Evening Star Newspaper, December 1, 1934, Page 2

THE EVENING STAR, ROOSEVELT FACES WASHINGTON, D. ALFONSO CONFERS A2 »» . C, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1. 1.04 ! | What’s What SENATORS PROBE | NG GUN SOURGE “swrt in Manufacture of "Yeapons to Be Scanned in Quiz Tuesday. 1e Associated Press. A spurt in the manufacture of hrap machine guns engaged the at- rention of Senate munitions investi- sators today as they sought to learn where gangdom gets its implements of war. Echoes of the shots that killed Federal Agents Samuel P. Cowley nd Herman Hollis will be heard next week when the senatorial committee csumes its inquiry. Noting an increase in the output sub-machine guns, investigators lieved many of them were manu- ‘tured piece by piece in small chine shops and then shipped to tain concerns in Brooklyn to be “mbled. Manufacturers Subpoenaed. ile representatives of larger and known manufacturers have n poenaed to appear next Tues- . none of them manufactures the b-machine gun favored by des- radoes. But the committee hopes ' obtain from a lengthy list of wit- sses some suggestions as to how. 12 underworld gets its arms and nmunition. Tussday's witnesses will include oresentatives of the Colt, Win- er. Remington and Du Pont man- acturing companies. In previous hearings the arms]| mnanies have said they take strict! ccautions to keep their weapons T criminal hands. But somehow v her, Investigator Stephen Raush- ush says, the underworld has ob- 4 at least 800 sub-machine guns. Source of Supply Sought, ressing dissatisfaction with the vanation that criminals stole some m law officers, Senator Pope, Dem- at. of Idaho, said: “We want to know 1f these guns » being sold direct, and who is lling them. And we want to know | 1t must be done to dry up the| iwce. The ruthless killing of peace ficers in this country amounts to a “tional disgrace.” | One informant todav said some idence pointed to sale of machine uns to a corrupt foreign official, in turn soid these guns to crim- s. who smuggled them from their tainers before shipment, or had em sent back into the country | 1rough criminal channels. The sub-machine gun, operated ‘rem the shoulder or hip, is capable | o[ firing 50 shots in automatic fash- [ It is a development of the utomatic rifle of World War days. came into wide criminal use in re late years of prohibition. WY IS FAVORED CVER CADETS ON MUDDY GROUNDS | (Continued From First Page.) nes played since then, with a two- 1w fracture of relations in 1928 and '9, the West Point cadets have won ht times. Navy managed to achieve scoreless tie in 1923 and a hysterical -21 deadlock in Chicago in 1926. Army looked with calm confidence 1 conditions that enhanced, if any- 1ng, the Cadets' chances of wiping it the Fall's defeats by Illinois and tre Dame in the satisfaction of a ight conquest of Navy. While | ac~, “Texas” Jack Buckler, | i the b~st of condition for a | duel with Borries, the ! cish Navy an average of | to a man, an impor- ! Neither real inju Attack Built Around Borries. \ topsd by Pittcburgh entire attack s, a general choice for 5 year's all-America. Army’s of- 1sive is far more varied While rries does the vital passing, the max running, the plunging. and ves only the kicking for Fullback il Clark, Army has a fine plunger, fensive and blocking siar in Capt 4 Ful'back Joe Stancook. and a B g champion to richt halfback. | rall its | Depariment here. - swift fect under t that were stretched F.cld as scon as Pannsy rd Cernell finished their | day game. Pools of tor soaked in the canvas. but at- | ndants said the playing surface was | s On a line drawn through scores of ~ Navy-Notre Dame game, which avy wen 10 to 6, and the Army- otre Dame zame, which Notre Dame on 12 to 6 the crack eleven Tom amilton has welded together in his' t vear as Navy's head coach seems 11 hold all the ad antage. Navy gained «aly a third as much ground as Notre “ame did. however, while Army’s run- vng attack scemed fully equal to that the Ramblers from South Bend. <t ball coaches, most of whom come v Army-Navy games, if they can got %ets, like base ball mangers go to ! rld series, agreed the match was a -up. Navy Has Edge at Center. Army’s brilliant ends, Bill Shuler 1 Norman Edwards, were matched Navy's outstanding tackles, Slade iter ~ and Dick Lambert. The -ards were matched off, with Navy's iptain, Dick Burns, pitted against sob Stillman, one of the best offensive nemen in the country. If there was ny advantage at center, it was con- ~~ded to Louis Robertshaw, the sailor vivot, lighter but more experienced an Tom Clifford, his opponent ~ross the scrimmage line. Kicking honors were considered hout even. with Bill Clark, Navy ‘liback, capable of matching Buck- s iong boots The Corps of Cadets from West oint and the regiment of Midship-! ‘en from Annapolis were schecduled to ve here about noon for the tradi- “'onal parade before the start of the eme at 1:30 pm. (E. S. T. The ‘~ams were hidden away at opposite des of the city. Army 30 miles south 1 New Jersey, Navy 20 miles to the orth, ALIEN LAW INVOKED " “izona Injunction Block Farming by Foreigners. PHOENIX, Ariz., December 1 (#).— “'mporary injunctions were granted » the county attorney on four alien )~nd law civil actions here yesterday 7 Superior Judge J. C. Niles. The defendants were ordered to ap- pear December 10 to show cause why the injunctions should not be made rermanent. The State would enjoin them from possession and cultivnllnz| land for agricultural purposes in vio- lation of the Arizona law prohibiting sliens from holding land. Issued to | gone further Behind News In Capital Modern U. S. Standard of Living Is Declared Exaggerated. BY PAUL MALLON. OLITICIANS are always blow- ing about the American stand- ard of living. In fact, so are most economists, to a lesser extent. ‘These vaunters have considerably muted their 1929 tooting about two cars in every garage, but they still manage to perpetuate the general idea that the American market for modern conveniences has been saturated. In- deed, most well-informed business men will tell you now that nearly every family has an automobile, electric lights, a bathtub and a furnace. That they do not know what they are talking about is fairly well proved by a little survey recently conducted by New Dealers. If you dig into it vou will find that about half of the city families (not just people, but families) have no automobiles and no furnaces, 10 per cent no electric lights, 18 per cent no private indoor water closets and 24 per cent no bath- tubs or showers. Furthermore, 58 per cent have no heating stoves, 83 per cent no mechanical refrigerators and 31 per cent no gas for cooking. These are not farm families or backwoodsmen, but representative residents in 64 representative cities, large and small. The figures show conclusively that our modern standard of living is not even thor- oughly modern; that a vast po- tential market exists and can be invaded whencver the purchasers get enough money. ‘What makes these unnoticed figures so interesting is the fact that a cer- | tain leading New York bank recently issued an announcement that four out of five families now have automobiles. Low Percentages Found. he New Dealers made their survey by dwellings, so their figures are cer- tainly conservative. (Two and more families frequently reside in a dwell- ing.) These investigators found, for instance, that in Birmingham only 30.7 per cent of the dwellings had au- tomobiles, Indianapolis, 53.3 per cent; Nashua, N. H. 39 per cent: Water- bury, Conn. 36.4: Wheeling, 388; Cleveland. 56 per cent. You will not believe that in Bir- mingham only 66.4 per cent of the dwellings had electric lights: Baton Rouge, 69.9; Paducah, 68.6. (The in- vestigators contend that they did not pay much attention to Negro districts | in the South, but they must have ) Only 6.4 per cent of the dwellines in Paducah have mechanical re- frigerators; 9.2 in Erie, Charleston, S. C., and Butte. And 27 per cent of the dwellings in wind-swept Butte have furnaces; 33.7 per cent in Springfield, M 414 per cent in Boise. Of course, these are the astound- ingly low figures picked out from tne list, but the national averages were cited first so you may compare them There must be a large number of city people who bathe in the kitchen sink. In Charleston, S. C., only 43.6 per cent of the dwellings have tubs: Paducah, 48.3; Wheel- ing. 51: Sacramento, 84 land. 90.8; Birmingham, 47. dianapolis, 639: Knozville, 51.1— just to give you a cross-section idea. Proper bath room farilities were | fourd in 73.7 per cent of the dweli- ings in Atlanta. 97.9 per cent in Bur- lington, Vt., 51.1 per cent in Charles- ton. S. C.: 95.5 per cent in Cleveland 53 per cent in Frederick, Md.; 61.5 per cent in Jackson, Miss.; cent in Oklahoma City 6 per cent in Paducah, 67.5 per cent in Topeka Government Issues Information, If any of you manufacturers or civic organizations want to get busy vou can obtain the survey by writiug | to the Bureau of Foreign and Do-| mestic Commerce at the Commerce Ask for the sur- vey on “The Real Property Inventory of 1924." The bonus compromise effort has than you think. Veterans' Bureau now is working on a proposal to pay those in need. It is using income ta returns primarily and checkinz these with relief rolls. . T.. cdministration idea apparently is to be very liberal. It will not re- quire anything like a pauper's oath. At the same time, it probably will not pay any veteran who has enough in come to file a tax return. The veterans' crowd (American Legion, particularly) is laying low until the administration makes an of- fer of compromise. The veterans wiil have to compromise in the end, be- cause the idea of paying off veterans who do not need the money will bej hard to defend in view of the existing Treasury situation. It looks very much like Harry Hopkins will get what he reached Jor in the reorganization grab bag. The President favors him to run the subsistence homestead project. So does Mrs. Roosevelt, a fact which is equally important. ( A friend of Representative Rayburn made a 5-to-4 bet Wednesday that Rayburn would win the speakership. Some significant inside developments are supposed to have occurred Tues- | day. Senator Cutting’s friends say he has a watchman assigned to guard the New Mexican ballot boxes. Leave accumulated by Government clerks is figured in fractions of hours. Thus an N. R. A. employe was told the other day that he had 8 days 3 hours and 5 minutes coming to him. That is time-clocking for you. In the President’s press entourage is a newsman (J. Russell Young of the Washington Star) who looks somewhat like Mr. Roosevelt. Crowds on the re- cent Southern trip frequently ap- plauded him instead of the President. The T. V. A. also is in the restaurant business. It serves 2,400 meals four times a day (one at midnight) for | 12,300 workers in the Tennessee Valley, (Copyright. 19:4. by the North American Newspaper 1ne.) | kins an | tiet of all GIGANTIC PROBLEM President Must Decide on Policy of Relief and Unemployment. By the Assoclated Press. With advisers pouring conflicting counsel into his ear, President Roose- velt entered today the month in which he will make a decision regarded by official Washington as one of the most momentous ever to face a Chief Ex- ecutive, Whether to call on Congress to ap- propriate more billions—perhaps $9,- 000,000,000—in a gigantic effort to conquer the relief and unemployment problem, or whether to taper off Fed- eral expenditures in the belief that a business revival will do the job—that is the question. It is an issue that sharply divides the citizenry, the economists, and even authoritative sources say—the very cabinet itself. Two of the foremost advocates of the spending-for-rehabilitation idea, Secretary Ickes, public works adminis- trator, and Harry L. Hopkins, Federal emergency relief administrator, plan- ned to thresh.out their suggestions with the Chief Executive before the log fireplace at Warm Springs in con- ferences starting this week end. Would Abolish “Dole.” Hopkins' plan for a Federal Work Relief Corporation, with an appro- priation of $8,000,000,000 to $9,000.- 000,000, to abolish the “dole” in favor ol Government-made jobs and op- portunities, is said to have divided the presidential advisers. The more “conservative” were described as lean- | ing toward reduced Federal expendi- tures, with greater emphasis on stimu- lating private business, possibly by Government insurance of loans to speed up the heavy industries. Ickes. who, like Hopkins, expresses little confidence in the ability of pr: vate industry to solve the employ ment problem quickly, leaves tomorrow for Warm Springs with a plan to ex- pand public works. Though he was keeping the fizure a close secret, usu- ally well-informed persons suggested that $5.000,000.000 to $7.000.000,000 might be a good guess as to what he has in mind for an immediate pro- | giam, Cbeervers did not regard the Hop- d Ickes plans as a concerted pian for a total appropriation of $13.- 000,000,000 to $16,000,000.000. but rather as two different approaches to the intertwined problems of recovery and relief. But there was no doubt in most minds that many business and banking leaders and other ad- vocates of a tapering-off process would be found in the opposing camp. Seek to Curb Expenditures. Among these men, the contention is that if the Government shows deter- mination to apply the brakes to ex- penditures, business can go ahead with more confidence and certainty. On the other side, the argument is heard that although the assistance of business is welcome, the Government cannot wait long for it. The Federal Emergency Relief Ad- ministration has coliected statisties to show the number of people on re- kinds has grown from 13,338,000 in September, 1933, to 18,050,000 last September. More than half were on direct relief—which offi- cials call the dole. DIES IN DUCK BLIND Charles M. Booth Newspaper Official, Expires. SPRINGFIELD., 111, December 1 () —Charles M. Greenway of Grand Rapids. Mich., an official of the Booth newspapers, was reported today to have died suddenly this morning while in a duck blind on the Illinois River near Chandlerville. Greenway, WITH FORMER AIDE Speculation Is Aroused on Possibility of Spanish Dictatorship. By the Assoclated Press. ROME, December 1.—A secret con- raise to fever pitch Italians' discussion | of the possibility of dictatorship in Spain. Antonio Goicochea, minister of the interior under the monarchist premier, Antonio Maura, slipped into Rome from Barcelona by airplane Monday. Returns Secretly. Villa Ruffo here, he returned as se- cretly as he had come. He came and went without the immediate know'- edge of the Spanish embassies to Rome and the Holy See. Italy’s Fascists, many of whom have expressed the feeling that dictator- ship in Spain is the only way to avert complete chaos, and the four groups of Spaniards here—the exiled mon- archists, the Leftist intellectuals, the Spanish clerics and the diplomats— assigned considerable importance to Goicochea’s visit. It was recalled in diplomatic circles here that Goicochea was one Spanish deputy always fervently loyal to the monarchy, and it was considered prob- able he made the flying trip to get Alfonso’s approval for out-and-out restoration of the Monarchist party in Spain. Reaction to Proposal Unknown. What would be the former ruler's! reaction to this proposal if made was | not known. A spokesman at his villa said Goicochea wished merely to con- gratulate Alfonso on the forthcoming marriage of his daughter, the Infanta Beatriz, to Prince Alessandro Tor- |lonia of Italy. | Despite the King's ostensible pre- | occupation with the wedding, it has | been hinted he is keeping interested es on the political situation in Spain. e has said, however, he does not iconslder the time ripe for any per- | sonal political gesture or declaration. | IMLAY NAMED DELEGATE TO CRIME CONFERENCE Parley of Attorney General Will Be Held in Washington December 10-13. Charles V. Imlay, local Btlarney‘ and one of three commissioners rep- resenting the District in the National Conference on Uniform State laws, has been appointed as a delegate to i the Attorney General's Conference on | Crime, to be held here December 10 ! to 13. | After conferring with Alfonso at ference between former King Alfonso | | of Spain and his erstwhile minister of | the interior had served yesterday to ! and Howard Sigmund. The The third of Washington'’s Christmas lanes was opened yesterday afternoon when Commissioner Melvin C. Hazen switched on the colored lights along the Seventh street lane. of the Central Seventh Street Business Men's Association of the Central Federation of Business Men's Associations: J. R. Armour, Eli Rubin Sylvan, general chairman of the celebration; Commissioner Hazen, switching on the lights; Maj. Ernest Brown, superintendent of police, lane is conducted under the auspices Left to right: Arthur Clarendon Smith, president —Star Stafl Phot ARMY-NAVY GAME ‘TICKET SCALPING’ BARED AT CAPITOL (Continued From First Page.) Representative Sol Bloom of New York. “This would assure the tickets | getting into the hands of people en- titled to them without having to pay | exhorbitant prices to speculators.” | Representative Bloom said his own experiences, were as follows: | Nearly six weeks ago I received al letter from West Point authorities asking how many tickets I wanted to buy. The price was $4.40 and I sent | in my order with a check to pay for them. Only a couple of days ago I received a letter saying they were sorry but they had no more tickets, Constituents Disappointed. “I had not solicited them for tickets. They wrote and asked me how many I wanted to buy. The game being | 5o close to my district I ordered a number of tickets for my constituents —and so advised them and they made their plans for attending the game— only to learn at the last moment that tickets I had paid for were not to be delivered. Then I had to go out and | try to buy tickets for the constituents | to whom I had made promises. I found the ‘scalpers’ had plenty that they were selling at $75 a pair. “I have telegraphed to Maj. Gen. Wwilliam D. Connor, superintendent of the Military Academy, and to Maj. L. D. Worsham, graduate manager of athletics, telling how I feel about this matter. The speculators are making a lot of money and many persons who had every right to expect to see the game are disappointed Imlay was one of three men named ! to represent the Uniform State Laws | organization at the crime conference. ! The other two are Judge William M. | Hargest of the Superior Court, Har- | risburg, Pa., and Alexander Arm- strong, attorney. of Baltimore. The appointments were made by Judge Orie L. Phillips of Denver, president of the law organization. FISHING LINE SINKER TAKEN FROM LUNGS By the Associsted Press. ATLANTA, December 1.—A 2-inch surf fishing line sinker that had been | in the lung of Lillian Johnson, 19, of | Fairfax, S. C., eight years yesterday was removed in 21 minutes by Dr.! Murdock Equen. After the operation Dr. Equen re- | ported Miss Johnson would recover. She had pneumonia several times and was in a hospital several years. ‘The sinker got into the lung of the girl while she and her family were fishing. 'U.S.Woman Free of S Py Cimrge; In Germany Facing Expulsiow By the Associated Press. BERLIN, December 1.—Douglas Jenk United States consul general, was informed today by the Prussian ministry of justice that Miss Isobel Lillian ~ Steele of Hollywood. Calif., whe has been held in Moabit Prison four months, will be expelled from Germany because investigations had revealed she is not “a professional ctary Fresler of the Prussian ry of justice said the govern- | ment would ask the Department of Justice to issue the expulsion order. Freisler revealed, however, that the authorities regard the case of Richard “oiderer of Chicego, who has been prison for the last five months in avaria, as more serious. It was said he might be tried for espionage, since it was alleged that Life’s Like That BY FRED NEHER. | military notes were found fin his possession. The United States con- sulate is doing its utmost to spred | up the investigations into his case, | but doubt was expressed as to! whether his release could be obtained ‘The American consulate had been trying for many weeks to ascertain | the exact charges against Miss Steele ! and Roiderer, but without much ! success. It had been stated unofficially that | Miss Steele faced accusations involv- ing espionage. She had been study- ing music in Berlin. She was born in | Canada but had become a naturalized | | citizen of the United States. | One report attributed Miss Steele's difficulties through her acquaintance | with a man described as “an influen- | | tial German.” This man was said to | | have reported her confidences to his | | Nazi superiors. TRIIID\ 0 I % .'/’ & 7 45 i, ’ 77 “OH, BOY—WAIT'LL THE GIRL FRIEND SEES THISI® (Copyrishs, 1934 SIS | the _ Willlam C. Turner “I have been told by officials that they cannot control the sale of tickets given to the stadium company in pay- ment for the use of the plaving field That :s abso’utely a silly procedure— Army Athletic Association could have sold all of the tickets for $1.40 or a great deal more. Then why not pay -he stadium people in cash rather than in tickets. Of course, the sta- dium people would rather get the tickets, which could be sold for twice as much as the cash payment—and in many cases for 10 t:mes as much. Raps Delayed Notifications. *The service branches of the Gov- | ernment should not thus play into the hands of speculators and scalpers on a game where there is supposed to be no playing for profits, Also the Army | Athletic Association should not so- licit orders from members of Con- gress unless they are ready to fill the orders. and they ought not to wait until the day or two before the game to send notice that tickets are not to be had on those orders.” Representative Bloom declared he is “going to see what can be done to correct this situation.” Published statements said an em- ploye of the House Post Office offered | and sold four tickets for $40 and of- fered to get other tickets for pros- pective customers. Finis Scott, the House postmaster, said, however, he was sure no employe of his office was “scalping.” Record of Sales Kept. Sergeant at Arms Romney said he is ready to carry out the instructions of the House in an effort to prevent any scalping in future. He said there are comparatively few offenders. As for an actual check on use of the tickets and punishment for abuse of the privilege, an cfficial of the Navy Depariment said a record of disposi tion of each seat is kept and if specu- lative practices become too general a check on the users may be made in | individual cases. The only punish- | ment measure open to the academies, however, would be to suspend from its complimentary lists those whose tickets are resold. In the case of offi- cers of the Army or Navy, they might be court-martialed for conduct unbe- coming an officer, he explained. ey MRS. BESSIE RICKER DIES AT EMERGENCY Widew of Noted Engineer Had Taken Active Interest in Civic Affairs. Mrs. Bessie Turner Ricker, 65. widow of the late George A. J. Ricker, noted engineer, died yesterday | in Emergency Hospital and was to be | buried privately here this afternoon | after services at All Souls’ Unitarian | Church. Mrs. Ricker had made her home with Mrs. James H. Spaulding, 1963 Biltmore street, since the death of her husband on November 3, 1933. She had resided in Washington for a number of years and had taken an active interest in civic affairs. She was a past president of the Voteless D. C. League of Women Voters and was prominent in other women’s or- ganizations here. She was a member of the Citizens’ Joint Committee on National Representation for the Dis- trict of Columbia. Mrs. Ricker’s husband at the time of his death was & member of the Board of Consulting Engineers of the Public Works Administration and also a member of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission. Previously he served as engineer in the construc- | tion of the Niagara Falls Gorge Rail- ‘way. liu. Ricker was found unconscious in her room Tuesday morning and was removed to the hospital. An autopsy showed she had died from an overdose of a sleeping potion. A number of notes were found, and the coroner is- ued a certificate of suicide. +'rs. Ricker §8 survived by a brother, of Buffalo, N. ¥. $30 IN PRIZES FOR WASHINGTON BOYS AND GIRLS. Now is the time, boys and girls, to write your letter, “Why I know there is a Santa Claus and why every poor child in Washington should receive gifts this Christmas.” Santa Claus Editor of The Star. DON'T DELAY, send it in NOW to the It will be fine to win that prize of $15 offered by The Star for the best letter. and maybe little brother or little sister will win one of the other awards. Don't forget, you must not be more than 12 years old if you write your letter. The best letter will win a prize of $15, second prize is $10 and the third prize is $5. Yeur letter must be at the office of The Star not later than mid- night of Saturday. December 15. Announcements of the winners, with their letters, will be made one week later Please write on one side of the paper only, and get your letter in early. TYPIST 15 HELD IN TRAFFIG DEATH Miss Jeanette Messinger Accused in Fatality to Taxi Driver. Twn drivers whose cars had run down and fatally injured pedestrians in the past week were ordered held for the grand jury by a coroner’s jury at the District Morgue yesterday aft- ernoon. Miss Jeanette H. Messinger, 27. of 2526 Seventeenth street, a typist for the Reccnstruction Finance Corpora- tion. was held as the driver of a car which killed Wesley Luke, 23, 4 taxi- cab driver, at Sixteenth and R streets early Thursday Luke, with the aid of five other ~nb drivers. had just pushed a stalled taxicab in to tbe curb and was stand- ing in the street n-ar the latter vchicle when struck by Miss Messinger's ma- chine. Claims Double Parking. The drivers testified the cab was all the way in to the curb and Luke only a few feet from it. On the other hand, Miss Messinger told the jury the cab was double parked and her car almost in the center of Sixieenth street when it struck Luks. The la ter lived at 767 Tenth street southeas The cab which the drivers had been pushing was pulled from its pa place when its bumper became lock in that of another machine. Th> cab wes locked and its driter was not pres- ent. Thiee of the hackers said they had to lcap for their lives to escape Miss Messinger’s automobile. Colored Laborer Held, ‘The other driver held was Acia Brown, 25-year-old colored laborer, 1100 block of Fourth street, whose car ran down and fatally injured Charley Couzzola, 43, a carpenter, as the latter was crossing Fourteenth street at Massachusetts avenue southeast Sat- urday. Couzzola died Wednesday at linger Hospital of a crushed chest and punctured lunes. ‘Witness>s testified Brown's car was traveling at a * fic rate” and hurled Couzzola at least 10 feet into the ais. Other testimeny was to the effetc that Brown had been drinking prior to the accident. The colored man furnished a false name at first, police said. Couzzola lived at 1443 Scuth Caro- lina avenue southeast. U.5.C. OF C. ASKS INPROVED BUDGT Recommends 13 Proposals, Including Centralizing of Expenditure Control. By the Associated Press. Sweeping reforms in the Govern- ment’s budgetary methods will be advocated by the Chamber of Com- merce of the United States, The Chamber announced this to- day after conducting a referendum in which its membership approved 13 proposals to improve the budget sys- tem. Gne more a g istrative his wou'd Lroadening the execu- system of funds so as to include expenditures, ordinary and emergency, and strengthening it so as to avoid the necessity of defi- ciency approgriations.” Asks Later Budget. This recommendation for broader contro! by the administrative branch of the Government also suggested that “when feasible,” expenditures be reduced below appropriations. Among other proposals approved were: That the executive budget be sub- miited to Congress about March 1, ead of early Janua n the be- that est mates wou'd be more ac- a‘e if submitted nearer the begin- step in his budget activities he thinks should be discontinued. One Proposal Fails. That revenue estimates in the ex- ecutive budget be so expanded as to present a compiete revenue program. That there should be a general ac- counting office directly under control of the executive. Another proposal, that taxpayers be given the right to enjoin expendi- tures which would create deficiencies, failed to receive the two-third major- ity necessary for approval, the chamber announced. Twigs Made Into Flour. Flour for human consumption can be made from tw.gs and small branches of trees by a process invented by Dr. F. Berfgius, according to a report | from Cologne, Germany. Driver Held in Traffic Death (o] Miss Jeanette H. Messinger, 27-year-old typist, who was held for the grand jury by a coroner’s jury yesterday after Miss Messinger’s car fatally injured a taxicab driver at Sixteenth and R streets early Thursday. She 13 shown with Attorney Willlam Schofield. —Star Staff Photo. ¥ iHUNI]REI]S WRITE ESSAYS ON SANTA Letters Flood Star Editor, Seeking $30 in Prizes for Three Best. Hundreds of letters have been poure ing in to the Santa Claus Editor of The Star from boys and girls who are !compeunz for the $30 in prizes The | Star is offering for the best essay on Ithz subject: “Why I Know There 18 |a Santa Claus, and Why Every Poor Child in Washington Should Receive iGlfu This Christmas.” The contest closes at midnight Dee cember 15, d many contestants are very wisely getting their letters in early. The Star is offering a prize of $13 for the best letter of not more than 150 words. For the letter which is | judged second best there is an award of $10, and the writer of the third best will receive $5. Age Limit Is 12. There is only one condition ate tached to the contest, and that is that contestants must not be more than 12 years old. Now is the time to get busy. There certainly is a Santa Claus and all the world knows he lives right on top of the world 'way up near the | North Pole. Of course, there are some little boys and girls who don’t think there is a Santa Claus, but that is just all they know about it. You can prove it to them now that you know there is one and he will come to see you Christmas. With the money | from your letter you can buy just lots | of toys and candy. Address your letter to the Santa Claus Editor at The Evening Star, write on one side of the paper only, | remember that neatness counts in de= | ciding the winners, and be sure that vou mail your letter- in plenty of time. Winners will be announced one week after the contest closes. A 5-Year-Old Gives Reasons. There are many reasons that should convince any one there is a Santa Claus, but one reason received yese terday by the editor should eliminate all further arguments. A 5-year-old boy writes: “I am just a little boy and I am just turned 5 years old, so my mama is helping | me to write my letter to tell you why I know there is a Santa Claus. I saw him downtown at a store last year and he lives near the North Pole; he comes as far as he can with his reindeer and sleigh and then he takes an airplane to Washington. We good boys and girls don't see Senta Claus leave our | toys. for we are fast asleep. I have icut out a Santa Claus to show you | what he looks like and I hope to see {one like him in town this year. I think every little boy and girl in | Washington should_receive gifts this | Christmas because Santa Claus wants | all children to be happy at Christmas { time." | Film Draws Large Crowds. | The Star expedition picture, “Search i for Santa Claus.,” showing the first movies ever made of Santa Claus in his own home and workshops. contine ues to draw large crowds at the Met= | ropolitan Theater. The film calls at= | tention to The Star - Warner Bros.” Christmas toy matinees, to be held at 11 Warner Bros.' theaters Saturday, December 15. A new toy or article of clothing will be the price of admis- sion. They will be collected in the theater lobbies and turned over to the Council of Social Agencies, which will Yy | distribut> them to needy families i | Washingten | Elaborate prozrams of entertainment | have been planned for these matinees by the Warner Bros’ management and. as they will include unusually fine pictures and supplementary attrac- tions, it is bolieved that they will be of great interest and enjoyment to both children and adults. All who possibly can are urged to attend and to bring gifts for the children of Washington who would otherwise be neglected and left heartbroken. To those who can= not come in person, it is suggested that they send their gifts to the the- ater nearest their home where the matinee is held. Following is the full schedule of the Christmas matinees on December {15. The hours at which the doors of the theaters will open will be ane nounced later. Outstanding Pictures on List. | TIVOLI—Shirley Temple in “Baby Takes a Bow.,” a Laurel and Hardy comedy,” “Busy Bodies”; “The Night B-fore Christmas” and “The Man on the Flying Trapeze.” a Popeye comedy. | . AMBASSADOR—Jackie Cooper and | Wallace Beery in “Treasure Island,” “The Shanty Where Santa Claus Lives" and “Can You Take It?" a Pope eye comedy. SAVOY—Joe E. Brown in “The Cir« cus Clow “Bedtime Worries,” an Our Gang comedy; “Touchdown Mickey.” a Mickey Mouse comedy, and “Let's You and Him Fight,” a Popeye comedy. COLONY—Shirley Temple in “Little Miss Marker,” “Wild Poses,” an Our Gang Comedy, and “The Night Befors Christmas,” a Silly Symphony. YORK—Joe E. Brown in “Son of & Sailor,” “Dirty Work,” a Laurel and Hardy comedy, and “Touchdown Mickey,” a Mickey Mouse comedy. AVENUE GRAND-—Shirley Temple in “Little Miss Marker,” “Dirty Work,” a Laurel and Hardy comedy, and “Sockabye Baby.” a Popeye comedy. Shows Include Comedies. APOLLO—Joe E. Brown in “The Circus Clown,” “His Neighbor,” Our Gang comedy, and “Mickey's Good Deed.” a Mickey Mouse comedy. HOME—Bruce Cabot in “Midshipe man Jack,” “His Neighbor,” an Our Gang comedy, and “The Three Little Pigs.” METROPOLITAN—George O'Brien in “The Last Trail” “Oliver the Eighth,” a Laurel and Hardy comedy, and “The Big Bad Wolf,” a Silly Symphony. EARLE—Charlotte Henry in “Alice in Wonderland,” and “Shanty Where Santa Claus Lives " AVALON — Jackie Wallace Beery in “Treasure Island,” “Santa's Workchop,” a Silly Syme phony, ana “Shoeir’ Horses,” a Pope eye comedy. Following its showing at the Metroe politan Theater this week, The Star expedition moving picture, “Search for Santa Claus,” will be shown at the following Warner Bros. theaters: Ambassador, December 5, 6, 7; Colony, December 7; Avalon, December Avenue Grand, December 9, 10, 11; Apollo, December 12, 13; Home, De- cember 14, and York, December 14, Cooper and SEEK MAN'S IDENTITY With only the tattooed intials “M., N. O.” on his arm to assist them, police today were attempting to iden- tify the body of a man found lying on the sidewalk yesterday afternoon in the 900 block of M street. He died two hours later at Gallinger Hospital. The man is about 47 years old, has gray hair, and wore blue trouserd and a gray sweater.