Evening Star Newspaper, August 20, 1935, Page 6

oy ~uea Aty G R WP P RIS F b gt o Xy RAL PENSION ACT COES TO PRESIDENT Wagner-Crosser Bill Passes House and Senate in Quick Succession. Keeping railroad employes in line with those who would benefit from the new social security program, Con- gress vesterday passed A new ‘Wagner- Crosser railroad pension bill. - House end Senate approval came in quick succession, and the measure was dis- | patched immediately to the White House for President Roosevelt's signa- ture. Submitted in revised form as a substitute for the bill which was declared unconstitutional by a 5-to- 4 vote last year, the new act was riloted ihrough the Senate yester- day by Sendtor Wagner, New York Democrat, by a vote of 76-to-3. Those opposing were Republican Senators Hastings of Delaware, Metcalf of Rhode Island and Hale of Maine. Passage in the House came | without & record vote. Two principal steps were taken to avoid raised last year. First of these was the placing of the taxation provision | in a separate bill which has not yet passed, but on which the House Ways and Means Committee is now hold- | This companion mea- | ing hearings. gure, in its present form, would levy A tax of 4 per cent on railroad pay | rolls and one of 2 per cent on the salaries of employes. The second step was the omission in the new bill of a provsion to blanket in railroad employes who had been | retired during the 12 months pre- ceding enactment of the measure. Such a provision was in the bill last year and was criticized in the adverse Supreme Court opinion. Those Who Are Eligible. In its present form, the bill takes in all railway emploves or representa- | tives of employes subject to the inter- state act who are in service or on furlough at the time of or subsequent to the enactment of the measure. Those eligible for annuities are: 1. Any employe or representative of employes 65 vears of age or over. 2. Any employe or representative of employes 50 years of age or over who has had a service period of 30 years or more. The service period includes eervice for any railway before or after enactment of the measure. 3. Any employe or representative of employes who has had a service period of 30 years cr over and who has re- tired because of mental or physical disability. The rates of annuities are calculated as follows: The monthly annuity of employes shall be the employes’ service period, not exceeding 30 years, multiplied by | a certain percentage of his average monthly compensation. This per- centage shall be 2 per cent of the first $50, 1'; per cent of the next $100 and 1 per cent of the wage in excess of $150. No part of any monthly com- pensation in excess of $300 shall be counted in calculating an annuity. Tllustration of Provisions. Senator Wagner illustrates the work- | ing of the law as follows: “Take, for example, 30 years ot service at $200 per month. In that event the pensioner would receive 2 per cent on the first $50, which is $1; 11, per cent on the next $100, which is $1.50, and 1 per cent on the las $50, which is 50 cents, making a total of $3, which, multiplied by his 30 vears of service, would come to a monthly annuity of $90. “The annuity shall be reduced by one-fifteenth for each year an em- ploye is under 65 years of age when | he retires, unless he retires on ac- count of disability. Similarly, the an- | nuity shall be reduced one-fifteenth | for each year the employe stays on after he reaches the age of 65 years.” The bill also provides for a retire- | ment board of three members. In ad- dition, it creates a commission of three members of the Senate, three of the House and three to be appointed by the President to investigate and report on the whole subject of rail- road pensions by January 1, 1936. This investigation is expected to con- cern itself principally with the sub- Jject of pension systems of individual railroads and their status under the ! new law. Sponsors of the new act claim that | it will be self-supporting and will not | require any contribution from th: Federal Government. It is estimated that the cost of operation during its | first full year would be about $50,- 000.000. The measure does not, be- | come effective until March 1, 1936. PSS, TWo HELD IN THEFT OF CATHEDRAL JEWELS By the Associated Press. PAMPLONA, Spaln, August 20.— Police held a woman, Condelaria Tapia, and a jeweler, Jose Arias, yves- terday, charged with complicity in theft of nearly four million pesetas and treasures from the cathedral. They announced that all or a urge bart of the loot had been found con- cealed in the homes of the pair. woman, they said, was a midwife and the suspected author of the plot, the | jeweler having been induced to par- ticipate because of his facilities for | converting the jewels and treasures | into salable form. The recovered loot included the fa- mous “Crown of the Virgin” set of precious gems, but the crown itself has been melted down, the police| said. - the constitutional objections | | For 25 years this wonderful remedy | “Best Days” HE gay days of reconstruction, when gamblers were big- hearted gentlemen, saloons took the place of clubs, so- ciety rode behind high-stepping hack- neys and crime held Hell's Bottom by the throat, were the best days in | Washington in the memory of Veronia | Bradner, who grew up in a house | filled with famous personages and circus freaks. | The Capital in the 60s was an en- grossing place for the daughter of | & hotel keeper, and Francois Bradner ran the Franklin House. But, my, it was a long time ago, Miss Bradner sighed yesterday. “I'll soon be 75. much,” she said. But then she told of a visit of | President Joanson, the special plank- | Hng her father had to put under the | | bed of the fattest lady in the world, | & man who played the flute with his nose, the arrival in Washington of | the first man who had the courage | to play the xylophone, the tame ma- tumv of the “Australian wild chil- dren,” and Nellie Grant's love of lavender and purple. | While she talked under an old Georgetown tree, she waved a silver | spoon given her on her seventh birth- | day anniversary by the first woman who ever played a black-face act in variety. Lizzie Le Grange Recalled. “Lizzie Le Grange—what a fine It wasn't long after | she first came to Her- Theater at Eleventh and | the Avenue, where The Star Building 1s now. “She stayed with us for a long time | | and this spoon she gave me is about the only relic T have left. | “I'll never forget the day President § Johnson came to see her. The bellboy | told my mother he was downstairs to see Miss Le Grange. My mother told (ho boy to show Mr. Johnson into the parlor, since it was public. Then she and Miss Le Grange went in and the President was so delighted with the actress he gave her $100 and a dia- | | mond ring.” | The roster of freaks who stayed ! with the Bradners was long. It was the day of glory for P. T. Barnum, with his newly organized Barnum & Bailey Slrcul_ His troupers, as weil as thosé of the Forepaugh Circus, Wwhose successor, the Hagenback-Wal- lace-Sells-Forepaugh Circus, was here last week, came regularly to the Frank- lin House and later the Tyson House, at Seventh gnd P, which Bradner ran from 1869 until 1879, The first tight-rope walker in the United States, the original Siamese twins, tiny Admiral Dot (Forepaugh's rival of Barnum’s Gen. Tom Thumb), Blind Tom, the black piano player from Warrenton; the human skeleton, Zanle, the vegetarian cannibal; the albino woman and a host of others Were among Miss Bradner's earliest acquaintances, They all behaved like normal peo- ple, except for the two “Australian wild children"—neither wild nor chil- dren, who were fed raw meat once a day by their :aanager, kept in an attiz room when they were not performing and slept on the floor. Mrs. Battisby, the fat lady, 700 pound( was the wife of the living skeleton. Practical Mr. Bradner put boards under her bed to keep it from | crashing through the floor. “She had a heart of gold,” Miss | | Bradner recalls. “One of the nr-‘ | cuses had a cannibal woman from the | South Seas, who died and left a cop- | per-skinned, mean-tempered daugh- ter named Zanie. Mrs. Battisby | adopted the girl and raised her, but j she was vicious and hard to handle.” Mrs. Bradner was careful about Wwhom her two daughters knew lmonz the neighbors. “We wern't snobbish or lnythin¢ but my mother feit proud of the business we were in. There were some | | places, anyway, where it wasn't safe | for a little girl to go alone on the | Street. For instance, up-in Hell's Bot- tom, around Tenth and Eleventh and O and P streets, where it was really wicked. That was the real crime center of the city then.” Washington in Grant's time was a paradise for gamblers. They ran ele- gant, beautifully appointed places lnd entertained the elect. “Gamblers were good people. 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For regular deliv- ery of the Night Final call Natinnel 500C THE EVENING Here in 60’s Miss Veronia Bradner, Now 75, Recalls Lizzie Le Grange and Others. l VERONIA BRADNER, Shown holding a silver spoon given her on her 7th birthday anniver- sary by Lizzie Le Grange, the first woman who ever played & black- face part in vaudeville. _ —Star Staff Phulo. | didn't urge anybody to come and lose | their money. They ran respectable | and legitimate places and were mighty | careful only to admit ‘decent people.’ ” | State Has No Debt. ‘The state of Johore, Malaya, repom it has no public debt. THE : 4 STAR, WASHINGTON, TRIAL DATE SET INWEIGHT CASES Chain Store Officials Must Appear in Police Court September 17. Twenty-four short-weight charges involving sales in 17 stores of the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. will be tried in Police Court Septem- ber 17. Judge Isaac R. Hitt decided yesterday. Collateral totaling $600 was posted to insure appearance of officials of the company. Santus W. Zink, general super- intendent, entered a plea of not | guilty. Continuance Arranged. The continuance was arranged by Assistant Corporation Counsels Stan- | ley De Neale and Elwood Seal and | John V. Morgan, counsel for the firm. Morgan plans to leave immediately | on his vacation. The 24 charges were preferred lfl,er‘ an investigation by the Department | of Weights and Measures since June} 113. All involve the purchase of/ chickens. George M. Roberts, super- intendent of weights and measures, | sald that in many cases housewives || 818 B STREET N.W. HUB’S Summer Furniture, etc. 89c____METAL PLANT BOX 39¢ $ 1.59 ___LAWN BENCH __ $24.75____COIL SPRING GLIDER $ 1.19____RUSTIC BENCH __ 66¢ $ 2.79____PORCH ROCKER _ 1.49 $34.75____3-PC. FIBRE SUTE Lphohlered Backs 21.80 *$33.50____3.PC. CLOSELY W OVEN FIBRE SUITE _ $ 7.50____FIBRE TABLE (Colors) _ $59.75____3-PC. CLOSELY WOVEN FIBRE SUITE ___ $ 3.49___ FIBRE FERNERY $47.50____3-PC. MAPLE SUITE____ $69.75 ___3-PC. MAPLE SUITE__ $ 595 ___LAWNMOWER _ ___ $ 3.98____50-FT. GARDEN HOSE $ 1.98____25-FT. GARDEN HOSE__ Chairs of All Kinds! $ 7.95_.__ Mahogany WINDSOR ARM CHAIR __§ 4.29 $ 9.95____MAHOGANY ROCKER, Velour Seat__ $ 5.95____OCCASIONAL CHAIR $29.95 ___PILLOW-BACK LOUNGE CHAIR. $16.95____TAPESTRY COGSWELL CHAIR._ $16.75____TAPESTRY LOUNGE CHAIR ___ .4 $32.95____LOUNGE CHAIR AND OTTOMAN___ 21.60 Odd Living Room Pieces $ 3.49____MAHOGANY TELEPHONE SET_ .. § 1.98 ~MAHOGANY COLONIAL SECRETARY - WALNUT OCCASIONAL TABLE __ _WALNUT CONSOLE TABLE. _UNFINISHED BOOKCASE _WALNUT PIER CABINET .. "WHISKEY BARREL SET, 4 GLASSES_ . _VENETIAN CONSOLE MIRROR . _ $ 4.50____MODERNE FLOOR LAMP __ $ 1.49____TABLE LAMP AND SHADE __ $ 3.95____TABLE LAMP AND SHADE.._ 69¢____UNFINISHED MAGAZINE RACK __ $ 1.49____JAPANESE LACQUER TABOURETTE $ 2.98____WALNUT COFFEE TABLE . _ _WALNUT COFFEE TABLE. Glass Tray . _WALNUT VENEER GATELEG TABLE _ $ 1.69____WALNUT END TABLE __ . $ 2.98____WALNUT BOOKTROUGH END TABLE $ 3.19____MAGAZINE RACK END TABLE__ $ 1.09____CARD TABLE (Colors)__ 79¢ _$12.90 Rugs of Every Description $14. 75.._.9:!2 IMPORTED MOURZOUK FIBRE $10.95___ 6xIZ STENCILED FIBRE RUGS 7 $ 498 4.6x7.6 REVERSIBLE FIBRE RUGS_. 2.99 $ 8.95____8.3x10.6 REVERSIBLE FIBRE RUGS_ 5.94 - $ 2.98____8x10 GRASS RUGS D C,; were pressed into service in making the purchases. Zink issued the following state- ment: “The A. & P. Tea Co. is shocked at the charges made by the Bureau of Weights and Measures of alleged short welghts in a few of their stores. The management is glad, however, that this has been called to their at- tention and realize that the Bureau of Weights and Measures fs acting for the benefit of the public. The management of the A. & P. Tea Co. has called upon the Bureau of Weights and Measures for the names of the clerks suspected of being gullty of the charge. As soon as this informa- tion is received by the local manage- ment the clerks alleged to have been guilty will be- diSmissed from the service of the A. & P. “The charge involves only 17 stores out of approximately 190 operated by the A. & P. In the District of Colum- bia, and represent the few instances in which inaccuracies were found, out of a large number of purchases made by the Bureau of Weights and | TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1935. Measures in the course of its routine inspection. Regrettable as the inci- dent is, it is hoped the public realizes that the instances of alleged short weight were not only unknown to the officials of the A. & P., but are con- trary to the specific policles and to the instructions of this company to its employes from the time of its inception 75 years ago. It is hardly necessary to say that the A. & P. could oriy have met with its phenom- enal success by a consistent policy of honest weights and measures and fair dealing with the purchasing public,” Chicken Dinner and Dance. BOWIE, Md., August 20 (Special). —An old-fashioned Southern Mary- land chicken dinner and dancing will mark the annual picnic of the Church of the Ascension to be held on the historic Whitemarsh Church grounds August 31. Dinner will be served by women of the parish stagting at 1 p.m. In case of rain the staged in the hall. SPECIAL ON UPHOLBT!RING Davenport and Chair Cushions New Spring Construction, $1.50 Cogswell Chairs Upholstered Club Chairs Upholstered____ $11.50 13.50 Fireside Chairs Upholstered Have your upholstering done right and put back on its proper lines and proper shape by our shilled mechanics who have been with us for years. While spending money, get the best workmanship you can. 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