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particularly since they have not par
tictpated in the increased cost of local
government during the postwar period.
Face Double Reduction.
Civilian employees of the National
Guard are faced with a double reduc-
ton of salaries. The total amount of
the appropriation for this purpose IS
reduced approximately one-third. 1t
will be necessary that employees now on
the pay roll and numbering only l6 be
reduced or eliminated to keep eXpendi-
lures within the amount appropriated.
A subsequent general reduction through
out the governmental service, as nov
being considered by Congress, will mean
double reduction for these employees.
THE elimination of the appropria-
tion for pay of troops, other than Gov
eminent employees, in measure CAUSES
the Government to break faith with en-
listed personnel who are not employees
of the Government of the United States
or of the District of Columbia The
appropriation for pay of troops has
continuously been made since 1901, SC
that its entire elimination without any
warning takes from the individual en-
listed man that which he believed him.
self entitled to at the time of his en-
liStment. The maximum paid to any
enlisted man from this appropriation
has been $18.75, with the exception of
few men who may have been detailed
to duty two days prior to and one day
following field training encampments. in
which case their maximum pay could not
have exceeded S2250. The minimum
pay for .non-G Government employees
from this appropriation was $3.50.
Government employees receive no pay
from this appropriation
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MT. VERNON BOULEVARD
REPLACING SPEEDWAY
motorists Use of Virginia High
way Relieving Problem of East
Potomac Park Exit.

The Speedway in East Potomac Park
with It's attraction of Hams Point is
last losing its popularity for motorists
IN favor Of the Mount Vernon Memo.
rial Highway.
This statement was made todav hv
Capt. r, c Montgomery, U. s. A.
superintendent of the U. S. Park Po2
ice, who said that this condition was
particularly marked yesterday. The
SOWING down of traffic around Hams
Point removed one of the bugbears to
the police, in the hitherto crowded exit
at Fourteenth street Capt. Montgom-
cry asserted that the opening of the
Arlington Memorial Bridge has ironed
out this heretofore perplexing problem,
Al one time, Lieut.. Col. U. S, Grant
50, director of public buildings and
puonc parks, was considering estimates
Tor an underpass tunnel. leading out of
Potomac Park, to rectify traffic condi-
tlonS. Consideration was also given to
the construction of a bridge across the
Washington Channel to Water street
TO relieve congestion.
Inc Mount Vernon Memorial High
way, the captain said, contains all the
eIementS found for motorists along
Riverside Drive in Potomac Park. with
the added attraction of having longer
thoroughfare, with attractive scenery
OF varied character.
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BUDGET SLAST1ES TO CURTA,L
MILITIA, GEN. STEPHAN HOLDS
Urges Reconsideration of
D. C. Appropriation
Measure.
As Per Cent Decrease in
Funds Is Voted by
Congress.

Declaring that local organizations Of
the National Guard have been more
seriously affected than any other ac-
tivity through the pairing by Congress
Of the District appropriation bill, Maj.
Gen. Anton Stephan, commanding oft1cer
of the District militia units, today urged
reconsideration of that item in the
appropriation measure.
Pointing out that the funds fer main
tenance of the militia during the 1888
fiscal year. as recommended by the
House Appropriations Committee, are IS
per cent under the amount voted by
Congress for expenditure during the
current year Gen. Stephan declared
that the reduction would cause ma
terial curtailment" in the service and
facilities Of the District troops.
S33,40O Recommended,
The appropriation for the 1882 fiscal
year was SCI 100 For the year to come
the House committee recommended an
appropriation of So. 400. Gen. Stephan
drew attention to the fact that the
requirements had been reduced from
S84, 100 in 1917 to the present figure of
SCI, 100 in face of the fact that require
mentS for other units in the District
had increased materially, scme of them
800 per cent.
Scarcely an item in the District esti-
mates. as sent to Congress by the Budget
Bureau, escaped slash at the hands
of the House Appropriation Committee
The bill totals $39 9l3,8l0. which is
SIS, 1925 less than for the current
fiscal year, and S4,173109 under the
amount recommended by the Budget
Bureau. 1t reduced the Federal appro-
priation for District expenses from So
soc, 900 to $6500 900, and omitted
among other items, an appropriation of
$500 900 for relief work in the District.
The bill now awaits action by the HOUSE.
II am confident that this reduction
in funds for the National Guard does
not reflect the desire of our citizens"
Gen. Stephan said. Members of the
National Guard feel that they should
bear their full share of all reductions
necessary to produce balanced budget,
but do not feel that they should be
called upon to bear a large percentage
of that reduction than is accorded to
other activities of the local government,
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$4,000 BOND SET
FOR BANDIT SUSPECT
Man Captured by Taxi Driver Said
to Have Confessed Thirteenth
Street Hold-up.

John Howder, 28, who was captured
by taxi drivers week ago after he is
alleged to have held up a merchant,
waved preliminary hearing in Police
Court today and was held for the
grand jury under $4,000 bond.
Howder was overtaken in a comman-
deered taxicab after a spectacular
chase along Pennsylvania avenue past
the White House. Assistant U. S. At
torney Michael F. Keogh informed the
court Howder was involved in a num-
Der Of robberieS and Judge Robert E.
Mattingly granted the prosecutors re-
quest for the high bond. Howder,
police say, admitted holding UP a store
keeper on Thirteenth street shortly
before he was oVertaken by taxi driv-
erS.
He later was tentatively identified by
several victims Of recent hold-ups and
was viewed by witness in the Paul
Riedel shooting. Howder, however.
bore no resemblance to the gunnSS,
who killed Riedel. according to w.
nesseS. A 80 caliber automatic was
found on Howder's person when ar
rested, police say.
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M'KELLAR DENIES
SMITH TESTIMONY
Never Aided Veterans Bu-
reau Counsel to Get Retired
Officer Pay, He Says.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
Senator McKellar, Democrat, of Ten
nessee. denied in the Senate today tes-
timony by William Wolff Smith Vet
erans' Bureau counsel, that McKellar
was among those who interested them
selves in Smiths application for re-
tired officers pay.
so far as I am concerned" McKellar
told the Senate. that statement is
without the slightest foundation in fact.
demand that Mr.. Smith correct his
testimony"
Hearings Resume Wednesday.
Hearings on the Blanton bill. which
would repeal the disabled officers emer-
gency retirement act and dismiss Smith
from his post as counsel of the bureau.
are to be resumed Wednesday before
me House Military Affairs Committee,
II Smith is able to testify.
He collapsed Saturday while under
questioning about the disability pay of
$l87.50 month he is drawing under
the retirement act. Smith promised to
return further payments if, in the opin-
ION OF the committee, he was not en-
titled to them.
Incompetence Is Charged.
Representative Blanton Democrat
lexaS), author of the measure charges
Inat smith is incompetent, and that he
nolds his present place as a result of
Iavoritlsm. The Texan today said he
would press his bill, asserting there were
nundreds Of former officers who were
craving retirement and disability paw
from the Government while holding
o.ner lucrative positions in and out of
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WARRANT REFUSED
ON BRIBERY CHARGE
Man Arrested in Raid Said to Have
Offered Money to U. S.
Deputies.

Assistant United States Attorney
Michael F. Keogh today refused to is
sue a warrant on a bribery charge
against Joseph Restifo, 80, arrested yes
terday after he was said to have given
two deputy United States marshals $40
Restifo and l3 other men were ar
rested on disorderly conduct charges
Saturday night, when tenth precinct
police raided his apartment, in the 4400
block of Fourteenth street. All were
released on collateral posted by Restifo
Yesterday Restifo is said to have
given the deputy marshals-Emory
Clapper and Harold Scott-S40 TO FIX
us up for last night" He was arrested
charged with bribery and released on
81 900 ball. pending disposition of the
case today. He explained he had mis-
taken Clapper for a man from whom
he had borrowed some of the money
he posted as collateral
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PRESIDENT SIGNS
TRIAL BOARD BILL
Law Provides Punishment for
False Testimony and Gives Groups
Right to Subpoena Witnesses.

President Hoover today signed the
Senate bill amending the act of 1892
ito punish false swearing before trial
boards of the Metropolitan Police Force
and Fire Department of the District of
Columbia and for other purposes"
This amended act changes the meth
cd for obtaining witnesses to swear be-
fore Police and Fire Department trial
boards. Heretofore, subpoenas for wit
nesses were issued In the name of the
chairman Of the Board of District
Commissioners.
The amended act provides for the
issuance Of subpoenas for witnesses in
the name Of the chief justice of the
Supreme Court of the District of Co.
lumbia, and failure on the part of sub
poenaed witnesses to appear when des-
ignated will be considered in contempt
of court
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WAGE ROW HALTS
WORK ON BUILDINGS
Plastering on Two Private
Projects Held Up, Labor
Officials Announce.

PlaStering work on two private build
ing operations here, now near compile
tion, has been halted due to demands
for wage cut which the union en-
ployes have refused to accept, accord
ing to statements today by labor off,
cials.
The cessation of work affected the
large new addition to the National Geo.
graphic Society on Sixteenth street and
the new home of the Standard Oil Co.
OF New Jersey on Constitution avenue,
between Second and Third streets.
Union officials described the halt in
the plastering phase of the work as
lockout" but pointed out that but
less than dozen workmen were affect
ed. The whole matter, it was said,
amounts to "a tempest in a teapot"
since private construction on which
union mechanics here are engaged is
practically at a standstill.
Belief was expressed by SpokeSmen
for both the plasterers' union and the
Washington Building Trades Employ
ers' Association that an amicable solu-
ton would be found, so far as their
organizations were concerned.
PlaStererS on the two projects, 1t
was reported, recently were confronted
with demand for 80 per cent cut
in wages, which they refused. A lock
out" was to be put into effect April Is,
but it did not materialize, except for
a halting of the plastering work on
the two buildings, labor officials said.
Since the plaStering work on these
projects is virtually completed, no seri-
Gus difficulty is expected they added.
Discussions of any general reduction
in the wage scales Of union mechanics
cannot affect the large Government
projects now under way because con-
tracts already have been let, and be-
cause the Bacon-Davis prevailing
wage" law has established such scales,
union officials said.
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D. c. WOMEN TO ATTEND
VOTERS LEAGUE SESSION
Three Delegates of "Voteless
League" to Be Among De-
troit Visitors.

Several Washington women will at
tend the tenth convention of the Ma
tional League of Women Voters in De-
troit beginning next Monday morning.
Three delegates from the 'Voteless
League" Of the District of Columbia
will be Mrs. A j. McKelway, president;
Mrs. Edna Johnston and Mrs. Eliza
beth Smith Friedman. Other Wash
ingtonians who will attend include
Mrs. Henry Brattan Doyle, regional
director Mrs. Elwood Street and Mrs.
Harris T. Baldwin, both committee
chairmen.
The Committee on Living Costs. of
which Mrs. Harris T. Baldwin of this
city is chairman, will take up consid-
Grafton of recent developments in re-
gard to regulation of public utilities
and Muscle Shoals in 1892
Mrs Elwood Street of this city will
preside as chairman over the Com
mittee on Social Hygiene.
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WimbIey and Crowder Face
Court in Death of Formers
Wife and Her Child.
INSURANCE CONSPIRACY
BASIS OF PROSECUTION
Victims Drowned in Canal When
Canoe Upsets on Picnic
Last September.

Charged with first-degree murder in
the deaths of Mrs. Elizabeth Travlor
Wimbley and her 3-year -old daughter
Wilma Traylor, Harry c. Wimbley, alias
Howard c. Dickerson. the woman's hus-
band. and John NJ Crowder went on
trial today in Criminal Division /. Dis
trict Supreme Court, presided over by
Justice James NJ. Proctor
When the defense and prosecutors
exhausted the first panel of prospective
jurors, Justice Proctor recessed court
until second panel could be sworn in.
The defense exhausted nine of its 20
challenges in an effort to obtain a Jury
entirely of men and devoid of insur-
ance agents. The prosecution excused
four and the court one on account of
i'll health.
Defense and prosecution exhausted
second panel shortly after noon and
Justice Proctor recessed court for
luncheon. Altogether 25 prospective
jurors were peremptorily challenged
and excused, II by the defense and 8
by the prosecution. A score more were
challenged for cause, mainly because
OF prejudice against capital punish
ment, and were excused. A third
panel will be sworn In after the
luncheon recess.
Drowned on Picnic.
W1mbley and Crowder are alleged by
the Government to have drowned Mrs.
Wlmbley and her daughter in the
Chesapeake g. Ohio Canal, above Chain
Bridge, last September II by upsetting
their canoe and holding them under
water. The four were on a picnic that
afternoon celebrating Mrs. Wimbleys
26th birthday.
Crowder in lengthy confession to
police several days after he and VIM
bley were arrested. admitted upsetting
the canoe, but maintained it was an
accident. He confessed, however that
he and Wimbley had plotted the death
OF Mrs. Wimbley in order to collect
more than $4,000 insurance which she
carried 1t was because of this insur-
ance angle that the defense attorneys,
Cedric johnson and L. L. Whitestone,
excused prospective jurors connected
with the insurance business.
Confession Repudiated.
In his confession, which was repudi-
ated by Wimbley, Crowder said Wimbley
first proposed to burn to death the
woman, her child and her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Patrick Tench, in their home
at Dendron, Va. This plot fell through,
however, according to Crowder, when
he got cold feet"
1t was then Wimbley conceived the
idea of drowning his wife and step
daughter, Crowder stated
Assistant United States Attorney
William H. Collins, who with Assistant
United States Attorney John j. Sirica,
is to conduct the prosecution. disclosed
in his questioning of prospective jurors
that the Government will call approx
mately 81 witnesses in an effort to con-
vict the two men.
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KINDNESS WEEK OPENS WITH TIPS
ON HOW TO KEEP ANIMALS HAPPY
Animal Rescue League, Sponsoring Weeks Observance
Gives Out Advice.

sisting Of meat, vegetables and cooked
cereals. Puppies must be fed oftener.
Plenty of fresh, clean water Is impor-
tant.
The canary's need of exercise is
stressed. Owners Of such pets are
urged to let them fly about in the house
frequently. The drinking cup should be
washed daily and cuttlefish bone pro-
vided as an aid to digestion
Here's tip for the goldfish owners
the tank may be circular or rec
tangular, but must have straight sides.
It Is a mistake to have a tank smaller
at the top than at the bottom. If
the fish gasp at the surface, remove
one. There may be too many in the
tank.
April IS has been designated as Min
ME Maddern Fiske day. as a tribute to
the actress who devoted much time
prior to her recent death to an effort
to eliminate use Of steel traps.
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This is BE Kind to Animals week.

This is BE Kind to Animals week.
time when men and women through
out the country are urged to pause for
moment to consider the welfare of
their pets.
Some $50 humane societies in the
country are joining in the movement,
which is being sponsored here by the
Animal Rescue League.
Mrs William F. Ham, president Of the
league. has given out few suggestions
on the care Of pets which should be
followed every day.
A cat, she said, will refuse food when
he cannot smell it. Owners Of these
pets are urged 70 keep their nose pas
sages clean. A mixed diet OF meat,
vegetables and milk Is recommended.
Dog owners are advised to brush
their pets regularly, but not to wash
them too often. Dry sleeping quarters
also are important. Full grown dogs
should be fed twice daily, the diet con-
Evening star., 1932-04-18
SUICIDE USES GUN
Of YOUTHFU Ill DAYS
Louis Cotturo, IA, Brought
Old Rifle From Italy.
Worries Barred.

An old rifle he brought from Italy as
life of Louis Cotturo, "a, who shot him
self in a bed room of his home, at 1407
Irving street northeast. He died at
Casualty Hospital.
The former stone mason was found
lying on the floor beside his bed by his
daughter, Mrs. Helen Jones, after she
had heard the report of the gun and
the thud Of his body falling to the floor
as she was in the kitchen below prepar-
ing breakfast.
Threatened to Kill Self.
The guns trigger was rigged with a
string, tied over a bedpcst, and appar-
emily pulled by Cotturo as he lay in his
bed. Mrs. Jones said she had been in
the room less than half hour before
and her father had told her he was 60
ing to stay in bed a while, as he felt ILL
She told police he had threatened to
kill himself several times within the
last few weeks, although before that
had said nothing of 1t. The old gun
had laid untouched in the house for
many years, she said. 1t was of large
caliber and foreign make.
Cotturos sonin-law, Claude Jones
was in front of the house working on
his automobile when the shot was fired
The bullet pierced Cotturo's abdomen
leaving his body through the left side
Police said it was suicide, though nc
certificate had been issued up to shortly
after noon.
Worried by Troubles.
Mrs. Jones said her fathers mind had
been troubled about his children's hap
piness and about money, although he
had several thousand dollars on deposit
in various banks of the city, she said
He had been a Washington resident
many years.
Less than year ago, she told police
his daughter-in-l law, Mrs Leo Connors
1902 Twenty-fifth street southeast, took
her life. Leo Connors. his son, took the
name Connors in preference to his IA
theirs name, Cotturo, Mrs. Jones said
The woman also said her father had
had trouble getting along with other
relatives. He has another son, Joseph
Connors, 220 Allegheny place, Takoma
Park, Md. and a daughter, Marie. in
New York
The coroner was notified.
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the entry of more people into our poor
house and into our hospitals
"As to the hospitals, the load there
is already high without considering the
appropriation. At Gallinger our present
daily population of about 600 represents
q 100 per cent increase in two years.
But there would be no direct result,
because the appropriation is for direct
relief, and we do not do any Of that at
the present"
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SUPREME COURT REJECTS
PLEA IN LIQUOR CASE
Declines to Reconsider Appeal Re-
fusal on Conviction for Owner
ship of Imported Rum.

The Supreme Court today refused to
reconsider its recent action declining
to review the conviction of Frank Shore,
formerly New York avenue tire dealer,
on charge of violating the tariff act
by having in his possession illegally
imported liquor.
James F. Reilly, counsel for Shore,
contended his client was entitled to q
review by the Supreme Court because
OF conflict in decisions by the lower
FEDERAL courts, the Ninth Circuit Court
OF appeals, In case he claimed was
based on similar facts, having refused
to hold that possession of imported
liquor warranted the presumption Of
illegal importation.
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MENTAL EXPERT TO SPEAK
st. Elizabeth's Chief to Give Ad-
dress at Jewish Center.

DR.. William A. White, superfn-
tendent of st. Elizabeth's Hospital and
outstanding authority on mental dis
eases, will address the Round Table
Of the Jewish Community Center. Six
teenth and @ streets, at 9 O'Clock to-
morrow evening, it was announced
today.
DR.. White is a teacher of psychiatry
at both Georgetown and George WASH
ington Universities and Is the author
Of many text books on the subject.
Herman Felter, local attorney, will act
as chairman at the meeting, which Is
open 20 the public.
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HOOVER ASKED TO SPEAK
Minnesota Delegation Presents
Invitation to Fair.

President Hoover was invited today
to participate in the Minnesota State
Fair at Hamline, Mimi. on September
8 or 9, coupled with a suggestion that
he make a campaign address on that
occasion.
Members of the Minnesota delegation
in the House, accompanied by State
Senator J. v. Weber, rendered the in
vitation, which was taken under advise
ment.
Evening star., 1932-04-18
TAxICAB DRIVER HELD

Arrested After Hit-and-Run Mis-
hap-Man, 72, Seriously Hurt.
Virgil G. Krebs. 36-year-old taxicab
driver OF Clarendon, Va, was arrested
by Detective Sergt. Leo Murray yester-
day in connection with the hit-and-run
accident in which Walter Smith, 70
years old, of the first block of M streets
was seriously injured Saturday night
Smith, run down by a taxi at North
Capitol and M streets, was taken to
Sibley Hospital with conclusion of the
brain and other head injuries. His con-
dition was said to be slightly improved
today.
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MAN SLASHED WITH RAZOR
Police Seek Assailant of Restau-
rant Man.

Felix Catlin, 38, was reported recov-
ering in Freedmen's Hospital today
after being cut on the side yesterday
by colored man in a restaurant in
the 1900 block of U street. where Cat
lin was working. The wound was said
to have been made with a razor Police
sent lookout for the colored man.
Catlin resides in the 1900 block Of
Caroline street.
Evening star., 1932-04-18
NINE BOYS ESCAPE
Colored Runaways From Training
School Sought.

Police of Washington, Maryland and
Virginia were conducting a search to-
day for nine colored youths who es-
capped from the National Training
School for Boys last night.
The runaways are Raymond Crowley
IT; Percy Harris, IT; Benjamin Hami-
Ian, 16; Jesse Morrisey, 16; Samuel
Williams, IT; Leonard Cole, 16; Charles
Weldon, 18; CARMEL Moore, IT, and
Robert Beard, Is.
The youths pulled a screen from a
rear window Of the shower room in the
basement shortly after they had been
sent downstairs to take bath, police
were told.
Evening star., 1932-04-18
DR.. MANN TO SPEAK
British Guinea Trip Subject of To-
nights Address.

DR.. William M. Mann, director Of
the National Geological Park, will speak
before the Central High School Parent
Teacher Association tonight on his ami
mal-collecting trip last year in the
jungles of British Guinea.
The illustrated lecture viii be given
in the Central High School auditorium.
Evening star., 1932-10-21

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