Evening Star Newspaper, January 6, 1937, Page 13

SUFFRAGE APATHY SCORED BY YADEN North Cleveland Park Told| Public Attitude Greatest D. C. Barrier. Public indifference to the problem | @f obtaining local and national rep-! renntmoa for m District is the greatest effecting suffrage in the vmlen Iflly" J. G. Yaden, former president of the Federation of Citisens’ Associations, told the North Cleveland Park Oitizens’ Association last night. “I believe the public’s apathy is due, however,” Yaden said, “to the fact they have never known here what it means to elect their own city officials and to have & part in the choosing of our Nation's leader. I am convinced that if given a chance to express them- selves at the polls, the citizens of Washington would turn out in numbers sufficient to vindicate fully the trust put in them.” Yaden cited as another obstacle to T i THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1937. ) nmmmumm-uekof en ‘would ler've at lepst as a wedge in ob- taining eventual suffrage, and pri- marily would be & direct form of rep- resentation for the city's inheabitants. L. A. Carruthers, president of the Forest Hills Citizens’ Association and chairman of the Committee on Fiscal Relations of the Pederation of Citi- zens' Assoclations, advocated as “good psychology” a decrease in the taxable BUT THAT'S JUST HALF THE STORY: One swallow doesn’t make a Summer, and one good story doesn’t make @ fop-notch magazine like *“THIS WEEK.” Besides “HEART BALM"'— FRANK BUCK tells the dramatic story of his battle with a tiger on a storm- fossed ship . . . COSMO HAMILTON'S “Rolling Stone” gives a new twist to the prodigal son tale . . . THE ABBE CHILDREN, authors of “Around The World In Eleven Years,” are described by Mildred Gilman who lived with them in Berlin ... JIM MARSHALL'S “Ferry Ride" has some bright ideas about how to make her m say “Yes"... HARLAN T. STETSON, noted scientist, tells how the “talkies” led to astronomy's latest discovery . . . AND: More of those in- gonlous recipes, more of Wm. M. Marston’s philosophy; more safety-first hints from Paul Kearney, more “Beauty Brevities” from Hollywood, more sugges- fions for amateur photographers, more cartoons, articles, stories, features for every member of the 4,500,000 families who now make “THiS WEEK” their reguler reading habit. value of property in the District and an increase in the rate of taxation. Such a plan, he said, while in no ‘way changing the actual amount of tax revenue from the District, would “look better on paper.” Congressmen, he said, would be more favorably im- pressed if it were lhnwn residents of the District paid a higher tax rate ‘even though the taxable ulue of prop- erty was lowered. The association voted against s proposal by the Chevy Chase Citizens’ Association to require delegates to the Federation of Citizens’ Associations to report back to their organizations be- fore voting on the problems pre- sented. A second resolution cordered a asking that s shelter for bus pas- unmbabufltltfluncthuncnr- ner of Van Ness street Connecti- cut avenue. MARIAN BOOTH DIES LONDON, January 6 (#).—Marian Booth, 73, daughter of Gen. William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, died today in Sudbury. A life-long invalid, she was inactive in the work of the Salvation Army, but held the honorary title of staff captain STADIUM TO HONOR JEFFERSON FAVORED Southeast Citizens Adopt Reso- lution for $3,000,000 Structure in Section. A resolution favoring the $3,000,000 Thomas Jefferson Memorial in the form of a stadium, to be located at the foot of East Capitol street, was passed by the Southeast Citizens’ As- the Hine Junior High School, Seventh and C streets southeast. ‘The association went on record commending Andrew W. Mellon for his gift to the Nation of his famed art collection and of a $9,000,000 Na- tional Gallery of Art to be located on the Mall On a motion presented by Mrs. Morgan Otterback the group favored & new recelving home for the District. Another motion, requesting a traffic light at the corner of Seventh street and Pennsylvania avenue southeast, was approved. The secretary was in- structed to write the director of trafic s letter informing him of the action the city’s p‘mclpuon in the insug- ural parade. A nprcunutlve M the District Motor Club of the American Automo- bile Association presented s movie showing traffic hazards confronting the motorist and ways of combating them in an effort to reduce accidents. —_— New Gadget for Architects. Architects have s gadget now which enable them to design houses to receive the most solar light ln letter written to the Commissioners Her father died in 1912, who and and Despite recent laws to the contrary, America is still on the “gold-digger standard.” The ladies are still accusing, the lawyers still threatening, and the gentlemen still paying “to avoid publicity.” In his new serial, “Heart Balm,” the celebrated Rupert Hughes lifts the lid off the breach-of-promise racket . .. Shows sociation at & meeting last night in | taken. Winter and most shade in MAN PAYS PAYS PAYS how the lvy Dunlops contrive to meet their wealthy victims . . . 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