Evening Star Newspaper, January 25, 1937, Page 3

ARMSTRONG RITES 10 BE TOMORROW Patent Office Employe Wil Be Buried at Glasgow, Del. Funeral services for Howard Mal- colm Armstrong, 57, an acting princi- pal examiner at the Patent Office, who died Saturday in Mount Alto Hospital, will be held at 10 am. tomorrow in | Chambers funeral parlors, 1400 Cha- | pin street.: Burial will be at Glasgow, Del. Mr. Armstrong also was acting chief of the Patent Office division dealing with gas and liquid contact appara- tus. A native of Philadelphiu, he was a graduate of the University of Dela- ware, where he received several d i grees. Some years later he was grad- uated in law from Georgetown Uni- versity, becoming a member of the | versa. - | have canceled each other, the bal- 1l KEVENING S ARTICLE I The New Fiscal Issue Point One of Three-Point Formula Is Revival of Old Idea Abandoned in the Past—Citizens’ Joint Committee Brief Pointed Out Its Funda- mental Weaknesses. This is the first of a series of editorial articles discussing some of the aspects of the fiscal relations issue suggested by the recent report of the so-called Jacobs Committee. This article deals with Point One of the report’s proposed Three-Point For- mula for determining the amount of the Federal obligation. OINT 1 of the fiscal report's 3-point _formula for measur- ing the national obligation in support of the American Capltal represents the first actual application of an old idea. The idea is to measure the value of services rendered by the District to the National Government and vice After services of equal value ance remaining represents the sum due the District. The idea was suggested as long | District bar. He was a veteran of the Spanish- American War, in which he served as a member of the 1st Delaware Regi- ment. Entering Government service with the Coast and Geodetic Survey, Mr. Armstrong was transferred to the Patent Office several years later. He was a brother hardt Armstrong, dramatic editor of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, one of those who figured in the Newspaper Guild strike. ¥ He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Elsie Armstrong; a son, H. M. Arm- strong, jr., and a daughter, Dorothy Armstrong, all of Newark, Del; six other brothers, Edwin S. and Frederick D. Armstrong. this city: Arthur G.| Armstrong, Philadelphia; Ellis M.| Armstrong, Port Chester, N. Y.; Ra; mond E. Armstrong, Quincy, Mass., and Warren O. Armstrong, \‘Vdmiug-I ton, Del, and a sister, Mrs. Miriam Armstrong Weihe, Newark. Another | brother was the late Lieut. Eugene V. Armstrong Army polo player. Mr. Armstrong’s parents were the Yate Mr. and Mrs. Edwin S. Armstrong. | His father was & Union Army veteran. POPE, IMPROVED, HEADS CELEBRATION Powerful New Sedative Adminis- tered, Slightly Easing Pon- ; tiff's Suffering. By the Associated Press. i VATICAN CITY, January Pius XI, his pain slightly e ¥ powerful new sedative, headed world- | wide celebrations today of the nine- | teenth centenary of the conversion of | Bt. Paul. Although still suffering, the Pope was said to have rested better than for the last few nights because of the new kind of drops given him to relieve his agony. Vatican sources said his doctors re- sorted to the new treatment because they felt he must have some rest if he is to stay alive. | The nature of the drops was notI disclosed, but lay attendants believed | them to be a last desperate effort to | provide sieep after a tortured week in which the stupor of exhaustion had | been the holy father's only release from excruciating pain. The aged pontiff heard mass in his private chapel and sent his blessing to the pontifical ceremony in St. Paul’s Basilica, which was attended by & number of cardinals. | Had it not been for his illness, en- | tering its eighth week, his holiness | would have presided over the cere- | mony at St. Paul's himself. The holy | father spent a busy morning, occupy- | dng himself with church affairs. TEACHER FOUND DEAD NEW ORLEANS, January 25 ().— N. H. Clement, 48, former instructor at Princeton University and the Uni- versity of California, was found dead yesterday in his bed at the home of his_ sister. Coroner Robert H. Potts pronounced the death a suicide, and said he had ordered contents of a fluid found on & bedside table analyzed, together with | the man’s internal organs. He was employed in a teaching ca- pacity for the United States Depart- | ment of Agriculture at the time of his | death. | —_— ___ LOST. ! BAG. brown suede. Belmont rd. and Mass. ve.' or in iaxi. containing’ keys and | nge: keep change, return keys. Col. | BOSTON TERRIER—Female_ dark geal with white blaze: na: “Patsy.” Re- ward. Adams 5227, Varnum st. n.w DIAMOND DROP—One large and three | small diamonds:_lost January 19 or 0. Please return Room 248, Semate Office Building. _receive reward. i 2gwe ENGLISH SETTER—Male. black and white: | Jost near 4th and Kennedy ats. Phone | Georgia 5507, | ESKIMO, SPITZ, _male. _ white. *Peddy.” in Chevy Chase: D. C. 8z Call_Clevelund 3. Reward. name 19996. | uary | 2 ne_ i | HAT_Will trade_hats with zentleman who &0t wrong one, Satu B reham Hotel. | Phone Wisconsin - 2 o JACKET, red crepe, ity Capitol The- ater or 15}:\ and G n.w., Friday evening. 130 nglell ._n.w. Randolph 0847. ck leather; front of | .w.._getting from Diamond | and finder keep money, re- | luables. _Columbia 6391. | 'BOOI h st Reward turn_owner's | ties in regard to their (the National ward. _Greenwood 1459, 'UPPY—Will man driving truck ags who picked up setter puppy. 5 months old. white with black spots. at Bladensbu: rd. and District line. return san to XN, Forest - drive, Hyattsville, Mz R 7 2 ¥ BCOTTIE_ PIN. with ruby eses and white blanket. ‘feet and head studded marauis- e te: lost Saturday morning. between ith t. n.e. and . 1. Re- LET (lady's)_ small, | ward. Call Decatur Hamilton; between Pa, ave. Potomac VRIST WATCH—Gruen, lady’s. white gold with link bracelet; downtown. Reward. Lincoln 1321-R. SPECIAL NOTICES. PHOLSTERING —THREE-PIECE_ LIVIN Eo_om set reupholstered from $:34.50 up for Ve days only: Work on premises; excellent Teferences. Phone North 2235 % FULL AND PART LOAI ‘WANTED TO all points within 2,000 mi Return-load ates. Padded vers. Natiol 1460 NATL ASS 1 17 N. Y. ave. WITNESSES TO ACC) 411 N. Y. ave. n "ail National 1555, ATLY TRIPS MOVING LO. ads to_and from Balto. k. Freouegt ‘(rllge !‘n ntailwr Ill’:‘l)%rn _~Dependable Service Since faf DAVIBSON TRANSFER & STORAGE Phone Decatur 2500 R. HARRISON JOHNSON. INC. Prank A. Johnson died Nov. 2, The corporation ceases Jan. 3 OSCAR . JOHNSON. ALICE N.LWINOPI!LD. Secretary. A DEAL FUNERAL AT $75 sscvice as one costine 8500, S AND PART Phila._ and New | mine its practicability. | agent, the municipal government, the ! exclusively controlling Congress be- i pal government (the municipal gov- |on water consumption and kindred | ment's street obligation to the cost i cates the sons and daughters of Fed- | makes available its facilities even to | the sons and daughters of persons who | activities as community centers and G | the benefits of the individual citizen— ago as 1915-1916, during the investi- gation of fiscal relations by a joint committee of Congress. It was aban- doned, as far as known, because of the manifestly complex problem in- volved. At least, it was never carried out. Abandoned After Trial. When the Bueau of Efficiency was asked to investigate fiscal relations in 1929, the investigators decided to | experiment with the idea to deter- | No mention of it is contained in subsequent re- ports of the bureau. The story is | that the bureau applied the theory first in an attempt to measure the | services of the Metropolitan Police | which might be charged against the | actual relationship between the local community and the exclusively con- trolling Federal Government. It nec- essarily interposes the picture of a self-sustaining, self-determining local community, whose municipal govern- ment renders certain services and in return exacts tribute from the Fed- eral Government. It neglects the fact that services rendered the Fed- eral Government are established, not by the local community, but by the Federal Government, regardless of the will or wishes of the local community, and in most cases are modeled to con- form in magnitude or grandeur or specialized function, not to meet solely the needs of the local com- munity, but to meet those needs plus the expenditure for magnificent structures that reflect the ambitions for the Federal City by its rulers. “Sometimes the benefits conferred upon the local community are meas- ured so as to run the whole gamut from the architectural beauty of the Lincoln Memorial and other great expenditures of delegates to conven- their National Capital. By processes of logic it is further adduced that had the Federal Government not National Government, but so quickly ran into unmeasurable intangibles that the idea was abandoned. It has been occasionally revived, merely as an idea, by some individual members of Congress. The Jacobs committee is the first agency which ever at- | tempted practically to apply the idea in determination of Federal obliga- tion to maintenance of the Capital. Citizens’ Views of Theory. Before doing so it invited the views | of the Citizens’ Joint Commitiece on | Fiscal Relations Between the United | States and the District of Columbia. | The Joint Coinmittee responded in the form of a supplement to its | | | original argument, filed at the same | time. The important points of this | supplement are as follows: “How are we to evaluate certain services rendered to the Federal Gov- erument by the municipal govern- ment, the agency established by the sively controlling Congress in its nment of the District of Co- lumbia? “It is not as if there were here in the District two overlapping jurisdic- tions, in which governmental func- | | tions and services were divided be- | tween two separate and independent | governments. In the District the ex- | clusive power of control rests with Congress, which has delegated to its administration of some of the powers which by the terms of the Constitu- tion are vested. in Congress. Yardstick Is Lacking. “By what rule are we tv determine where the funciioning of this munici- pal government in behalf of thé peo- | ple of the local community ends and where its functions in behalf of the gin? How are we to determine, if we abandon theorizing in- the pur- suit of tangible, measurable facts, whether the primary or incidental beneficiary of some of the institu- tions entrusted to the municipal gov- ernment (or to other agencies of Congress exercising local adminis- trative authority) is the local com= munity or the Capital City of the United States? “When do some of the assets con- ferred on local community by will of the exclusively governing Congress, in the process of building an Ameri= can Capital, cease to be assets snd,‘ because of the relatively heavy drain | on limited District revenues, become | liabilities? “In the case of some activities, such as St. Elizabeth’s Hospital for the Insane, the National Training School ‘for Boys, Howard University, etc,, the measurement of services to the District on a per capita basis 1s | easily determined and is so deter- mined. Water Can Be Measured. “It might be entirely feasible to measure the quantity of water now consumed free by the Federal Gov- ernment and_its agent, the munici- ernment using such water in perform- ing services to the Federal Govern- ment) and by this method reach some approximate division of expense based factors. “But where, in the case of the streets. does service to the community | end and service to the Federal Gov- | ernment bezin? If we confined the | measurement of the Federal Govern- of the street paving, etc., abutting on Federal property; the tax on gaso- line used by Government automo- biles and trucks; the aid to highways shared by the States and not by the District, would we not be omitting the important consideration that the very plan of the city and the ex- traordinary dimensions of the streets were dictated by the Federal authori- Capital's) particular convenience? “How are we to approximate the value to the Federal Government of the public school system which edu- eral employes and by act of Congress work in the District but live outside the District; the value of such school Americanization work? How are we to measure the benefits—in terms of dollars—to the Federal Government from the police department or the fire department? We might measure some of these benefits as we measure by computing a tax lability. Or we might attempt some estimate based on the proportion of Government em- ployes to total city population. But unless we decide on a definite rule of measurement, to be applied to tangi- ble facts, the estimates of the value of different services will necessarily remain only estimates. That, we be- lieve, is a fundamental defect in the proposal to measure services rendered by the District to the Federal Gov- ernment and vice versa. Established by Government. “We believe, moreover, that the at- tempt to apply tangible measurement to District services rendered the Fed- eral Government or services rendered the District by the Federal Govern- ment distorts the conception of the » chosen Washington as the national seat of government there would be no Washington and, finally, no fiscal relations issue. With this latter con- clusion we heartily agree, pointing meanwhile to the realistic fact that | Washington does now exist by the grace of the Federal Government and the people of the United States, and | that ensuing financial relationships | between the local community and the National Government have pro- duced a very real problem for the people who live here. - Recognizes Benefits. “As for the benefits conferred by the magnificent buildings which house the workshop of the National Govern- | ment and add to the attractiveness and beauty of the American Capital, the local community recognizes these benefits and shares the patriotic pride | of all Americans in such buildings and other embellishments of the Na- tional Capital. “At the same time the local com- | munity asks that while these benefits are being studied, the problems that accompany them in financing the needs of the local community be given like consideration. “The acquisition by purchase or condemnation of the large areas of taxable land for these structures cuts down forever the taxable area. The problem brought about in other com- munities by the withdrawal of tax- able assets to the exempt list, by Government purchase or condemna- tion, has been succinctiy stated by the distinguished member of your Advisory Committee, Mr. James W. Martin, who, in an article in the current issue of the Bulletin of the National Tax Association, declares: ‘One of the most appalling financial difficulties encountered by local government at the present time arises from the removal of property and business from the field of taxation by Federal own- ership. In certain counties of Kentucky, for example Edmonson County, where Mammoth Cave is located, the Federal Government owns so much of the real estate that county government can scarcely be maintained. There are likewise a number of areas in eastern Ken- tucky in which forest reservations have eliminated so much of the land from the tax rolls as to par- alyze the school, highway and other activities of local govern- ment. To some extent the States also remove land from taxation by localities through the same proc- ess.’ “That problem, as members of your committee recognize, is peculiarly aggravated in the National Capital, where the ratio of tax-exempt to total property amounts now to about 41 per cent, and where the value of tax-exempt property since 1929 has increased about 37.6 per cent, while the assessment of taxable real prop- erty has actually decreased. The final effect of a stadilly increasing tax burden upon a steadily decreas- Ing taxable area is an unendurable tax burden, which seems to be the direction in which we are heading. Has No Voice in Government. “In any discussion of benefits re- ceived by the Federal Government we must refer once more to a fact of cardinal importance in any study of the situation in the District of Co- lumbia, namely, that the local com- munity, unlike every other community in the continental United States or even its insular possessions, has no voice in the Government which con- trols its affairs, collects and spends its local taxes. “In the give and take of democratic government in the United States the voteless District of Columbia stands on the side lines. There is no mu- nicipal government bargaining with the State Legislature over benefits to be conferred or received. There is no State Legislature bargaining with the National Legislature over other benefits to be conferred or received. There are no representatives of the local community in the National Leg- islature, alert to the interests of vot- ing constituents and seeking to obtain for them the special benefits which flow from the National Government to the citizens in the States. Our local Legislature, in which we are not represented, is our Naticnal Leg- islature, in which we likewise lack representation.” (Next Article: Difiiculties of Measuring Services.) COLONIAL ANTHRACITE Guaranteed Free From Slate and Clinkers R. S. MILLER 805 Third St. N.W. Nat. 5178 TAR, Federal structures to the per capita | tions or tourists who come to visit | WATERRATIONED AT PORTSMOUTH Relief Authorities Work Desperately to Move 5,000 of 25,000 Homeless. By the Associated Press. PORTSMOUTH, Ohio, January 25. —Water supplies were rationed today while relief authorities worked des- perately to move 6,000 of the 25,000 homeless from flood-ravaged Ports- mouth, Plans to house flood refugees in the For. Hayes Army barracks at Co- lumbus struck a barrier when Col. W. A. Alfonte, chief of staff, said there were not sufficient facilities to care for them. Adjt. Gen. Emil F. Marx, after a frantic plea from Dr. F. E. Mahla to “do everything you can to get these people” out of Portsmouth, conferred with Red Cross officials in an effort to find a place for them. Dr. Mahla, assistant State health director, said there was no immediate danger of disease, but declared that “it's absolutely necessary that we get those 5,000 people out of here.” Water Use Restriction. City Manager Frank E. Sheehan | ordered water service cut to one-hour | | periods three times a day in order to conserve the supply in a hilltop reser- voir. He said this was necessary in view of the fact that there was no indi- cation when the emergency would | pass. The flood waters of the Ohio River | continued a record climb, going to 72 feet at noon and were rising one-tenth | of a foot an hour. City and county engineers worked speedily with emergency road crews | trying to grade and prepare a road over which supplies could be brought into the city. ” Dawn brought cold weather and | added to the suffering of refugees | along the 10-mile flood front. | Looters risked sudden death from police bullets as they prowled through the water-filled business district. Au- thorities dispatched patrol boats, with orders to “shoot to kill.” 15 Power Boats Promised. Col. Lynn Black, chief of the State | highway patrol, said he had been promised 15 power boats from Buck- eye Lake, 100 miles to the north, and | that the Norfolk & Western Railroad agreed to have a train taken as near to Portsmouth as conditions would permit. With the boats and trucks he hoped to transport the 5,000 out 5 miles or more to the rail connection. The city, throughout last night and today, was filled with wild alarms, maddened calls for help and swift g¢xcursions of mercy. One of the latest of these was to a city branch of the Scioto County Children’s Home, where 19 small children were said to be in imminent danger as the new | rises of the river sent brown waters foaming around their frame home. Not a highway or trail in'o the city was passable. Telephone lines were out except for a small switchboard set up in a bot- tling plant atop a residential hill. Police and National Guardsmen re- ceived scores of reports of vandals | stealthily entering flooded buildings by means of homemade knockabout boats, crudely constructed from scrap | lumber and the wreckage of shacks. A regular patrol was established. Police, National Guardsmen and fire- men were ordered to shoo. first and ask questions afterward. 125 Taken From Court House. One hundred and twenty-five per-| sons were taken from the new court house, now a tomblike structure of slip- pery, wet stone. Fifty prisoners in tne ! Jjai! on top of the three-story building | shouted for release from the clammy | cells. Police Chief Robert Leedom said | he hoped perhaps to shackle them to | boats and take them by tra 1 to Chil- | licothe. The Portsmouth Times plant had water in its second floor. The press | lay submerged, its working parts smeared with heavy grease as a last act before the flood arose. The newspaper got out a makeshift edition at the plant of the Chillicothe Scioto Gazette and sent it to sub- scribers by boat. PARKERSBURG EXPECTS CREST. Panic in West Virginia City With Ohio | at 52 Feet. By the Associated Press. PARKERSBURG, W. Va,, January 25.—Panic struck residents of flooded districts early today, with a warning by Police Capt. C. H. Watson that the | surging Ohio River may climb to a | 60-foot stage. Men, women and children leared from second-story windows of their homes screaming for help, while res- | cue crews continued evacuation of | threatened homes. | | Fred Gainer, director of the Relief Committee, said: “The situation is awful.” The Ohio reached 52 feet oday and rolled further into the husiness section, while merchants continued a rush to save their stocks. The Weather Bureau predicted a stage of 54 feet by midafternoon. Relief workers said there was no danger of loss of life, and all persons were being removed from threatened homes, while the river rose two-tenths of a foot an hour. But, they reiterated, boats.” “We need Save Money At GIBSON'S 1 Pint Cod Liver Oil. __ 49¢ 1 Pint Antiseptic Mouth Wash 1 Quart Heavy Russian Mineral Oil 50c Pint Milk of Magnesia 16¢ 25c Citrate of Magnesia 11¢ 10c Lux Soap - 5¢ Limit 10c Lifebuoy Soap - -Se¢ Limit 5 200 Aspirin (5 grs.) ___ 25¢ 100 Conc. Cod Liver Oil Tablets 2 Bay Rum Shaving Cream 25¢ 3 Milk of Magnesia Tooth Paste Aspirin Tablets, 12 500 Pond’s Tissues_ - 5 Segal Blades 50c Prophylactic Toot! Brush ... Ly S0c Dr. West Tooth Brush tolgate’s Tooth Paste. 50c Woodbury’s Creams_ 5 Gem Blades 21¢c 25 Double Eggen Blades 25¢ The Gibson Co. 917 G St. N.W. WASHINGTON, D. FEEET C., MONDAY, Where Floods Endanger Thousands JANUARY 25, 1937. KNOWN DEAD ADDS TERROR. N TOWN EVACUATED 4KNOWN DEAD Map shows how thousands were gripped today in the spreading floods in the Mdwest and South. Fire, disease, hunger and looting added to the terror and tragedy.—Copyright, A. P. Wirephotos. «f | POWER FAILS THE T0LL HOMELESS—over 409000 REPORTL > DERD PROPERTY LOSS-MILLIONS | LOOTERS RAVAGE £ FLOODE! 15 CONVICTS SAID SLAIN IN RIOTING. ¥ 1oy} D TOWN. 59 | Flood Relief Fund MONEY RECEIVED BY THI STAR FOR THE AMERICAN RED CROSS. The Star will continue to receive and acknowledge funds for the Red Cross flood relief. Make checks payable to District Chapter, American Red Cross. Mail or bring to the cashier, The Evening Star. The Evening Star Admiral and Mrs. Chandler Mr. and Mrs. Melville H. Cohee F. H. Outrich $250.00 5.00 2.00 10.00 Henry Weiz 2.00 L. S W. Christian Endeavor Society, Christian Church, Capitol Heights, Md. John W. Kocb...___ Mrs. C. H. Duckworth. Nancy R. Duckworth. Mrs. P. V. Hale Mrs, E. P. Ehrmantrout. John Gabriel and family. 225 10.00 1.00 25 10.00 1.00 3.00 1.00 5.00 2.00 1.00 5.00 2.00 3.00 2.00 3.00 1.00 5.00 5.00 10.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 1.00 10.00 5.00 100.00 5.00 200 10.00 5.00 10.00 3.00 20.00 5.00 1.00 5.00 2.00 Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Sheneman_.. Ray G. Delphey. Mrs. John J. Callahan_ Jesse C. Suter_.__. George G. Davies R. E. Wilson___ Mrs. Myrtle Fox William H. Ramsey. E. F. Droop & Sons Augusta F. Johnson. A, W. Soine B. F. Rover. Richard H. Spittell Gerson Nordlinger. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel B. Loveless Clement J. Sobotka. John A. Phillips___ Mrs. Carmela Venuto. Emma M. Hyam... G. W. Parsons. Paul R. Heyl.__ Helen M. Morrey H. C. Maynor. A. F. Arnold. Mary Patten Godding Charles L. Bliss____ Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Stanle; Miss Ruth Megby. J. Puglise Mrs. Ruby V. Jacl H. Loren Fassett. Clarkson Galleher. Mendel family . Le Roy Ficklin_ Violet Altice S. V. 1.00 5.0 10.00 5.00 10.00 5.00 ourzZ w. | 1840 and 1842 California street Young People’s Group of In- gram Congregational Church Victor C. Verro. William H. Dorsey. Willlam Conradis 5.00 | 10.00 | Mrs. J. Monaco. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Cataldi Mr. and Mrs. N. M. Hall.. 200 1.00 | 200 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 | = 1.00 Mr. and Mrs. James Martin and. Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Scrivener and George Mar- tin, Robert Fisher and Mil- dred Meem - John Herbert. 7.00 | 1.00 | 200 | 2.00 10.00 Tom, Ann, Hellmuth |8. B. D. Rollins.. Miss C. M. Collette. | Anonymous cash contribu- Ray and Mary 1.00 Cincinnati (Continued From First Page.) vige the 3,000 feet of hose needed to | reach the flooded river water below the hill on which the building is lo- cated. Fire still burned at mid-day in the Mill Creek district, where an ofl-fed blaze along a 3-mile front destroyed | $1,500,000 to $2,000,000 in property | Sunday. Pire officials, however, expressed confidence it was under control. Only food stores, drug stores and | eating places operated as the river | rose to an unprecedented mark within |a foot of the 80-foot crest predicted | | officially for tonight or tomorrow. | Ten Coast Guard boats, each with | a capacity of 20 persons, rescued hun- ;d.reda of persons still in such danger spots as the tops of floating buildings, rooftops, and, in some cases, the attics | of two-story houses. ! | While total damage from flood and | | fire mounted toward the $7,000,000 | mark, City Manager Dykstra said: “The water situation in Cincinnati is becoming grave. The four hours’ | drain on the water service since the pumps were shut off indicates that water consumers were not as careful in their use of water as will be neces- ; sary. In the four hours of use so far, | we have depleted our supply more than | 25 per cent. | “Unless the people of Cincinnati exercise more self-control in the use | of water, we will be without it entirely {in three days. “It is imperative that you use water One cannot be too care- ful about care of one’s eyes—May we suggest you come in, have them examined and be on the safe side? ETZ Optometrists 608 13th N.W. (Bet. F and G N.W.) NEWEST STYLE Rimless —White, single-visionlenses in a rimless white or pink gold-filled engraved mount- ing—for this low price. Glasses vd. 45 Use Your Charge Account or Our Convenient Club Plan Optical Dept. anny Street Floor - The Avenue =Tih, Mk and O Sia operation of every one in this grave nglin. How long tha: will be ro one | | can tell. only for cooking and drinking pur- poses. Tonight water will be turned on only for one hour—from 6 to 7 p.m. If too much water is used during that hour, it will be necessary to turn it on for only 30 or 15 minutes daily, hereafter. “The city manager urges the co- emergency. ? | “Cincinnati normauy uses 50,000,- 000 to 60,000,000 galions a day. At/ that rate the 100,000,000-gallon 1e- serve would last only two days. “Sunday night we had a total of | 100,000 000 gallons of water in the | various reservoirs. “This supply must be made to last | until the pumps can begin operations “Monday morning, after the two- %%k A—3 “Cincinnati now has available 35,000 kilowatts of electricity—one= seventh of normal. “The gas supply is all right. “Some Dayton, Ohio, (52 miles away) industries have shut down in order to give their current to Cincine nat! in this emergency. “With only one-seventh of normal supply of electricity, everybody must conserve electricity to the maximum. “There can be no elevator service, no electric transportation “We must conserve so as to keep the hospitals, telephone, police, fire tower and other vital necessities going. “If the flood emergency lasts 10 days or longer, it is our purpose to make the 100,000,000 gallons last that long. “The water works and the two elec- tric plants went out at T4-75 feet Sunday, but the river will prooably have to drop to around 70 feet be- fore the great wells in the plants can be pumped out. That will take a day or so0.” H. C. Blackwell, president of the Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co., noti= fied Dykstra that only 35,000 kilowatts of current could be obtained from Dayton and Indianapolis to meet the city’s needs. “We are rationing it out to those things vitally needed for relief” Dyk- stra said. “Hospitals are first on the list, together with the police radio | and telephone system and the fire department telephone and box signal service. “The Cincinnati and Suburban Bell Telephone Co. also is on the list. Without phones and the police radio we would be helpless.” LAWYERS’ BRIEFS RUSH PRINTING BYRON S. ADAMS ROOF EXPERTS Why take a chance when expert advice will save you money? "Skillful expert service ready at all times. % FERGUSON ; 3831 Ga. 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