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Evening star., 1932-04-24
MAN GETS BROKEN Les
IN QUADRUPLE CRASH
Four Others Slightly Hurt as Fire
Truck, Ambulance, Auto and
Street Car Come Together.

Charles Ruby OF IT'S Fourteenth
street southeast, Department of Agri-
culture emplcye, suffered A broken leg
In quadruple collision at Fourteenth
ana Z streets yesterday. Four others
wcra slightly hurt
10. truck, responding to a fire
-alc-m, colliied with an Emergency
Io r-yaI an-ol' ancc. a s-r,et car ana a
p--.i.e aHtCmcb.ie Ihe rear end Ci
th2 stree, cor MS smashed in, the
true. ambulance and AUTO we're
demolished. The other injured were:
Thaddeus Snider, 81, Of Stirling. Va,
patient in the ambulance, cuts and
bruises; DR.. Nat Wilson, riding in the
ambulance, cuts; Pvt. H. E. Rhyme, rid
ing on the truck, wTenched wrist, and
H. F. Bachelor, Hyattsville, Md,
bruises. Ruby was walking across the
intersection when the ambulance hit
him.
Evening star., 1932-04-24
INQUEST WILL BE HELD
IN DEATH OF TWO HERE
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Gray Believed
Accidental Victims of Car
bon Monoxide.

A coroner's inquest will be held at
IL o'clock tomorrow into the deaths
of Mr. and Mrs Paul Gray who were
found dead in their apartment in the
1900 block of Holbrook street northeast
early yesterday.
A gas heater was burning in the
apartment and police advanced the
theory the couple had been overcome
heater exhausted the oxygen in the
room. Gray, who was "a, was printer,
and his wife, 20, was q telephone
operator.
Police forced the apartment door after
friend, who had called for Gray,
failed to gain admittances
Evening star., 1932-04-24
DANGER OF FATAL CAR CRASH
GREATEST FROM s TO 9 PM.
Drivers Take More Risks at End of Afternoon, But
Most Deaths Come Later.

four years there were a total Of 29, ,979
traffic accidents which resulted in 324
fatalities.
The chart also revealed there we're
few accidents between and O'Clock
in the morning. But at O'Clock an
increase is noted and the morning peak
is reached between $50 and 9. Then
the accidents decline until IL o'clock,
and start to increase again, gradually,
reaching a peak between 5 and 6.
There is a sharp decline after o'clock
until $50. when there is a slight in
crease, which starts to fall off at 10
o'clock, reaching a minimum at 1880
am.
The fatality curve on the chart re-
mains low from to Z am, increasing
gradually throughout the day until the
hour from to 8 pm, when the max
imum is reached.
Evening star., 1932-04-24

It's more dangerous to drive In
Washington between and 6 o'clock In
the afternoon, but the possibility Of
being killed in a traffic accident is
greater between 8 and 9 o'clock at
night, according to statistical chart
prepared yesterday in the Office OF
Traffic Director William A. Van Duzer.
The chcrt analyses all traffic acci-
dents in the District in the four-year
period from January. 1928, through De-
cember, 1881, showing the hour they
occurred, the month of the year and
the number of fatalities. 1t was drawn
up in connection with study Mr.. Van
Duzer is making of the proposed plan
TO stagger the opening and closing
hours of Government departments in
order to relieve traffic congestion.
The tabulations show that in the
Evening star., 1932-04-24
SHOT FIRED AT AUTO
Driver Says He Pursued Gunman
Across Dis trict Line.

Eleventh precinct police last night
were investigating a repSrt that a man
in a black sedan fired a shot through
the windshield OF an automobile driven
by William T. Gnash, 81. at Twenty
eighth street and Pennsylvania avenue
southeast yesterday afternoon.
Gnash, who lives in the $500 block
Of Second street, reported he pursued
the gunSnan across the District line to-
ward Upper Marlboro, Nd, but was
soon outdistanced. He did not notice
the hcense number. he said
Evening star., 1932-04-24
SO 6TRAFF|CL|GHTS
TO Be RELOCATED
ON BUSY CORNERS
Commissioners Authorize
Changes Recommended by
Director W. A. Van Duzer.
K STREET NORTHEAST
TO LOSE MANY SIGNALS
New Locations Selected After
Check of Number of Vehicles
Using intersections.

Traffic Director William A. Van
Duzer was authorized by the Commits
sioners yesterday to carry out his traf-
fic light reorganization program pro-
viding for the relocation Of misplaced
signals at intersections where the flow
of traffic is heavy.
Thirty-six lights at nine interSec-
tions at various points in the District
will be removed. Thirty-one of them
are to be placed at intersections where
Mr.. Van Duzer believes lights are
needed to relieve congestion.
Most of the lights to be removed form
the network along K street northeast
from First street to the intersection of
Thirteenth and Florida avenue. The
only ones in this system not to be dis
turbed are at the intersections of Sec
ond, Fifth, Eighth, Eleventh and
Twelfth streets. Other signals to be
removed are at the intersection of
in the Mall.
New Location Selected.
lOGdIlOIlS
are at West Virginia and Florida ave-
nues northeast, Fifth street and Florida
avenue northeast, Sherman avenue ano
Columbia road, Connecticut avenue and
L street. Eleventh and H streets
Twelfth anG H streets, Fifteenth and
streets and Fourteenth and l streets.
All lights to be removed are at in
tersections where a recent traffic count
showed the number of vehicles passing
an hour was not sufficient to justify
continued operation. The points Sc
lected for relocation of the signals are
at intersections where the traffic flow
is greater than 1000 vehicles an hour.
Mr.. Van Duzer's program was ap-
proved recently by the Traffic Advisory
Council, group appointed by the Com
n1issioners to consider and advise them
on traffic matters.
Made Traffic Count.
Relocation of traffic lights was one
of the principal recommendations made
by Mr. Van Duzer when he was ap-
pointed to head the new Department
of Vehicles and Traffic. 1t was his
belief that a number of the signals had
been placed at intersections where they
serve no useful purpose. but on the
other hand unnecessarily delayed
traffic.
Prior to drawing up the light removal
program he ordered an extensive traffic
count at intersections controlled by
lights. His theory is that automatic
signals, except in unusual cases, should
not be placed at intersections where the
flow of traffic into the intersection does
not exceed ], 900 vehicles an hour. There
are, however, several intersections on K
street having lights where the flow is
less than 1000 cars per hour, where the
signals are to remain. Near one is a
public school. A car line crosses the
other.
Evening star., 1932-04-24

close, however, the actors stepped into
the breach and guaranteed to defray
the additional salaries.
John E. Birdsell, secretary of the
local rlusicicns' union said his organ
iza icn was ct~n@ing upon the terms
Of con- &C C-cV-1 va vc-rs ago, and
I'll in c-ecc. gpo"f ely r-o iding fer
5'7e c-77' o"rcc~5 e. ,-rcl r--n ding
h Su~'r'cr go. sc-col It a 25 per
ceno seduction in th7 81 ary scale.
The amount involved in this case -
Mr.. BirGsell pointed out, was Sl35 a
week in salaries. However, If the union
made a further concession in this case
other theaters engaging larger orches-
tras would unquestionably demand SINH
lar consideration, which would result In
wholesale lowering of wages and de-
struction of employment
Evening star., 1932-04-24
RACE FIXING CLUE
TRACED IN PROBE
Of HENRY Staying
Bookmakar Is Said to Have
Double Crossed New York
Gamblers.
LITTLE PROGRESS MADE
IN STRANGLING INQUIRY
Detectives Investigating River
Murder Have no Information
On Victims Identity.

Headquarters detectives were working
last night on the theory the gunman
who fired five charges from a sawed-off
shotgun into the body of Milton W.
(Milsie) Henry might have been one of
four New York gamblers whom the 35-
year-old bookmaker is said to have
double crossed by failing to fix race
at a Maryland track after they had
given him money to do so.
Meanwhile, detectives assigned to the
other of the two murders which ad
mittedly have had them baffled for the
last several days were without clue
With the body of the victim of the sec
ond slaying-a middle-aged man who
was strangled with 7 feet of picture
wire, beaten on the head and thrown
into the Potomac River-still lying un-
identified in the District Morgue, the
detectives acknowledged they had made
little, if any, progress in their investi-
cation.
The information on which the detec-
tiYes based their theory that Henry was
killed by New York gamblers was OBJ
tanned from a racketeer who claimed to
have been lin" on the scheme to fix the
race.
Sought Contact Man.
The Ncw Yorkcrs came here several
weeks ago he said, and visited numer-
ous gambling establishments in quest
of a contact man" who might be
oapable of carrying out their pot.
Because Henry had been race track
follcw2r for years and was acquainted
with many jockeys and trainers, the
detectives were told, several gamblers
recommended him to the visitors.
A meeting was arranged in q hotel
room it was said, and detailed plans
were made to FIX" the race. The Wis
tics. according to the information
g.-en The detectives, gave Henry large
s'-11 Of money with which the result
c. - race was to have been pre-
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te'arhened the New Workers
r -'e lcte~, it wes said, and told
. - l-oI ronde q IDEAL" with
= ---'---c'-r the ncrse on which the
--------'to - would win. The
H--~--~-' v-'til other jockeys
~ - t.-e -"~a to have their
80 ~ e-r--." Rer-v rerorted,
~ 10 tire detectives informant
r-e, r.r'sEod Fifth.
FT,c7 tfe r-ce WIS run, however. the
hc-sc f-,i-had a poor fifth in field of
six. according to the police informant.
Il was several days after this that
Henry was fired upon as he set in his
automobile less than block from his
home at 1920 Sixteenth street.
The information, the detective said,
"tied in" with facts previously un-
earthed in their investigation. and they
Immediately began a search for the
New Workers on the theory they NAV
have remained in hiding here.
Meantime, detectives assigned to the
river murder still were without a clue
to the identity of either the slayers or
their victim. Although scores CT per-
sons-mostly relatives and friends of
missing men of about the same age
and general description-have viewed
the body none has been able to
identify it.
Evening star., 1932-04-24
RIT-ANl- RUN DRIVER
CAPTURED IN CHASE
Takoma Park Man Strikes Two
Autos and Street Car-Three
Charges Filed.

Captured after a chase begun when
his automobile struck two other ma
chimes and then crashed into a street
car, Cher,es Creek, 25, frs book of
lCge aVenua, T2rcma Park, was
j9i!cd at Silrc~ Spr.rg 'ast night en-
CHARGES Of failure to step after an
ccci9c1t, drunken driving and 6riv-
ing w-thcut ei,,cr a registration card
or an cp2rators permit. Bond was
set at $500.
Crock was captured by Montgomery
County Policeman r. E. Schumacher
after he had been chased across the
District line by two Washington officers
His automobile was said to have hit
two other machines at Tulip and Car
roll avenues, and continued to Laurel
and Carroll avenues, where it struck
the street car. Slightly injured, Crock
was treated by a physician in the
neighborhood before being taken to the
county police substation at Silver
Spring.
Evening star., 1932-04-24
TAKOMA PARK MAN HELD
GUILTY DRUNK DRIVING
Andrew P. Thomas Notes Appeal
Following Conviction in
Rockville Court.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, April 23.-Andrew
Blair Thomas OF Takoma Park was
found guilty in the Police Court here
today on a charge of driving motor
vehicle while under the influence OF in
toxicating liquor and was sentenced by
Judge Charles w. Woodward to the
House of Correction for SIX months. 1t
was alleged that he had been previous
ly convicted on similar charge, which
explains the imprisonment penalty.
He noted an appeal TO the Circuit
Court and was released on $500 bond.
Thomas arrest followed collision at
Takoma Park on April 7 between
truck he is said to have been operating
and another machine.
Evening star., 1932-04-24
Births Reported.

The following births have been reported
the Health Department within the last
hours.
Michael and Frances De Vito, girl.
James e. and Adele Jackson, slFl.
Thomas and Annie Hlg2G. boy.
Joeeph and Gertrude FitzseralG, eirl
Robert S and Ruth McCeney, gIrI.
William T. and Olga Burch. GlrL
Glenn F. and Goldie McCullougn, boy.
Wilson T. and Jane Harris, girl.
Harvey and Marie Knott, boy.
John and Margaret Foley, boy:
Arthur j. and Elizabeth Melville, girl.
Henry p and Earline Mousel, girl.
Kenneth c. and Ruth Harwood, boy.
Mitchell and Gertrude Talpalar, boy.
Carl and Lila Shipp, girl.
Raymond and Laura Washington, boy.
James and Beatrice Morse, girl
Bert w. and Pearl Watkins, boy.
Evening star., 1932-04-24
BLOSSOM FESTIVAL
TO BE HELD MAY as
Ninth Annual Shenandoah Fete
Dates Announced by
Experts.

WINCHESTER, Va. April 23.-The
ninth annual Shenandoah Apple Bios
som Festival will be held May and 5
1t was announced today, following a
meeting of orchard experts, who es-
timated that virtually all apple Or
Chards of the Shenandoah Cumberland
Potomac districts of Virginia and near
by States will be in full bloom by that
time.
Miss Helen Ames, Washington and
Philadelphia, will reign as queen of the
festival, and princeSses are expected
from most of the 48 States Parades
and pageants will be associated with
the Washington Bicentennial AnniVer-
sary Celebration.
Evening star., 1932-04-24
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
TO-DAY.

TODAY.
Rehearsal, Rubinstein Club, Willard
Hotel, 3 pm.
Meeting and supper, Past Presidents
Association, Daughters of 1872, Willard
Hotel, pm.
Poets dinner, National League Of
American Pen Women, Willard Hotel,
$50 pm.
Day of recollection, Nazareth Social
Service Center, 200 1 street. 1890 am,
2:30 pm. and 4:30 pm. DR.. Thomas
Werner Moore directing
FUTURE.
Luncheon, Community Chest, Willard
Hotel, tomorrow, 1890 pm.
Luncheon, Alpha Delta Phi, Univer-
sity Club, tomorrow, 12:30 pm.
Visitation, Fidelity Council No. 4,
Daughters of America, Buchanan
School auditorium, Thirteenth and D
streets southeast, tomorrow, 8 pm.
Bingo party, Col James S. Petit
Auxiliary No. 6, U. S. w. w., Naval
Lodge Hall, Fourth street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue southeast, tomorrow,
8 pm.
Annual meeting and dinner, Franklin
and Marshall Alumni Association,
Kennedy-Warren, tomorrow, 7 pm.
Evening star., 1932-04-24
Coste Back From Flight.

LIE BOURGET, France, April 23 (P).
Rene CoSte, transatlantic airman, re-
turned to LIE Bourget today after a two
months fight through the French pos
sessions in Africa. He covered l3,0OO
miles and investigated new aviation
routes.
Evening star., 1932-04-24
Party to Benefit Library.

LA PLATA, Md, April % (SpeciaD .
The Charles County Library Commit
tee plans to hold card party Thurs
day evening TO raiSc funds for the pur-
chase Of new books for the library
Evening star., 1932-04-24
TROLLEY CRASH HURTS 8

Collision in Downtown Pittsburgh
Fires Street Cars.
PITTSBURGH, April % (P.-Eight
persons, including two motormen. were
injured tonight in a collision of street
cars in the downtown district. The
cars took fire after the crash. None
of the victims was seriously hurt.
The collision occurred on one OF the
city's busiest intersections.
Evening star., 1932-04-24
D. C. JOCKEY UNDER KNIFE
Workman Expected to Be Out in
Time for Derby.

Raymond Sonny Workman, well
known Washington jockey, underwent
a minor operation at Emergency Hos
pital yesterday, but is expected to be
able to return to the saddle ia time
for the Kentucky Derby, according to
his physician, Dr. M. j. Hershman.
Workman, flrst-String rider for Cor
nelius " Whitney, is slated to ride Top
Flight, the early favorite, in the Derby,
May 7.
Evening star., 1932-04-24

Luncheon, Community Chest, Willard
Hotel, tomorrow, 1890 pm.
Evening star., 1932-04-24

Luncheon, Alpha Delta Phi, Univer
sity Club, tomorrow, 12:30 pm.
Evening star., 1932-04-24

Annual meeting and dinner, Franklin
and Marshall Alumni Association
Kennedy Warren, tomorrow, pm.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-02-06
Horses And Mules
VIII Compete

Mechanical contrivances have
done much to send Old Dobbin to
the glue factory, but the horse and
his near brother the mule, continue
! to be in big demand in farming
communities and those who believe
that the auto and the tractor will
eventually eliminate the animals
have another guess coming.
! This will be proved at the I'M
perial County Mid Winter Fair
when fine display Of horses and
mules, saddle horses and Shetland
/ ponies is TO be exhibited under the
supervision of c. E. PitZer, with
j. L. Taecker assisting as director.
Seven cash prizes will be award
ed in the draft horse division, with
ribbons to be awarded to the cham
pion stallion, champion gelding and
champion mare.
Six more cash prizes will be given
i'm the saddle horse class, three in
the Shetland pony class and four
in the mule division. The best
matched span will also come in for
prize, with places for second and
third.
| Jacks and Jennies will divide
four prizes among them.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-02-06
Pullet Mortality
viii Be Studied

Heavy mortality of pullets in
poultry yards of California has led
to a demand on the part Of poltry-
men of the state for a more care
full study of the cause to deter
mine some way of stopping this
leak in the profits of the industry.
The state university has appointed
a veterinarian, DR.. w. H. Busie.
who will undertake this work, under
the direction of DR.. j. r.. Beach,
professor of veterinary science,
and DR.. w. F. Hoist, head of the
division of poultry husbandry.
Doctor Busie will attempt to APP
ply on certain poultry farms the
tests and methods that have been
devised by laboratory studies. Sucn
work will necessarily be restricted
to few farms in each of the
more important poultry centers OF
the state. all of which will be kept
under his close personal obser-
vation.
His work will be of an expert
mental nature and any results that
can be used by poultrymen will be
made available through farm adj
visers and other members of the
agriculture extension service as
they are developed.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-02-06
INVESTMENTS OF
Drummer SHOW
FAITH IN VALLEY

Indicating a great faith in the
future business of Ell Centro, John
Drummer, proprietor of the Califor-
MIA and Las Palmas hotels, con-
tinues to add to his initial large
investment at the two places.
The. California hotel is conveniet-
ly situated on Fifth street and has
$50 rooms for the accommodation of
transient and permanent guests.
The hotel is modern in every way,
having central cooling and heating
plants, hot and cold running Wa
ter, huge water softening plant,
a most attractive lobby fronting on
two streets, banquet room, cafe
and coffee shop.
A new addition o the Coffee
Shop was constructed the latter part
of last year and the charming place
is beautifully decorated in the Span
ish motif. 1t provides a comfort
able, cosy setting for private dinner
parties or for those using the dim
ing room for regular meals.
The commodious banquet room at
the California was remodeled, re-
furnished and redecorated recently
and is widely used as place for
large entertainments.
The annual pay roll for the Cali
fornia is in excess of $4,000 and
last year approximately $4,000 was
the output for operating and main
tenance expenses, said Brunner.
Model Auto Court
Las Palmas hotel is one of the
most beautiful and recent additions
to FL Centre and was erected at an
expenditure of $4,000. The beauti-
full buildings are situated on three
acres of ground at 1924 Broadway
and constitute a hotel, courts and
apartment house.
Apartments and courts are de-
signed to provide a home away
from home and are complete
throughout. Each apartment and
court has electric refrigeration,
bathroom and kitchen.
"We designed the places to be
homes" said Brunner. All the ten
ant has to do is to enter the kitchen
and begin to open cans. We even
provide the can opener"
The places are available for
either transients or permanent
guests. many local residents max
ing their homes there throughout
the year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Brunner
are the managers of Las Palmas
and remain in charge "a hours
every day.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-02-06
Offers
Every Service

At a time when dignity and SIM
plicity must be combined to soften
the grief that accompanies the final
call residents of Imperial Valley
find the desired combination at
Lemons funeral parlors.
Under the direction of B. E. LEM
ons, the establishment has advanced
with the growth of Imperial VAL
ley until it now compares with the
best funeral parlors in the west.
Competent assistants aid the di-
rector in relieving bereaved ones OF
all unnecessary detail and in all
instances the highest ethics of the
profession are maintained,
A complete ambulance and emer-
gency service is offered the public
Cooperating with the Imperial
county fair, one of Lemons am
Imperial Valley press., 1932-02-06

tered in the fair by the county Ii
brary under the direction of Miss
Romaine Richmond, librarian.
The exhibit is to placed next
to the school display so that the
teachers, who are the largest users
of the county library, may see for
themselves the way in which the
library operates and the methods in
which it may aid the schools.
Types of books most suitable for
school work and modern methods
of operating library will be dis
played.
OF particular inieresc will be the
fact that this display celebrates
the twentieth birthday of the
founding of the library. Informa-
ton as to its beginnings and its
Imperial Valley press., 1932-02-06

handled the same nne of refrigera-
tion for four years.
They consider General Electric
the tried and tested refrigerator for
this unusual climate and recon-
mend It to residents of the valley.
The company also handles all
kinds of electric appliances from
electric ranges to curling irons and
is we'll equipped to supply any need
in the electric line.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-02-06
HAVEKORST HERD
AMONG LEADERS
In DAIRY RANKS

Pure Guernsey milk from regis
tered stock, bottled under ideal
sanitary conditions. is the product
of the Havekorst Guernsey farms
at Meloland
Roy Anick, market milk super
intendent for the ranch, states that
in the Is months the dairy hes
been in operation its milk has
averaged close to 95 out of pos
sible 100 as far as the quality of
the milk is concerned, which is the
highest average Of any dairy in
the valley. Havekorst milk main.
tains the standard for guaranteed
milk which corresponds approx
mately to certified milk, and il is
the only dairy in the valley TO
maintain this standard.
Arnick is an experienced dairy
man, coming TO the valley from
Los Angeles where he was engaged
for many years il the retail milk
business, He is highly enthusiastic
over the cleanliness and the fine
quality milk of the HavekorSt
farms. 1t is the proud boast Of
the farms that they rate the
Golden Guernsey" trademark
which is granted by the American
Guernsey Cattle association to
those farms which maintain the
rigid requirements set by the asso-
citation. Several times a year the
local dairy is inspected and every
thing must be up TO standard if /
the trademark is used.
During the first year of its eX- /
istence the farms had a 500 bac- !
terra score which is considered a !
perfect score. Its milk house and |
barn are models of their kind and /
we're specially constructed for
Walter B. Havekorst, owner, after
plans made through the CO.
operation of the University of
California. Absolute cleanliness is
insisted upon and the bottles are
capped by special process which !
is an added means of ensuring
cleanliness.
Many Prizes Won
Exhibits of milk have been en-
tered by this dairy in a number
of fairs and at the Los Angeles
county fair, the milk won third
place, coming within 2 of the milk
receiving the first award. Demand
for the milk is so great that there
is even waiting list for it, in |
spite of the short time that the |
dairy has been in operation.
Fine milk means fine cows and
farms have a herd Of
100 registered Guernsey cows and
included among them are number
Of fine animals which have won
prizes at several fairs.
Grand champions have been
included in the Havekorst herd
and this year a number of e
the outstanding COWS and bulls
will be exhibited at the county
fair. The farm has an exceptional I
young bull of its own breeding /
which is the sire of several out
standing heifers which give prom j
se of being splendid milk pro-
iucers. In addition, the farm has i
'ecently purchased fine bull from !