Evening Star Newspaper, December 15, 1935, Page 4

PAPAL ALLOGUTION .15 DUE TOMORROW Joy and Sorrow Expected : to Mingle—20 to Get™ : Red Hats.” ~ By the Associated Press. VATICAN CITY, December 14— Joy and sorrow are likely to inter- mingle in Pope Pius’ allocution to the College of Cardinals Monday. Prelates belleve the Pontiff will express his satisfaction with such recent religious manifestations as the Bucharistic Congresses in Buenos Aires and Cleveland, and his dis- content with “sieges” against spir- ttuality elsewhere. The cardinals will meet their soverign in a secret consistory. He will elevate the 20 prelates whose names were announced recently, bringing the college to 69, one less than the total prescribed by canon | law. Public Consistory Thursday. | The consistory probably will con- | firm, or preconize, appointments of | archbishops and bishops named since 5E last consistory. ~The public consistory—one of the most elaborate and spectacular cere- fionies of Catholic rites—will be Phursday. Then the Pope will con- fer the red hat upon the new cardinals. *None of the new cardinals will at- tend Monday's consistory. They will aWwait outside Vatican City the ar- rival of papal messengers with tid- ings of their elevations. ~The existing cardinals, many of ‘whom have come to Rome from dis- tant archdioceses, will gather in the Consistory Hall under their dean, 84- year-old Cardinai Pignatelli Di Bel- Inonte. 4 Allocutions Vary. = Often the Pope’s allocution makes a fhorough examination of the whole fange of religion. At other times he ?nfines his remarks to specific in- tances of religious life which have Faused him joy or grief. The exact mature of his allocution is never re- Kealed beforehand. # After his address the Pope will rmpcse the 20 new cardinals and the acred college will raise its red hats to signify approval. { Thereupon the consistory will send 8 chamberlain, a master of ceremonies, #nd a papal archvist to inform the hew cardinals of their elevations. They Awill receive their “berrettas,” or square | tazs and skull caps, from the Pope's ands Wednesday evening. Thursday fnorning they will receive formally in ghe public consistory ceremonies in 8t. Peter’s Basilica. Transit (Continued From First Page) promised a special hearing would be galled on revision of fares after rerout- fng was accomplished. H - Uniform Fares Is Issue. ¥ The question would be whether the commission should order uniform fares on all mass transportation lines | And Equity Demands Large Payment by U.S. Should Not Shirk Its| Duty as Tax- payer. Our District Commissioners, in fine public spirit, took the initiative in| opening up the question of the ade- quacy of the national payment to- ward Capital upbuilding. Through their initiative the question became a live issue in the Budget Bureau, from which it went up automatically as a question of administrative policy to the President. [Note.—It was hoped that a definite recommendation for an | increased Federal payment would re-| sult. A comparative but inconclusive tax survey under the Treasury De- partment followed and there was no | presidential recommendation as had been expected.] | ital and the Nation to maintain and | develop the Nation's city, like that| conducted by the Congressional Joint Committee in 1915. What, then, is the national obliga- | tion toward the maintenance and up-| building of the Nation's city, and huw; | adequately is that obligation being | | met? As Untaxed Property Owner. 1. The obligation first thought of by the average American is based upon | the large percentage of District area | with improvements held by the Na-| | tional Government exempt from taxa- | |tion, to the cost of the expensive maintenance of which District tax- payers contribute both in national and in local taxes. | (@) Some measure this obligation | | by calculating the hypothetical tax | which would be paid upon the Nn-j | tional Government property if it were | | assessed and taxed like privately | | owned real estate. The proposition 1s | | not actually to tax national property. | | but to suggest an equitable payment in lieu of such taxation. (b) Others use the same figures of | L3 THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, DECEMBER 15, 1935—PART ONE. ding BY THEODOR! Upbuil E W. NOYES, This discussion of the question of the obligation of the Nation toward the maintenance and upbuilding of the National Capital was included in an address delivered one year ago. The analysis of the situation a to be considered so completely app annually recurring problem that it is reprinted as an approach to a solution. owned the remaining taxed fraction lof the city’s grea is strikingly pic- | the world in which If certain policies tured by imagining Washington's streets straightened into a highway 100 feet wide extending from Wash- ington to New York, to be graded, asphalted and supplied with gutters, curbstones, sidewalks, drains, sewers, lamp-posts and shade trees. Magnificent Scale Required. As the Senate District Commitiee (Southard, chairman) said in its re- port of 1835: “The plan of the city was formed | by the public authorities; the dimen- | sions of the streets determined by them without interference by the in- habitants or regard to their particular interest or convenience. It is'a plan We were in effect prcmued (in the | calculated for the magnificent Clp“‘l; never was the intent that this District study of last year) a reweighing of | of & great Nation, but oppressive from | . ;14 pear 411 the extraordinary bur- the respective obligations of the Cap- |its dimensions and arrangement 0| 4., "o¢ expense incident to its plan the inhabitants if its execution to any considerable extent is to be thrown upon them. No people who antici- pated the execution and the subse- quent support of it out of their own funds would ever have dreamed of forming such a plan. At that period neither the Government nor the pro- prietors contemplated that the whole jor even a large proportion of the | burden should be thrown upon the | inhabitants of the city. “The streets were nof only oppres- siwe from their size and extent in their original formation, but they will from the same cause continue to be an unending source of expense in their repair. They, must annually cost nearly double the amount of streets of the same length of mod- erate dimensions. The Government which created this condition of things ought not to be very deaf to the com- plaints of those upon whom such bur- den has fallen.” National or Semi-National Projects. The tax burden imposed by Wash- ington’s street plan calls attention to other payments made from local| taxes, solely because Washington is d the suggestions as to the farctors ly to the present discussion of this Washington is the only Capital in prevail the Nation will do all of the controlling and none of the paying. Patriotic Pride in Capital. 3. Obligation springing from- de- mands of patriotic pride in the Capital. From the report of the Joint Con- | gressional Committee of 1915: “The natlonal city, the Nation’s home, should be a district where the national authority is not only su- preme, but a district where the just pride of a great people should insist upon its maintenance in a manner most fitting to the dignity of the cit- izens whose manifestation - of cen- tral government it is. “Nothing is clearer to us than it and occupancy as a mational city, and | any such proposed burden would be most inequitable and unjust now.” The thought that the constitutional power of exclusive legislation con- | ferred upon Congress imposed a spe- | cial and a peculiar obligation is ex- | pressed in varying forms of words by | many Presidents. Hayes and Benja- min Harrison combined with their pleas for recognition of the obliga- tion based on power, suggestions of another obligation springing from the national sentiment and from national | pride. Monroe was especially pointed lin his appeal to national pride in behalf of the Nation's city. i Said Calvin Coolidge: “If our coun- | try wishes to compete with others, let | it not be in the support of armaments, but in the making of a beautiful Cap- | | ital City. “Let it express the soul of America.” Said Herbert Hoover: “Washington | National Obligation Toward the Maintenance of the Country’s _(Eaipital Congress Requires Capital That Is Magnificent. Has Primary and Defi- nite Duty to District of Columbia. let prepared by the Citizens’ Joint Committee on District Fiscal Re- Iations. That the United States subsidies to the States have risen from $12,000,000 in 1912 to $134,406,435 in 1930 is shown by George B. Galloway in Editorial Research = Reports. In this article - the whole subject is thoroughly and ably discussed. These figures are shown to emphasize the numerous and large Pederal subsidies to the States which have not been ex- tended to the District of Columbia, creating benefits to the States which have not been enjoyed or participated in by the District. These figures strongly emphasize the Nation’s obligation to increase largely its annual payments for National Capital maintenance and upbuilding which has been reduced by substan- tgve law from 50 per cent to 40 per cent and today by appropriative prace tice under the lump-sum payment plan is only about 13 per cent of the total appropriation figure for the District. [Note.—~The District has recently participated to some extent in the un- employment and other expenditures under the New Deal.] Obligation of District Taxpayers, The obligation upon the Capital } community to contribute to the main- | tenance and upbuilding of the Nation's city is adequately met. It is adequately taxed in both local and national taxes and in view of its pe- culiar disabilities it is heavily taxed. Washington needs the expenditure of large sums in permanent improve- ments, long neglected, which cannot be financed from current revenues. is not only the Nation's Capital; it 157 yhese needs should be met not by any the symbol of America. By its dig- | jncrease of local taxation, but by nity and architectural inspiration We | substantial imerease in the national stimulate pride in our country. We| paument for the maintenance and encourage that elevation of thought‘“pwmu of the Nation's ctiy, national ownership to demonstrate & pe Capital, in excess of what would | national obligation to make equitable | pe paid if Washington were the ordi- and substantial payment in considera- | na " commercial, self-sustaining com- | and character which comes from great architecture.” whether that payment takes the shape of a lump sum or of a definite pro- tion solely of the extensive area and munity. Attention is also called to The Capital was built on broad na- portionate percentage of the total Dis- WOMAN FLYERS HIT CANCELLATION Charge "Miami Air Race Of- ficials Used Flimsy Excuse. By the Associuted Press, MIAMI, Fla, December 14—Air women pleaded today for an oppor- tunity to display their skill at Miami's air show, but the concluding day's demonstrations of speed and daring aloft were for “men only.” Loudly and vainly Miss Annette Gipson of New York, one of four ‘women entered for a scheduled handi- cap race for their sex, protested as “shameful” the cancellation of the events. Joining Miss Gipson were Miss Al- berta Barber and Miss Charlotte Frye, | both of Atlanta. | - “They've advertised and ballyhooed events for women for months,” said Miss Gipson, “and now, with some flimsy excuse that is not an excuse, the officials tell us there won't be any races for women. “All we can do about it, apparently, is squawk. It's not at all fair.. We've | sat out here for three days expecting to race.” New Record Claimed. An American altitude record for planes welghing less than 1,235 pounds was .claimed by G. M. (Tex) Rankin, Portland, Oreg., who believed he bettered 20,000 feet. The barograph carried in Rankin’s (Ryan) low-wing monoplane must be calibrated at Washington before he | will know whether he bettered the ex- | isting national record of 18,564 feet, established by Willford G. Moore at Kansas City, Mo., in 1929. With some abatement of the high cross-wind that swept the airport| Thursday and yesterday, pilots | brought out their undersized, fast | planes for three rousing dashes today. | | Smoke pouring from his power | plant, R. A. Kling of Lamont, Il | nosed out Art Chester of Glennview, | L, to win—at an average speed of | 239.944 miles an hour—the Col. E. H. | R. Green Trophy event, the dxy'l,: outstanding race. | Far behind Chester for third place in the 15-mile test was 8. J. Wittman of Oshkosh, Wis. Harold Neumann of Moline, 111, and Lee Miles of Tulsa, Okla., were disqualified because they | flew a false course in error. Chester Laps Field. Taking command of the Shell Trophy event from the start, Chester lapped the field to finish far in the van. Witt- VETORY S SE oY TONNSENDTE Clements Says 80 Per Cent * of Congressmen Will Win in 11 States. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, - December 14—R. E. Clements, national secretary, asserted in an interview tonight that “Town- send plan” followers already hold the balance of power in the 1936 elections. The slender, well-groomed Cali- fornian, hailed by Townsendites as “co-founder” of their pension plan, made these claims to political terri- tory: “We will elect 80 per cent of the Congressmen in 11 Western States. “We will elect 50 per cent of the Congressmen in Ohio. “Before ‘the primaries, we will be able to show the decisive votes in Indiana, in Wisconsin, Iowa and in downstate Illinois.” % The coming week brings the first test at the polls of the movement based on Dr. Townsend's plan of $200- a-month pensions for all persons over 60. In Michigan's third district Ver- ner W. Main, Republican, seeks elec- tion to Congress as a Townsend sup- porter. Clements, just back from taking the | stump*for Main, said he would win “two to one.” The 46-year-old direc- tor of Townsend political strategy said he welcomed the Michigan test as a “straight pro and con Townsend vote, with no other issue involved.” Clements said he believed Dr. F. E. Townsend's statement that the Town- sendites would launch a third party had been misinterpreted. “We will file petitions in every State,” Clements said, “but omly for our own protection. I think we will set up our own candidates only where those of both parties agree to soft- pedal the Townsend issue. For Either Party. Clements, a Democrat, made it clear that Townsend leaders have no re- luctance toward tangling party lines, but would back candidates of either fold supporting their credo. Should their efforts in this respect engineer upsets, hinder President Roosevelt’s campalgn for re-election or interfere with Republican come- back attempts, it would not be the Townsendites worry, Clements said. They probably will battle Senator William E. Borah, he added, although the Senator has said principles of the plan seemed sound. “Borah,” said Clements, “is just a good fence walker.” NOVARRO PLAY CLOSES Film Star's Drama Is Booed in London. LONDON, December 14 () — Ramon Novarro, out $10,000 and with gallery shouts of “Go back to Holly- wood!” still ringing in his ears, an- nounced today the closing of the play “Rojal Exchange.” | Novarro financed the play, starring himself and Doris Kenyon, which had a run of seven days at His Majesty’s Theater. The play's opening brought jeers and boos from critics, some of whom said no Hollywood film star should be expected to be able to act in the theater or score a success on the English stage. MAIL A BOX of the Famous TNy Fresh Homemadé CANDIES —now—to the folks back home. Stoj May shops, select from over 50 fs finest fresh homemade candies in p at one of the 7 convenient Fannie lamous varieties of the purest and America. great value of national Droperty | fme priionl” obligation based u 1 pon 2:::;:“:‘1“0mt;;:u$,x roll and held i payments from the local taxes which e : | are national or semi-national in char- In this connection consider a few acter and impose an obligation to pay pertinent figures. Assessor RIchards| g or naif or 40 per cent of the ex- (1934) shows that the total exempt} i - 2 penditure and which render inade- property in Washington is slightly less S SS | quate 13 per cent national payment than 40 per cent of the total taxabie | o0 the present lump-sum Appro- and exempt property, whereas similar | . E | exemptions in other cities average less f:;“];‘s{:'orv"l"‘figi :i‘r’;ngft“‘flc ng“gu"; Aot 20 pec SEub of thak tobal._ Sidted munmpal‘rentcr. developing on a na- States property exempt (8550,000,000) | tional scale and to cost, it is esti- is about 50 per cent of taxable real |, ¢eq “§35000,000, when the pres- uaie (v Dopon ent District Building and one or Boundaries. | médation would suffice for a useful | Inability to Annex Suburbs Beyond tyowifllions for additional accom- | tional lines on a plan of which we have" begun to see the wisdom. buti neglect of which for years made the | Capital & national disgrace. During the period when the national obliga- tion, tardily recognized by the organic act of 1878, was neglected the Capital was a national shame, a by-word and reproach. Since the Nation has re- turned even part way to its original obligation the Capital has become an | object of national affection, in whose | attractiveness the whole American peo- ple take pride. Heavy National Tax Payments. 4. Obligation based upon heavy na- trict appropriation. man was second and Miles third. Washington welcomes a thorough | The Green Trophy race was a free and impartial investigation of its com- | for all, open to p\snes_wnth engine dis- parative tax burden, Its adequacy nas | lacement of 550 cubic inches or less. been vindicated by every competent | The Shell also was a free for all for and unbiased tribunal which has, Planes with 375 cubic inches or less studied it, including. the Joint Con- | displacement. gressional Committees of 1915 and of | The trophy offered by the Cuban 1922, | government for C-licensed craft of any displacement was captured by Ben T | Stegall of Savannah, Ga. The national payment of only 13 Stegall's average speed was 167.115 per cent of the total District appro- miles an hour. Douglas Fonda of priation is distinctly and grossly inad- | New York, winner yesterday of the equate. It disregards the national ob- Glenn H. Curtiss event, was secopd. ligation to pay (1) in lieu of taxation trailed by Tex Lagrome of Kansas The only charge is the small cost of the carton and postage. We in- sure your candy free against loss or damage. Leave your order now. of its $550,000,000 of realty in the City, Mo. | Fresh llomemadg g of the District. o,m&idf;,;fiz toe et o InabiTe ‘:‘,‘?fi;'d“’b“ mmunicigh building for tional (internal revenue) taxes pald| pistrict; (2) in view of its damage t0 Contest Head Explains. [ The commission vesterday raised | over sunounding suburban areas in,|‘mn mm‘an _eight or ten | hy people of the Capital compared | the District by holding tax-exempt a | Target for Miss Gipson's remarks the threat of prosecution of the com- | Maryland and Virginia by annexing ‘;:fld‘l' c?’"‘;:h l\:o ::i‘;quau | with corresponding payments by the | vast and increasing area of the Dis- at the pilots' meeting, R. J. Walters, pany for violation of commission Or- | a5 other cities do these suburbs. TG OTNGE im- | States. The District contributes o | trict while the city’s maintenance and | contest chairman, later explained: | ders if the hearing shows regulations | Overflow of Washingtonians seeking P“";fi‘" of practically whole cost ex- | the national taxes from which the | development expense steadily wn-| “The rules provide that there must §iave been fagrantly violated: THis | shearer homes (purer. aln) EETD 0t e R s} | aenar caseTouivel Sawatil bl | creasts: (%) miwiew ol HE aheoliile | be stilmat Ova eutisuth Tox & Hhce: A5 as listed by Chairman Elgen as one | syhurbs in Maryland and Virgifia'is. bl mAmimls‘lr\' tlm‘lucutmlm ot (i iy et s | o Sxshott o WS Tand. foaril | e several possibilities to be followed, | strong and steady. This exodus was| . ¢ ;n:d o one of half of the States, more than | control of the city, since obligation | race was to have taken place, the third found necessary. The law provides | gemonstrated clearly by 1930 cm[ o lbllkwon‘ml g I]:on absolute nine States combined, and more per | follows power: (4) in view of the na- [ officially entered woman pilot arrived. fines for the company for each specific | figures, which show lessened SrOWth | tion follows. e city. Obliga- | capita than 40 States. (See 1933-4 tional responsibility to prevent the| “Thus, if weather conditions had | figures, { tion follows power. 1In this connec- | internal revenue report.) {‘ Nation's city from becoming & nation- | permitted, it would have been a physi- _‘ $olation of rules. {in population from 1920 for District | istri el oyiiencatne o et | P B S B | t#::n c:;:g”:wf‘::::n m:inxi‘:: | e O'I;r;eml:;:zgxc‘tc ; ::lt‘ ;»:1li'heec:\'t‘r'i‘b;lzi al shame, and to make it and continue cal impossibility to have run the race Candies 60¢ Fresh Homemade Fannie May Candies taste different, look different and are entirely different and superior to the commercial factory-made Ib. $ box $aken at the hearings would be turned ylation of Maryland and Virginia gver’to the commission’s general coun- | counties adjacent to Washington. | 1, Corporation Counsel E. Barrett These new Marylanders and Virgin- | rettyman, for legal study. ians become real estate taxpayers in | = Further, the commission plans to | those States and are in most cases | érder any corrective measures that it stricken from the District of Coium- finds should be issued to provide pia tax list. Meanwhile the taxable Proper service. The question of 'area within the ciry limits is steadily whether present rules are adequate and in some vears largely decreased and proper will be considered, he said. by condemnations or purchases of few regulations will be promulgated | privately owned land and improve- or present rules modified, as develop- 'ments for public tax-exempt purposes. tments of the hearings may dictate, | When a steadily decreasing fraction founding of the city. | the maintenance and upbuilding of | The true basis of the Nation’s ob- | the National Capital, but pays more | iigation of proportionate contribu- | than one-half of the States to national tions to the maintenance and devel- | expenditures in the States, including opment of the Capital is not solely | salaries of Representatives, Senators or primarily untaxed ownership of | and President. District real estate (now worth $550,- | Washington's heavy burden, ex- ' 000,000), though a substantial and| ceeding that of half of the States, is continuous obligation does arise in coupled with denial to Washington of connection with such ownership. The | participation in fixing, collecting and | strongest obligation resting upon the | spending this tax money. Nation is equitable in its nature and | ~ [Note.—The internal revenue figures based primarily on the cieumstances | for 1934-5, the latest available, differ | | connection the heavy national ternal revenue) taxes paid into the @dmmission officials declared. . Will Submit Complaints. = Both commission experts and Peo- ple’s Counsel Roberts will be prepared 3 submit hundreds of specific com- | aints regarding past service. These | Will deal with charges of overloading, ilures to keep on schedule, safety, anliness, personnel, routes, stops dhd platforms, and equipment. “From the group of citizens also will come demands for a “diagonal” cross- t9wn bus line which would connect | Southwest Washington - with the| Ghevy Chase area, passing through the Kalorama and mideity sections.| »Officials of the Capital Transit Co., dhder plans of the Commission, will given opportunity at the conclu- n of the protests to.state their - Qoe. | =Roberts, who called the citizens’ meeting last night to eutline their against street car and bus serv- ice, promptly raised the issue as the sfope of the hearings as planned by the Commission, and asked for in- s¥ructioris' he should follow as their cgunsel. £ Will Defend One-Man Cars. #“The Capital Transit Co. will pre- sEnt a strong case for one-man cars these hearings,” he declared. «“The question is whether you wish t go into this questiont finally now. One-third of the complaints I have riceived concerned demands for uni- formity of fares. Then' there is the question- of transfers to the Washing- tdh Rapid Transit Co., the service of the W. R. T., and the service on the Washington-Marlboro- sjon, in its order for restricted . the ~hea: Transit “operation.” ™ “William . McK. Clayton, chairman of the Utilities Committee of the Fed= efation of Citizens’ Associations, said he had not understood this week's hearings -#ould deal finally with the aeil‘:;n’_'nr question. LEi e i your hearing - cirs,” said Roberts. :Clayfon then agreed to ask at the of tomorrow’s session that & jal hearing be held later on this qhestion. - Lacking official informa: a8 to 'the Commission’s plans, the group planned a “finish fight” on the ohe-man car proposal H May Be “Propaganda.” °' | Clayton suggested the one car’ talk was to some éxtent “ . of a city's area must bear the burden of a constantly increasing tax levy to meet the fast mounting expenses | of a great and growing modern Capi- | tal, an excessive tax burden is inevi- | table. Implied Promises, _ Of the area of the original City of ‘Washington, the Nation retained in streets, reservations and donated lots about five-sevenths. It sold donated lots, impliedly prom- | ising the purchasers in its advertise=| ments relief from expense of munic- ipal improvements, such as streets, ete. Thus not half of the original city (within old Boundary street) remained taxable, What an excessively large area of streets and avenues withheld from taxation and to be opened and im- proved meant to the taxpayers who! of the Capital's creation and the | treatment of the Capital by the Na- tion ever since the birth Nation's city, including the absolute despotic control of tional Capital. From the beginning the Nation's obligation in respect to Capital main- tenance and upbuilding has been in equity and on principle primary, dominating and, like its power to govern, exclusive and supreme. Political Power and Financial Obliga- tion Coupled. Primary and full responsibility both | in respect to the control and to the maintenance and upbuilding of the Capital is in Congress, representing the Nation. Political power and finan-. cial obligation are inseparably coupled. If the Nation controls, it pays; and to the extent that it controls, it pays. of the Nation’s the Na-| |only slightly from those of 1933-4, | { which form the basis of comment in | this address. The 1934-5 figures show | that the District paid in internal rev- enue taxes more than 23 of the States, more than nine combined and more per capita than 38 States.] Grants, Bounties and Subsidies Dis- tributed to States. 5. Equitable obligation to pay for Capital upbuilding in lieu of hun- dreds of millions of grants, bounties, subsidies paid by the Nation to the States in a distribution from which the Capital has [until recently] been barred. Figures in detail, both of amounts paid into the Treasury as national taxes and drawn from the Treasury in grants, bounties and subsidies by the District and | by the several States are present- ed in statistical tables in the book- cars undoubtedly had weakened the | opposition of the union of street rail- ‘way operators to the extension of one- man cars. Richard Ledger of the Rhode Is- land Avenue Citizens’ Association urged ‘that the citizens’ spokesmen force the question of umiform faves into the present hearings. Mrs. Horace J. Phelps of the Pet- worth Women's Club asked if. wit- nesses would be permitted to bring up the question of the service of the Washington Rapid Transit Co. “I hope you will,” replied Roberts. “Maybe you will be interrupted, but can’t you talk over interruptions?” Mrs. Phelps said service on the W. R. T. was involved in the question of Petworth transportation. Edwin O Reed of the Foxhall Citi- zens' Association declared: “We have the largest fare and the poorest serv- ice in town™ and added that he wants to raise the question of public owner- ship of, transportation systems. Protests against “inadequate” de- scription and publication of routes of transportation lines and lack of mark- ing of busses were voiced by W. E. Hoffheins of the Piney Branch Citi: zens’ Association. Will. Demand Direct Service. Harry 8. Wender of the Southwest Citizens’ Association said he would demand. petter and direct service be- 21-Foot Model Of “Queen Mary” Valued at $30,000 By the Associated Press. - NEW YORK, December 14— A scale model of the ship Queen Mary, so valuable that it is in- sured for $30,000, has been brought to New York from Eng- land and placed on display in the Cunard White Star Line’s offices. The model, weighing just under a ton, is 21 feet long, has a beam of 2, feet and its main mast stands 4 feet 10 inches. It took 25 workmen in North- ampton, England, three months to build the ship. DEATH BLOCKS:WEDDING Youth Found Fatally Hurt by Shotgua Charge. ! NEWPORT, Ark., December 14 (), ~—Archie Daniels Qualls, 20-year-old farm youth who was to be married today, was found on a street last night fatally wounded by a shotgun charge and Deputy Frank Leech said it was " | self-inflicted. His 16-year-old fiancee told officers he had left her a short time before and that they had parted happily. “He left me after hugging and kiss- ing me,” she said. “We were to be married tomorrow.” been filed with the commission since August 1. Company witnesses, who are to follow the civic group spokesmen, are to include President John H. Hanna, J. H. Stephens and W. B. Bennett. | The hearings are expected to last ab + | reviewed plans for dedication of the CITIZENS BACK PLEA TO SUPERVISE PLAY Mount Pleasant Association Fa- vors Proposal of Ban- croft P.-T. A, Support for a movement to main- tain a supervisor after school hours | at the Bancroft School playground, iEighteemh and Newton streets, was pledged last night by the Mount Pleas- ant Citizens’ Association. Action was taken on receipt of a letter from the Bancroft Parent- Teacher Association, which empha- sized the need for supervised play at the school grounds in the late after- noon and on Saturdays. The association also discussed the possibility of setting up a Christmas tree in the Mount Pleasant ares and new $2,000,000 Calvert Street Bridge. Although no formal action was taken, protest was voiced regarding the high iron fence placed by the Na- tional Capital Parks around the tri- angular park area at Seventeenth street and Park road. Claiming the fence marred the beauty of the spot, the citizens’ association suggested the planting of trees and hedges and the installation of benches. it an object of national pride; (5) in view of the many large compulsory payments exacted from local taxes, solely because Washington is the Cap- ital, in excess of what would be paid if Washington were the ordinary com- | | mercial, self-sustaining community, as in financing national parks in the District and our overgrand municipal | center; (6) in view of the national obligation to consider justly in this (in- Treasury by the people of the Capital compared with corresponding pay- ments by the States, and (7) in view of the national obligation in equity to pay heavily for Capital upbuilding in lieu of the hundreds of millions of dollars in grants, bounties and sub- sidies paid by the Nation to the States, in a distribution from which the Capital has been barred. We are urgently appealing to the President and to Congress for speedy as scheduled. Accordingly, in drafting today's program, we took care of the other postponed events in which the entrants were here at the scheduled time."” The revamped program for the con- cluding day provided for an event every 20 minutes and officials said the field could not be cleared, races started and run in less time. Only 7 planes of 20 entered started | the Dominican Republic Trophy race. final event of the program. Art Chester of Glenview, I, and | R. A. Kling of Lamont, Ill, finished one-two in a thrilling burst of speed, Kling trailing by only a few yards. Lee Milgs of Tulsa, Okla., was a poor third. e winner averaged 232.29 miles per hour. Silk Production. Silk exported from Japan in the first six months of this year weighed 33, IF SO, THIS BANK STANDS READY TO SERVE YOU Here you are not required to be a depositor to obtain a loan, and loans are usually made the day following the return of application. 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