Evening Star Newspaper, December 2, 1936, Page 3

CONCERT THRONG TRAPPED IN SNOW Lack of Taxis' and Other Conveyances Causes Jam of 3,000. The 3,000 persons who crowded Con- stitution Hall last night found a trans- portation problem awaiting them when they stepped into the snow-covered street at the close of Rachmaninoff’s piano recital—a problem by no means new, but aggravated by the bad weather. For those who did not go to the hall In their own cars, there were five taxi- eabs, two Capital Transit busses and three other busses, chartered by groups of schoolgirls, to take them home. Ten minutes after Rachmaninoff eompleted his program with Liszt's “Rhapsodie No. 12,” one street car rumbled up Eighteenth street and halted before the hall. Two hundred persons attempted to get aboard. Close behind were two others. When the crowd began to pour out of the building a thin stream of taxi- eabs began to file up to the Eighteenth street entrance. Half an hour after the recital was ended some patrons of the hall still sought street car, bus or taxicab. Many satin-slippered women, their evening gowns trailing in the slush, walked as far as Pennsylvania avenue, four blocks away, to find transportation. For many years the management of Constitution Hall has tried to remedy this transportation problem. Although the building is off the usual traffic lanes and taxicab cruis- ing area, the Potomac Park street car line runs directly in front of it. Fach month Manager Fred Hand sends to the Capital Transit Co. and to the leading taxicab companies a list of the events for the month and informs them as closely as he can compute the time at which the affair will be over. But the street cars were late last night and the busses on C street wait- ing for the crowd were marked for Petworth and District line, not desti- nations which attracted many of the patrons. There are several reasons, it was! explained, why the taxicabs do not | come in greater numbers. In the first place, the pace of traf- fic in the neighborhood of Consti- tution Hall when a program is ended is very slow. Street cars, busses, pri- vate cars and taxicabs to care for| at least 1,000 persons are cencentrated | on D, C and Eighteenth streets, which (Upper) While snow swirls, the crowds which just stepped out of Constitution Hall wait on the steps for a street car, bus or taxicab, none of which is quick in coming. (Lower) The rush for the first street car to arrive after the Rach- maninoff recital—10 minutes after. —Star Staff Photos. War Debts (Continued From First Page.) or opinions of, even of specifications.” | He said the initial French ap- proach embraced only a “casual” dis- | cussion, in which the American Am- | bassador let it be known that he was not in a position to discuss the debts thorized him to do so. Indications tonight were that the preliminary French steps had not reached a stage where this Govern- ! ment felt called upon to disoatch such authorization. Although prepared to welcome any definite move to reopen the question of a resumption of payments by France or any other debtor nation, there was a disposition on the part of American officials to await con- are narrow and are kept open to two- way traffic. In the second place there 1s no hack stand in the neighborhood, not even | on broad Constitution Hall. which is only a block away. Kelly, now inspector, was captain of the third precinct there was a 10-cab stand on C street between Eighteenth | and Nineteenth. but this block has been shut off during the construction ! of the new Interior Building. In the third place, cab drivers find | it unprofitable to wait near the hall before there are definite signs that the patrons are leaving. Unlike the downtown theater district, there is no other source of cab patronage around Constitution Hall. Accordingly, an early arrival at the building means | that the driver has no hope of a fare | until the crowd leaves | Hand said that several years ago he | suzgested to the two largest taxicab operators that he would pay for the installation of telephones if the com-. panies would furnish starters to sum- | mon cabs. His idea was not adopted, | Hand said. LOST. BLUE-GRAY PERSIAN CAT. vicinify Ne- | braska and Utah n.w. Cail Cleveland n‘lmu CHOW PUP. female. light-brown color, black spots on tail. vicinity of Conn. and | Cathedral aces. Reward. Call Col. 8RS! COAT, lady's. reversible brown tweed Bhoreham Hotel Thankselving afterngo Reward._Phone North_124() FLUTE AND PICCOLO. left af . RDO!CVQI!; Stadium Wednesday. Nov. 25. Reward. 8. | P. Holland. Adams 7479-J. POINTER. black and white, with collar. 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BY the Associated Press PARIS, December 2.—Formal talks | beginning early in 1937 on France's expected offer to settle its war debt to the United States were forecast | today by sources close to the govern- ment. Although the possibility of a frac- | tional payment to wipe out the debt | was discussed widely in authoritative | | quarters, it was emphasized the gov- ernment’s position has not been de- cided definitely. Legislators and other officials dis- | | cussed these possibilities: 1. That the United States be of- fered about 12,000,000,000 francs, a | figure considered within France’s abil- ity to pay and possible of acceptance. (The proposed offer, approximately $536,000,000, amounts to about one- eighth of the total French indebted- ness of $4061,234,000 as of Novem- ber 15.) 2. That payment be divided into equal, annual installments to extend over 20 or 25 years, with no accruing Members of Parliament, who must ratify any agreement, conjectured the 12,000,000,000 franc offer would be made for bargaining purposes. They could go much above that figure. A foreign office source said it was expected the first direct proposal for reopening negotiations would be con- tained in France's note to Washing- ton defaulting the payment due De- cember 15. Pending interpellation of Parliament on Deputy Rene Richard's resolution asking the government to reopen negotiations with Washington, the Popular Front administration was ex- pected to appraise general reaction carefully. WILL THE PERSONS WITNESSING CAR accident on Lee Highway. beyond Center- ville. Sunday. about 6 p.m.. where child lost teeth, kindly call Dist. 6350, Ext. 4193, and ask_for_Andrews? ON DECEMBER 17. AT 12 NOON. V will sell at public auction, for storage and Iepairs. 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Yesterday's decree became a new threat against violators of recent in- | junctions which put within reach of | the government between 1,500,000,000 and 2,000,000,000 marks ($600,000,000 | to $800,000,000) which could be con- verted into foreign currencies should | the necessity arise. The other laws decreed were: 1. Incorporation of every German boy and girl, without exception, in the Hitler youth movement to be trained “physically, spiritually and morally.” 2. Accelerated exploitation of min- eral resources “even when owners are unwilling or not in a position” to un- dertake such exploitation. 3. Standardization of real prop- erty taxes throughout the Reich. 4. Future administration of the Ber- lin municipality by a state official. 5. Conversion of the Winter Re- lief Organization (welfare) into a state foundation headed by Propa- ganda Minister Paul Joseph Goeb- bels. Catholic circles were alarmed over the youth control law, designed to! perpetuate naziism in future genera- tions. Literally interpreted, it gave the youth organization a monopoly on all training outside the home and school and left in doubt the future of religious education. The “youth leader of the German Reich,” Baldur von Schirach, was made responsible directly to Hitler and given the rank of a supreme Nazi authority. ‘The decrees were issued at the open- ing of the “hundred days’ campaign” ordered by the government for the most economic handling of raw ma- terials in the Reich’s chemical in- dustries. The “economic sabotage” decree was framed by Goering, commander in chief of the four-year plan. Dangerous December’s wintry weather is dangerous weather unless you use a safe fuel. comfort of your family by buying Marlow’s Famous Reading Anthracite It's dependable, regardless of the weather. NA. 0311 TODAY. 78 Years of Good Coal Service Marlow Coal Co. 811 E St. N.W. 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Judge Buttles dismissed similar charges against Bert L. Stafford of Rutland, & bank trustee, and former Bank Commissioner Robert Clark. An accusation against Samuel Howard, another trustee, remained to be dis- posed of, and his counsel intimated he would move for dismissal, too. The arrests grew out of the case of John J. Cocklin, discharged bank bookkeeper, who was convicted nine days ago of embezzling $124,000 from the bank over a nine-year period. Previous to Cocklin’s conviction, Lathrop H. Baldwin, treasurer of the bank, was found guilty on a charge he signed a false statement of the bank’s condition after the shortage was discovered in 1932. Both Cocklin and Baldwin await sentence. Weather (Continued From First Page.) at 28, but two hours later it moved up & degree, and at 5 a.m. it was 32. From then on the rise was slow, the reading at 9 a.m. being 37. ‘Transients Seek Shelter. The first real blasts of Winter drove & small army of unemployed transients into the heated bulldings of charitable | organizations during the night. Dormitories of the Gospel Mission, | the Volunteers of America, Central | Union Mission, Salvation Army and | others were filled beyond capacity, | with men sleeping on floors and ln‘ the seats of the mission chapels. Each place visited on a morning | tour of missions issued an urgent up-; peal to the public for old clothing of | any kind, with special stress on over- | coats. Sixty men slept on the floor and 185 in beds at the Gospel Mission on John Marshall place. They were given breakfast this morning, but John office secretary, had little | clothing to distribute and not a single | only to the weather, but to the fact many jobs for transients, such as gar- dening and housecleaning, are no longer available. Adjt. Richard L. 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