Evening Star Newspaper, July 7, 1935, Page 15

[ G v | The Sundiy Star WASHIN RUM STORE SITE DENIED BY BOARD UNDER NEW PLAN Policy to Prevent Inrush of Competition Seen Vital to Dealers. STEP SEEN PROTECTION IN LAW ENFORCEMENT Offutt Hopes Each Licensee Will Help Reduce D. C. Viola- tions Total. Deciding there were already suf- ficient licensed places to serve the section and that their business would suffer if more competition were al- lowed, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board yesterday rejected an applica- tion for bottled liquor sale at the southeast corner of Eleventh and E streets. The application was from Maurice Levitan and concerned a transfer of the license issued to John M. Davis for 425 Tenth street. The board pre- viously shut down on issuance of any more than 400 class A licenses and there are that many in effect, but transfers are permitted. The board took the case as a vehicle for pronouncing a policy for effecting a better distribution of licensed liquor places in passing on transfers of other changes in licenses, in the interest of the public and the business of the liquor dealers. Other Requirements Met. The Levitan application met all re- quirements except the question of the appropriateness of the store in the light of its surroundings. | “If, after a number of licenses have been granted in a given locality the | board indiscriminately issued more licenses there or permitted them to be transferred to such locality, inevitably some one holding such license in the | neighborhood must suffer economie | disaster, as all could not possibly sur- vive.” the board stated “The duty of our board, as we see | it, is to keep the license a privilege— | much to be desired. In that event we can rely upon the licensees adher- | ing more strictly to the alcoholic bev- erage control law and regulations pro- mulgated by the Commissioners. “The board has as its ideal the time when every licensee shall be so en- thused with the idea of upholding the law and regulations that violations | will be reduced to zhe miJ.mum. This | cannot possibly be accomplished by | the indiscriminate granting of li- censes.” Open Policy Once Followed. When the board first was created, licenses were issued to all who met requirements without regard to the number in a section, because of the desire to combat organized speak- easy and bootleg traffic. the board said. “We have found that this has re- sulted in a condition which we must gradually remedy,” the board said. Rigid enforcement of the law against serving of drinks to cus- tomers who are not seated at tables also was sought yesterday by the control board in a request to police for a careful check of operations of licensed places. George W. Offutt, board chairman, asked police officials to report viola- tions to the board. He reported queries telephoned to his office indicated con- | siderable confusion on the part of | dealers and customers over the point. Table Seats Only. “Under the law,” he stated, “drinks | of hard liquor may not be served or consumed by persons either standing at bars or counters or elsewhere in a licensed place. Neither may hard liquor be consumed by persons seated at counters or bars. The law re- quires that hard liquor drinks be served and consumed by persons seated at tables. “The board proposes to enforce this provision of the law strictly. To allow persons to drink liquor while standing or seated at bars or counters would be too much like the old-time | bar. Congress has forbidden that and specified consumption only nt‘ tables. “This has not been changed, nor was it intended to be changed, by the amendment to the law just enacted | and signed by the President, which permits the mixing of drinks in the view of customers. That did away with the hidden bar. “Again, some license holders and others appear confused about this amendment. It does not require abolition of the hidden bar, but per- mits a retailer to mix and serve drinks e the open.” Offutt explained that only beer and light wines may be served and con- sumed by customers of places when seated at counters or bars. CENTURY OF PROGRESS SHOWS $200,000 NET ,000 to Come to Smithsonian for Its Collaboration With Chicago Exposition. The Century of Progress Exposi- tion at Chicago cleared $200,000 it was learned yesterday, $6,000 of which goes to the Smithsonian Institution here as its 3 per cent share. Maj. Lonox Lohr, managing direc- tor of the fair, made public the results. This amount was left after all expenses of demolishing the ex- position were paid. The only other scientific institu- tion outside Chicago to receive funds from this balance is the Yerkes Ob- servatory, Williams Bay, Wis. The remaining sum will be divided among the city’s institutions. The Smith- sonian share was the result of an agreement for the institution’s col- laboration in connection with the exposition, it was said. e Aid Plans Supper July 24. COLESVILLE, Md., July 6 (Special). —The Ladies’ Aid Society set July 24 for their annual chicken and ham supper to be held in the Women’s Christian Temperance Union Hall be- .lrmnx at 5 pm, CAPTOL HIL ST FOR ... URGED ONSEATE GROLES Avenue Location, Addition to Present Quarters Also Weighed. SUBCOMMITTEE MEETS ON PROBLEM TOMORROW D. C. Officials Find City Center Program Too Elaborate at Present Time. BY J. A. O'LEARY. A proposal to place the new general accounting office near the group of | legisiative buildings, somewhere on | capitol Hill, has been put forward at | the Senate Subcommittee hearings on | the second deficiency appropriation \bnll. it was learned yesterday. | This has provoked a three-cornered | discussion of the problem, since the | subcommittee already had been de- liberating over whether to enlarge the | old Pension Office Building, now used by the general accounting agency, or | to build a new structure on the north | side of Pennsylvania avenue, in the vicinity of John Marshall place. | The subcommittee has not reached | a decision and meets again tomorrow. | | Although some of its members are understood to prefer retaining the House provision for the enlargement and refacing of the Pension Building in Judiclary Square, there is also re- ported to be strong sentiment for the | plan of bringing the general account- ing office near the Capitol. There is a possibility the subcommittee will leave the issue to be determined by the entire Senate Appropriations Committee when it meets to report the bill later in the week. Economy Is Factor. Those who favor leaving the ac- counting office where it is by adding | wings to the Pension Building con- | tend that would bg more economical. | Officials of the general accounting establishment are understood to pre- fer enlargement of the Pension Build- ing if the new building is to go on | the Pennsylvania avenue frontage of | the District municipal center site. | They are reported to be inclined to | favor a new building, however, if it| | could be located in the Capitol Hill area. One of the arguments ad- vanced in support of the latter sug- gestion is that the controller general's | office is an agency of the legislative | rather than of the executive branch of Government. Another argument| | has been that more basement space | would be possible on Capitol Hill than Pennsylvania avenue. | The House bill contained a $2,000, 000 appropriation, part of an ultimate expenditure of $4,700,000, to add two | wings to the Pension Office and to| | put a new exterior on the old struc- | ture. When the bill reached the Sen- ate, the Attorney General's office, of- ficials of District Supreme Court and spokesmen for the National Capital | Park and Planning Commission told | the Senate Subcommittee of plans | that have been under consideration to keep Judiciary Square as a center | | for court structures. They testified | | the enlargement of the old Pension Building at this time would prevent its removal at some future time to make way for a new District Supreme Court Building. District Has Extra Space. District government officials, con- | vinced that the original Municipal | Center program is too elaborate to be | | carried out by the city under present | conditions, have been hoping the F | eral Government would take over the | | Pennsylvania avenue frontage for some Federal building. The District will need no longer | all the area bought for the Municipal Center development, since it is now planned to erect buildings for the police, Municipal and Juvenile Courts on open spaces in Judiciary Square. In the discussion during the past | week over location of the General Ac- counting Office, however, it has been argued to the Senate Subcommittee that it would cost more to erect a new | building on the Pennsylvania avenue | site than to remodel the Pension Build- | ing, as in the House bill. It has also been pointed out that if the latest suggestion of a Capitol Hill location should be adopted, there would be the additional expense of planning the exterior design and materials to conform to the marble buildings in | that area. A decision is looked for | during the coming week. The Senate Committee is expected to approve the supplemental esti- mate of $150,000 for the District Water Department to renew old pumps at the McMillan Park filtration plant. As it came from the House the bill con- tained other District items amounting to $542,862, principally for mainte- nance of hospital service and other welfare institutions. ORDER OF BLUE GOOSE NAMES FIREMAN HEAD Chief E. H. Warr of Baltimore Becomes Loyal Gander of Organization. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, July 6.—The Blue Goose today had a fireman as a gan- der.. Chief Eaward H. Warr of the sal- vage corps of the Baltimore Fire De- partment, was elected most loyal gan- der of the Chesapeake Pond, Order of the Blue Goose, international organi- zation of insurance men. Other new officers and their titles are John F. Knell, supervisor of the flock; Robert A. Jonscher, custodian of the goslings; Harry Hazlehurst, jr., guardian of the pond; F. W. Brundick, keeper of the golden goose egg, and E. Stuart Windsor, wielder of the goose quill. Members of the Potomac Puddle of the Chesapeake Pond, Washington, elected James H. Shannon, big toad; Harry Hazelhurst, jr., pollywog; Mau- rice L. Msay, croaker, and Robert A. onscher, bouncer. y | . A‘ll Comforts of Home, g1 4 Trioat HEALTH REQUEST " REIECTION SEEN [ e | Failure to Report Favorably | on $65,000 Plea Held Significant. Failure to date of the Budget Bu-} reau to report favorably on the re-! quest of the Commissioners for a $65,000 supplemental appropriation for the Health Department was inter- preted last night by District officials as indication it has been “pigeon- holed.” | Meanwhile, the great need for ad- ditional public health funds here was strongly emphasized with the pubu-} cation yestert of a Nation-wide sur- | vey showing Washington moved up from third to second place among ma- | jor cities in tuberculosis death rate | during 1934. At the request of Health Officer George C. Ruhland, the Commissioryrs two weeks ago sent estimates to the Budget Bureau for the additional ap- propriation, but so far they have re- | ceived no word of any action. Action Usually Quick. In the ordinary course of affairs, notification is received in a week or 10 days of requests receiving favor- able consideration. When the bureau declines to approve a supplemental ap- propriation, it does not report the rejection to the petitioning source. Failure to send the request to Con- gress will hold the proposal over for reconsideration in the framing of the | 1937 budget, which will go to the Budget Bureau next Fall. Such an eventuality, it is felt in many quarters, will seriously cripple the District’s public health service and certainly will effectively prevent the expansion Dr. Ruhland was planned. Congress cut $90,000 from the orig- ! inal Health Department estimates and | the $65,000 request is & compro- mise from that figure. In his fight for more funds, Dr. Ruhland has the unanimous support | of the District Medical Society and | numerous health and civic organiza- | tions, all of them stressing the grave | danger to the health of Washingto- | nians resulting from lack of proper fa- cilities and adequate personnel for th2 | battle with communicable disease. | Dr. Ruhland believes that an en- | larged public health nursing service is the heart and core of any expansion | program. Of the total sought, $38,440 | was to be spent in this field. The | plan called for a nursing service direc- tor at $4,600 a year: three supervisors at $2,600 each; 10 field nurses at $1,800 each; one secretary at $1,800; two clerks at $1,620, and $3,000 for | nurses’ equipment. | Five thousand dollars would be set | aside for expansion of the public | school medical inspection, providing | for employment of an assistant direc- | tor at $3,200, and a secretary at $1,800. It also was proposed to employ two additional part-time medical inspec-i tors at $1,800 each, and a part-time | dental supervisor at the same salary, and to spend $600 for maintenance of | a dental clinic. Medical Director Asked. To improve the tuberculosis service, Dr. Ruhland asked for a full-time medical director at an annual salary of $5,600, a secretary at $1,800 and a clerk at $1,440. In order to correct an economy- prompted cut in the Health Depart- ment salary appropriation which be- | gan in 1934 and was continued in all later supply acts, the Commis- sioners planned to leave vacant two positions for which $6,840 was ap- propriated. One was the post of first assistant health officer. The other was the position of sanitary inspector. Both jobs now are unoccupied. The 1934 tuberculosis survey, con= ducted by the New York City Tuber- culosis and Health Association, showed San Antonio, Tex., has the highest death rate from the white plague in the country. Washington’s percentage of deaths per 100,000 of population was 120, while in the | Texas city the figure was 145. Bir- mingham, Ala, ranked third with 119 tuberculosis fatalities per 100,000 | persons. There were 609 tuberculosis deaths ! here during the year, and of these | 416, or 68 per cent, were among ‘Negroes. Masons to Hold Carnival. SILVER SPRING, Md., July 6 (Spe- clal) —The Masonic building fund carnival will begin next Priday and | housing is now availatle, even though will be held until July 21 on the lot opposite the fire house here. o GTON, D. C, SUNDAY "MORNING, JULY D, C. RENT STUDY DENIES SHORTAGE Emergency in Housing Held Over, With Vacancies Put at 2,500. A statement issued yesterday by the | Real Estate Legislative Committee de- | clared that “the alleged rental emer- gency has completely passed” and that there are a greatly increased number of apartments for rent today as compared with vacancies in Janu- ary when bills to control rents in the District were introduced in Congress. The committee was formed in Feb- ruary through efforts of the Wash- ington Real Estate Board to gather information bearing upon rental con- ditions in Washington. The group presented most of the evidence op- posing the creation of a rent com- mission when a House District sub- committee held hearings recently. “Only 200 apartments out of 40,000 | were for rent on January 1, about the time rent control was first proposed.” the committee’s statement continued. | “Today there are more than a thou- | sand.” 9,000 Apnt‘ats Studied. The committee presented figures based on regular monthly surveys made by the apartment division of the | Building ®Owners’ and Managers’ As- | sociation covering 9,000 apartment units to show that the percentage | of vacancies has steadily increased | from 0.54 in January to 2.54 per cent on July 1. “While house vacancies are prob- | ably not as high as apartments,” the committee stated, “they must be at least 2 per cent, which would add 1,500 housing units available for ten- ants, making 2,500 in the District of Columbia alone. This would take care of more than 10,000 people. “How does it happen that more Congress remains in session? The an- swer is simple: A home and apart- ment building program that exceeds | every city in the country save New York and Los Angeles. During the first six months of 1935 construction has been started in the District and Arlington, Alexandria, Montgomery and Prince Georges Counties on ap- proximately 3,000 houses and apart- ments, providing accommodations for about 12,000 people. Should this pace keep up—and there is no indication of slowing up—housing for at least 24,000 people will have been started during this year. Emergency Held Passed. “Whatever question there may have begen about housing emergency last Winter no longer exists. “Much of Washington's abnormal increase in Federal employment and population is due to the establishment of many emergency agencies. It seems to be the generally accepted opinion among Congressmen and others alike that the emergency has passed, that the time is not far distant when these | emergency establishments will start to contract. “Over 14,000 persons are now em- ployed here in more or less temporary Federal bureaus. Some of these, such as the A, A. A, having 5500 on the pay roll, may meet the same fate as N. R. A; others like P. W. A. and the | National Emergency Council eventu- ally will fold up. If and when these events take place it will not be a ques- tion of finding a place to live but rather of owners trying to find ten- ants for their buildings.” Firemen Meet Wednesday. ARLINGTON, Va., July 6 (Special). —The Arlington Volunteer Fire De partment will meet in-the fire house Wednesday night at 8 o'clock, the meeting having been postponed from July 3. S JACKSON TO CONFER | Holboell and a number of Danish of- | TAXI RATE HEARING BEGINS TOMORROW Utilities Commission May Hold Night Session on Rates and Zones Question. The Public Utilities Commission to- morrow will come to grips with the problem of what should be the u form rates and zones for Washing- ton's taxicabs. The postponed public hearing will start at 10 am. in the offices of the commission in the District Building and will be continued daily until fin- ished. Night sessions will be held if necessary to permit decision and is- suance of the order on July 15. Some officials do not believe there will be any radical change in rates and predict the uniform tariffs will be not much different from either the| 20—30—50—70 system or the 20—40— 60—80 plan. The commission, however, has in- dieated no preference and will nbt submit a rate or zone recommendation | at the hearing. officials report. The purpose of the hearing was to get the | recommendations of members of the industry and the public as well to| gather data on the effect of the| present system. | To expedite issuance of the 1936 fiscal year cab licenses, the commis- | sion has started granting the new permits, but only with the smted‘ stipulation that the operator agrees to abide by the order of the com- mission on uniform rates and zones. | WITH ICKES ON SPAN Baltimore Commerce Association | Men to Join in Parley Tomorrow. By the Associated Press BALTIMORE., July 6 —Mayor Howard W. Jackson announced to- | day he will go to Washington Monday | with Association of Commerce of-| ficials and members of the Chesapeake | Bay Bridge authority to discuss the bridge project with Secretary of the Interior Ickes. The Association of Commerce Of- fice, in releasing the mayor’s an-| nouncement, said four new indorse- ments of the bridge had been received from business interests. W. G. Ewald, secretary of the local association, said more than 30 indorsements have been received. SEAL PIONEER HONORED The everlasting wreath, given by the National Tuberculosis Association in memory of Einer Holboell, the Danish postal clerk who became known as the “Father of the Christ- mas Seal,” has been sent to Den- mark and placed on the Holboell tomb, according to a formal notifica- tion by the Danish minister, Otto Wadstedt, received here yesterday at| the office of the District Tuberculosis | Association. Minister Wadstedt said the cere- mony of placing the wreath had taken place in the presence of the widow and daughter of the late Einar | ficials and health workers connected | with the Danish Committee of the Christmas Seal. — e Free Clinic Planned. UPPER MARLBORO, Md, July 6 (Special) —Under the direction of the Maryland Tuberculosis Association a free clinic for diseases of the chest will be held at the court house here Tuesday morning at 10 o'cjpek. 193 Sports—Pages 7 to 11 PAGE B—1 Minus Heat, in Washington’s Pools | | CARPENTER MAPS COMPROMISE PLAN FOR DIVORCE BILL | Will Make Overtures to Pal- misano to Get It Out of Committee. INSISTENCE ON CRUELTY GROUNDS MAY WAVER | Conference Tomorrow Also Ex- pected to Adjust Differences Over Status of Measure. BY JAMES E. CHINN, Determined to prevent defeat of the District's liberalized divorce bill at the current session of Congress, | Representative Carpenter, Democrat, of Kansas, disclosed last night he in- tended to make a series of compro- mise overtures to Chairman Palmisano of the Judiciary Subcommittee of the House District Committee, who has been the principal obstruction facing the measure on its path to the House | calendar. | Carpenter and Palmisano will get | together for a private conference to- morrow in an effort to adjust their differences. Indications are there will be a reconciliation, and that the bill in revised form will be presented to the full District Committee Wednes- day for approval. Carpenter is the sponsor of a House bill to broaden the divorce laws, but in his zeal to get some legislation enacted at the present session that will save District residents a trip to Reno in time of domestic strife, he offered to accept, as a substitute, the liberalized divorce measure passed by the Senate several months ago. His | hope of success was almcst realized until a hearing last week, when Palmisano abruptly announced an adjournment and walked out in pro- test against what he described as a move to “railroad” the bill out of his subcommittee. Cruelty Grounds Opposed. Palmisano has said he wanted to give the District a “respectable” di- vorce law. but he vigorously opposed a provision that would grant an ab- solute divorce on grounds of cruelty, mm—— ‘With temperatures soaring high these days. many W are flocking to the bathing pools for relief and. tonians judging from the happy PF it because of a fear that Washington would become another Reno—a mecca for prospective divorces. He likewise, but more mildly, objected to another provision that would grant an ab- solute divorce on grounds of insane ity. Throughout the hearings before Palmisanos subcommittee, Carpen- ter insisted that cruelty should be made the grounds for gn absolute divorce, but he is willing to waver now, it seems. in order to get the | House to approve the bill before ad- journment. “Rather than see the bill scuttled {at the last minute.” he declared, “I am willing to work out a fair com- promise.’ The basis of compromise has not been definitely decided, but it is iikely that Carpenter will agree to elim- ination from the bill of the provision making cruelty grounds for absolute divorce. He intimated he would be willing to allow cruelty to become | grounds for a limited divorce for a period of two years, after which. if a couple continued to remain apart, and contended expressions shown here, they are finding No. 1, Babara Townsend and Mary Ann Terradou enjoying a bit of foot paddling in the Wardman Park pool. No. 2. a tea party in the Shoreham the innocent party would be aliowed | an absolute divorce. Objection Might Be Met. Hotel pool. Left to right: Doris Macatee, William Shofnos. Lu No. 3, this litle miss for man, Bob Shipley and Doris Major. tentment in sleep after wading in the Crystal Pool at Glen Echo. con= No. 4, Miss Hazel Coppage, under the shower at the Airport pool Travelers Warn Raw Milk, Shun Wood Ticks Caution against the use of raw milk in travels aboyt the country was ad- vised yesterday by Health Officer George C. Ruhland n giving out health | pe regarded as a menace unless ap- | protection rules for vacationists and Sunday excursionists. “Avoid raw milk. he said. “In —Star. Staff Photos. ed to Avoid suspicious. While the water supplies | of towns and large cities are properly | treated and may be regarded safe, the | wayside supply of spring and well may | proved by an official health agency. Dr. Ruhland said Advice was given also in the case of Silver- ‘ Carpenter believes that proposition might meet one of Palmisano's objec- tions, since it would provide a two- vear “cooling-off period” and not re- | sult in hasty divorces, which he bit- terly opposes. If necessary, Carpenter indicated he might even go a step further and agree to removal of the provision al- lowing an absolute divorce on grounds of insanity. That provision was not in the orig- inal liberalized divorce bill written by the District Bar Association, which | formed the genesis of the proposed | legislat®n. It was inserted by the Senate. and Carpenter, as well as the Bar Association, is understood to be willing to allow its elimination. ‘When Carpenter and Palmisano go 1934 there were 33 outbreaks of dis- | the dog or wood tick. Since May 22, |into conference tomorrow, they also ease traced directly to raw milk. These | 1935, five cases of fever have been | major outbreaks included typhoid fe- ver, septic sore throat and scarlet fever. In these outbreaks. scattered as they | were throughout the United States, over 1,200 suffered from diseases pre- ventable by the pasteurization of milk. In addition to these epidemic diseases, there were reported in the same year over 1.700 cases of undulent fever. This is a milk-borne disease and is preventable by pasteurization.” Campers also were advised to boil their drinking water if its source is | treated here, four of which came from | Maryland and Virginia. Three cases proved fatal “If one is exposed to tick infection a daily search of the clothing and body should be made and all insects found should be removed, preferably with a pair of small tweezers. If the bare | hands are used. they should be thor- | oughly washed.” he added. “The lsmall wound made by the bite of the tick may be disinfected by the applh‘ | cation of iodine solution.” 64 PARALYSIS CASES COUNTED IN VIRGINIA All But One Are South of Rich- mond—Health Head Not Alarmed. Although 64 cases of infantile paralysis have been reported in Vir- ginia to date, the disease has been confined to a section south of Rich- mond and east of Roanoke, Dr. I. C. Riggin, State health commissioner, said today. Only one case has been reported north of Richmond. It was discovered in Stafford County the first week of June. The infection stage of this Stafford County case has been passed, Dr. Riggin said. The State health office has issued warnings to children to avoid crowds, but is not alarmed over the situation, according to the commssioner. Vacancy to Be Filled. CAPITOL HEIGHTS, Md, July 6 (Special) —A @ew member of the Town Council probably will be elected Monday night to fill the seat of Wil- liam O. Sweeney, chairman of the Roads Committee, who resigned be- cause of the press of his personal business, =5 ' ARLINGTON WARS ON SLOT MACHINES | Woman Voters Urge County Ordinance to Outlaw Devices. | By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. | ARLINGTON COURT HOUSE, Va., July 6.—War has been declared on slot | machines by the Organized Women Voters of Arlington County. Their abolition by county ordinance will be urged upon the County Board at its meeting July 13, according to | Mrs. Jesse Roberts, president of the women’s group. The drive on the machines is a re: sult of campaign speeches at the las | meeting of the organization when H. | J. Odenthal, opponent of Howard B. | Fields for the Democsatic nomination }for sheriff, charged that they were | being used for gambling purposes. expect to adjust their difference over the status of the bill because of the sudden adjournment of last week's hearing. After Palmisano left Car- penter and Representative Brewster, Republican, of Maine, another mem- ber of the subcommittee, ordered the measure favorably reported to the full District Committee. But Palmi- sano insisted their action could rot be recognized, and thereby raised a neat parliamentary question which has not yet been definitely decided. Report Is Hoped For. Anyhow, Carpenter plans to shunt the parliamentary question into the | background and hopes to arrange with Palmisano to have the bill reported to the full District Committee with | amendments that will remove his ob- | jections. | Incidentally, tomorrow is scheduled to be District day in the House, but it is to be postponed until July 15 or later because of the desire of the administration for early action on the T. V. A. bill. There are already 13 District bills on the House caleu- | dar awaiting action, and the delay may enable Carpenter to get the | divorce bill there before July 15. The District Committee will meet Wednesday to clear its calendar of bills which Chairman Mary T. Nor- ton hopes to have passed at the pres- ent session, and if Carpenter and | Palmisano reach an agreement before that time the divorce bill has a chance of being reported out favorably. | The full committee also will begi | reconsideration Wednesday of the re- port of the Special Crime Investigat- ing Subcommittee. At that time an | effort will be made to eliminate a A State statute prohibits the use of | recommendation for removal of the machines for gambling purposes, | United States Attorney Leslie C. Gar- but the last session of the Legislature ' pett, passed a law licensing the ownerlor, the machine at a fee of $1,000, plus| . > Ratan iy o $25 for each machine owned, provided | “Radio Kiddies” Have Outing. that the licensee made affidavit that| Joe Brown's “radio kiddies” held the machines were not to be used for their annual outing and picnic at gambling purposes. | Glen Echo Park yesterday. More Under the law the license is issued | 150 children and their parents ft- by the commissicygers of revenue. | tended. &