Evening Star Newspaper, November 29, 1934, Page 4

PRESIDENT PLANS TAX COMPARISONS Proposes to Gather Figures in Other Cities in D. C. Study. (Continued F.om First Page.) he is at Warm Springs and that he first will seek the advice of Secre- tary Morgenthau was learned officially here today. When the President discussed the subject at his conference with news- paper correspondent’s here vesterday he was of the opinion that he might turn the study over to tax =experts in the Treasury Department. It is understood. however, that he has not yet made up his mind on that point. Discussion Is Surprise. The Presidents’ lengthy discussion of the subject naturally came as a surprise even to the group of news- paper men gathered about him in the cozy living room of his cottage. Mrs. Roosevelt was sitting near the open fire knitting throughout this discus- sion. It was in answer to a question put to him by this writer that he re- vealed his pian for a tax rate study and then spoke at such length ex- plaining his views and expressing his opinions. Above everything else, Mr. Roosevelt gave the impression that he wants to be fair toward the District, but at the same time he wants to institute this check-up in other cities so as to pro- vide & yardstick with which to meas- ure accurately the question he is seek- ing to answer—"Are the people of ‘Washington paying too much in taxes for the maintenance of the Capital City?" He seems to be confident that the result can be attained by arriving definitely at what he described as an evaluated tax rate. At no time during his discussion of this highly important local subject did Mr. Roosevelt express an opinion as to whether the national Government has been paying its full share of the expense of running the Nation's Cap- ital City. Nor would he express his opinion as to the action of Congress in ignoring the substantive law estab- lishing the 60-40 ratio of expense be- tween the District and Pederal gov- ernments, by establishing the lump- sum payment His disinclination to comment upon these phases of the subject gave rise to the belief that he is confident that his survey will serve as the key to cor- Tecting any existing wrongs, and that in the meantime he has no wish to discuss controversial subjects until he has cbtained the facts he is seeking. Observing Thanksgiving Day. The President and Mss. Roosevelt today are observing Thanksgiving by going about their customary routine During the forenoon the President was occupied at his desk. He then went to the pool at the Warm Springs Foundation, following which he entered upon a program associated principally with the foundation and the paralysis patients being treated there. James A. Moffett, Federal housing administrator, who delivered an im- portant address in Atlanta last night, was to arrive during the morning for a conference, and there is likelihood that James A. Farley, Postmaster General, will join the party today. If not, he will be here within the next few days. Harry Hopkins, Federal relief ad- ministrator, 1 confer with the Pres- ident Saturday First there will be a luncheon party. attended by the Board of Trustees of the foundation, who have for several years past held their annual board meeting on Thanksgiving day. After- ward two new units to the foundation buildings, as well as a handsome colon- nade, will be formally dedicated and named. The President will officiate at these formalities. In the evening he will preside over the Thanksgiving dinner in the large dining room of Georgia Hall, the main building of the foundation group. This meal will be an interesting and lively affair. Three of the five turkeys sent to the Presi- dent for his Thanksgiving meal by ad- mirers will be used for the feast, along with several others. The President himself will carve the bird at his sec- tion of the head table. Mrs. Roosevelt will be at his section of the table but will not be seated immediately near him. Patients Have Honor Seats. Probably the happiest and proudest | of those at this feast will be the 12 boy and girl patients at the founda- tion sanitarium, who are to sit in the President’s section of the table. They | won this honor by drawing lots Others at the dinner will be mem- bers of the Board of Trustees, includ- ing Mr. Moffett, patients, relatives of patients, members of the presidential executive staff, the newspaper corre- spondents and news photographers, members of the foundation staff and specially invited guests. There will be music and fun-mak- ing, and before the festivities have concluded the President will give his customary Thanksgiving day talk. {## ALEXANDRIA. ALEXANDRIA, Va., November 291 ‘(Special).—An order for $800 worth of musical instruments for the re- cently organized Shrine Drum and Bugle Corps of Acca Temple was placed yesterday, Earl R. Sullivan, president of the corps, announced. The corps has 40 musicians on its roll At their Thanksgiving meeting last night, members of the Alexandria Lions Club were addressed by Rev. Pierce S. Ellis, pastor of the First Baptist Church. The club will stage 8 dance for its charity fund in the new Lee room of the George Mason Hotel next Friday, December 7. Rehearsals are under way for the concert to be given by Alexandria church choirs in Armory Hall De- cember 13 for the benefit of the Children's Home and Day Nursery. ‘The director is William H. Starnell of Washington. Services for Miss Susie B. Day, who died Tuesday night at the resi- dence of her sister, Mrs. Charles Howard, 409 North Columbus street, will be held at the residence at 2 p.m. tomorrow. The deceased was & daughter of the late Edward H. and Jeanett Day. Burial will be in Bethel Cemetery. POLITICAL C.LUB ELECTS Thomas E. Jones Heads Young Democrats in Maryland. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. BRADBURY HEIGHTS, Md., No- vember, 20.—Thomas E. Jones has been re-elected president of the Young Democrats’ Club of Southern Mary- land, with John Alfred Wynn, vice president; Miss Anna Jasper, record- ing secretary; Miss Virginia Beall, cor- responding sécretary, and Benjamin Purdy, treasurer. Ellsworth Thomp- kon has been named publicity chair- man and Isabell Purdy, welfare chair- man. 1 Upper: Scene at Gospel Mission as volunteer workers were ready to distribute 400 sacks of meat and other provisions to the needy of the city. The work was done by & volunteer committee of women, headed by Mrs. Ruth Prentice, wife of the superintendent of the Mission, shown in center of group. Lower left: The Misses Virginia Feeney of 1340 Ingraham street and HUMAN WELFARE THANKSGIVINGKEY Spirit of First Service, Is Revived as Capital Observes Rites. co-operated to translate vision into reality.” It was & spiritual Thanksgiving which led the Massachusetts Colonists in solemn procession behind Gov. Bradford to the little Colonial meet- ing house on December 13 (old style), 1621, and in his proclamation setting aside today for the national giving of thanks, the President pointed out that “more greatly have we turned our hearts and minds to things spiritual.” Special services of thanksgiving, & number of them starting at dawn to- day, were held in Washington churches, many of which combined for union services. Among the notable services of the day were the annual pan-American mass in St. Patrick's Church, with his excellency, the Most Rev. Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, apostolic delegate to the United States, presiding; special services in the great choir of the Washington Cathedral; the annual union Thanksgiving serv- |ice of the 11 Georgetown Protestant churches, with a sermon by Bishop Willlam F. McDowell; a service by Frances Bell of 1401 Girard street, among those who helped to distribute the 50 Thanksgiving baskets prepared by the City Employes’ Association. Lower right: Supt. and Mrs. John S. Bennett of Central Union Mission reading one of the numerous appeals for Thanksgiving baskets. More than 300 baskets were sent to needy families by the mission.—Star Staff Photos. In Capital Letters Carter Glass Shies at Liberty League Speaking Engagement to Save Strength for Huey Long in Next Session. BY GENEVIEVE FORBES HERRICK. HE LIBERTY LEAGUE. plan- I ning a non-partisan rally in | Chicago the middle of De- cember, invited both Senators Borah and Glass to speak. Mr. Borah went over to Carter Glass' office, to see whether the Virginia gentleman was going to accept the invitation. Senator Glass (he never swears) and said he in- tended to save every ounce of his strength for the coming congressional session—to fight Huey Long. Speaking of Bill Borah, his famous | and efficient secretary, Cora Rubin, is back in town. She's so efficient she can tell you with a perfectly ‘calm countenance, that “the Senator has gone home,” and remain unflustered if the door of his inner office opens and he walks out, having just finished the luncheon he always eats in soli- tude and secrecy. Secretary of State and Mrs. Cordell Hull, Assistant Secretary of State and | Mrs. Sumner Welles, leaving a lunch- eon in their honor Tuesday, were met by the ubiquitous photographer, and asked to pose. Obligingly they lined up in the hotel corridor, right by an elevator. The Then he, not the flashlight, exploded. “Hey!" he shrieked, “take that sign down! He pointed to a white card which dangled from the elevator door and flung it half across the Secretary of | state’s shoulder. The sign read: “Not running.” If we look to the west we may see clouds; if we turn toward the east, we may hear rumblings. But if we look down south, we can feel the friend- ship of Pan-American relations. ‘This was the theme of the talk which Mr. Welles, pinch-hitting for his chief who was suffering from laryngitis, gave at the luncheon. Add speculation on the coming costume party Mrs. Roosevelt is giving for “women only” at the White House December 8. Mrs. Swanson is small and blond. All the other Cabinet wives want her to go as a ballet dancer. The wife of the Secretary of the Navy lis- tens, dut holds her own counsel. Open letter to Mrs. Roosevelt, who returns to the White House tomorro “Of course, it’s none of my busi- ness. but why don’t you linger longer in Warm Springs. There's a lot of work for you to do the moment you land here. “All that furniture has to be moved into the new executive office. “That new set of china has to be washed and put away. “The board of directors of the Na- tional League of Women Voters starts a session here Monday. Those women will have to be asked up for tea. “Cabinet wives' luncheons in your honor start Wednesday. And you pre- fer a bowl of soup to squab on toast! “There's. the masquerade the follow- ing Saturday. “The Monday after that the crime conference starts, with clubwomen from all parts of the country, They'll have to be entertained. “December 18 you give & formal dinner to the cabingg, (4 pounded the table | cameraman got set.| “You are No. 1 patroness for the series of morning musicales which Mrs. Lawrence Townsend launches the next day. “What about your Christmas list? “And in January—but that's | another year.” Open letter to me from Mrs. Roosevelt—which she hasn’t sent: “Did I read that Mrs. Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt went to Wash= ington for a rest?” Harold Ickes calls himself a speckled | trout. At_this press conference Tuesday the Secretary of the Interior declared the Ickes-Moffett incident was closed. A particularly persistent reporter, seeking to lure him into dynamite comment on a seemingly innocent question, was given the reply: “I'm too old to fall for that. You don’t catch me swallowing hook, line and sinker on that bait, speckled trout.” Ask any fisherman how difficult it is to catch one. (Copyright. 1934, by the North Americ American Newspaper Alliance, Inc.) ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE, Md., November 29 (Special). —Miss Mary Louise Crooke of Washington and Edward M. Rum- sey of Cottage City, Md., and Miss Louise S. Swygert of Washington and Carlton M. Campbell of Miami, Fla., were married at Bethesda Sunday by Rev. Bertram M. Osgood of the Beihesda Baptist Church. Licenses have been isued here for the marriage of Edward Woodrow Day, 21, and Miss Beatrice Alferna Oland, 20, both of Silver Spring; Lennie J. Williams, 24. and Miss Wilma C. Wilkes, 26, both of Takoma Park; Walter Bryant Abel, 34, and Miss Thelma Isabel Abel, 18, both of Tri- angle, Va. Lewis F. Hobbs of Colesville, success- ful Democratic candidate for judge of the Orphans’ Court for Montgomery County at the recent election, sub- scribed to the oath of office before Clayton K. Watkins, clerk of the Cir- cuit Court, here yesterday and en- tered upon a four-year term. He plans to take his place on the bench next Tuesday. | I'm a| Pharmacists to Register. District pharmacists who were licensed between November 1, 1930, and November 1, 1931, and those who registered in 1931 should re-register before December 1, as provided by law, it was announcer today by W. T. Ker- foot, jr., secretary of the District Board Repa Parts For Furnaces and Stoves Almost All Makes During the rush period of Novem- ber it is impossible to take stove |, repair orders by telephone. Fries, Beall and Sharp 734 10th St. NW. Natl. 1964 11,711 delegates from 12 States, includ- SABBATH EFFECT ONLIFEREVIEWED Dr. Speer Tells Convention | of Development of Character. The development of the character of mankind through the combination | of the civil life with the moral life in the observance of the Sabbath was reviewed last night by Dr. Robert E. Speer, for 40 years secretary of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in America, at the ninetieth anniversary celebration of the first national Lord's day con- vention. The services were held in the Foundry Methodist Episcopal Church and attended by a large group, includ- ing prominent members of the clergy Recalling tae first convention which was held in the First Baptist Church of Baltimore, Md., in 1844, when John Quincy Adams presided over some ing ihe District of Columbia, Dr. Speer review the history of the or- ganization in explaining the advance- ment of world religious views and the development of mankind by this ob- servance. Dr. W. L. Darby presided over last night's meeting, which opened with a short invocation by Rev. G. G. Johnson, followed by the reading of Scriptural passages by Rev. Howard E. Snyder. After Dr. Speer's historical statement benediction was offered by Rev. R. Y. Nicholson. The celebration here concluded a three-day observance held in Wil- mington, Del.,, and Baltimore. GAME TAKEN FROM CAR New Jersey Woman's Auto Robbed While Stopping Here. A variety of game, scheduled to have provided choice Thanksgiving portions, was stolen last night from the auto- mobile of Madeline Gates of Hacken- sack, N. J., while the machine was parked in front of a local hotel in which she was stopping. Several ar- ticles of clothing also were taken. The game included 10 opossums, 6 quail, 5 rabbits and 2 squirrels. The world’s greatest chefs use Woreester Salt AMERICAN MEDICAL POLICE OFFICIALS FEEL THEIR AGE AND WEIGHT Lack of Condition Brought Home as They Climb Six Flights of Steps. ‘The advance in years and poundage of officials of the police department since the days they trudged a beat was brought forcibly home to them this morning as lack of elevator service forced them laboriously to climb headquarters stairs. The building's elevators never run on holidays. The offices of the superintendent and his staff are on the fifth floor of the six-story structure. Visitors also keenly felt the lack of service. One 200-pounder indignantly refused to mount the stairs and left without transacting the business which had taken him there. CHAMPAGNE FOR NEEDY Governor of Colorado Will Act as “Waiter” at Feast. DENVER, Colo. (#)—Champagne. with Gov. E. C. Johnson of Colorado as the “waiter” serving it—that's the treat in store for some of Denver's needy today. Every Thanksgiving day A. A. Mc- Vitte, proprietor of a cafe, serves a free dinner to the poor. This year M(‘!\r,;itle decided to serve champagne, wil the Governor opening the first 1,000 bottles. pilibiad Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes at Foundry Methodist Episcopal Church, and com- munity services in Takoma Park and Bethesda, Md. Epworth League Meets Early. The day's services opened with a meeting at 630 am. of the Epworth League in Waugh Methodist Episcopal Church, with an aadress by Rev. | samuel E. Rose followed by break- fast served by the Ladies’ Guild at l‘:-ao o'clock. The thirtieth annual community sunrise prayer service was held at 7 o'clock in the Metropolitan Baptist Church, under auspices of the young | people of the church. All Federal offices were closed to- | day, including the Agricultural Ad- | justment Administration, which went |at iull blast up to midnight last | night, 11 hours after all Federal de- | partments, except Agriculture, had closed. | With the skies continuing gloomy, and rain falling intermittently, auto- | mobile clubs issued general warnings to motorists to drive carefully dur- ing their holiday ramblings. Despite the gray skies a big turnout was ex- pected at the outstanding local sport- |ing cvent of the day, the foot ball | game between George Washington | University and the University of Ok- | l]ahoma at Griffith Stadium this after- noon. Thanksgiving dinners were prepared for nearly 1.000 needy Washingtonians by the Volunteers of America; white family groups being cared for at the relief station of the organization on Pennsylvania avenue, while colored families were served at the Florida Avenue Baptist Church. Between 400 end 500 persons were | to be given dinners at the Centiral Union Mission. Baskets of food for 300 needy familles in the city were distributed by the mission yesterday afternoon. Turkey, chicken and pork were on the menus of the District penel in- stitutions and relief agencies for din- ner today. At the Lorton Reformatory, where they raise most of their own food- stuffs, the tables will be adorned with roast turkey, giblet gravy, sage dress- ing. candied sweet potatoes, cranberry | sauce, celery, pumpkin pie, Wwheat bread and coffee. Order Lists 600 Pounds of Pork. Capt. M. M. Barnard, superintend- |ent of the reformatory, has ordered | 600 pounds of pork and 25 bushels of | sweet potatoes sent to the District | Jail: 200 pounds of pork to the Indus- | trial Home School for Colored Boys, |and 60 pounds of pork to the Munic- ipal Lodging. ‘The menu at the Workhouse will be the same as that at the Reformatory, except that chicken will be substituted for turkey. Turkey and chicken are “extras” at these penal institutions | and are paid for out of a canteen fund raised by the prisoners. The fund isn't large enough to buy turkeys at | the Workhouse. ‘Turkey, with all the trimmings, will be served at the Home for the Aged and Infirm. The bill of fare for some of the other agencies follows: | Washington Transient Bureau, roast pork and “fixin’s"; Children's Hospital, turkey; Florence Crittenton Home. turkey, and St. Joseph's Home and | School, chicken dinner. 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Phone MEt. 9439 Next to City Wed 50 Years ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATED BY COUPLE. MR. AND MRS. CHARLES ERNST, ‘Who recently observed their golden wedding anniversary at their home at 22 Q street northeast. They were married at Lancaster, Pa., Novem- ber 27, 1884, and came to Wash- ington in 1886. Mr. Ernst, until & short time ago, was engaged in contracting business here ‘The couple has seven children, Charles Ernst, jr.; Mrs. Dorsey C. Adams, Mrs. Borden R. Putnam, Mrs. Frederick M. Davis, Donald R. William M. and Miss Elizabeth E. Ernst, and 13 grandchildren — Harris-Ewing Photo. said it looked like they would have an “everyday” dinner this year. In past years, some one always has donated a couple of turkeys, but this year the home apparently has been forgotten The city’s welfare, fraternal, re- ligious and charitable organizations were combining their efforts to see that none of Washington's needy go hungry. Many hundreds of baskets of food were distributed in all parts of the city yesterday and this morn- ing. in addition to the free meals served in various sections of the city The Library of Congress will be open on holiday schedule today from 2 to 10 pm. but the central building of the Public Library and all its branches and sub-branches are closed all day. Museum buildings in the Smithsonian group are open today T A&P MISS GEIGER WEDS Lawyer and Case Worker Married to Georgian. Miss Olive Evalyn Geiger, local at- torney and case worker for the Bu- reau of Public Welfare, was married yesterday to Warren Thomas Fair- cloth, Post Office Department em- ployee, by Justice F. Dickinson Letts of the District Supreme Court. The bride, a daughter of Attorney Fred C. Geiger, 2851 Twenty-ninth street, is 33 years old. Faircloth, whose home Is in Cordele, Ga, is 31. —_— FALL CAUSES DEATH Colored Painter Succumbs as Re- sult of Accident November 20. 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