Evening Star Newspaper, December 25, 1934, Page 4

ARMY MOBILIZING WILL BE STUDIED Senator Nye Will Co-oper- ate, but Sees “Bad Lot of Bills.” By the Associated Press. ‘The War Department's measures for speedy mobilization in time of war were characterized yesterday by Chairman Nye of the Senate Muni- tions Committee as “a bad lot of bills,” but he promised a eclose scrutiny, remedial action and enact- ment after consideration. Army strategists drew up the measures for submission to Congress immediately upon a declaration of war. They would moblilize the Nation's in- dustries, a draft, and virtually place dictatorial powers in the President. They would involve the drafting of labor and a press censorship through a licensing system, charges Senator Clark, Democrat, of Missouri. Procedure Outlined. Under the procedure the committee has sketched, Senator Clark will in- troduce the measures as they now are | and then will ask that they be re- ferred to the Nye committee, on which he serves as a member. Com- mittee hearings would follow and then the committee would revise and report the bills to the Senate for ac- tion. After a formal declaration of war the legislation would go into effect. “We'll put them through the laun- Nye said, “and get them out now, while there is time to give them intel- ligent consideration. We won't wait for a war, when they would be shot through without heed and thought under the influence of war hysteria.” In addition, the committee hopes to have referred to it whatever legisla- | tion the Presidential Committee head- ed by Bernard Baruch produces for the purpose of “taking the profit out of war.” If this should happen it would have the power to approve or disapprove the work of this group. An informed source, who declined to be quoted by name, said yesterday that President Roosevelt and Nye would meet soon to discuss proposed legislation to curb war profiteering. At the time Mr. Roosevelt announced he was setting up the Baruch Com- mittee, Nye said he felt it was for the purpose of halting his group’s inquiry. Co-operation Expected. ‘The White House, however, said the Baruch committee expected to co-op- erate with the Senate investigators. Nye expects to ask for more money to continue the arms inquiry as soon as Congress convenes and expects the Senate to make the money available almost immediately. One of the subjects scheduled for | study, once funds are forthcoming, is | the activities of ship and steel makers | and whether there is a connection be- | tween bankers and arms makers. The last factor might involve an- other Senate peek into the affairs of J. P. Morgan & Co. That institution, whose head appeared in the investiga- tion of Wall Street, served as purchas- | ing agent for the allied nations before America entered the war and nego- tiated contracts running far into the millions. FIRST LADY HEADS PAGEANT’S PATRONS Post Relief and Recreation Fund Benefit to Be Held at Fort Myer January 12. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevel. heads the list of patrons and patronesses for | the military pageant to be held for | the benefit of the post relief and | recreation fund in the new Riding Hall at Fort Myer, Va., January 12. | Officers and soldiers of Fort Mver, assisted by more than 60 young women, | will participate in the pageant, which will include a parade of troops, jump- 4ng drills and exhibitions of daring riding. Other patrons and patronesses, as | announced by Col. Kenyon Joyce, com- manding officer of Fort Myer, include Mrs. Anna Roosevelt Dall, Secretary of War and Mrs. Dern, Secretary of the Interior and Mrs. Ickes, Post- master General and Mrs. Farley, As- sistant Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. H. L. Roosevelt and Assistant Secretary of War and Mrs. H. H. ‘Woodring. One of the features of the pageant | will be the “weapons ride,” in which | the Machine Gun Troop of the 3d Cavalry, under command of Capt. Callie H. Palmer, will demonstrate the use of horses in modern warfare, State Forests Extended. INDIANAPOLIS () —Virgil M Simmons, State conservation com- | missioner, says that approximately | 3,500 acres of land were added to the | Indiana State forests during the Fall | of 1934. $ SAAAAS « ~ THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 25 1934 VHERANS’ RURAI. Rehearse for Christmas Play IW[] NEW DRUGS Old ‘Santa Stops to Pose Santa Claus paused long enough to pose last night before descending the chimi avenue. Christmas display. at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Compton, 2900 Cathedral Ten-year-old Ross Compton is shown pointing to the unusual —Star Staff Photo. HEARING REQUESTED ON BUS LINE GARAGE Roberts Acts Upon Receipt of Protests of Citizens Near Proposed Site. Prompted by receipt of several com- munications from citizens expressing | fear they might be disturbed by busses traveling to and from the proposed | service garage of the Greyhound Lines, William A. Roberts, people’s counsel, | wrote the Public Utilities Commission yesterday asking to be heard on the question of location of the terminal before a permit is issued. | He said he understood it was in- tended to build the garage at Thir- teenth srteet and New York avenue | who has been in that post in Boston, | nottheast. This location has been | mentioned in the newspapers and the | communications received have ac- cepted this as the probable site. Roberts explained that the terminal should be situated at a point where it would be feasible for busses to travel routes along which they would give the least possible annoyance to resi- dents. The passenger terminal of the Greyhound Lines is on New York avenue near Fourteenth street in the Northwest section and busses would have to follow the general line of New York avenue traveling from that point to the garage, he pointed out. He refrained from expressing any opinion as to the desirability of the suggested location of the garage. CACTUS DRINK WEIGHED The Federal Alcohol Control Ad- ministration- will conduct a hearing December 28 in the matter of per- mitting the distilling of tequilla, a Mexican cactus drink, in the United States. A group of men of Nogales, Ariz., has sought permission to tequilla for distribution in country. this Ta Our Many Friends and Patrons McReynolds Cafeteria C. F. Harper, 709 18th St. N.W. adeodedo piatodododp oo o Qoo Qo oToalr P ofr B e Do Qo P P relefo drde ool & SRR Requests from hundreds of our customers has made us continue this special sale for Wednesday-Thursday-Friday-Saturday ANY GARMENT EXCEPT FUR COATS CLEANED and PRESSED 39 Other Stores Located at 1744 Columbia Road N.W. 826 Bladensburg Road N.E. Just Off I5th and H Sts. 1735 CONN. AVE. VOGUE CLE _The Home of Special Process Cleaning Better Work Cannot Be Had at Any Price Main Office ATLANTIC 1415—826 BLADENSBURG ROAD N.E. 3208 O St. N.W. Just Off Wis. Ave. 324 Third St. N.E. Just Off Mass. Ave. ANERS and Plant EXCHANGE TRANSFER MADE BY OFFICERS Gen. Smith Will Go to Boston and Gen. Knight Will Take Post Here. An exchange transfer by which Brig. Gen. Alfred T. Smith, U. S. A, and Brig. Gen. Harry E. Knight, U. S. A, will replace each other in their present posts was ordered yes- terday by the War Department. Gen. Smith, a native of Washing- ton and at present assistant chief of staff for military intelligence, will 80 to Boston to become commander of the 18th Brigade. Gen. Knight, will take over the staff assignment here. The transfers are effective | February 1, 1935, Gen. Smith has been decorated by. | the King of Italy as Grand Officer, Order of the Crown, and holds the Silver Star citation for gallantry in action at El Caney, Cuba. He was appointed to his present post in Jane uary, 1931, Gen. Knight saw active service in both the Spanish-American and | World Wars. His promotion to rank of brigadier general came in May of this year, at which time he was assigned to the Boston post. He is a native of Elizabeth, N. J. 1 HOUSING PUSHED Plan to Place Disabled Men in Country Homes Tak- ing Form. By the Associated Press. Designed to make disabled veterans’ compensation go further, a plan to establish the former soldiers in low- priced country homes is taking defi- nite shape. Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines, chief of the Veterans’ Administration, said yesterday his organization is investi- gating applications with a view to submitting a preferred list to the Relief Administration. Applications without disability payments already have been forwarded to relief head- quarters, but Hines sald he believed veterans receiving $50 & month and upward would be likely candidates. ‘This, he explained, would enable veterans to pay the $100-a-year | amortization charges on rural re- habilitation homes of the Relief Ad- ministration and have something more besides. Gardens in Communities. The rural communities, three of | which already have been set up, each have two or three acres for garden- | ing. That at Woodlake, Tex., is purely | rural, while part-time industrial em- | plovment is planned for those at Red House, W. Va., and Mississippi County, Arkansas. Relief administration officials said plans were ready for 100 additional such communities, with 12 marked for immediate construction. Lawrence Westbrook, F. E. R. A. director of rural rehabilitation, commented that the plan is still the exploring stage,” but Hines, who broached the idea to Harry L. Hopkins, relief ad- ministrator, said it had “definite pos- sibilities.” McCarl Ruling Awaited. Hines added that while applications of veterans drawing compensation were being held at the Veterans’ Ad- ministration pending an opinion by Controller General McCarl on the legality of signing over a sufficient amount to defray payments to the re- | lief administration, “I have an idea | that he’ll find no objection as long as | the Government is not involved.” Hines insisted that the plan had no connection with the revival of con- | gressional demands for immediate pay- | ment of the bonus, saying that it had | been under consideration for several months. He declined to estimate the number of veterans that might apply, | but said the total number drawing | compensation payments was 330,000 40,000 DINNER GUESTS 2,500 St. Louis Employes Act as | Waiters for Needy. ST. LOUIS, December 25 (#)— | Forty thousand of the city's needy will ibe Christmas dinner guests of Mayor Bernard F. Dickmann at the St. Louis | Civic Auditorium, with 2,500 city em- | ployes acting as waiters, Eight or- | chestras and numerous entertainers | will perform during the da; Mattresses § Remade || The Stein Bedding Co. 1004 Eye St. NNW. ME. 9490 Closing out groups of most successful models wear, saving. A large selection to choose from. for every occasion. MARCH AND APRIL, ACCOUNTS QUICKLY AND EISEMAN’S SEVENTH AND F CLEARANCE SALE DRESSES—— $6.95 Heretofore $12.95 A marvelous opportunity to purchase the season’s Crepes and wools for daytime, dinner and sports- WOMEN’S AND MISSES’ SIZES Fur-Trimmed COATS 28 *48 °58 Heretofore Priced up to $79.50 If you haven’t bought your Winter coat, here’s an opportunity to buy a stunning fashion at a substantial WOMEN'S AND MISSES’ SIZES Heretofore $22.50 Better dresses—in a glorious and unmatched sale— breath-taking styles of truly incredible value. Frocks WOMEN’S AND MISSES’ SIZES OPEN A CHARGE ACCOUNT DRESSES AND COATS PURCHASED NOW MAY BE PAID FOR IN CONVENIENT AMOUNTS DURING FEBRUARY, AT NO EXTRA COST. CHARGE Thrifty Women Get Smart Fashions at Eiseman’s! high-grade merchandise at tremendous savings. of quality fabrics and furs EASILY OPENED. Final rehearsals for the tenth annual presentation of “The Other Wise Man" will be held tomorrow afternoon in preparation for the per- formance Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 8:30 pm. in the Luther Place Memorial Church, Fourteenth and N streets, Players from most of the Capital's dramatic groups will participate in the play. Left to right: Judy Lyeth, Christine Irish, Alma Fivaz, Katherine Gates (the child) and Donald Moriarty. RAGGED MEN AWAKENED BY CHRISTMAS GIVERS Police Join in Rejoicing After| Man and Woman Distribute Money in Havana. By the Associated Press. HAVANA, December 25.—A burly, dark complexioned man, accompanied by a lovely, matronly woman, wakened ragged sleepers in the doorways of business houses along Havana's Prado and around Central Park last night. To each they gave a shiny new peso with an injunction to use it to cele- brate the birthday of that Carpenter’s Son who loved only the poor. Sleep was gone ofr each one and | they gathered by the dozens at the | market across the little park in front | of President Mendieta's palace. They became convinced the givers were Col. | Fulgencio Batista and his wife. Cries of vivas brought police on the run. When they learned the cause of the shouts, they and the early shop- pers and market men joined in a dance of rejoicing. - FIRE MENACES SENATOR Chairman Fletcher of the Senate Banking Committee yesterday nar- rowly escaped having a burnt coat- tail or worse. The Florida Senator was talking to a newspaper man in his office when a wicker waste paper basket siiting be- hind him blazed up, the flames nearly igniting his clothing. His visitors finally stamped out the flames without serious damage. SAVE MONEY ON STORAGE and MOVING C 9 ASMI'I' S L FIRE-PROQF WWTORAGE Long-Distance Movers Ags. Mayflower Trans. Co. Rugs Cleaned or Shampooed Crate and Pack by Experis 1313 U St. Phone North 3343 FOUND HARMFUL Liver and Blood Injured by Elements Carried in Cer- tain Medicines. By the Associated Press. Two drugs dangerous to health and life are being so widely distributed to the public in some pain-killing medicines that the Federal Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning against them.™ The drugs are cinchophen, which destroys the liver, and amidopyrine, which kills the white corpuscles of the blood. There is no law by which the public can be protected against them, because when the food and drug act was passed many years ago cinchophen was unknown and the dan- gerous effects of amidopyrine had not been recognized. Used in Many Forms. Cinchophen, & chemical anodyne and sedative, is sometimes used by sufferers from neuralgia, rheumatic pain, neuritis and similar troubles. Amidopyrine is frequently used in headache remedies and other pain- killers, according to the Food and Drug Administration. It was empha- sized, however, that not all headache | and rheumatic remedies contain these dangerous drugs. “Current medical tains many reports which clearly in- these drugs are dangerous literature con- | to health and life,” says W. G. Camp- bell, chief of the Food and Drug Ad- ministration. “The gradual development of seri- ous poisoning from the use of these drugs is often so insidious that the danger is not recognized by the user.” Some Labels Not Complete. Several manufacturers who use these drugs in thetr medicines declare their presence on the labels, but others do not, Campbell said. They are not compelled to do so because these drugs were not included in the original food and drugs act, which requires that the presence of several narcotic drugs must be stated on medicine labels. Under present conditions the buyer of remedies has no protection except himself, says Campbell. He advises that buyers should always observe two precautions. One is to read the label | and see if it lists either of these two drugs. If they are not listed and there is any doubt as to whether they may exist in the medicine, the buyer should ask the druggist or write to the Food and Drug Administration and ask for the facts regarding the remedy in question. Wishing Our Many Friends and Patrons a MERRY CHRISTMAS s fi Tower Bldg. @ Merry Christmas . and A Happy New Year Morris Plan Bank Under Supervision U. S. Treasury _ 1408 H Street N. W. Yes! This is that regular Semi-Annual Clearance Sale of Suits, Overcoats and Topcoats Beginning Tomorrow—Wednesday Morning It is one of the only two sales we hold throughout the year. That's why it is so im- portant, and will at once suggest your interested attention. As always in these Clearance Events, it is an ALL-EMBRACING SALE—when no exceptions are made except eve- ning clothes. But you have the unrestricted choice of all Fashion Park—Richard Prince—Glenbrook SUITS TOPCOATS OVERCOATS The representative finest clothing in America and truest in fashion expression. All Glenbrook Suits and Were $24.50 and $27.50 .. Topcoats All Richard Prince Suits—Topcoats—Overcoats Were $35 All Fashion Park Suits—Topcoats—Overcoats Were $50 . $41.75 You can appreciate the advantage of first selection—so be on hand bright and early. The store will open at 8:40 o'clock. In spite of the fact these prices have been notably reduced there will be no charge for alteration. Mode service isn’t governed by price. . The convenience of a charge account is extended —with monthly settlements or our 12-pay plan. The Mode—F at Eleventh JZJM " s