.ln Iil'xy a l'fi‘w l\lwa mo or Secretary Morgenthau an $19,000000 for the Coast Guard, against $25,772.000 for the current fiscal year. The Treasury's total was $149.940.000 and that for the Post Office Depart- ment $670,850,000. SERMON SERIES Dr. Rufus Weaver to Preach at First Baptist Church. “The Bource of Sovereignty in Gov- ernment and in Religion” will be the subject of Dr. Rufus W. Weaver at the First Baptist Church tomorrow morn- ing in his series of sermons on “Public Affairs and Evangelical Christianity. In the evening his topic will be “Jesus | Faces the Future.” being one of a series I on “The Attitudes of Jesus.” Swedish services will be held at 3:30, Dr. K. E. Carlson preaching. A meeting of the executive council will be held Tuesday evening. At the prayer meeting next Thursday evening “The Gospel of John” will be the sub- ject of study and discussion. “Fashions in Love,” a three-act com- edy drama. will be presented by the Wigs and Queues Dramatic Club at the church next Priday evening. —_— MIDWEEK SERVICE RECORD Many in Attendance at Emory M. E. Church. What is believed to be a record for attendance at midweek prayer meetings in Washington has been established at the Emory M. E. Church. According to a report from the church, with a membership of 600, the midweek meetings have averaged an at- tendance of more than 100. On Janu- ary 4. the banner night, 332 persons | ‘were present. Rev. J. J. Rives, pastor of the church, is conducting an ex- haustive study of the Bible at these services. T0 REGENE GIFT Federation of Women’s Clubs Plan Card Party for Warm Springs Project. Proceeds of & card party to be held Monday afternoon by the District Fed- eration of Women's Clubs will be added to the endowment fund being raised for the Warm Springs Foundation, it was announced today. ‘The announcement was made by Mrs. Ruth H. Snodgrass, publicity chairman for the organization, who said the party will be held at the home of Mrs. Till- man Bacon Parks, 1502 Decatur street. Patronesses of the affair include the following Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley, Mrs. Edgar B. | Meritt, Mrs. Henry Fenny Sawtelle, | Mrs. William A. Boss, Mrs. Frank M. Shortall, Mrs. Thomas H. Faris, Mrs. W. W. Husband, Mrs. Ernest H. Daniels, | Mrs. George O. Gillingham, Mrs. Snod- grass, Mrs, Grattan E. Kerans, Mrs. Albert N. Baggs, Mrs. William M. Collins, Mrs, Don Smith, Mrs. Redwood Vandergrift, Mrs. Eugene Pitcher, Mrs. John Marchand, Mrs. May K. Nalle, Mrs. Joseph E. Randall, Mrs. William Sherwood, Mrs. Harry M. Packard, Mrs. Harry Newman, Mrs. Martha Fitzpat- rick, Mrs. Hattie M. Roach, Mrs. Wal- lace Streater and Mrs. Marvin Rexroce. Plans Nearing Completion. Meanwhile, plans for the ball to be | held Tuesday night at the Shoreham | Hotel, as a part of the Nation-wide celebration of President Roosevelt's birthday, are nearing completion, ac- cording to en announcement from Mrs, John Allan Dougherty, chairman of the committee in charge. Numerous other affairs in various sections of the city | als0 have been planned, and proceeds of | all of them will be turned over to the | Warm Springs fund. From Hamlilton, Bermuda, came word today that the President's step-sister- in-law, Mrs. James Roosevelt Roosevelt | of Hyde Park, who is vacationing at her Winter home there, will send a check for the fund. May Speak Over Radie. Mrs. Roosevelt, according to dis- patches from Hamilton, will make her check a birthday present to the Executive. because she feels such '-! gift will make him happier than any- thing else she might send. Possibility the President will speak over the radio in behalf of the fund was seen at the White House yesterday. Meantime, Senator Russel] of Georgia radio address for the fund | yesterday. He said: “If the increased advantages of Warm Springs, which will flow from the funds | secured Tuesday, will enable only one | more person to follow the couragecus example of Franklin D. Roosevelt in ’n\'ercnmml adversity and obstacles.” Russell said. “all the unselfish efforts | of those who contribute to the success | of these parties throughout the Nation will have been worth while. They will | enjoy priceless dividends from the re- | newed hopes and strengthened bodies | of those who will benefit as a result of their efforts.” President Roosevelt has attributed his recovery from the severe effects of infantile paralysis to treatments in the warm water flowing from a mountain side in the little Georgia town. 'ST. PAUL’S LUTHERAN SERMONS ANNOUNCED | Dr. Henry W. Snyder Will Preach on “Sufficient Grace” To- morrow Evening. | . "Motives of Service” will be the sub- Ject of the sermon by Dr. Henry W. | Snyder at St. Paul's Lutheran Church | tomorrow morning. and in the evening, | “Sufficient Grace.” | _ The monthly meeting of the Domer | Bible class will be held Monday night !a the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles | Wimmer, 4118 Harrison street. Continuing his series of addresses on Bible characters, Dr. Snyder will talk | | Thursday evening on “Job, the Patlent int. A “penny party” under the auspices jof the Luther League will be held at| | the church Priday night for the bene- ! | fiv of the building fund and a general | | invitation 1s extended to all to be| | present. ATTEMPT TO KIDNAP MICHIGAN GIRL FAILS| By the Associated Press. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., January 27. —Mallery Kincaid. | Grand Rapids poli |that an apparent attempt to kidnap | Barbara Herrinton, 11-year-old daugh- ter of a Grand Rapid’s postal official, from her school yesterday failed because of a classmate’s error. Kincaid said an unidentified man visited the child's grade school room, ind representing himself as her father. id her mother was ill. The girl | was attending a gymnasium class and a messenger was sent by her teacher, | authorities said. | The messenger told the girl only that | she was wanted at home, and Barbara waited until her class ended before leaving. The man meanwhile had dis- apoeared. Police did not reveal the circum- stances un}:flr la.x:.h night lnerk:‘nc.lcy- | wide search for the supposed per | had been launched. {U. S. ADMINISTRATOR FOR STOCK EXCHANGE IS URGED IN REPORT | DOBROWEN CONDUCTS PHILADELPHIA, January 27 (#).— Issay Dobrowen, conductor of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, con- ducted the Philadelphia Orchestra yes- terday in a program which was given added distinction by the presence of the eminent pianist. Josef Hofman. Dobrowen is in Philadelphia for a seven-week guest engagement in the absence of Leopold Stokowski. Dobrowen chose a conservative pro- gram. nued Prom First Page.) not be set forth in detail in the statute, but shall be left. to be prescribed by the administrative agency in accord- ance with the broad standards of the statute and above a certain minimum requirement. “5. In relation to the recommenda- tion set forth on the preceding point, it is therefore proposed to require the | suggested administrative agency to en- | gage in the full and adequate collec- tion of statistics upon which to base its rules and regulations, with a flexible power to alter these from time to time as a fuller knowledge may require.” Pictures of All P gravure Section of the ductions will be shown. pared. Get the Sunday edition ICTURES of the automobile industry’s startling array of the 1934 models will be found in the Roto- Twenty-six representatives of motordom’s finest pro- Complete descriptions may be read in the Special Auto Show Section attractively pre- ings of the fourteenth annual show on exhibition at the Washington Audltoymm, January 27-February 3, inclusive. the New Autos Sunday Star tomorrow. and study the newest offer- A T s 14 Here are just & few of the many young women aiding the campaign to d for Warm Springs by selling tickets to held at the Shoreham Hotel Tuesday night. Front row. left to right: Mrs. F. M. Bates, Mrs. Grace Albertson, Miss June raise a $2.000,000 endowment fun the President's Birthday Ball, to be Cullen. Back row: Margaret Watt. Mrs. Daniel J. 52d birthday anniversary. They also are seiling tickets to the ball to be held at the Raleigh Hotel as a part of the Nation-wide celebration of President Roosevelt's | N i Lingenfelter, ) Miss Martha Hall, Miss —Star Staff Photo. IMPROVED SCHOOL LUNCHES PLANNED Kitchens May Be Located in Buildings to Provide Hot Food. Establishment cf kitchens in school buildings to provide hot lunches for undernourished children is being con- sidered by District and school officials, it was jndicated tocay following a conference between George E. Allen and Dr. Prank W. Ballou, superintendent of schools. Mrs. Roosevelt protested yeskrday‘ that lunches being served the children were not adequate following a surprise visit which she made to two schools | Thursday. The lunches now are pre- pared at a private delicatessen. Commissioner Allen said he and Dr. Ballou had discussed means of improv- ing the quality and attractiveness of the lunches. He was scheduled to con- fer early this afternoon with Dr. Louise Stanley of the Bureau of Home Eco- | nomies, Department of Agriculture, who is & member of the Advisory Commit- tee named by Commissioner Allen. The Advisory Committee is to meet again Monday to continue consideration of the lunch program. Mrs. Roosevelt made her protest to District officials. and to Federal Relief Administrator Harry L. Hopkins. after she found what she regarded as un- suitable food being served the children. The entire problem was left to Com- mussioner Allen by Hopkins, whose or- ganization has provided funds for the lunches. Hopkins said today: “It's Allen’s job, and we expect him to do a good one. No Milk on Diet. On her tour yesterday Mrs. Roose- velt found no milk or fruit on the ‘school lunch menus. although when she visited the schools about three weeks ago school officials showed her a model menu on which appeared both milk and fruit. Yesterday, at one school, Mrs. Roose- velt found the lunch consisted of stew and a roll spread with peanut butter, while at another. macaroni and a pea- nut_butter spread was being served. After Ella Oppenheimer of the Children’s Bureau, Dr. Stanley, Mrs. Eleanor Pat- terson, Mrs. Mercedes Boyle. Commis- sioner Allen, George S. Wilson, director of public welfare; Dr. Ballou and | Leroy Halbert, emergency relief director | for the District, to Hopkins' office, where she reported her findings. After her visit. Hopkins said: “Mrs, Roosevelt told me the school | lunches served in the District were not | so hot, so we decided to make them | good.” | Balanced Lunches. Dr. Stanley later demonstrated to| school officials in charge of the hot- | lunch program that nourishing, bal- anced lunches can be served at 5 cents per pupil. i The menu prepared in the diet kitchens in the demonstration included a stew of meat and vegetables, a half pint of milk and a buttered whole- | The stew. a full bowl. cost | ‘wheat roll. at the rate of 15 cents, the milk, 2.4 cents and the bread and butter less than a cent. The lunch being served the puplls| under the public program now. Dr. Stanley was advised. costs 6 cents per pupil and does not include milk. The bureau’s experts pronounced the school lunches well prepared. but insisted they needed milk and fruit to give them the proper balance. The cost, too, she said, is too high. School officers who visited the bureau | to see Dr. Stanley’s demonstration in- cluded Robert L. Haycock, chairman of the School Committee: Miss Emma Jacobs. director of home economics in the schools: A. K. Savoy, assistant su- perintendent, and Mrs. D. 1. Miller, di- rector of household arts in the colored schools. Others in the visiting group included Dr. Joseph A. Murphy. health officer for the schools: Harry M. Gard- ner of the relief organization, and Mrs. John Boyle, president of the Ben W. Murch Parent-Teacher Association. RETURNS FROM MEETING Dr. R. H. Miller to Preach at Na- tional City Church. Dr. Raphael H. Miller, minister of the National City Christian Church, servi on “Form and Power” | da and at the evening service he will.use iurnhk theme “Through the Fire, Un- urt.” 5 Samuel Firth, cornet soloist. formerly Vwith the Marine Band, will give s solo tomorrow evening and Mrs. Helen Turley and W. E. Braithwaite will e heard in due her tour, she went, with Dr.| | rumors were bels ARMAIL CONTRACT ‘SHAKE-P LOOMING Roosevelt Tells Black to! Take Sufficient Time for Thorough Study. By the Associated Press. A shakeup in the wide existing sys- tem of Government air and ocean mail | contracts was indicated as a possibility today, following word that the Post Office Department wil report shortly | any should be abrogatea Observers read further possibility of (action into the go-ahead-and-tace-as- long-as-you-need signal given by Presi- | dent Roosevelt yesterday to Chairman Black of the Senate Airmail Investi- gating Committee. Both high post office officials and | Black have intimated they fel. Mr. Roosevelt could cancel by Executive | order any contracts found to have been obtained unfairly. Carl L. Ristine, recently named a special Assistant Attorney (ieneral. to- day pushed ahead a study inwo testi- | mony taken by the Senate Committee ! thus far to determine whether they dis- jclosed any violations of criminal law. | _Black emphasized, however, that de- | 3pite the committee’s «lose co-opera- | tion with Ristine, its .ole ~im was pres- | entation of circumstances surrounding | the contract awards. | _Testimony now rests in the commit- | | tee’'s files “that large .perators were | given preference by former post office officials, in many cases turning aside i from small airline operators in handing {out airmail contracts. { | Black indicated to the President ves- | terday he hoped for it 'east a partial |Teport on the investigation befors the present session ends. but was told by Mr. Roosevelt to take longer if neces- AIM FOR SENATE SEAT 1S DENIED BY MURPHY Philippine Governor General Spikes | Reports He Will Oppose Vandenberg. | By the Associated Press. | MANILA, P. I, January 27.—Prank | Murphy, Governor General of the Philippines, flatly denied today he in- tends to resign his office here and re- | turn to Detroit, Mich,, to be a candi- | date for Senator. | A dispatch from Washington said | ng revived there that Murphy might go home and make the race for the senatorship in opposition to Senator Vandenberg. Republican, whose term expires next January. Nobody ought to leave his job until it is done.” Murphy said. He said he had previously been urged to run | against Vandenberg. but believed it was his duty to remain in the Philip- pines. He arrived here last June 15. . TO HOLD INSTALLATION Annual installation of officers at Fifth Baptist will be held tomorrow morning, conducted by the pastor, Dr. John E. Briggs, who will preach on ‘Gideon's 300.” At night he will preach on “The Choice of a Husband,” the third in the series of Sunday evening sermons “On Family Life.” The or- gln;’nce of baptism will be adminis- ered. The following were elected as officers of the Bible School: J. H. Ingram, gen- eral superintendent; Dr. A. W. mings. associate superintendent; J. El- bert Tune, associate superintendent: Miss Helen Moore, general secretary: Lemue! ~Windsor. recording _ secre- tary: William Claspy. jr. and Howard , Larcombe, assistant secretaries, and W. O. Byant, treasurer, “What a Man” COHAN GIVES THAT TITLE TO SONG HONORING ROOSEVELT By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 27.—Between his appearances in the leading role of Eugene O'Neill's play, “Ah, Wilder- ness,” George M. Cohan has written a song in honor of President Roosevelt. The actor-playwright-composer will sing it for the first time Tuesday night at the President’s birthday ball. Here it is: “What a man! What a m-a-n! What a man—he’s the man of men. What & lucky day was his first birth- A! way! -what ‘A ‘What a lucky day for the U. 8. What a man—how ‘the he leads What a heart—what a mind— a plan! p ‘What a birthday celebration, What & day of inspiration, What a blessing to the Nation, ‘What & man!” 1) | on its total TAX BILL STUDIES House Group to Resume Work Tuesday—Approved Items Held Tentative. By the Associated Press The Hous: Ways and Means Tom- mittee, which has been engaged for several days in considering changes in the new revenue bill, today was in re- cess until Tuesday to give the legisla- tive drafting service an opportunity to whip the jtems approved into legal lan- guage for further consideration. Act'ng Cheirman Hill stressed last night that all action thus far was ten- tative and that all items approved were subject to reconsideration. ‘The committee yesterday reversed a previous decision on a provision for the filing of joint income tax returns by husband and wife. makin this applic- able only to the eight community prop- erty States. The committee only 24 hours before had adopted a Treasury recommenda- tion providing for the joint returns The eight States having community property laws are Texas, Loulsiana, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Cali- fornia, Ideho and Washington Reprisal Tax Provided. Taxes that would bear heavier upon | the citizens of countries that fasten weightier levies upon Americans than they do upon the citizens of other na- tions. also were drafted yesterday by the Ways and Means group. Committee members said thoy were aimed at France because of taxes that country had imposed upon Americans and American industrics resident there, The provision adopted would give the President power to increase by as much as 50 per cent taxes on foreigners {'whose governments levy discriminatory taxes against Americans An internal revenue excise levy of 5 cents a pound on coconut and sesame oils. either imported or refined in this country, also was approved. American interests abroad will be allowed. under a compromise provision approved, a credit of 50 per cent of the amount of taxes paid to foreign governments on the income taxes they pay this Government. The committee also adopted a sec- tion eliminating a provision of the present law which permits reorganiza- tion of corporations without recogniz- ing a gain for tax purposes. ‘Will Restrict Practice. Under the present law, it was ex- plained. corporations in ‘many cases are able to postpone indefinitely pay- ment of taxes by successive reorgani- zations. The new section will not en- tirely abolish this practice. but it is designed to restrict the abuse to & smaller field. While there was no estimate g.ven by the committee of the possible rev- enue from the reprisal tax, the im- post on coconut and sesame Oils was variously estimated at from $10.000.000 to $50,000,000. Returns from the for- Commissioner | to President Roosevel: upon whether | eign tax credit provision were esti- mated at $5,000,000. The rejected joint man and Wife incora* return provision had been estimated by the Treasury as capable of bringing in $40.000.000. but this was sharply reduced by the compro- mise and no definite figure was ven- tured by the committee The reprisal tax provision was of- fered by Representative Vinson, Demo- crat, of Kentucky, and was adopted unanimously. It provides that the Secretary of the Treasury may de- termine what nations are discrimi- nating _against American individuals and interests in assessment of taxes, The President would act on his rec- ommendation. N Vinson said France had maintained that it had a right to levy not only on the profits of an American concern operating a branch in that country, but profits in the United States and elsewhere. FIVE-YEAR PROGRAM OF AIR BUILDING IS APPROVED FOR U. S. (Caniinued From McsiiERRe B study by the War Department general staff of the requirements for an Army air force adequate to the needs of na- tional defense. Reorganization of the Air Corps be- came necessary as a_result of thes re- cent organization of the Army into four combat armies. The resuit of the reorganization will be to concentrate all the Air Corps combat units into a single great striking force which may be hurled by the commander in chief | against any air, naval or ground tar et FUIhe general staff found.” the War Department announced. “that the exist- ing strength of the Air Corps of the Army was below requirements and that the percentage of types of aircraft should be revised. It found also that the Jimiting strength of 13800 service- able planes would not permit the nec- essary allotment to our overseas pos- sessions and at the same time permit the organization of an effective mili- tary air force unit within the United States. “Consequently it proposes a new five- vear airplane program which will ma- terially increase the 1800 active air- planes now authorized the Army Air s aking into consideraticn the neces- sary distribution of different types of airplanes and -based on the five-year program and recent War Department organization of the Army air force, the Air Corps was found to be short over 1,000 planes. Futhermore, it was de- termined that. due to the necessities of adequate personnel for air purposes, there was a shortage of nearly 400 reg- ular officers and 6,200 enlisted men. “In view of existing conditicns it is believed the War Department will re- quest further consideration of the situa- tion of the Army Air Corps, stressing especially the immediate need for funds with which to provide the 1,000 air- planes and the personnel strength indi- cated above.” PLANES IMPROVED NEW_ YORK. January 27 (P.—A hundred per cent increase in the num- ber of inventions designed to improve Iiirplmcs was reported for the year 1933 by the Manufacturers Aircraft Association at its annual meeting yes- terday. e Prgducuon reports of members for the year showed an increase in the dollar volume of sales of more than 25 per cent, yet the total number of new airplanes reported was virtually the same as last year—1.193 units. = S BAND CONCERT. By the United States Soldiers’ Hom= Band in Stanley Hall this evening at 5:30. John 8. M. Zimmermann. band- master; Anton Pointner, assistant. March, “Arcade Echoes” (Fift). Zimmermann Overture, “The Par West' Suite Orchestral, “At Gretn: