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WAR PROFITS ACT
OFFERS PROBLEM
Committee Members Fear
Reaction to Conscription
Provisions.
By IM Associated Press.
Safite House members expressed
Bpprmension yesterday lest conscrip
tion Provisions of pending legislatio*
to tie the profits out of war should
be interpreted abroad as a militaristic
gesture.
The measure, which is to be con
sidered soon by the House Military
Affairs Committee, would clothe the
President with authority in an emer
gency to conscript into the armed
forces members of the "unorganized
militia" between the ages of 18 and
31.
"It looks like a draft act,” said
Representative Maverick, Democrat,
of Texas, "and an unpleasant
gesture."
Some committee members expressed
concern privately lest Europe inter
pret the legislation to mean the
United States is planning to build up
its strength in preparation for war.
Difficulty also is being experienced,
one member said, in amending the
bill to assure labor that there is no
intention of drafting workers into
industry at service wages and at the
same time to retain power to pro
vide sufficient personnel for essential
industries.
Chairman Hill of the Military Com
mittee said the tax provision, which
originally would have levied a 95 per
cent tax on all profits in excess of
the average for a three-year period
immediately preceding the outbreak
of war, probably would be amended,
but he volunteered no details.
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THE WEATHER
District of Columbia—Occasional
rain today and probably tomorrow;
not much change in temperature;
moderate to fresh easterly winds.
Maryland—Occasional rain today
and probably tomorrow; not much
change in temperature.
Virginia—Occasional rain today and
probably tomorrow; warmer in south
east portion today, colder in west
portion tomorrow.
West Virginia—Showers today and
probably tomorrow; colder tomorrow.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers
clear late yesterday afternoon.
Report Until 10 P.M. Saturday.
Midnight __ 61 12 noon _ 62
2 a m. _ 60 2 p m._66
4 a.m._ 47 4 p.m._65
6 a.m. __44 op.m._62
R a.m. _45 R p.m. __49
loam. . 49 10 p.m. _48
Record Until 10 P.M. Saturday.
Highest, 56. 2 p.m. yesterday. Year
• BO. 49.
Lowest, 43, 6 a.m. yesterday. Year ago, I
30
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest. 76, on January 9.
Lowest. 19. on February 28.
Tide Tables.
(Furnished by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey.)
Today. Tomorrow.
High _1:36 a.m. 2:36 a.m.
Low _8:15 a.m. 9:22 a.m.
High _1:59 p.m. 3:01p.m.
Low _9:02 p.m. 9:59 p.m.
The Sun and Moon.
Rises. Sets.
Burt, today_ 6:49 6:34
Sun. tomorrow_ 5:48 6:35
Moon, today _ 1:34a.m. 11:38a.m.
Automobile lights must be turned on
•ne-hall hour after sunset.
Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation in Inches In the
Capital (current month to date):
Month. 1937. Average. Record.
January _ 7.83 3.55 7.S3 '37
February _ 3.33 3.27 6.84 ’84
March _ 1.50 3.75 8.84 '91
April _ 3.27 9.13 '89
Mav _ 3.70 10.69 '89
June _ 4.13 10.94 '00
July _ 4.71 10.63 '86
August __ 4.01 14.41 '28
Peplember _ _ _ 3.24 17.45 '34
October _ 2.84 8.57 '85
November _ 2.37 8.69 '89
December ...... 3.32 7.56 '01
Weather in Various Cities.
PreeiD.
^-Tempera turr^ 7:30
Max. Min. Sat. p m to
Sat- Fri. 7:30 7:30
urday.night. p m. p.m.
Asheville. N. C- 74 34 66
Atlanta, Ga. - 78 46 68 -
Atlantic City. N. J. 54 44 44
Baltimore. Md. _ 66 46 50 0.02
Birmingham. Ala. 80 62 72
Bismarck. N. Dak. 30 26 26 0.33
Boston, Mass._ 40 32 84 -
Buffalo, N. Y._ 42 28 38
Chicago, 111. 40 32 *0 0.04
Cincinnati, Ohio — 56 38 56 -
Cheyenne, Wyo. __ 42 22 38 -
Cleveland. Ohio-- 46 30 44
Dallas, Tex. _ 66 68 62 0.02
Davenport. Iowa 40 32 40 0.01
Denver. Colo. __ 42 32 42 -
Des Moines. Iowa ._ 40 34 36 -
Detroit, Mich._ 40 26 38
Duluth. Minn._ 30 24 28 0.17
El Paso. Tex._ 70 43 68
Galveston. Tex._ 70 62 6S 0.57
Helena, Mont. _ 40 30 38
Huron. S. Dak. 34 30 34 0.63
Indianapolis, Ind. - 48 38 48 0.30
Jacksonville. Fla. 72 56 66 _ _
Kansas City. Mo. 66 50 44 -
Little Rock. ArK. 80 66 7 6 -
Los Angeles. Calif. _ 64 52 62 _ —
Louisville. Ky. _ 76 42 7 2 -
Marquette. Mich. 32 24 30 -
Memphis. Term. -- 80 58 76 _
Miami. Fla. 78 68 74
Minneapolis, Minn. 32 26 30 0.41
Mobile. Ala. 64 60 62 0.03
New Orleans, La. 76 56 72 -
New York. N. Y. 48 36 48
North Platte. Nebr. 52 36 50
Omaha. Nebr. 40 36 38 0.01
Philadelphia. Pa. 62 40 48
Phoenix, Ariz._ 72 46 70
Pittsburgh, Pr._ 46 32 40 0.07
Portland, Me. _ 38 32 36 0.86
Portland. Oreg. 66 42 66 0.31
Rapid City. S. Dak. 34 t 28 34 _
Balt Lake City, Utah 42 * 32 40 _
St. Louis. Mo. _ .78 48 74 _
San Antonio. Tex. __ 62 82 _
San Diego. Calif. 64 50 62
Ban Prancisco, Calif. 56 48 64 _
Santa Fe. N. Mex. 50 36 44 _
Savannah. Ga._ 78 54 64
Seattle. Wash._ 58 42 56 0.05
Springfield. 111. 64 38 62 0 01
Tampa. Fla. _ 72 60 66 0.72
Vicksburg. Miss. __ 78 52 66 _
WASH., D. C. ___ 56 43 51 _
Gainesville Rises From Wreckage
f—■"
Prosperous activity marks Gainesville, Ga., today, but a year ago it was a tangled mass of
debris after a tornado flattened large sections and killed more than 200. Upper photo, showing
wrecked business block, was taken just after the storm, April 6. 1936. Lower, a portion of the city
square as it appears today, rebuilt under plans for a model civic center. —A. P. Photos.
Canal
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were linked as two of the President’s
favorite public works projects in the
dicussions at that time.
Senator Pepper, Democrat, of
Florida, said, ‘T am gratified indeed
to learn that the chief of Army en
gineers, after having made a very
thorough and exhaustive study, has
recommended the completion of the
Florida ship canal. This report, I be
lieve, brings to Florida challenging
possibilities for the future.”
Representative Green, Democrat, of
Florida, who led the fight in the
House for the ship canal, welcomed
the recommendation, describing the
project as “the most important public
improvement before the American peo
ple today," and said it would "carry
more benefits than any other piece
of public improvement legislation."
Representative Hendricks, Democrat,
of Florida, said, "The fact that the
Florida canal has now received the
strongest indorsement from the Army
engineers makes certain that this
project will be approved by Congress.”
Hendricks held that the only reason
the House was unwilling to provide
funds for continuing the canal con
struction last June was that it had
not received a report from the chief
of engineers in response to a request
in the rivers and harbors bill of 1932.
Representative Peterson, Democrat,
of Florida, an opponent of the project,
on the other hand expressed the feel
ing that “the position taken by the
board justifies the position which I
have taken consistently in opposition
to this project. Certainly there is no
cause for elation on the part of the
canal advocates.”
Buckman Hails Advice.
Henry Holland Buckman. chief en
gineering counsel for the Ship Canal
Authority of the State of Florida,
hailed Gen. Markham's recommenda
tion as serving to "emphasize the wis
dom of the President in authorizing
and beginning construction of this
national enterprise.”
“It is shown to be the greatest and
most beneficial public Work under
taken by this administration,” Buck
man said. "I am confident that those
who have heretofore conscientiously
opposed him in this matter, because
of lack of complete information, will
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now support him since it has been
shown that completion of the project
is in the public interest.”
When the late Senator Fletcher,
Democrat, of Florida failed by a single
vote to obtain an appropriation last
year to carry on the work, Majority
Leader Robinson offered an amend
ment to the deficiency appropria
tions bill to provide funds for the
project. The Senate passed this
amendment, but the House summarily
rejected it, and Congress adjourned
without making any funds available.
Contractors continued their opera
tions along the canal route until last
September. Army engineers aban
doned the project, and dismissed, a
few at a time, the 6.000 men the
project had employed. Camp Roose
velt, construction headquarters, was
turned over to the University of
Florida for use as an adult training
school.
Fifth Report on Idea.
Gen. Markham's report was the
fifth that Army engineers have made
on the idea of the Atlantic-Gulf
Waterway. Co-ordinating four pre
vious studies and recommendations,
It was made after a personal inspec
tion of the project.
The proposed canal would cut across
the middle of Florida to provide a
relatively high-speed ship canal be
tween the Atlantic and the Gulf and
thereby reduce the time and distance
of steamship travel between Eastern
and Gulf ports.
Gen. Markham's report was under
stood to follow closely the findings
submitted last year by a special board
of engineers appointed by President
Roosevelt to study the project. While
recognizing that its economic justifica
tion might be questionable, he was
understood to have cited the con
tinuing necessity for providing jobs
for the unemployed and national de
fense and other benefits as warranting
completion of the project.
DEATHS DROP BELOW
| 3-YEAR AVERAGE
March 21-27 Is Low for Year.
Infant Mortality Falls
Sharply.
Deaths la the District of Columbia,
which have been running far above
normal since the first of the year,
decreased sharply during the week
ending March 27, according to a re
. port by the Census Bureau. There was
a decided decrease in the number of
infant deaths locally.
The report shows 170 deaths for the
week, as compared with 195 for the
preceding week and with a three-year
average of 186 for the corresponding
week.
| There were only six deaths of in
fants under 1 year of age, as compared
with 18 during the week ending March
20 and with an average of 21 for the
corresponding week during the past
three years.
Because of the heavy death rate
during the early part of the year, how
ever, the totals for 1937 to date are
running ahead of last year. During
the first 12 weeks of this year there
were 2,494 deaths here, as against
2,438 during the same period last year.
There were 227 infant deaths during
the 12 weeks, as compared with 178
during the first 12 weeks last year.
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Balbo Promotion Rumored.
ROME. April 3 (A>).—Marshall Italo
Balbo, Governor of Libya, was re
ported by informed sources today as
a likely candidate to head the new
“ministry of Italian Africa." to be
created soon. The new cabinet unit
replaces the ministry of colonies and
Italy’s African colonies will be known
as “parts of the empire."
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BARNARD HONORED
AT TMONIAL
Retiring Head of Penal In
stitutions Given Recep
tion by Employes.
Two hundred employes of the Dis
trict Reformatory, Workhouse and
Ninth Street Wharf gave a testimo
nial reception last night to Capt.
w k ir
retiring superin
tendent of Dis
trict penal insti
tutions, on the
eve of his 75th
birthday anni
versary.
The reception
was held in Capt.
Barnard's home
on the reserva
tion of the penal
institutions a t
Lorton, Va. The
veteran execu
tive, one of the
mnKt. nnnular de
Capt. Barnard.
partmental heads in the District gov
ernment, is expected to retire in about
a month at his own request.
Capt. Barnard was presented with
two testimonial open books bearing
the signatures of his subordinates,
along with an easy chair and a day
bed couch.
C. B. Jett, foreman of construction
at Lorton, acted as toastmaster. One
of the testimonial books was presented
by Kenneth Dove, chief clerk of the
reformatory, and the other by T. J.
McCollum, chief clerk of the work
house.
Speakers paid tribute to the accom
plishments of Capt. Barnard and for
his humanitarian work among pris
oners during his long service.
With Capt. Barnard were his wife,
two daughters and five grandchildren.
Capt. and Mrs. Barnard will move
soon from the superintendent’s home
on the reservation to a new residence
near historic Pohick Church, about 6
miles from Lorton.
Capt. and Mrs. Barnard have just
returned from a month's stay in
Florida.
One feature of the reception was
a huge cake bearing a birthday
inscription.
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Bookmaking
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to approval by the Board of County
Commissioners before a license could
be issued by the State controller.
Propoaed Levies.
The relief bill as it now stands
provides for the following levies:
Whisky floor tax—2’a cents per
gallon.
Admission to theaters and other
places of amusement—1 per cent of
grass receipts of such places.
Stamp tax on recorded documents—
25 cents per $500 of valuation of
transaction involved.
Re-registration of automobile drivers
—$1 per year.
Claw machines—$25 per year per
machine.
Bookmaking—$5,000 per year license
fee and 1 per cent tax on all wagers.
Corporation franchises—$10 and up.
Cosmetics—10 per cent.
Beer—75 cents per barrel.
Automobile titling—1 per cent of
valuation of such vehicles.
Two Switch Vote.
Late today the Senate voted, 15 to
14, against legalizing bookmaking and
in so doing knocked a $400,000 hole
in the welfare program. A second
vote was taken less than an hour
later, two Senators changing their
votes and the bookmaking amendment
carrying, 16 to 13.
Those who switched were Senators
Joseph Donovan of Howard County
and Ridgely P. Melvin of Anne Arun
del. Donovan and Melvin, explaining
their change, said they felt the entire
welfare set-up might be jeopardized by
elimination of the bookie tax.
There wa virtually no debate be
fore the first vote on the bookmak
ing amendment. Senator Callan, one
of the opponents, said legalization of
handbooks "would create a terrible
stench in the nostrils of Maryland.”
Saaacer Brought in.
Senator Stedman Prescott of Mont
gomery County demanded a roll call
.
of the Senate before the vote waa
taken. The roll call showed that only
Senate President Sasscer was absent
and the sergeant at arms was ordered
to bring him Into the chamber for the
vote when requested by Senator Coad.
Sasscer and Prescott voted with 12
others for the bookmaking tax, while
13 opposed it.
Other phases of the taxation sched
ule were adopted without discussion.
An amendment to the State tax bill
was offered early In the session tonignt
which would raise the levy on real and
personal property by % of a cent in
1938 and 1 cent in 1939. The amend
ment, offered by Senator Coad, is said
to be required by an increase in the
amount of State bonds.
The inclusion of Prince Georges
County among the communities which
would legalize bookmaking under the
Statewide relief bill before the Senate
tonight was attributed to the "need
for relief in the county.”
Statement Issued.
Senate President Lansdale G. Sass
cer and House members from Prince
Georges made the declaration in a
formal statement issuad after the
amendment was affixed to the welfare
measure.
They said the money that would be
wagered by Washington residents in
Prince Georges establishments "would
probably increase the State fund in
excess of $300,000.”
It was also said by the legislators
that the move undoubtedly had been !
made because it has been brought out
that "police have been unable to en
force the present anti-gambling law.”
After pointing out that the licensing
of bookmakers would be accomplished :
only on the approval of the county
commissioners and that the $25,000
county license fee would go to relief
and general county purposes, they
stated.
"The relief program is State-wide
and as the bill as adopted by the
Finance Committee is a State-wide
measure, the county must be < ither
exempt from the operation of the act
or be Included in the till,
"In view of the fact that there
is considerable need for relief in the
county, for which funds must be
raised, it Is believed the county should
share in the receipt of the monies
raised from the bookmaking tax.
"It is also felt there will be little
opposition to the adoption of the
program if properly regulated through
the county commissioners who are
in touch with the local situation,
particularly in view of the fact that
in recent years the grand Jury of
Prince Georges County has on several
occasions recommended the legaliza
non oi gamDiing.
“The high fee set as a minimum will
undoubtedly prevent numerous book
making establishments from operating
in the county and the local contact
of the county commissioners will en
able the county authorities to check
on the applications and require the
revocation of the license where neces
sary.
“In argument before the Finance
Committee it was explained that book
making exists throughout the State
and that it had been almost impos
sible for the authorities to eliminate.
“In addition it was pointed out that
most of the money wagered with book
making would come from Washington
residents and the State tax of 1 per
cqnt on all bets would probably in
crease the State relief funds In excess
of $300,000 without direct tax on resi
dents of the State.”
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BURNS FATAL
Funeral arrangements for Charles
Butts, 32, who died of burns jp Cas
ualty Hospital, were being completed
last night with the aid of relatives.
Butts, employed as a laborer by
the W. P. A., was burned when a
coal stove exploded in his home
March 4.
In addition to his widow. Butts is
survived by two children. Rosa, 10, and
Elmer, 8. The family Is living at 1218
Eleventh street southeast.
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Plead Guilty and Get 18
Year Terms in Slaying.
Companion to Hang.
B> the Associated Press.
SUTTON, W. Va., April 3.—Two
18-year sentences for War Joseph
Kirby and Lawrence Gingell brought
to an end today the strange case
which began four months ago with the
discovery of the charred body of W.
Earle Dollman in his automobile.
Kirby, 21, of Baltimore, Md., and
Gingell, 20-year-old former caddy of
Kensington, Md., appeared before
Judge Jake Fisher in a brief court
session, pleaded guilty to second-de
gree murder and received their sen
tences.
Their companion, William Brown
Read, 25. of Four Corners, Md., against
whom they testified, waited in Jail
at Charleston for a trip next week to
Moundsville. He is under sentence
to be hanged at the penitentiary July
9. Sheriff J. M. Slack did not an
nounce the time of departure.
Describe Slaying.
Dollman, 34-year-old Charleston
salesman, was en route from Mor
gantown to his home for the Thanks
giving holiday last November. Testi
mony at the trial brought out he met
three men in a stalled car and started
out with two of them to get gaso
line.
Gingell testified a quarrel broke
out and Read struck Dollman. He
said they returned to the stalled car
and Read set fire to Dollman’s auto
mobile. Kirby said the same. They
also said Read took Dollman s money.
The proceedings before Judge
Fisher were brief. Gingell and Kirby
had been scheduled to appear Mon
day, but the judge called for them to
day and received their pleas.
Kirby and Gingell, have yet to fate
Judge S. Collett Littlepage in Charles
ton for sentence for robbing Paul P.
Wilson, Charleston banker, and Harold
Casto, filling station operator. They
pleaded guilty.
Read was convicted of robbing Wil
son and drew a life term.
All three are charged at Rockville,
Md., with killing Elwood Mathews,
65-year-old farmer, near Silver Spring.
Statements announced by Lieut.
James H Fillinger of the State Police
implicated the men in a dozen other
robberies during a tour of Virginia,
' Maryland and West Virginia.
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