Evening Star Newspaper, November 16, 1934, Page 3

MOVE T0 GONTROL TELEPHONES AIDED Public Utilities Commission Makes Plea to New Com- munications Board. The Public Utilitles Commission to- day joined similar commissions from many States in demanding better regulation of the telephone business from the new Communications Com- mission than was available under the Interstate Commerce Commission. Speaking for the D. C. Commission and others at a hearing before the communications group today, Dr. Milo R. Maltbie, chairman of the New York State Public Service Commission, said that under I. C. C. accounting orders it had been possible for the New York ‘Telephone Co. to “write up” values of property bought from the American ‘Telephone & Telegraph Co. which owns all of its stock, by millions of dollars. He reported two specific cases. In one, he said, property of the A. T. & T. carried on its books at a net figure of $4,275,000 was bought by the New York Telephone Co. and entered on the latter’s books at $5929,000, all apparently in accord with the I. C. C. accounting rules. In the second in- stance, the sale of property on the books of A. T. & T. at $4.154.000 re- sulted in an entry on the books of the New York Te.>phone Co. of $6.440,000. 3 The District commission is in litiga- tion today with the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. on issues simi- lar to those stressed by Dr. Maltbie involving hundreds of thousands of dollars. The telephone company was successful in the District Supreme Court in contending that the local commission had no jurisdiction over setting depreciation rates for tele- phone property. This question is now being contested in the Court of Ap- Ppeals. Meanwhile the local commission is asking the Communication Commis- sion to leave this to the control of the local commission. The hearing today will be followed by later conferences with members of State commissions, at which it is ex- pected that some agreement will be reached as to their respective juris- dictions over telephone accounts. This procedure is authorized by the Federal communications act. Commissioner Paul Walker presided at today's session. John E. Benton, solicitor for the National Association of Railroad and Utilities Commission: spoke in behalf of 42 State commi: sions, asking the communications group to scrap the telephone account- ing rules of the I. C. C. and start again {from scratch with a new and better set to be worked out. People’s Counsel William A. Roberts, appearing in his own behalf, also urged action similar to that suggested by Dr. Maltbie and Mr. Benton. The hearing room was crowded with mem- bers of State utilities commissions who have remained in Washington following the close of the convention of their national association here yes- terday. U. S. TAX RATE HELD HIGHEST OF NATIONS Lusk Says “Expanding Bureauc- racy” Requires $50 to $60 Per Capita. Rufus S. Lusk, secretary of the Washington Taxpayers' Protective As- sociation, told the Federation of Busi- ness Men's Associations last night at the Lafayette Hotel that increasing taxation has put the United States “at the head of the class as the most taxed civilized people in the world.” “Even in England, at the peak,” he said, “taxes amounted to only 25 per cent of the income. Today they are going down. In Germany and France, other highly taxed nations. only 22 per cent of the national income is garmered by the tax collector.” Lusk estimated that “we may find that it is costing as much as $50 to $60 a year per capita to run this ex- panding bureaucracy now spreading its network into every corner of our land. That would mean that around 30 per cent of all we make goes for taxes.” YOUNG DEMOCRATS PLAN CLUBS THROUGHOUT U. S. A national committee of 34 mem- bers to organize a Young Democratic Club in every community of the United States before the 1936 cam- paign is announced by Cliff Wood- ward of Iowa, president of the Young Democratic Clubs of America. The committee probably will be en- larged to include a member from every State and the District of Columbia. Miss Mary Ellen Taggart of Washing- ton already has been appointed to the group. She is national committee- woman for the Young Democrats here. ‘The organization now is established in 45 States and the District, Wood- ward said, and has a membership of more than 2,500,000. SPECIAL NOTICES. OTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN That a corporation. the principal members of which are James Sharp. president, and C. C. Calhoun. vice president, has been organized for the purpose of conducting the real estate business heretofore engaged in by MOVING—] . 1o RETURN Cit; I WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY debts contracted by other than myself. WM. E. 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L /’{e.//én«'v;.s &f”efl(-‘?f‘f % .%ya/ % ness ;@(W ,//Ar tena /flm ,7/ Aoy .‘??u/ zyff)/ nasw 'o?iuw Nechotasand on resd Jeslsreenstor - Abdey: o 298N e embon, 1934, 0201 aonsoros i toguarionaddsassed & Ko Fosel Elambostass, T fumans Dasca W No. 1—Princess Eugenie of Greece, 24, daughter of Prince George of Greece, uncle of Princess Marina. The princess will be one of the brides- maids at the wedding of Marina and Prince George, Duke of Kent, in Westminster Abbey November 29. No. 2—Princess Irene of Greece, 30, the elder sister of King George of Greece, a daughter of King Constantine and a cousin of Marina. No. 3—Lady Mary Cambridge, 10, only child of the Marquess and Marchioness of Cambridge. D. C, FRIDAY Will Attend Princess Marina —— o |[HREATENENULS No. 4—Princess Juliana of the Netherlands, 25, only child of the Queen of the Netherlands. No. 5—Lady Iris Mountbatten, 14, only daughter of the Marquess and Marchioness of Carisbrooke. No. 6—Prince George, youngest of the Princes of England, who will wed Princess Marina at Westminster Abbey. No. Nicolas of Greece. 7—Princess Marina, third daughter of Prince and Princess No. 8—A blank form of the invitation being issued for the wedding. —AIll Photos by A. P. This Changing World Abyssinia Saved From War by Assassination of Alexander. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. HERE is one nation in the world which was not sincere in its | expression of sorrow at the | assassination of King Alexan- | der of Yugoslavia. That nation is Abyssinia. Not that the Abyssinian government had anything against the dead monarch. But his death saved it, temporarily at least, from a war. Everything had been set for an Italian offensive against the Ethi- opian empire, in the latter part of November. The Italians had to wait until the French foreign min- ister came to Rome to obtain France’s final approval in exchange Jor guarantees that no prejudice would be caused to the imporiant French interests in that country. War material, including a large numbers of bombers, had already been sent to strategic positions, and the Italian troops in Africa had been reinforced. The tacit consent of Great Britain had been obtained. The British would rather have Fascists as neighbors than the Japanese, who have been recently making great and successful efforts to penetrate Abyssinia. But the assassination of Alexander and Barthou, together with the po- litical crisis in Prance, has prevented an understanding between France and Italy and until an agreement between the two countries is reached, Italy's hands are tied. The Abyssinians can breathe more freely now, but the dan- ger of having trouble with Italy has Tot been eliminated by any means. * X X X The British showed a certain amount of eagerness to help Il Duce’s African policies. This support was shown recently when the Board of Trade (the British Department of Commerce) published a report in which it was shown that the export of airplanes and airplane parts was permitted to all parts of the world with exception of Abyssinia. The officers and the privates of the Paraguayan Army who are fighting a desperate war in the jungles of the Chaco find some relief in hearing It's foolish to shiver in a cold house, when a binful of Colonial enables you to make your own climate, regardless of the weather outside. every day the voices of their mothers, | wives and children over the radio. Every evening at 9 p.m. the Asun- cion radio station brings to the micro- phone a number of relatives of the fighting men. The commanding offi- cer shouts “Attention” and a deep silence prevails in the ranks of the fighting men. ‘Then the announcer says: “Men of the Chaco, listen in. Modesta Hen- riquez of this city will talk to her | son, Roberto, a corporal in the 3d Infantry.” And the trembling voice of Senora Modesta is heard distinctly through the air, giving her son Ro- berto the latest news about the family and encouraging to fight bravely for the country. Then comes the voice of Josephina Ibarra, who in- forms her husband, Arturo, that the baby has had measles but is much better, and so it goes every evening | for a whole hour. Two whole Italian Army corps were ordered out to guard the rail- way over which President Lebrun of France traveled when he went to attend the funeral of King Alezander in Belgrade. The French and the Italian secret service po- police were afraid lest Lebrun's train should be blown up by the hot heads who want to create trouble in Europe. Mussolini took no chances. He ordered some 40,000 men lined up along the rail- road with their back to the train and with rifles in hand, ready to shoot. Nobody tried to interfere with Lebrun’s voyage. * X x % Hitler has. organized a German P. W. A, using the unemployed to | level roads and build new houses. In his desire to maintain the medieval castles of Germany in good shape, a task which the owners are no longer capable of fulfilling since the economic depression, he has ordered 25,000 men | of the army of unemployed to save these historical monuments from ruin and decay. Reports from Germany say that Hitler did not show his usual punch in the fight with the church, not be- cause he was afraid of rousing the feelings of his subjects but because | he was suffering at that time of a severe toothache. This is not the first time that de- cayed teeth changed the course of history. Louis XIV, the autocrat sovereign of France, yielded to Mme. De Main- tenon and revoked the Edict of Nantes in the agony of a toothache. Ludwig II, the King of Bavaria who resisted Bismarck and refused to abdicate his rights for the sake of the unity of the German Empire, con- sented to the Iron Chancellor’s plan also in a fit of distressing toothache. Lok up “Colonial Coal” In Yellow Sectidn of Your Phene Book CATHOLIC BISHOPS SEE SCOUT PLAYS Annual Session of Commit- tee on Boys’ Work Held at Hotel. The annual meeting of the Bishops’ Committee on Scouting, supervising the development and control of Catho- lic Boy Scout troops, was climaxed with a dinner last night in the Hotel Mayflower, at which the purpose of the Scout movement was demonstrated | by boys from three cities. ‘The demonstrations were given be- fore Catholic dignitaries from every part of the country who are members of the Bishops' Committee. Warns of Radicals. A warning against radical and other undesirable outside influences was sounded at the dinner by Dr. James E. West, chief Scout executive, who said ‘A great responsibility faces us be- | cause of competing agencies working to capture the interest of our youth: agencies which stand for the destruc- tion of religion. Religion is needed, and the co-operation of the church is necessary.” The Most Rev. Amelto Giovanni Cicoganani, apostolic delegate to the | United States, was a guest of honor. George Cardinal Mundelein, arch- bishop of Chicago, who was to have been a guest of honor, sent a mes- sage of regret at not being able to attend. Others in attendance included about 42 bishops and archbishops. Boys Give Shows. The ball room of the hotel was transformed into a combination ship’s deck and campground as the Boy | Scouts entertained. A play, “The Cross Is Mightier Than the Sword written by Rev. George T. McCarthy, was presented by 100 Eagle Scouts from Chicago. Demonstrations also were given by 40 Sea Scouts from New York and by a Maryland group, known as “cub packs” from Chevy Chase, who represented the Baltimore district. Bishop Prancis C. Kelley of Okla- homa City, chairman of the Bishops’ Committee, presided. Prior to the Scout demonslralionéd reports were | Laymen's Committee of the Bishops’ | made by Rev. D d Roberts GITY ELEGTRICAL OFFICIAL EXPIRES | Freeland Chew Lyman Was Head of Street Light- ing Division. Freland Chew Lyman, 54, for many years superintendent of street lighting in the District Electrical Department, was found dead in bed today at his | hoime, 1880 Sixteenth street. Death was believed due to a heart attack. Although a native of Annapolis, Md., Mr. Lyman had lived in this city since | a boy. He was graduated from the old Columbian College, now George Wash- ington University. He entered the District service in 1908 as & rodman in the surveyor's office. In 1913 he was transferred to | the electrical department and was pro- moted to superintendent of street | member of the Theta Dela Chi Fra- ternity. Gen. Charles H. Lyman, U. S. M. C,, | stationed at Quantico, Va. His par- | ents were the late Lieut. and Mrs. | Charles Huntington Lyman, his father | serving in the Navy. Before her mar- riage his mother was Rebekah Chew. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. PATHOLOGIST SOUGHT Civil Service Opening to Pay $5,600, Minus Federal Cut. ‘The Civil Service Commission today announced an examination for prin- cipal pathologist at the Agriculture Department. The salary is $5,600, minus the pay cut. and applications will be received until December 10. Details are available at the commis- sion, Seventh and F streets. Moore of New York City, national di- rector of the committee; Victor F. 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Smith, chairman of a local grievance committee, who filed additional charges against the management of the Transient Relief Bureau here with Gerald Coxe, assistant regional supervisor of F. E. R. A. On behalf of his committee Smith demanded “immediate removal” of Arthur S. Rosichan, director of the transient bureau, and a “general shake-up” of |the administrative staff. | Discrimination Charged. Despite warnings of Federal relief officials, members of the committee claimed they were being discriminated against at the transient bureau be- cause they protested earlier in the week about alleged brutalities, poor | food and inadequate clothing. Smith asked Federal relief officials to assist in securing the Washington Auditorium for an open mass meeting at which transients could state their grievances and discuss their problems with Federal officials. Administrator Harry L. Hopkins will be asked to address them. Conference Expected. The committee left with the under- standing that Coxe would consult with other relief officials to see what. should be done about arranging the mass meeting. A mass meeting of student transients was to be held today at | 222 Express court. Slayers Get Life Terms. FERGUS FALLS, Minn., November 16 (. —Robert Palmquist and Palmer Swenson were sentenced to life terms ! in prison yesterday on their pleas of guilty to the murder of Dr. John Schacht, dentist. Dr. Schacht was robbed and slain near here the night of September 4, last, after he had gone for an automobile ride with two men LAWYERS' BRIEFS RUSH PRINTING Turn your old trinkets, jewel- ory and watches into MONEY at A.Kahn Jnc. Arthur J. 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