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EQUAL RIGHTS ACT
Women Cannot Depend on
Individual States for
Legislation.
Women cannot depend on legisla
tion by individual States to win
equality with men, witnesses today
told a Senate judiciary subcommittee
holding hearings on a proposal to add
a sex-equality amendment to the Con
stitution.
With the hearings nearing an end,
Mrs. Burnita Shelton Matthews, a
prominent member of the District of
Columbia bar and counsel for the
National Woman's party, which is
urging the amendment, said that in
the last 10 years only two States
had qualified women for jury duty
and that it required a decade. 1925-35,
for Congress to amend the District
Code which had provided that men
should be preferred over women in the
line of descent, for property distri
bution.
Mrs. Matthews devoted much of her
presentation to answering arguments
advanced in opposition to the amend
ment earlier this week by two of her
District bar colleagues—Dean G. Ache
son, former Undersecretary of the
Treasury, and James Oliver Murdock,
former legal adviser to the State De
partment.
Sees Opportunity for States.
Recalling that Mr. Acheson had said
"confusion and chaos’’ would be cre
ated in State statutes by a Federal
amendment, Mrs. Matthews expressed
the belief that the States would have
an opportunity to bring laws into har
mony with the blanket legislation 1
while it was pending, just as had been
done in the case of the suffrage
amendment.
She laughingly disclaimed any effort
on the part of women to discard their
identity through the amendment, as,
she said, Mr. Murdock seemed to fear.
"The laws of nature are not change
able; even if they were changeable,
we're satisfied with them,” she said as
members of her audience applauded.
"We want men to be men and
women to be women; we’re not under
taking by this amendment to change
any of the laws of nature.”
Mrs. Roosevelt's views on the amend
ment were brought into the hearing
as the result of an inquiry by Senator
Burke. Democrat, of Nebraska, chair
man of the subcommittee.
Addressing Mrs. Emma Guffey
Miller. Democratic national com
mitteewoman from Pennsylvania and
sister of Senator Guffey, Senator
Burke recalled that earlier this week
Senator O’Mahoney, Democrat, of
Wyoming had requested the views on
the amendment of the wife of the
President and Secretary of Labor
Perkins—both of whom have been
quoted in opposition to it—and that
while Mrs. Miller had discussed Secre
tary’ Perkins' attitude, she had not
touched on that of Mrs. Roosevelt.
The Nebraska Senator w’ondered if
this was an "oversight."
"It was an oversight,” said Mrs.
I Miller, who is presenting the witnesses.
V "I have never talked with Mrs. Roose
| velt on this matter, and all I know
*fbout her views is what I have seen
iti the paper. I cannot think that
I’.Irs. Roosevelt was correctly quoted,
rfor she is very clear-thinking, and that
statement did not bear that out.”
Plea for Amendment.
Mrs. Stephen Pell. New York so
cialite and chairman of the Council of
the Woman’s Party, in a vigorus plea
in behalf of the amendment, told the
committee that:
"The individual woman is still re
garded under the law as part being,
part chattel. She is to be protected
and pampered as a pet by another
human being who, through the acci
dent of birth, happens to be a man.
or else to be denied her fundamental
rights to equality of treatment on the
ground that she is a pet and must be
pampered and protected.
"There is, then, only a difference
in degree, as regards woman, between
her status in a society which proudly
calls itself democratic and a society
in which all human liberties are de
nied, and women are relegated to the
position of drudges and slaves.”
Other witnesses today were Miss
Martha R. Scrvis. executive secretary
of the National Soroptimists Clubs;
Mrs. James Norman Smith of New
York, a member of the Council of the
Woman’s Party, and Mrs. Marguerite
D. Bodziak, Democratic national com
mitteewoman for Delaware.
After today's hearing, the subcom
mittee plans a recess over tomorrow
and then will hear the rebuttal argu
ments of opponents mustered by the
National League of Women Voters,
Saturday.
The full committee is to vote Mon
day on the resolution to submit the
amendment to the States.
RACING RESULTS
Hialeah Park—
FIRST RACE—The Vnivcr.ltv of Miami
Athletic fund Purge; SHOO: 2-year-old
maidens: claiming; nursery course.
Maetown (Roberts) 6.00 t.lft 2.90
Spanish Bunt (Landolt) 7.30 1.70
Lady Hav (Lynch) B.20
Alto ran—Beau Do. Ballad. Dutch Flag.
King Joy. Hazardous. Driverin, Layover,
Merry Meg. Silent Gift and Lady Ethelyn.
SECOND RACE—Purse. *1.000: claim
ing: 3-year-olds and up; B furlongs.
Spindle Top (Blerman) 38.90 IB.BO 7.20
Early Evening (Thompson) 10.00 0.00
Singing Slave (Schelh) 1.00
Time. 1:13*4.
_ Also ran—Nance, Higher Up. Fancy
That. Gold Color. Sought After, Kelt,
Evadne. Temple Fall and Songitop.
(Daily Double paid *113.80 for *2.)
Cat Is Rescued
After Week in
Top of a Tree
B> a Stall Correspondent of The Star.
CHEVY CHASE, Md.. Feb. 10.—A
tree surgeon ended Chevy Chase’s
first sit-down strike yesterday when he
removed a cat from the upper branches
of a 60-foot tree.
For a full week Patsy, a Persian,
owned by Leonie and Muriel Dangoise,
10 and 6 years old, daughters of Mr.
and Mrs. Edgar F. Dangoise, of 157
Quincy street, hid scorned all over
tures to come down.
Seven days ago she climbed the
tree in a neighbor’s yard to a limb
25 feet from the ground. Efforts to
retrieve her only served to drive her
higher and higher until she finally
was in the topmost branches.
Chevy Chase firemen were called,
but they are prohibited by new depart
ment regulations from giving such
assistance, while the Animal Rescue
League said it lacked the proper
equipment for handling such a lofty
rescue job.
Finally W. G. Lynskey, a tree
surgeon, was sent by a firm in Arling
ton, Va. He climbed the tree and
brought Patsy back to earth and her
overjoyed young owners.
Sonja Henie Has Triple “If”
Date to Open Ice Rink Here
Sonja Henie, photographed with Pilot Dick Merrill, trans
Atlantic flyer, as she arrived at Washington Airport this morn
ing en route to open an ice carnival at Miami.—Star Staff Photo.
By W. H. SHIPPEN, Jr.
SONJA HENIE has a sort of triple
"if" engagement to open an ice
skating ring here.
The blond “wonder girl” dis
cussed it briefly with Commissioner
Hazen at the airport this morning,
while airplane motors roared and slip
streams tore the words from her
mouth.
Sonja stopped over here while flying
to Miami in an Eastern Air liner oc
cupied by her manager. Mike Jacobs;
several members of her family, and the
troupe of performers which will help
her open an ice show in the Orange
Bowl.
Her conversation with Commissioner
Hazen. who, with representatives of;
the Norwegian Legation, welcomed her i
to Washington—or to Washington Air
port rather—was interrupted by pho
tographers, reporters, back-firing mo
tors and a brisk gale which all but
whipped the enormous purple orchids
from her mink coat.
The words, which did not go with
the wind, were something like this:
"Miss Henie. if ... if we open the
projected skating rink here, why not
come to Washington and help put it
over?"
Sonja fairly beamed at the sug
gestion, and. incidentally, that of half
a dozen camera men whose bulbs ■
were flashing away.
"Mr. Hazen," she smiled, and when
Sonja smiles she dazzles, even at
10 a m., in broad daylight, "I will be
delighted—delighted.”
That little matter seemed all fixed
up. but Sonja had a couple of "ifs” to
add:
“If," she said, “you give me suffi
cient-notice . . . and if the rink
is big enough ... a 50,000 seating
capacity would be large enough, I
think. You see, my troupe—it Is
quite eicpensive!”
Sonja's troupe was clambering
back into the airliner.
Dick Merrill, trans-Atlantic pilot
and captain of ifie flight, got aboard
A radio announcer waved Sonja to
ward a microphone, but Mr. Jacobs
stepped forward with another "if.” "If
she wasn’t under contract that would
be okay,” grinned Mr. Jacobs.
The airliner wheeled down the run
way and angled away over the Poto
mac, while a little crowd of faithful
fans gazed after it—there wasn’t a
3onja Henie autograph among them,
for airport officials had kept them off
the field.
The radio announcer carried his mi
crophone away. "Too bad.” he said,
“too bad, but what the h—1, it was a
dummy after all!”
He was referring to the microphone.
PUERTO RICO STRIKE
IS DUE TO END TODAY
Steamship Firms Accept Proposal
to Raise Wages of Long
shoremen.
B» the Asjociited Preis.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Feb. 10.—
Longshoremen on strike here since
January 3 were expected to return to
work today following acceptance by
11 steamship companies of Qov. Blan
ton Winship's proposal for an imme
diate wage Increase and arbitration
of other differences.
Gov. Winship was advised last night
of acceptance of his proposals by the
steamship companies, with which
negotiations had been conducted in
New York.
The Governor’s plan for settlement
of the strike which has paralyzed all
island shipping for more than five
weeks included immediate application
of a 25 per cent wage increase, to 40
cents an hour, pending arbitration by i
a three-man board of the workers' |
wage and other demands.
The strikers demanded an Increase
of their 32-cent hourly scale to 75
cents.
Your Income
NO. 18.
DEDUCTION FOR BAD DEBTS.
Bad debt* constitute a considerable
item in the returns of many taxpayers
and may be treated in one of two
ways—either by deduction from gross
income in respect to debts ascertained
to be worthless either in whole or in
part, or by deduction of a reason
able addition to a reserve for bad
debts. Taxpayers were given an op
tion for 1921 to select either of the
two methods. The method used in
the return for 1921 must be used in
returns for subsequent years unless
permission is granted by the com
missioner of internal revenue to
change to the other method. Ap
plication to change must be made at
least 30 days prior to the close of the
taxable year for which the change is
to be effective. However, a taxpayer
filing a first return in 1937 may select
either of the two methods, subject
to the approval of the commissioner
upon examination of the return. Per
mission to adopt the reserve method
is limited to taxpayers having a large
number of accounts where credit is
extended over a considerable period
of time. It is not granted for the
purpose of handling one specific debt.
What constitutes a "reasonable ad
dition” to a reserve for bad debts
must be determined in the light of the
facts, and will vary as between classes
of business and with conditions of
business prosperity. It will depend
primarily upon the total amount of
debts outstanding as of the close of
the taxable year, those arising cur
rently as well as those arising in
prior taxable years, and the total
amount of the existing reserve. In
case subsequent realizations upon out
standing debts prove to be more or
less than estimated at the time of the
creation of the existing reserve, the
amount of the excess or inadequacy in
the existing reserve should be re
flected in the determination of the
reasonable addition necessary in the
taxable year. A taxpayer using the
reserve method should show in his re
turn the volume of charge sales (or
other business transactions) for the
year, and the percentage of the re
serve to cuch amount, the total amount
of notes and accounts receivable at
the beginning and end of the taxable
year, and the total amount of the
debts ascertained to be worthless and
charged against the reserve during
the taxable year.
Grows Foot in Two Days.
The first giraffe to be born at Whip
snake, England, Zoo grew a foot In two
day reoently.
Five Autos Jam,
Tie Up 1,000
Going to Work
One of the worst traffic jams Arling
ton County police have ever known
occurred at 8 a.m. today when five
automobiles and an ambulance head
ing for Washington locked bumpers
at the Intersection of Lee boulevard
and Arlington Ridge road.
Police estimated approximately 1,000
cars were delayed from 30 minutes to
an hour, lined up on the boulevard
from Memorial Bridge to Rosslyn, Va.,
while car* owners and officers un
locked and unscrewed bumpers of the
jammed cars.
The trouble began, apparently, when
the first car in a line of traffic stopped
suddenly, and the drivers behind were
unable to keep from piling up. The
first three cars Jammed were freed
by their drivers, who proceeded to
Washington without reporting to
police.
This left two automobiles and an
ambulance from Fort Myer, Va.,
driven by Archie C. Wilkerson, 20, of
the Army Medical Corps. The auto
mobile drivers remaining were Capt.
A. J. Sheridan, Army War College,
and J. S. Werking. 5302 North Wash
ington boulevard, Arlington.
The tie-up occurred at the point
where Lee boulevard is being extended
to Memorial Bridge. The extension
will be opened later this year and will
relieve traffic congestion considerably
in that area.
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GILBERT DENT RITES
TO BE HELD TOMORROW
Leonardtown Man Was Formerly
Realty Operator in
Washington.
Gilbert Dent, former Washington
realty operator, who died yesterday in
St. Mary’s Hospital, Leonardtown, Md.,
will be buried In the cemetery of
All Saints’ Episcopal Church, St.
Marys County, after funeral service*
in the church at noon tomorrow.
For the last few years Mr. Dent
had been engaged in the real estate
and insurance business in Southern
Maryland, with offices in Leonardtown.
He was one of the founders of the
old firm of Gardiner A Dent, the name
of which was later changed to Gilbert
Dent, Inc.
Mr. Dent also was active in banking
circles and was organizer and first
president of the bank at Clinton, Md.
Congress in Brief
TODAY.
Farm bill—Senate considers House
approved version.
Naval—Spokesmen for peace or
ganisations oppose expansion pro
gram before House committee.
Nomination—Senate subcommittee
considers appointment of Robert H.
Jackson to be Solicitor General.
Taxes—Democrats on House Ways
and Means Committee study tax re
vision bill.
Indians—House considers miscella
neous Indian bills.
TOMORROW.
Senate:
Probably will continue debate on
farm bill conference report.
Judiciary Subcommittee meets at
10:30 a.m. on additional judges for
District of Columbia.
Appropriations Subcommittee holds
executive hearing on District appro
priation bill.
Judiciary Subcommittee continues
hearing on nomination of Robert H.
Jackson to be solicitor general, 10 am.
House:
Will not be in session.
Appropriations Subcommittees con
tinue hearings on Interior, War and
Agriculture supply bills, 10 a.m.
Patent Committee continues hear
ings on bill to establish a department
of science, arts and literature, 10 am,
DR. G. T. BROWN
Prominent Lecturer Charged
With Violation of In
come Tax Laws.
Dr. Grafton Tyler Brown, nationally
prominent allergist and medical lec
turer, with offices at 1801 I street N.W.,
was indicted today by a Federal grand
Jury in Baltimore for alleged violation
of the income tax laws.
He is charged with evading pay
ment of taxes totaling more than
$2,800 on his Income for 1931 and 1933.
Evident* accumulated during a
lengthy investigation of Dr. Brown's
financial affairs was presented to the
grand Jury by agents of the Intelli
gence Unit of the Internal Revenue
Bureau. The Inquiry was directed by
Elmer L. Irey, chief of the unit.
The unit charged that in 1931 Dr.
Brown paid a tax of $40 93 on a re
ported net income of $9,060, whereas
he should have paid the Government
$1,705 on a net income of $31,274.
It was alleged he paid $126 in 1933
on a reported net income of $7,355,
whereas he should have paid $1,297 on
a net income of $19,992.
The grand Jury proceedings were
instituted after the Internal Revenue
Bureau had rejected a compromise
proposal, it is said. The Federal evi
dence included many bank records, it
is understood.
Dr. Brown, a native of the District,
was graduated from Georgetown Uni
versity Medical School in 1919. He
has lectured frequently at his alma
mater and at George Washington Uni
versity Medical School. He has con
tributed numerous articles to medical
and other scientific journals.
He is a member of the American
Medical Association and is a fellow
of the American College of Physicians.
His home is at 1315 Thirty-first
street N.W.
DISCUSSION SCHEDULED
ON CIVIL SERVICE BILLS
Hearing* on a down civil service
bills are to start next week. Chairman
Ramspeck of the House Civil Service
Committee announced today.
On Tuesday witnesses will be invited
to discuss five or six bills proposing
establishment of a Court of Appeals.
The first to be considered will be those
sponsored by Representatives Ran
dolph, Democrat, of West Virginia, and
Bigelow, Democrat, of Ohio, and Pear
son, Democrat, of Tennessee.
Later Chairman Ramspeck expects
to hold hearings on the minimum pay
bills and several retirement measures
which friends of the Government
workers have been pressing.
Tells Senators Delegated
Action on Changes in Con
stitution Best.
The Norris proposal to require fu
ture constitutional amendments to
be submitted to the people at gen
eral elections and to make a ma
jority vote in two-thirds of the States
sufficient for ratification is fraught
with danger in the opinion of former
Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby.
Ratification is required now by
three-fourths of the States, acting
either through the Legislatures or
conventions called in each State.
Mr. Colby, who served in President
Wilsons cabinet, told a Senate Ju
diciary Subcommittee yesterday the
new plan is not needed to expedite
proposed amendments. He contended
that any delay usually occurs in get
ting amendments through Congress
and not in obtaining State action.
Of the 25 amendments that have
gone before the States 21 have been
ratified within an average period of
one and one-third years, he said. On
the other hand, up to 1936 more than
3,148 proposed amendments, includ
ing some duplication, have been of
fered in Congress.
Experience has shown, Mr. t/oioy
said, that when questions of State gov
ernment are put on the ballot in gen
eral elections, the vote on such issues is
much smaller than the total vote for
candidates. To illustrate, he said that
in the last New York election, there
were more than 5.500,000 registered
voters, of whom 838.000 voted on an
amendment to the State constitution.
The speaker said the voters seem to feel
their elected representatives should
pass on such questions.
Answering the argument that 13 of
the smaller States can defeat 35 larger
States and thus prevent ratification of
amendments now, Mr. Colby declared
that in the substitution of 17 for 13,
by allowing two-thirds instead of three
fourths to ratify, the argument is little
changed. He added that there never
has been any line-up of States that
would present that situation.
"Our history has shown that when
changes in the Constitution are de
sired by the great body of the people,
they are made with celerity and ease,”
Mr. Colby told the sub-committee.
Membership Drive Opens.
B* a 8t»S Correspondent of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 10—The
local Chamber of Commerce has
opened a membership drive, with John
Dunn as chairman of the committee
in charge, D. C. Book, president, an
nounced today.
Numbers Bill Revived, Officials
Remind Palmisano of Purposes
Say Criticism Answered, With Courts
Serving to Forestall Caprice Ar
rests—Gangs Chief Prey.
"The crime situation In the District of Columbia amounts to a
national disgrace. * * * There is small hope for improvement of crime
conditions in any community so long as the great body of citteenry remains
indifferent, uninformed or hostile.’
—ATTORNEY GENERAL CUMMINGS.
By CARTER BROOKE JONES.
Objections to the numbers racket bill which Chairman Palmisano raised
| yesterday when the House District Committee rescued the measure from a
year's oblivion and headed it for fresh consideration already have been met
fully, law-enforcement officials said today.
The chairman's chief objections were that the bill would, in his opinion,
authorize police to search a man's home on mere suspicion or caprice and
would allow the arrest of a number*-:
player carrying a single ticket.
Mr. Palmisano voiced these same
criticisms when the bill was passed
by the Senate and sent to the House
last February.
At that time members of the Dis
trict attorney's staff who were instru
mental in drafting the legislation took
up the objections in detail.
Extends to Gambling Devices.
Section 911 of the bill, the search
and-seieure clause, they explained, vir
tually is Identical with a section of
the District code in effect for many
years, merely broadening it to include
gambling paraphernalia, such as num
bers tickets, not mentioned specifically
in the original section.
As to the use of this section, the
enforcement officers pointed out the !
code as construed by the District courts
does not authorise the issuance of
search warrants on mere suspicion,
information or belief. Several de
cisions have established the principle
that the*e warrants are to be Issued
only on "'probable cause established
by facts.”
With such precedents, they added,
the courts certainly would not uphold
search of a man’s house on suspicion
unsupported by facts, even if the po
lice were so inclined.
Concerning the Maryland Repre
sentative’s contention that innocent
purchasers of numbers slips, who had
no connection with the racket, could
be arrested and prosecuted, these offi
cials explained that section 863, mak
ing possession of tickets prima facie
evidence of guilt, is modeled after a
section of the New York penal code.
The New York law is typical of
statutes in many other States and is
no more severe in language or penalties
than these others.
Aimed at Runners.
The section making possession a
crime is aimed at numbers runners,
the officials emphasized, and is not
intended to embarrass innocent per
sons or enmesh those merely playing
the game.
It must be assumed, they added,
that police and prosecuting officers
will use reasonable intelligence and
discretion in carrying out such a law,
restricting its application to commer
cial gamblers.
Many other such laws could be used
as means of persecution if police,
prosecutors and courts were so in
clined, it was pointed out, but such
cases would not stand up before Juries
and Judges if the authorities were
foolish enough to bring them.
In response to Chairman Palmi
sano's suggestion that possession of
racing forms also be made a crime if
numbers slips are to be outlawed, the
authorities said there was a clear
distinction between mere-predictions
or reports of races or handlcappers’
choices and numbers slips, which were
records and instruments of gambling—
as much a gambling device as a rou
lette wheel. A racing form or news
4
paper containing racing information,
they added, is susceptible to lawful
use and is not in itself a means of
placing an illegal bet.
Objections Answered.
Corporation Counsel Elwood H. Seal
was asked by the committee to refer
the bill back to the district attorney’s
office for consideration of these ob
jections. and they were taken up and
answered at the time.
When the bill first came before the
House District Committee on February
17, 1937, Chairman Palmisano made
the same complaints he expressed yes
terday when fellow committeemen
forced it out of the pigeonhole to
which It was consigned then. He was
joined by Representative Sacks, Dem
ocrat, of Pennsylvania in declaring
the measure too drastic and likely to
injure persons who were not profes
sional gamblers.
At that time the corporation coun
sel explained that he had been asked
to push the legislation because the
police and district attorney’s office
had found it Impassible to reach the
promoters of the racket under the
present law'.
Mr. Palmisano said then, as he has
said since, that if it was a crime for a
numbers writer to have slips in his
possession, it also should be a crlifte
for a newspaper to publish racing
news, since that information was
printed for the purpose of inciting
gambling.
Deny Rights Curbed.
Officials Interested in smashing the
numbers racket emphasized today that
the pending legislation does not take
away any constitutional rights or de
prive any one of due process of law.
It merely tightens the existing
gambling laws of the District by plac
ing numbers slips in the same cate
gory with other gambling parapher
nalia, such as roulette wheels.
Mr. Palmisano has agreed, at the
insistence of committee members, to
hold a hearing before the full com
mittee at an early date.
In reply to the assertion of Chair
man Palmisano before the committee
yesterday that during a crime investi
gation by a House committee several
years ago Capt. George M. Little,
head of the vice squad, sat by and did
nothing when a colored man named
Brown testified his boss in the numbers
racket paid $20 a month police pro
tection, the officer said today:
“The statement of that man was
not evidence. I didn’t arrest him be
cause I didn’t believe him. I didn't
regard what he said as of any im
portance.”
Capt. Little pointed out that Leslie
C. Garnett, then United States attor
ney, and one of his assistants also
were present when Brown made his
charge concerning alleged police pro
tection, and those officials were not
impressed enough to take any action.
Mr. Palmisano said Brown should
have been taken before the grand
jury and forced to divulge who was re
ceiving the protection money.
A
It’s Not Too Late
In the belief that there are some who want to but haven’t
joined President Roosevelt as a founder of the new National
Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, this certificate is being
reproduced. It may be filled out and mailed direct to the
President’s Birthday Celebration Committee, District Building.
—Star Staff Photo.
DEFENSE TACTICS
Prosecutor and Counsel for
Former Motor Firm Head
in Dispute.
The false pretense trial of William
J. Nolan, head of the bankrupt Nolan
Motor Co., went into its eighteenth
day this morning following charges
late yesterday by the prosecutor that
the defense was trying tw impeach
Nolan's testimony concerning the
authenticity of a letter on which the
outcome of the trial may hinge.
Assistant United States Attorney
John J. Wilson had indicated by his
questions a belief that the document
is not genuine.
The letter is in two parts, which
are held together by a piece of tape.
One part bears the signature of R. M.
Sigwald, former Washington manager
for the Universal Credit Co. The other
has on it a typewritten communica
tion seeming to Indicate Mr. Sigwald
knew that 45 automobile conditional
sales contracts, which Nolan sold to
Universal Credit for about *30,000,
previously had been discounted at the
Munsey Trust Co.
Forms Basis of Charges.
This double discounting of contracts
for the same automobiles forms the
basis of the Government's charges that
Nolan old them to Universal Credit
by false pretenses.
Questioned by Mr. Wilson yesterday
morning as to whether his attorney.
David G. Bress. had asked him if
the letter was genuine. Nolan replied:
“There was no question in our minds
about that.”
On redirect examination yesterday
afternoon, Mr. Bress attempted to
draw from Nolan an admission that
he. Nolan, produced the questioned
letter and that Bress had asked him
to assure him it was genuine.
Nolan first said he could not remem
ber whether he or Mr. Bress located it
in files taken from the office of the
trustee in bankruptcy for the Nolan
Motor Co. Later, when prompted by
his attorney, he admitted he had
found the paper and had shown It
to Mr. Bress.
“Did I ask you whether this was an
entirely genuine letter?” Inquired the
attorney.
“We discussed about the paper be
ing cut,” Nolan responded.
“Did you assure me it was genuine?”
Mr. Bress pressed.
Wilson Protests.
At that point Mr. Wilson leaped up
and vehemently told the court that
“this is an impeachment of Mr. Bress'
own witness.”
During the confusion which ensued
Mr. Wilson demanded of Mr. Bress:
“Do you still vouch for the genuine
ness of the letter?”
"I am vouching for this letter until
it is shown not to be genuine,” Mr.
Bress replied.
“Despite what I told you at the
bench this morning?” Mr. Wilson shot
back hotly.
Mr. Bress protested against the
said at the bench, and following a
conference between the attorneys and
Justice Joseph W. Cox, the latter In
structed the jury to disregard Mr. Wil
son’s last remark, since what was said
at the bench was not evidence. The
court then adjourned for the day.
On trial along with Nolan is Benja
min D. Jenkins, described as office
manager for the Nolan Motor Co.
— .• ...
DEATH OF YOUTH, 18,
IS TRACED TO CRASH
Autopsy Shows Infections Caused
by Traffic Accident Proved
Fatal.
The fifteenth traffic death of the
year, four less than at this time a
year ago, was recorded today after
an autopsy disclosed John Wade, Jr.,
lO, UI 0091 U1IW
a p e a k e street
N.W., who died
Tuesday In Gar
field Hospital,
was the victim
of an automobile
wreck.
The boy was
riding with sev
eral other youths
in a car which
police said over
turned December
31 at Thirty
eighth street and
Windom place
N.W.
John Wado.
Although tie vu not believed In
jured at the time, the Wade boy subse
quently developed an infection traced
to the teeth injuries suffered in the
mishap.
Inquests into his death and that
of Mattie Blockwell, 56, colored, 1317
Q street N.W., another traffic victim,
were to be held today.
The woman died Tuesday night
from injuries received when she was
struck by an automobile at Four
teenth and Q streets N.W.
Possibility that another death would
be added to the list was seen in the
case of James Price, fS, of 147 Ten
nessee avenue S.E., who died today. He
was in an accident at Seventh street
and Pennsylvania avenue N.W., Jan
uary 9, but, police said, examination
by a private physician failed to reveal
any injuries other than a cut thigh
and shock. A week later he entered
Galllnger Hospital, where he was found
to have a fractured pelvis. An au
topsy will be performed to fix the
cause of death.
Kotor Cyclei in Own Section.
Motor cycles were featured in a
special section of this year’s Belgium
Motor Bbeir in Brussels. I
_ !
Bathing Scene
On Cloth Brings
Ban by Egypt
American cotton cloth bearing
trade marks showing men and
women in modern bathing suits
has been barred from Egypt un
der a decree issued, by the Egyp
tian ministry of the interior, the
Commerce Department has been
informed.
The trade marks, it was ex
plained, are regarded as “inde
cent designs.'’ and Importation
of the cloth bearing them is pro
hibited in order to safeguard pub
lic morals. The ban was not
made without protest, however,
it was stated, opposition being
voiced by the rector of the
Theological University of Cairo.
MORS SPEED
FARMJPIRE
Leaders Predict Approval by
Tonight With Lynch Bill
Laid Aside.
BACKGROUND—
Crop-control aims would be
achieved through loans and benefits
to farmers who comply with acreage
limitations, and marketing con
trol whenever voted by two-thirds
of farmers participating in ref
erenda. A S100.000,000 corporation
to manage a vast insurance scheme
would be set up in the measure.
Br the Associated Press.
Senate leaders agreed to sidetrack
the anti-lynching filibuster temporarily
today in an effort to rush the House
approved farm bill to the White House.
Senators Smith, Democrat, of South
Carolina and Pope, Democrat, of
Idaho predicted the compromise crop
control legislation, drafted by a Sen
ate-House committee, would be ap
proved by nightfall.
“The farmers are entitled to know
right away,” Senator Smith said, “what
the administration's farm plans for
this year are.”
Some Senators, however, forecast a
prolonged debate because opponents
wanted to send back the measure for
further committee revision.
The program is intended to regulate
abnormal supplies of wheat, corn,
cotton, tobacco and rice, and to pre
vent wide fluctuations in farmer in
come and consumer prices.
Besides continuing the soil con
servation program, it authorizes Secre
tary Wallace to impose marketing con
trols. which farmers must approve or
I reject, when there are indications of
| huge crop surpluses.
Chairman Jones, Democrat, of
Texas of the House Agriculture Com
mittee, obviously pleased by the 263
to-135 approval of the legislation in
the House yesterday, expressed the
hope all farmers would co-operate with
the Agriculture Department.
labor Election Dated.
The Labor Relations Board yesterday
ordered an election to be held before
February 22 to determine whether the
employes of the Alabama Drydock L
Shipbuilding Co. at Mobile wanted to
be represented by the Industrial Union
of Marine k Shipbuilding Workers
<C. I. O.) or the local Metal Trades
Council (A. F. of L ).
PARALYSIS DRIVE
RENEWEDIN D. t
Birthday Celebration Com
mittee Urges Many Join
List of Founders.
Flagging interest by the public In
the sale of subscriptions In the
National Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis today prompted the Presi
dent’s Birthday Celebration Committee
to renew its drive to get Washing
tonians to Join the list of founders
of this project.
The committee emphasized that but
four days remain in the campaign, it
being scheduled to come to a close
Monday.
Founders’ certificates are already on
sale in booths at department stores,
banks, hotels and other places, but the
committee believes many persons not
contacted through this medium are
ready to aid the movement.
For this reason they have requested
The Star and other newspapers to
print a copy of the certificates, which
can be clipped and mailed direct to
Commissioner Hazen, general chair
man; Richard B. Keech, executive
vice chairman, or James L. Martin,
secretary of the committee, at the
District Building.
There are three types of founders’
certificates—the ‘‘personal founder''
for $1, the ‘‘honor founder,” $2, and
the "family founder,” $3.
In calling attention to the last few
days of the campaign, Commissioner
Hazen said; “I am confident that
there are many who still would wel
come the opportunity to assist.”
INQUEST IS ORDERED
IN DEATH OF HEDGES
Inquiry to Be Held Wednesday
Night in Hyattsville Before
Justice of Peace Phillips.
Justice of the Peace George S. Phil
lips today ordered an inquest into the
death of Jesse H. Hedges, 55-vear-old
Washington real estate operator, who
was killed yesterday when struck by a
Baltimore <fc Ohio express train at
Sunnyside. Md.
The inquiry was set by the Prince
Georges County justice for 8 p.m.
Wednesday in the county’s Metropoli
tan Building at Hyattsville.
Mr. Hedges, who lived at 102 East
Kirke street, Chevy Chase, Md., was
instantly killed, his body severed at
the waist and decapitated.
BAN ON”AIRLINE’S
PLANES IS LIFTED
Northwest’s Equipment Given
0. K. After Inspection
Following Crash.
Restoration to passenger service of
a fleet of Northwest Airlines twin
engined transport planes, grounded
as a result of Federal investigation
of the recent fatal crash of one of
the fleet, was ordered late yesterday
by the Commerce Department.
The line's passenger-carrying au
thority was restored by the depart
ment following a thorough Inspec
tion of the flying equipment by Com
merce Department aeronautical in
spectors, who gave the aircraft a
clean bill of health, it was announced.
Service would be restored Immedi
ately, the department said.
In its announcement the Commerce
Department paid high tribute to
Northwest Airlines for its 11 years
of non-fatal passenger operation. It
was pointed out in an official Gov
ernment statement that the National
Safety Council for two consecutive
years designated Northwest Airlines
as one of the winners of its awards
for safe air transportation.
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Coberly Takes Sollege Post.
CHESTERTOWN, Md.. Feb. 10 I/P).
—Winton Toller, assistant in the Eng
lish department at Washington Col
lege here, was granted leave of absence
for the second semester to study for a
doctor's degree. James H. Coberly,
formerly of the George Washington
University faculty, took his place.
THE WEATHER REPORT
District of Columbia—Partly cloi
; temperature about 35 degrees; tomori
j to moderate north winds, shifting to
Maryland—Cloudy and probably
tonight and tomorrow; slightly colder
Virginia—Cloudy and probably o<
and tomorrow; slightly colder tonigl
tomorrow.
West Virginia—Cloudy and prob
tomorrow; colder tonight; rising temp
The disturbance that was over Lake
Michigan Wednesday morning has ad
vanced racily eastward to Nova Scotia.
Yarmouth. 211.50 Inches, with a trough ex
tending southward and southwestward to
Central Virginia. Pressure is also low at
the mouth of Hudson Strait. Resolution Is
land. 29.55 inches. Another disturbance
Is central on the North Pacific Coast.
Tatoosh Island. Wash.. 29.56 inches, with
a trough extending southeastward to Wyo
ming Lander. 29.84 inches. Pressure
continues high in the Middle and East
Gulf States Montgomery. Ala. 30.40
inches, with an extension eastward to the
south of Bermuda. St. Georges. 30.32
inches Another high-pressure area is
advancing eastward over Ontario. Slotix
Lookout. 30.84 inches. During the last 24
hour, rains have occurred in the Pacific
State- the Ohio, the Lower Missouri and
the Middle Mississippi Valleys, the Lower
Lake region and in the Middle Atlantic and
North Atlantic 8tates. and light rains and
snows in the Northern Plateau and North
Dakota. Temperatures have fallen in the
Lake region, the Ohio, the Lower Missouri
and Middle and Upper Mississippi Valleys
and in Kansas and portions of Oklahoma,
while they have risen in the Northern
Plains States and portions of the Nothern
Rocky Mountain region.
Biver Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear
at Harpers Perry: Potomac clear at Great
Palls today.
Report for Lost 21 Hours.
Temperature, Barometer.
Yesterday— degrees. Inches.
4 p.m__ 62 30.15
8 p.m. _ 59 .30.12
Midnight_ 69 30.04
Today—
4 a.m._ 58 30.04
8 a.m_ 54 30.16
Noon _ 52 30.30
Record for Last 24 Hours.
(Prom noon yesterday to noon today.)
Highest. 63. 8 P.m. yesterday. Ytar
ago. 39.
Lowest. 64. 10:30 a.m. today. Year
ago. 27.
Record Tcmperaturea This Year.
Highest. 61). on February 6.
Lowest, 18. on January 28.
Humidity for Last 24 Heuri.
(From noon yesterday to noon today.)
Highest. 86 per cent, at 5:50 a.m today.
Lowest. 29 per cent, at 2:30 P.m. yea
terday.
Tide Tablet.
(Furnished by United states Coaat and
Geodetic Survey.)
Today. Tomorrow
High_ 3:42 a.m. 4:48 a.m.
Low _10:21a.m. 11:31a.m.
High_ 4:15 P.m. 6:19 p.m.
Low _11:14 p.m. -
The Bun and Moan.
Rieei. Rett,
Bun. today _ 7:06 6:39
Bun. tomorrow — 7:05 5:40
Moon, today 1:23p.m. 3:26 a.m.
Automobile light* must bo turned on
oeo-half hour after tunaot.
dy and colder tonight with minimum
ow cloudy and slightly colder; gentle
northeast tomorrow,
light rain or snow in the mountains
tonight and in east portion tomorrow,
casional rain In south portion tonight
it and in central and east portions
aWy light rain or snow tonight and
;rature in west portion tomorrow.
*
Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation in Inches In thp
Capital (current month to date;:
Month. 1038. Average. Record.
January _2.04 3.55 7.S3 ’37
February_(1.08 3 27 0 84 '84
March -- 3.75 8.84 ’«1
April -- 3.27 0.13 *80
May __ .3.70 10. HO *80
June - 4.13 10 04 *00
July -- 4.71 10 03 *80
August - ... 4 01 14 4! *28
September - ___ 3 74 17.4,5 *34
October _ 2.84 8 if] *37
November__ 2 37 8 80 *80
December - ... 3.32 7.58 *01
Weather in Various Cities.
_ Temp. Rain
Stations. Boro. High. Low. tall. Weather.
Abilene . 30.20 70 .58 _ C’nudv
Albany 30.10 40 30 Cloudy
Atlanta . 3o:i4 70 54 Clear
At I Cl tv 30.00 50 4 8 0.01 Cloudy
Baltimore 30.00 02 50 Clear
Hirm gham 30.30 77 50 Clear
Bismarck 30.30 12 n 0 27 Cloudv
Boston __ 20.88 40 40 0.01 Cloudy
Buffalo 30.44 42 70 0.08 Snow
Charleston 30.30 00 52 Cloudy
Chicago 30.50 50 30 Cloudy
Cincinnati 30.38 OH 40 0.04 Cloudy
Cleveland. 30.44 58 78 0.20 Cloudy
Columbia. 30.34 7o 52 _ Clear
Denver . 30 0s 48 28 Clear
Detroit .. 30.52 54 24 0.01 Cloudy
El Paso _ 30.12 78 44 Clear
Galveston. 30.37 08 00 0.01 Cloudy
Helena .. 20.00 1H 0 0.04 Clear
Huron 30.42 12 8 _ Cloudy
India spoils 30.47 02 34 _ Cloudy
Jacks'ville 30.40 74 64 _ Cloudy
Kans. City 30.30 80 30 Rain
L. Angeles 30.00 00 54 0 88 Rain
Louisville. 30.34 08 40 0.20 Cloudy
Miami .to.34 74 os _ Cloudy
Mpis.-St.P. 30.52 32 10 _ Clear
N. Orleans 30.38 7 8 00 ... cloudy
New York 30 0(5 .50 40 0.12 Clear
Okla. City 30.20 72 38 _ Cloudy
Omaha . 30.44 28 20 . Cloudy
Phila. . 30.14 50 48 0.01 Clear
Phoenix 72 42 Clear
Pittsburgh 30.34 58 32 0.70 Cloudy
P tland.Me. 70.80 42 32 0.0* Clear
P'tland. O. 20.00 44 38 0.10 Clear
Raleigh 30.22 70 54 ... Cloudy
Salt L'ke C. 20.00 48 42 . Clear
S Antonio 30.24 78 87 0.07 Cloudv
San Diego 30.04 07 5« 0.40 Cloudv
8. Fr'cisco 20.78 58 42 0.78 Cloudy
St. Louts 30.38 70 40 0 04 Rain
Seattle 20.00 50 38 0.18 Rain
Spokane . 20.00 42 34 0.34 Cloudv
Tampa 30.38 70 58 Cloudv
Wash.. D.C. 30 12 63 57 0.02 Cloudy
FOREIGN STATIONS.
(7 ».m.. Greenwich time, today.)
. J „ , . Temperature. Weather.
London. England _. . 40 Cloudy
Paris. France _ 48 Cloudy
Berlin. Germany_ 36 Cloudy
Brest. Prance __ 50 Cloudy
Zurich. Switzerland_ 41 Cloudy
Gibraltar. Spain Cloudy
(Noon. Greenwich time, today.'
Horta iFayal). Azores 80 Cloudy
(Current observations.)
St. Georges, Bermuda 58 Cloudy
Ban Juan. Puerto Rico 74 Cloudy
Havana. Cuba . _ 66 Cloudy
Colon, Canal Zone_ 7» Clear