Evening Star Newspaper, December 15, 1936, Page 8

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The decision was handed down in the cases of the Gulf States Paper Corp. and-the Southern Coal & Coke Co. against Attorney General A. A. Carmichael and the State Unemploy- ment Insurance B?- By the decision, the State of Ala- bama was “perpetually enjoined from enforcing said act against complain- ant in any way requiring contribu- tions, reports or otherwise, or by ex- acting fines, penalties or other pun- ishments because of the failure to comply with said act, the said act be- ing held and declared to be uncon- stitutional and void because in con- flict with the fourteenth amendment of the United States, and of article 1, section 23, of the constitution of Alabama.” Carmichael said he would appeal immediately to the United States Su- preme Court. Today’s decision held that the Ala- bama act violated constitutional sec- tions which prohibited States from depriving citizens of “life, liberty or property without due process of law.” Specific reasons set out were: “1. Unfair expropriations of em- ployers’ funds without compensating benefits. “2. Becauss classification (8 or more employes) is arbitrary and vio- lates due process. “3. Impairs obligation of contracts between laborers and employers.” \EDGAR W. PHARR, EXAMINER, IS DEAD Federal Power Commission Man Succumbs Suddenly After Operation. Edgar W. Pharr, 48, of 2901 Six- teenth street, an examiner for the Federal Power Commission, died early today in Sibley Hospital. He ap- parently was re- covering from an appendicitis oper- ation, performed December 7, when he suffered a re- lapse last mght members of his family said. Mr. Pharr, who came to Wash- ington in Febru- ary, 1935, for- merly was Speak- er of the North Carolina House of Representa- tives, in which he had served several terms. Surviving him are his widow, Mrs. Ruth Pharr; two daughters, Miss E. W. Pharr, -| Charlotte Pharr, a senior at Erskine College, South Carolina, and Jewel Pharr, a student at Central High School; a sister, Miss Mary Pharr, Charlotte, N. C.; two brothers, Ernest Pharr, Charlotte, and Hazel Pharr, Davidson, N. C., and his stepmother, Mrs. W. S. Pharr, Charlotte. ‘The body will be taken tonight to Charlotte, where Mr. Pharr was born, The funeral services and burial are to be held there, the time to be an- nounced later. — e MRS. IDA LEE OFFUTT DIES OF LGNG ILLNESS Mrs. Ida Lee Offutt, 62, widow of Joseph W. Offutt, died yesterday after a long illness at her home, 1334 A street southeast. A native of Falls Church, Va., Mrs. Offutt had lived here for 45 years. She was & member of Esther Chapter, Or- der of the Eastern Star. She is survived by a son, Clarence H. Offutt, and two daughters, Mrs. Mil- dred Offutt Warman and Mrs. Hilda Offutt Warner, all of this city; four brothers, James, Edward and John Heath of Falls Church, and Frank Heath, this city, and three sisters, Mrs. Bertha Reid and Mrs. Elsie Mis- kell, this city, and Mrs. Paul C. Norris, Crescent City, Fla. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the residence. Burial will be in Rock Creek Cemetery. CRASH OF HOMEMADE PLANE KILLS PASSENGER BY the Associated Press. WINN, Me., December 15.—A home- made airplane crashed through 8 inches of ice on the Penobscot River here late yesterday killing its sole passenger and critically injuring the pilot. ‘Walter Campbell, garage proprietor here and amateur pilot, was critically injured, but Dr. George F. Way, medical examiner, said he probably would live. SAVE 1-3 ON FUEL BILLS WITH Balsam Wool Insulation THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY, 19 Pounds at Birth Picture shows the eleventh child of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Brigner of Waverly, Ohio, which weighed 19 pounds at birth. This is only two pounds less than the normal weight of a year- old child. Two years ago Mrs. Brigner gave birth to twins weighing a total of 20 pounds. She weighs 135. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. BONUSES GRANTED BY 4 MORE FIRMS Bond’s, Zirkin’s, Becker’s and Model Shop to Dis- tribute Cash. Four more Washington business houses today announced Christmas bonuses for their employes. The firms are Bond's clothing store, H. Zirkin & Sons, furriers; Becker's | leather goods store, and the Model Shop. Bonus checks for the Bond em- ployes were distributed yesterday to salesmen, office workers and tailors. The distribution to members of the Bond organization here is part of a $250,000 bonus being paid by the com- pany throughout its chain. Zirkin employes will receive a bonus based on length of service. I:| will be given out some time before Christmas. Those employes of Becker's who have been with the firm a year or more will receive a week's salary, while those employed from six montha to a year will be given a half a week's salary. Harry Racoosin, owner of the Model | Shop. announced that ail employes, | regardless of length of service, will personnel increase during the year. OLD-AGE AID FORM DEADLINE IS TONIGHT Social Security Board Checks Re- turns to Ascertain Number to Be Under Plan. With midnight tonight the deadline for wage earners to file applications for old-age benefit enrollments, the | Social Security Board today was | checking country-wide returns thut: would indicate the number of persons | to be brought in under the plan that | becomes operative January 1. Each of the 1,072 typing centers that are clearing the forms to the Social Security Board division of rec- ords in Baltimore and assigning account numbers to the workers them- selves have been instructed to-notify the board today just how they stand. The registration here is practically cleaned up and Postmaster Vincent Burke has begun to reduce the tem- porary force engaged on this work. There are 135,000 enrolled here and Burke said today he thought that finally, making allowance for the re- turns that will inevitably be late, the total might go to 142,000. For Speull Holiday Dinners —serve fine Port (19-21 Sherry (1 7 Alcohol by volume) Fortified 21% alcohol by vol.) Buy Garrett Wines at your nearest dealer. Garrett & Company, Inc., Brooklyn, N. Y. Milton 8 Kronheim & Son. Inc. - Washington Distributor. Vietory Bottling Work: Vienna, Va., Distributor. receive a bonus, despite & considerable | oo, 13 stll & mystery. lllh youl e —~ ort Bios, home with eur lh'm-l or phone ll. J. FRANK . 2121 Ga. Ave. NOrth 1341 SUDDEN SERVICE GAS BLAST VIGTIM TOBEQUESTIONED Mrs. Bean Still in Serious Condition at Hospital. Probe at Standstill. Investigation of the gas explosion that yesterday seriously injured Mrs. Beatrice Bean, 23-year-old daughter of Senator Edward R. Burke of Ne- braska, was at a standstill todsy, as | police awaited an opportunity to ques- tion the victim. N Mrs. Bean, a bride of six months, has not been in condition to discuss the blast since she was found lying on the floor of the wrecked kitchen of her apartment, at 3516 W place. Physicians said she has a “fair chance” to recover, but added she is still suffering from shock, in addition to severe burns. At Georgetown University Hospital she was said to be burned about the | scalp, face, neck, chest, abdomen and arms. Detectives said they were told by | | the first persons to arrive on the scene | that Mrs. Bean's head lay on two pillows and that four jets on the | kitchen stove were open, but unlighted. How the accumulated gas became although police have advanced the theory Mrs. Bean may have attempted to light a cigarette, A great quantity of gas would have | had to accumulate, police said, to cause the damage done by the explosion. A | 20-foot section of brick wall was torn out, plaster knocked loose, pictures shaken from the walls of other apart- ments and doors blown open. KOPEWRITER s 3-59 Coronas, Underwoods. | Remingtons. Royals. SHARP CUTS MADE INSHIP MAIL PAY Post Office Department Acts in Preparation for Sub- sidy Program. B the Associated Press. Post Office Department officials said today they had ordered sharp reduc- tions in mail pay rate to ship lines in accordance with the Maritime Com- mission’s preparation of & new—and direct—ship subsidy program. In some instances, an official said, the department’s payments to mail cantractors . were slashed 86 per cent, but appeal could be taken to the Maritime Commission for direct sub- sidies, replacing the mail payments. In the mail readjustment, one schedule was increased, that on mail addressed to points more than 6,000 miles away. Before the Maritime Commission was set up by an act of the last Con- gress, the Post Office Department sub- sidized American shipping by paying 64 cents a pound for mail carried in American vessels, regardless of dis- tance. Foreign ships were paid a much lower rate. The department also gave Ameri- can vessels preference even if they sailed 6, 12 or even 48 hours later than foreign competitors. This time differential is still in force, but the new poundage rates for American ships carrying foreign- bound mail already are in effect, based on the distance involved. For mail carried less than 300 miles to & foreign port, the 64-cent rate was reduced to 8.85 cents bythe Post Office Department. DENTISTS’ DINNER HONORS CAMALIER New President of American As- | sociation Guest of 300. Parran Speaker. Dr. C. Willard Camalier, recently elected president of the American Dental Association, was given a testi- monial dinner last night at the May- flower Hotel by 300 members of the District Dental Society and their | | guests. Dr. Camalier is a member of | | the Washington organization. Among the guests at the dinner were Dr. Thomas Parran, jr., surgeon general of the United 8 Public | Health Service, who was the principal speaker; Commissioner Melvin C. Hazen, Senator King of Utah, Dr. Leroy M. S. Miner, retiring president of the American Dental Association; Rear Admiral Percival 8. Rossiter, surgeon general of the Navy, and Maj. Gen, Charles S. Reynolds, surgeon general of the Army. Dr. Parran told the gathering that | dentists are 20 years ahead of the medical profession in preventive work. He declared dentists have educated the public to have periodic dental | examinations. R — Britain has 113.000 more tons of shipping at work than a year ago. 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Member of the Board of Lecture- ship of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts. In Constitution Hall, 18th, C and D Sts. N.W. Tuesday, December 15, at 8 P.M. Under the Auspices of First Church of Christ, Scientist Ne Cellection. All Welcome. NEW CENSUS POST GIVEN CARRUTHERS Named Assistant Chief Statisti- cian of States and Cities Division. Announcement was made today at the Census Bureau of the promotion of Lemuel A. Carruthers to the posi- tion of assistant chief statistician of the Division of Statistics of States and Citles. This promotion includes & transfer to the professional classi- fication and carries with it & substan- tial salary increase. Mr. Carruthers has been attached to the Census Bureau for many years, serving as assistant chief and chief of the division of which he has now been made assistant chief statistician. He is a well-known figure in the na- tional gatherings of tax and munici- pal statistical experts, having just re- turned from attending a national convention of municipal officers in Mjami. An active worker in civic affairs of the District of Columbia, Mr. Carruthers is now and has been for several years chairman of the Committee on Piscal Relations of the Federation of Citizens' Associations, He is president of Forest Hills Citi- 2ens' Assoclation and a member of the Citizens’ Joint Committee on PFis- cal Relations between the United States ard the District of Cojumbia. STUDENT IS WOUNDED IN TARGET PRACTICE ;Barnltd McGinnis Struck in Both Legs by Ricocheting Bullet at St. John's College. Bernard McGinnis, 17-year-old student at St. John's College, was re- covering in Casualty Hospital today from superficial wounds in both legs, suffered accidentally at target practice at the school yesterday. The youth was examining the | targets when the pistol of a fellow student, Clayton Eakle, 17, of 229 | First street northeast, discharged. The bullet ricochetted and struck Bernard just above the knees. His injury was not considered serious, and he was ex- pected to be discharged from the hos- pital within a few days. FLY UNITED TO CHICAGD' Via the Sundowner CHICAGO only 4% hrs. Fastest evening flight to Toledo, Chicago, Twin brand-new one-stop plane Leave 3:40 p.m. . Cities, Omaha. A service to Chicago. . . enjoy a chicken dinner aloft and arrive Chicago 7:26 p.m. Five other convenient fast Washington-Chicago flights daily. 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