Evening Star Newspaper, March 15, 1935, Page 5

SALE DISAPPOINTS STAMP THRONGS Farley Reprints Unlike ‘Gift’ Issue in Many Ways, Say Experts. BY JAMES WALDO FAWCETT. Postmaster General Farley's “col- | lectors’ edition” of the “gift” stamps he presented to President Roosevelt and other friends went on sale at the | Philatelic Agency, the City Pox Office | and the Benjamin Franklin Station | at 7:45 o'clock this morning. But the philatelic public found little | comfort in the postal chief's attempt | to solve his problem. The reprints, | experts said, differ from the unique originals in color and workmanship. Comparisons between samples of the presentation sheets and the theo- retical “replicas” showed many dis- tinctions. Michael L. Eidsness, jr., former superintendent, division of stamps and now associate editor, Stamps Magazine, New York, said: “I have checked over the reprints | and find many differences. The 3- cent Parks stamp, for example, is a red violet in the de luxe sheets and a deep violet in the reprints. In the case of the 1-cent Parks issue we have a yvellowish green in the originals and 1 banknote green in the reproductions. Any amateur with only a slight ac- quaintance with colors in stamps could tell that the one edition is not a faithful copy of the other.” Expected Closer Copy. Mr. Eidsness added: “My experience | in the department, covering 26 years, made me doubtful of the possibility | of exact reprinting, but the results are even more widely divergent than I had expected.” Chester L. Lankford, president, Franklin D. Roosevelt Stamp Club, Douglas, Ga., who had waited all night to be first purchaser, examined | originals and reprints and confirmed the judgment of other experts. Mead Johnson, nephew of ch\.‘ Hugh S. Johnson, former N. R. A.f administrator. called attention to dif- | ferences of color in the 3-cent Mother’s day and 3-cent Wisconsin tercente- nary stamps | In the Parks series some values | are lighter in color and some deeper. Gerard Ten Eyck Beeckman, stamp editor, Civilian Conservation Corps Weekly. checked the entire set and found variations in each of the 10 stamps. The 10-cent denomination, he said, was “the best"—a fact ac- cpunted for by the small number | printed. | The original de luxe sheets, it was indicated by these discoveries, will re- | tain their special character and value as rarities. In the standard catalogs | of the stamp trade they probably will be listed as distinct varieties, and the | reprints will appear in a separate | classification. Called Exact Reprints. Post Office Department officials, however, took the position that collec- | tors ought to be satisfied. Robert E. | Fellers, superintendent, Division of Stamps, said: “In every instance, so far as we can tell, the reprints are exact.” Alvin W. Hall, director, Bureau of | Engraving and Printing, declared the | plates used were the same. | Meanwhile, an army of collectors | and dealers stormed all three distri- bution centers. Mr. Fellers announced | that approximately $300,000 worth of | orders were on hand when the doors | opened and estimated that the total | sales would exceed $1,000,000. | A dozen requisitions filed vester-| day called for sheets and blocks of | four in amount of $10.000 each, it was explained. Horace M. Grant. Providence, R. I.. carried away $12.000 worth of rted issues in a single bundle. David H. Davenport, representing a long list of collectors in other cities, had about $7,000 worth in two packages. Other Early Buyers. Other early buyers included J. H Jenkins, Clyde De Binder, Mrs. Madeline Nichols, Frederick J. Roy, Joseph Miller. Philadelphia: Gordon Warnken, Baltimore; Walter Pop- pinger, Akron; Julius Bachrach, New York: Louis Ditzel, Baltimore, | and’ NG STAR, WASHINGTO Georgian Waits All Night to Buy Reprints Chester L. Lankford, president of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Stamp Club, Douglas, Ga., waited all night at the philatelic agency to be the first purchaser of the reprints authorized by Postmaster General Farley to silence protests against rare gift sheets he gave to friends. The Georgia philatelist is shown at the agency window being served by Miss Pearl Bond, clerk in the Division of Stamps. of Gen. Hugh S. Johnson, former N. R. A. administrator. With him (left) is Mead Johnson, nephew —Wide World Photo. ALCOHOL BOARD FORTGHTER LAW Blames Drunk Driving for Increase in Traffic Accidents. (Continued From First Page) _ has asked the Police Department to give it a complete report wherever possible on the cases of minors who are arrested for intoxication. The board seeks to have police learn from what source children are able to buy intoxicating liquor. The board published figures to show that 506 minors between the ages of 17 and 21 were arrested last year for intoxication and only 376 in 1933.! Persons over 21 years arrested last vear for intoxication numbered 23.543, as compared with 18,782 in Four minors under 17 years were ar- rested for intoxication last year and 7 the year previous. The board said the number of minors arrested last year for intoxication “presents a real challenge.” The board, however, found real satisfaction in an analysis of figures on the total arrests for intoxication. It said the peak was reached in April of last year, when 2,307 were arrested, but that since October of last year there was a gradual diminu- tion in such figures. “In January, 1934, when, theoretic- Merle Loveless, Baldwinsville, N. Y. Representatives of the Washington Philatelic Society present at the opening were E. W. Beitzell, librarian, and Mrs. Caroline Cleaver, sponsor of the proposed Memorial day stamp. William Shrader, president, Chevy Chase Junior Stamp Club, attended | as an agent of junior collectors. With Mr. Fellers at the beginning | of the sale were: Robert E. King, assistant superintendent; Harold F. Ambrose, department press represent- ative; agent. and Mrs. Louise Shawen, sec- retary. Mr. Farley was not in the city. MEADOW GOLD X "ot 9 O XXX X % ) a Ice Cream Cke, $1.25 Serves 8 Delicious French V to 10 Persons anilla with center of Rum Bisque. Huge shamrock of Pistachio is mount. ed on top. A thrilling dessert for Sunday’s St. Patrick dinner. St. Patrick’s Fancy Forms, $1.75 doz. Individual forms include a Heart with Sham- rock, Shamrock with Thistle, Harp and Hat. Shamrock Center Brick 1.50 Gal. ORANGE- PINEAPPLE A new taste thrill at all Carry Dealers. Earrys | Meadow Gold ICE CREAM ORDER FROM YOUR NEAREST CARRY DEALER OR PHONE LINCOLN 5900 1933. | H. M. Chamberlain, philatelic | ally, liquor was unobtainable, 1934 persons were arrested for intoxication, | 1s opposed to 1.426 in the same month of 1935 under the present legislation,” | the board explained. It added that | for February of this year there was a somewhat smaller number of arrests than in February of last year. Most of the statistics cited in the | report had been published by The Star in a recent review of the first vear of “repeal.” The board contended that the fears of many that repeal of prohibition would create an impossible traffic hazard had failed to materialize Traffic accidents have not increased, the board said, except as to the drunken-driving situation. The board oresented figures to show that in 1934 | ‘lhere were 7,562 traffic accidents re- | ported, as against 7.993 in 1933. and 18,689 in 1932. The figures for the | first two months of this year also | showed a decline. There were 545 in | January, as compared with 638 in the | same month of last vear, and 509 this | February, as against 516 in February of last year, according to the board's figures. “These figures are not cited to indi- cate that dispensation of alcoholic beverages, as such, has made driving safer, but the figures certainly 1efute the argument that the dispensation of liquor would bring about an impossible | traffic hazard,” the board said. “Every accident :s potentially fatal. The true | traffic barometer is the number of | ' accidents rather than the fatal results. | | One accident 'ast year, for example, | caused three fatalities.” The board’s figures listed the number of fatal traffic accidents last year at 135 as opposed (o 80 in 1933 and 123 in 1932. | ‘The board declared it was bearing (down on liquor license holders who‘ deliberately violate rules. The board | has never issued another license to a licensee who himself consciously vio- lated the liquor law and suffered loss of his original permit, the r.port stated. Where a dealer has sold liquor to persons apparently intoxicated the board in the case of a first offense has not ordered revocation, but has| sought punishment by fines. There Sanitary Women prefer these to because of the— The Favorite of Modern Women! pmiesst KOTEX @ Patented Equalizer! ® Inconspicuous Tapered Ends! : @ Sides Cushioned in Downy Cotton to Eliminate Chafing! 20- - 5 - 95 For Sale by has been but one case of a second offense and in that instance license promptly was revoked, the board said. The board urged that it be given power to suspend a license as well as to move for a fine or to revoke a permit as a better system of punish- ment. The board last year revoked 21 permits and took action against 125 other dealers. resulting in pay- ment of fines of $7.850. The board said that bootlegging still exists in alleys and poorer sec- tions of the city. but is no longer | “popular” elsewhere. even with prices made high as they are by taxes. ROOSEVELT HOPES FAMILY TREE SOUND‘ Unconcerned as to Origin of An-| cestors Except as to Good Citizenship. By the Associated Press DETROIT, March 15.—President | Roosevelt, replving to an inquiry from the editor of the Detroit Jewish Chronicle, says he is not as nterested in the origin of his ancestors as he is in what they were. “In the dim, distant past,” the President wrote the editor, Philip Slo- movitz, “they may have been Jews or Catholics or Protestants—what I am more interested in is whether they were good citizens and believers in God—TI hope they were both.” ‘The exchange of correspondence | will be carried by Slomovitz's publica- tion Friday. “All T know about the origin of the Roosevelt family in this country is that all branches bearing the name are apparently descended from Claes Martenssen van Roosevelt, who came from Holland some time before 1648— even the year is uncertay,” the Presi- dent said. “I have never had either the time or the inclination to try to establish the line on the other side of the ocean before they came over her, nearly 300 years ago.” N Viaiben Ve Ao e \urolin Napkins other sanitary napkins D. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1935. MARYLAND FISCAL CRISIS IS BLAMED ON NICE POLITICS | (Continued From Pirst Page.) practice. The Governor’s efforts have | been carried to the point today that'| deadlock in the Legislature has ensued. “It is Gov. Nice's responsibility, but the public should consider whether the course of action which the Gov- ernor has elected to pursue is moti- vated by the public interest or by a ’dmre for partisan or political ad- is fighting to create seven new jobs | vantage and also whether the whole matter is important enough to justify to handle one phase of the legal |y "o\ engiture of his time and effort work, that is, the title work, which |and the delay of public business at should be left under the supervision | this critical period.” | of the State Law Department. He| Failure of the Senate to concur in remains insistent, even though it a House amendment to the budget would cost the State $28,000 to have | kept that bill from becoming law yes- | it handled as he proposes, whereas | terday and resulted in the deadlock. | it cost only $24,000 last year to have Failure of the Assembly to pass the| the work done under the prevailing | budget blocked action on the $8-]| 500,000 bond issue designed to meet| the treasury deficit and shortage of | ready cash, and provide a working capital surplus. Controller William 8. Gordy, in- formed of the legislative tangle, is- sued this statement last night: | “Due to the failure of the Legis- lature to pass the budget and the de- lay in the passage of the $8,500,000 bond issue bill giving relief to the Treasury and providing a working capital, beginning tomorrow morning | all payments out of the Treasury are stopped except for such payments as are made out of dedicated trust funds.” That statement means that legis- lators will not be able to draw their pay until Controller Gordy unlocks A—5 the Treasury doors. It also means that State employes will not be able to draw their pay until the general fund payments are resumed. The House amendment in which the Senate failed to concur struck out an annual appropriation of ap- proximately $27,500 for the creation in the State Roads Commission of a department, of title and right of way with a personnel of seven. In the meantime Gov. 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