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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-30
DRY LAW DIVISION
Chief APPOINTED
Randolph C. Shaw, D. C. Ma
tive, but Massachusetts
Resident, Woodcock Choice.

The appointment of Randolph g.
Shaw of 1419 r street as chief of the
law division of the Bureau of Prohibit
ton was announced today. by Col.
Amos w. w. Woodcock, prohibition d.
rector
Maj. Shaw has been serving as spe-
cial assistant to the Attorney General
He is legal resident of Massachusetts,
but was born and received his prelin..
mary education in Washington. He at
tended George Washington University,
Washington and Lee University and the
Harvard Law School and prior to his
service as special assistant to the At
torney General he served as assistant
general counsel at the Veterans Bureau
Service During War.
During the war, Maj Shaw served
in the war plans division of the gen.
eral staff, and he holds the rank OF
major in the judge advocate general
department reserve. Prior to entering
the Government service, Maj Shaw was
a correspondent for several newspapers
He was a charter member of the FIRST
American Legion Post organized and
also holds membership in the National
Press Club.
Col. Woodcock also announced the
appointment of Dwight E. Avis as chief
of the special agents in the Prohibition
Bureau.
Mr. Avis is being transferred from the
position of special agent in charge at
Detroit and he will assume command
of the 200 agents whose particular job
Throughout the country is to ferret out
the major conspiracies in violation Of
the prohibition laws.
Avis entered the prohibition service
in 1926 and has been at Detroit for
the last year..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-30
THEATERS SIGN I
2-yEAR CONTRACT
National and Belasco Make
Agreement for Wage
Scale Continuance.

While the local moving picture theater
controversy remained at a standstin
today pending resumption of nego-
tiations in New York next week, it
became known this morning that two
year contract was signed yesterday be-
tween the International Alliance of
Theatrical Stage Employees and the
National and Belasco Theaters. These
two theaters are not represented in the
Motion Picture Theater Owners Asso-
citation, whose ultimatum not to renew
contracts with the Musicians Protective
Union after their expiration tomorrow
gave rise to dispute which threatened
for time TO darken washington movie
houses.
The signing followed an amicable
conference between the Wage Scale
Committee of Local No. % of Stage
Employees. l.. Stoddard Taylor repre-
Belasco and S. e. Cochran represented
the National Theater.
"In consideration of the existing de-
preston in the amusement business" 1t
was stated by the managers this morn
ing, "the employees agreed to a two-year
extension of the existing wage scale.
Other changes in working conditions
involved concessions from both sides
which will operate to reduce the present
back-Stage expense"
These two theaters do not enter into
the controversy between the musicians
and the movie theater operators, be-
tween whom a truce was agreed to
which preserves the status quo of musi-
clans, stage hands and projectionistS
pending the outcome of negotiations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-30
11'PILOTS ENTERED
IN SPEED CLASSIC
Three mystery" Planes
Among Those to Compete
for Thompson Trophy.
BY the Associated Press.


CURTISS REYNOLDS AIRPORT
Chicago August 30.-Eleven flyers were
grooming novel assortment of speed
craft today for the climax of the Ma
tional Air Races, the Thompson Trophy
classic Labor day.
Capt. Arthur Page, Marine Corps
flyer hoisted a new motor of great
power into his revamped military
tighter in the hope of raising its speed
to $50 miles an hour or more.
His ship is the same in which the
late Charles Lutz won the Curtiss
Marine Trophy race in 1928 and in
which Capt. Page won the race this
year with q record speed Of 1872 miles
an hour.
1t has been vastly altered, however,
the lower set Of wings being removed
to make a monoplane, each wheel Of
the landing gear being mounted on in
iividual struts and the engine cooling
taken care of by skin" radiators on
the wings.
A tip has been taken from Great
Britains entrants in the last Schneider
Cup race, and large vent installed to
feed an air stream into the motor to
step up the power like supercharger
Three Mystery Planes.
There are three ships called "mys-
terry" planes entered in the race, but the
real mystery plane to entrants Is one
developed by e. M. Laird, Chicago.
The plane Is Laird speedwing, but
has been kept under cover at far end
Of the airport.
Low-wing mystery" planes, capable
Of speeds upward of 225 miles an hour,
have been entered by Capt. Frank
Hawks, holder of transcontinental speed
records for both eaSterly and westerly
flights: Jimmy G. Haizlip, ST. Louis,
and Paul Adams. Coronado, Calf.
Capt. Hawks will fly the same plane
he raced twice across the continent, but
1t has been changed for the Labor day
race with finer streamliningS, q new
propeller OF increased pitch and other
refinements.
Three tiny ships, with wing span of
20 feet each and all of special construc-
ton, are entered by D. A. Fowlie, Mar
shall, Mo; B. o. Howard, st. Louis, and
Keith Rider, San Francisco
Expects 1914 Miles an Hour.
Riders entrant, tested at $50 miles
an boar, Is calculated by its designer
to do 1874 miles an hour with 4 tiny
horsepower motor.
OF the same size but with 90-horse-
power motor Is Towards ship. Its cock
pit is so small that the pilot Is forced
to remove his shoes and don felt slip
rers for the race.
Earl Smith. Blackwell, Okla, has en-
tered special Cessna ship, while James
II. Wedell and Errett Williams, both of
Patterson, La, viii pilot craft designed
by williams.
The race is designed to be flight
laboratory for stimulating the building
Of high speed ships and will be run
over 100-mile distance. To the win
ner will go $1,000 in cash and a gold
plaque Of the $1,000 trophy in competi-
ton for the first time; the second pilot
will receive $4,000 and a silver plaque,
while the flyer placing third VIII be
given $4,000 and bronze plaque.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-30
SCIENTIST BELIEVES ANDREE
LIVED 2 YEARS ON ARCTIC ISLE
Norwegian Research Head Cites Guns and
Ammunition and Ample Supply of Walrus
and Birds for Ill-Fated Balloonists.
MARK LANSBURGH,

balloon there was very little drifting
ice around the island. This should ex-
clude the theory that the balloon came
down farther north and that Andree
and his comrades tramped across the
Ice to White Island"
Arctic dispatches today said a great
bank of white fog had descended over
the entire area where the sealer Brat
yaag, bearing the bodies of Andree and
his two companions, is supposed to be.
Fear Vessels May Get Lost.
In addition to the danger which this
may indicate for the sealer itself, con-
siderable concern was felt that vessels
searching for the craft TO put doctors
and scientists aboard her and arrange
preservation of the bodies before she
reaches q; warmer climate may not find
her and will have to return to Tromsoe.
An intermittent broadcast to the yes
sci is being made by Norwegian naval
vessels in the hope that the sealer's
radio receiving set will pick up a mes
sage asking that she proceed to a given
Arctic position, where she will meet the
boats which are seeking her.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-30

guards his log carefully, Jensen said
that when he. went aboard the Brat
vaag, Horn asked him If he would wait
and take back a letter
Jensen said he brought back not only
a letter for the Norwegian government
Spitzbergen mission, but another for d..
Horns wife.
Jensen said he asked DR.. Horn il
there was any objection to the skip
per's telling the Terningens owner
about DR.. Horns discovery. The seal
ers captain said DR.. Horn had told
him there was no objection.
Capt. Jensen told the Associated
Press that eight days after meeting the
Bratvaag he met the ship Hanseat,
under command of Skipper Groedahl.
Groedahl told Jensen he had been on
White Island three weeks before, but
had not seen anything unusual, except
an old tin can, which must have come
from some expedition. .
Jensen said he then told Groedahl
about DR.. Horns discovery and showed
Groedahl DR.. Horns message. Groedahl,
Jensen asserted, expressed surprise that
he had not seen any traces Of Andree &
camp, but made no further comment.
Once Swept Streets in United States.
Andree once swept streets in an Amer
Oluf Olsen, 90-year-old sailor friend
tells the story, and sagely quoted as an
appropriate comment what some one
has told him was said Of the poet
Homer, Seven great cities mourn for
Homer dead, through which the living
Homer begged for bread"
Olsen and Andree were buddies In an
expedition to Spitzbergen in 1882. and
during the long Winter night there
Andree used to tell stories OF his adven-
lures in many lands, and how he had
had to sweep streets in America-Olsen
doesn't remember the city-in order to
eat.
"Andree was interested in all sorts OF
odd things" Olsen says. Il remember
one time on that expedition he made me
shut myself up in hut in the dark with
him for month so that he could study
the effect of darkness on the eyes.
by golly, that was job. Every little
while Andree would measure the pupils
OF my eyes to see what had happened
TO them, and occasionally a doctor
would come In and stab the ends OF
our fingers with lances to get blood TO
test. Andree was as excited as If he
had discovered the North Pole.
Always Studying.
We'll, didn't mind so long as IT
pleased him, for he was q good fellow
Always he was like that. He wanted To
study. He told me he had been to the
United States to study. But don't
know what he studied there. because he
told me he had to sweep streets to gel
money to live"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-30
MAI. PRATT WOULD
STRENGTHEN LAWS
ON DRUG ADDICTION

Continued From First Page.)
first session, which contemplates eff
fective legislation to regulate the bust
ness of executing bonds for compensa-
ton in criminal cases and to improve
the administration of justice in the
District of Columbia. This legislation
WILL If enacted into law and properly
enforced, do mitch to eliminate certain
features of the business of executing
criminal bonds, which have for years
been the cause of annoyance to the
courts, prosecuting attorneys and to
the police.
II urge the enactment of legisla-
ton to amend the act regulating the
business of loaning money in the Dis
trict. Under existing law, per cent
per month is the maximum interest
which can be charged on loans of the
character contemplated in the act and
1t is utterly impossible for pawnbrokers
to operate under any such legislation.
Any such legislation, should, of course,
carry a provision placing pawnbrokers
under the direct supervision OF the
police, and compelling them to make
daily reports of all business transac-
tons.
II renew the recommendation for the
enactment Of legislation defining the
term dance hall and providing that
no license for such q hall or for any
public dance should be issued except
upon approval of the superintendent of
police and that no persons should en-
gage In the business or profession OF
having obtained a license so to do;
license to be without fee and to be
issued only after the applicant has
established the fact that ne is q per-
son of good habits and morals.
Asks Vagrancy Law.
IT recommend the enactment of an
effective vagrancy law.
IT also recommend the enactment of
an adequate law regulating the sale,
carrying and possession of dangerous
weapons. An examination of the rec
ords contained in another part of this
report with respect to the commission
of crimes of violence will clearly indi-
cate the need for the passage of such
an act.
ct recommend the enactment of an
automobile title law in the District of
Columbia. the need for such legislation
being obvious.
ST also recommend that legislation
be enacted making drug addiction in
the District a felony and that the
medical practice act be amended so as
to provide for adequate reputation of
persons practicing as chiropractors and
osteopaths and of all other persons who
attempt to treat disease, injury or de-
forInity."
Favors Paying Car Police.
The fourteenth recommendation urges
that street crossing policemen now paid
by the street car companies be paid out
of public funds.
The bulk of Maj. Pratt's report is
given over to a resume of the various
statistics for the year relating to crimes
or arrests, which have already been
published In The Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-30
By the Associated Press.

TSSSNA6NNN
OSLO, Norway, August 30-Beliet
that Solomon Augusta Andree. Swedish
balloonist explorer, waited for two years
on ice-caked White Island in the futile
hope of rescue before he died is enter
tanned by DR. Adolf Hoel, head of the
Norwegian government research office,
in Spitzberger.
DR.. Hoel, one Of the most learned
men of the North. thinks Andree and
his companions may have lived that
long on the island where their bodies
were found this month. 80 years after
their disappearance while attempting to
ny across the Notrh Pole in a balloon.
Could Have Shot Walrus.
ct hold ii possible he said, ''that
Andree and his colleagues might have
been alive for from one to two years.
They were well equipped with pro-
visions, guns and munitions. So It was
possible for Them TO kin walrus, which
were abundant on the island. There
were also many birds there.
"At the time Andree started in his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-30
". R. f. JULY LOSS
ONLY 50 PER CENT
Miscredit of $1s,52s Rental
Item Cause of Wrong
Showing in Report.

A. @. Neal, controller of the wash
ington Railway a. Electric Co.. pointed
out today that difference in crediting
. rental item on the books Of the COM
pany would make the decrease in in
come of July over July, 1929, mat
ter OF some 80 per cent instead Of 10
per cent as the figures actually re-
ported to the commission yesterday
show.
Mr.. Neal pointed out that the COM
pany had received during June 4 rental
item Of $1S,52S.33, which was not due
until July. Instead of waiting until
July to credit this to the books, it was
credited at once. In 1929 the corre-
spending item was credited in July.
Therefore this year the July figures ap-
peared worse than they actually were.
Reported as $8,456.9s the $4,000
item should be added in order to get
true comparison with the hooks Of
July last year. This would bring the
income figure of last month up to $26,-
1851 and show decrease of around
80 per cent rather than the IS per
cent figure quoted in The Star yester-
day. The $4,000 figure, however,
should be then subtracted from the
June income figure of $36,094.39 in
order to make the June figure compar-
able to that for the preceding June.
There was nothing in the July report
as it reached the offices of the Public
Utilities Commission to show that the
$4,000 item or any other item should
have been included in the July fig
ures. Mr.. Neal, however, said that a
report of the matter had been made
by him to his board of directors as
explaining the apparent increase In
the June figures.
Making the revision asked by Mr.
Neal. the new set-up would be:
Net income, July, 1929, $38,488.14;
July, 1880, $26,ss5.3l. Decrease, SILL
502.83.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-30
CAPITAL OFFICIALS
AND SOCIAL LEADERS
ABSENT LABOR DAY
CONTINUED From First fage.) }

Continued From First FageO
ment. Secretary stimson hurried back
to his Long Island home after several
days strenuous entertaining here in
honor of visiting British and French
barristers and jurists.
Vice President Curtis has been in and
out of the Capital all Summer. Sec
rotary Mellon win spend Labor day at
the home of his daughter, Mrs David
X. E. Bruce, on Long Island. Attorney
General Mitchell, who went to Scot
land for some grouse shooting some
time ago, has not yet returned from
abroad. Postmaster General Brown
will be in Nova Scotia over the holiday,
and Secretary Lamont will spend it at
home in Chicago, returning early next
week.
Labor Secretary Davis viii speak
tomorrow evening at union church
service in Harrisburg, Pa, and on Mon
day he viii join In celebrations at
Brookville and Clearf1eld, Pa
Secretary Hurley left today on an
extended tour of Mississippi flood con-
troll and waterway projects. Secretary
Adams has been eliminated from par
ticipation in the Americas Cup races,
out is expected to remain in New Eng
land until the international yacht races
are over.
Ofncial society is virtually absent en-
bloc; even the younger groups, who had
shorter vacations early in the Summer,
will trek TO fashionable beach resorts
over the week end.
But labor leaders are present and
celebrating. At the Washington Gather
dral, high on Mount ST. Alban, Presi-
dent Green will speak tomorrow after
noon, and officials of local unions will
join in the memorial observances.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-30
Bank Head Admits Shortage.

MACON, Ga, August 80 (H9.--State
Banking Department examiners an
nounced today that T. Wallace Hawkes..
president Of the Merchants 81 Me-
chanics' Bank, had admitted a short
age in his accounts of sci AIS, and that
the department had taken over the af-
fairs of the bank. Hawkes., who en-
tered the employ of the bank 30 years
ago as messenger. has turned over all
his property to the institution, authori-
ties said, and has been placed under
4l5,0OO bond,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-30
BAND CONCERT.

BY the United States Soldiers Home
Military Band this evening at $50
o'clock. John S. M. Zimmerman,
bandmaster; Anton Pointer, assistant:
March, "On the Hunt. :. Goldman
Overture, la Gazza Ladra". Rossini
Entr'acte-
Romance in F Minor" Tschaikowsky
Novelette," .......G lazounow
Excerpts from comic opera Robin
Hood" ...,....,.......D De Koven
Fox trot. There Must Be Silver
LINING .s.,.s..4.a1.s.. Donaldson
Waltz suite, 'Loveland". Holman
Finale. "Mammy's Little Coal Black
Rose" Whiting
The Star Spangled Banner"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-30
WOODS SPEEDBOAT
TITLE AT STAKE
Veteran viii Face English
Girl in First Heat of
Race Today.
By the Associated press.

BY the Associated Press.
DETROIT, August 30.--An English
girl who can do mans job on the
water was pitted against Gar Wood,
silver-haired veteran of countless speed
pionship of the world this afternoon on
the Detroit River.
Half a million people were expected
to witness the first 30-mile heat for
the HarmSworth trophy. Miss Marion
Barbara Carstairs has two boats entered
for Great Britain to challenge Woods
supremacy in the field of unlimited
hydroplanes. the Estelle ~ and Estelle
v. Wood will defend the trophy for
the United States with the Miss
Americas ". VIII and TX.
II challenging and defending boats
perform according to expectations, the
record average speed of 1921 miles
per hour for a 30-mile heat, made
by Wood last year, will fall Four of
the boats entered-all except the Miss
America Ware capable of lettering 30
miles an hour on the stretches.
Most Serious Threat.
Wood has admitted he faces the
most serious threat to his title since
he won the trophy 10 years ago at
the Isle of Wight. Miss Carstairs'
boats have hulls designed similarly to
the Miss Americas and are equipped
with more powerful engines. The
Estelle v, her latest boat, Is powered
with two giant Napier engines, de-
veloping approximately 2 300 total horse
power at $500 revolutions per minute.
The Miss America TX, which Wood
built during the past month, is
equipped with two Packard engines,
developing about 2,150 horsepower at
2,400 revolutions per minute.
Miss Carstairs has announced that,
win or lose, this is the last time she
will compete for the Harmsworth
involved. During the three years she
has sent boats to DETROIT the English
heiress is said TO have spent close to
100000 on the races.
Second Heat Monday.
The second heat Is to be run Monday
afternoon and If each country wins q
heat, the third and deciding heat will
be run on Tuesday.
The following is the list of crews for
the five Harmsworth Trophy entrants:
Miss America TX, Gar Wood and
Orlin johnson.
Miss America VIII, George Wood and
Vance Smith.
Miss America ", Phil Wood and Duke
Schiller:
Estelle ", Betty Carstairs and Joe
Harris.
Estelle v, Bert Hawker and Joe Dod-
kin.
Another international race will be run
IN three heats on Sunday for the Detroit
News International Trophy Miss
Britain I, owned by Hubert Scott-Paine,
is the challenger. The defenders are the
Baby Minchas, owned by Commodore
Charles S. Moulthrop of Bay City,
Mich, and the Phantom, owned by H.
Luetcher Brown of Houston, Tex. There
will be three 15-mile heats.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-30
VIRGINIA G. o. P. PLANS
CONGRESSIONAL BATTLE
Party Leaders at Roanoke Say Sen.
timent Is Divided Regarding
Senatorial Nomination.
nY the AssocIated Press.

Gy the ASkOciateu Eresss
ROANOKE, Va, August 3O.--With
fiye congressional candidates in the field
and nominations being considered in
two other districts, Virginia Republicans
met in State convention here today TO
consider whether the party would also
offer a candidate for the United States
Senate.
Party leaders, emphasizing that they
could not speak for the convention, said
sentiment was divided in regard TO q
senatorial nomination, with a strong
group In favor of taking no action and
leaving Republicans free to support
either United States Senator Carter
Glass, Democratic nominee, or j. Cloyd
Byars, Arlington attorney and anti
Smith leader, who has announced as an
independent. This would allow the Re-
publican party. 70 concentrate on the
congressional contests NJ
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-30
ANOTHER DOCTOR CALLED
FOR AIMEE MCPHERSON
Physician Says Evangelist much
r Sicker Than Generally
Supposed"
BY the Associated Press.

LOS ANGELES, August 30.LDr. e.
H. Williams, nerve specialist and psy-
chiatrist, said today another physician
had been called to aid in treating
Aimee Semple Mcpherson, evangelist
who has been confined to her Malibu
Beach cottage for two weeks on the
verge of nervous collapse.
Aimee Mcpherson still is a very
sick woman" he continued. she is
making slow, but gradual steps toward
recovery. She is much sicker than
generally is supposed, but has passed
the crisis and everything Is in her
favor"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-30
MILLION TO LEAVE NEW YORK.
Two-Day Week End Holiday to Mark
End of Summer Season.

End OF Summer Season.
NEW YORK. August 80 (R.-The
last general exodus of the Summer
season, starting from the city last
night, gained momentum today as hun
dreds of thousands of New Workers
went to seaside and mountain resorts
for the Labor day week end.
Railroads marshaled hundreds of
extra trains to care for crowds which
far overtaxed the capacity of regular
accommodations. Steamship, bus and
cir line reservations were all taken
weeks ago.
Labor day marks the end of Summer
for the average New Yorker, and hun
dreds of camps and resorts will shut
up shop until next year when the crowd
moves back to the city Monday night.
Transportation lines estimated that
more than q million persons would
leave the city for the two-day holiday.
Other special and excursion trains win
bring thousands of visitors here.
The vanguard Of tourists returning
from abroad is arriving and the rush
back home win reach its peak next
week.