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Evening star., 1932-01-31
HEARING SET ON BILL
TO MERGE CAR LINES
House D. C. Committee to Take Up
Traction Measure Tuesday and
Credit Unions Friday,

The traction merger resolution, which
was considered last week by the House
subcommittee, will be taken up for
hearing by the Senate District Com
mittee at 2:3O o'clock Tuesday after
noon.
The resolution sets forth form
of unification agreement, outlining in
detail the conditions under which the
washington Railway & Electric Co. and
the Capital Traction Co. could merge.
It is based on similar resolutions which
were considered but not finally acted
on by Congress during the past few
years.
The regular weekly meeting of the
-ommittee Friday is expected to be
devoted to the CaOper bill to authorize
incorporation in the District Of credit
unions, cooperative organizations
which make loans to members. The
committee also may take up the ques-
ton of increasing the powers of the
Commissioners to enable them to pass
on some of the less important local
problems which now require attention
Of Congress. This was slated for con-
sideration last week, but was not
reached.
Evening star., 1932-01-31
DRIVER FINED FOR CRASH
THAT INJURED POLICEMAN
Failure to Give Right of Way
Blamed; Side Car Torn From
Officers Machine.

Arrested for failing to give the right
of way, after an accident in which
Policeman w c. Lewis, Traffic Bureau,
was injured last night, John MCLEAN,
colored, of 1925 Third street was con-
victed and fined $40 by Judge Isaac
R Hit in Polic1 Court yesterday.
Lewis and Policemen r. A. Cunning
ham. who was riding with him, said
McLlean drove out of an alley at First
and E streets at a high rate Of speed,
striking Lewis machine and tearing the
side car from it. Lewis was thrown to
the street and suffered badly sprained
knee.
He was also charged with operating
on improper tags, as his car bore
dealers license plates, but Judge Hit
accepted his personal bond on this
count as MCLEAN said he had recently
bought the machine and had applied
for title.
Evening star., 1932-01-31
CITY FIRE SCHOOL
OPENS TOMORROW
Order Requires Members of
Upper Ranks to At
tend Lectures.

The Fire Department is going in for
fire education. school will be
founded tomorrow and a distinguished
group of professors" will be on hand
to lecture to an enthusiastic student
body of firemen of the rank of sergeant
and upwards
The course, at the start will be held
in the auditorium of the Potomac EIeC-
trio Power Co, which will be lent for
the occasion.
The charter of the new college takes
the shape of an order issued to the
force by Chief Engineer George S. Wat
SON. requiring members of the upper
ranks to attend lectures. Among the
lecturers are Maj. r. R. Allen. of the
office Of the Chief of Cavalry, U. S. A,
whose subject is What Discipline
Means and How to Maintain It."
Other Speakers Listed.
A few of the other speakers and the
subjects on which they will lecture dur
ing the school terms. which runs from
February l to February 26, are E. S.
BraShearS, director of the Underwrit-
ers Association of the District, on The
Work of the Fire Department From an
Underwriters Viewpoint; Chief Ed
ward H. War;, fire insurance salvage
corps of Baltimore, on Salvage Work: !:
David j. Price of the Bureau of Chem
istry Department of Agriculture Dust
Explosion Hazards During Fire Fighting
Operations" Dr. Morton G. Lloyd of
the Bureau of Standards, and L. E.
Reed of the Potomac Electric Power Co.
on Electrical Hazards in the Firemen'S
Work and Edward R. Pierce, executive
officer of the Fire Department, on Eff
cheney Ratings"
Commissioner Herbert B. Crosby will
deliver the opening address to the new
school at 1:30 o'clock tomorrow.
Salvage Duties Explained.
Mr.. Wars lecture on salvage work
is expected to be the entering wedge Of
the development of a salvage corps
within the District Fire Department.
Chief Watson said many large cities
have these corps, charged with the duty
of protecting goods in houses and COM
mercial structures from damage from
water, smoke and other fire hazards.
These groups respond to fire alarms and
where necessary take goods out of
buildings or cover them with tarpaulinS
to prevent damage where possible.
Chief Watson said the development
IN Washington would probably not take
the form of a separate corps, but that
salvage workers would be taken to fires
on trucks now in use in an effort to cat
down property damage from water and
smoke. which often exceeds damage
caused by the fire itself
Evening star., 1932-01-31
Samaritan Role Hard
KINDLY GROCER GETS THREAT AND BOYCOTT.

There was the Count of Monte Cristo,
who spent IS years in prison because
he tried to play the Good Samaritan
And there was Harry Abelman.
Abelman didn't get into prison, but
he did get into hot water. Today he's
trying to puzzle out how it all hap
pened, and why, and incidentally to
conjure up some special brand Of pun
ishment for neighborhood buSybodieS.
Abelman became buSybody- conscious
when he opened his grocery at 1900 G
street southeast yesterday morning, and
found a threatening note under the
door. 1t was signed The Eye of the
World" and informed him in no GER
tain terms that he would have to
stand the consequences" if a family in
the vicinity was evicted for non-pay-
ment Of rent. Though he owns the
building in which the family lives, this
was the first intimation Abelman had
had that the rent was in arrears. Such
matters are handled by real estate
concern that, it developed, had sent
the tenant routine printed notice that
the rent was past due, and that court
action would be taken if payment was
not made within a specified time.
Neighbors Are Indignant.
Since the recipient of the notice was
a woman whose husband has been in
a hospital since Christmas, and since
she is the mother of two small children
and pennileSs, a wave of indignation
swept the neighborhood. Little knots
Of residents gathered to discuss the
case, which lost little of its pathos in
the re-telling. The SNOWFALL of gossip
gathered weight as it rolled downhill,
as such things do. II was of no conse-
quence that the woman already had a
stable grocery bill at Abelman's little
store, and that her credit had never
been called into question.
Note Follows Boycott.
What appeared to be a boycott of
Abelman'S store went into effect, and
the threatening note followed. Mean
while, since it had already been called
upon to help and knew the cireum-
Evening star., 1932-01-31
FINANCE BUILDING
JOB ABOUT DONE
New Government Corpora
tion to Move Into Quarters
Now Nearly Ready.

The hurTy-up job undertaken by the
Office of Public Buildings and Public
Parks in getting ready the new home of
the Reconstruction Finance Corporation
at Nineteenth street and Pennsylvania
avenue is about done James F. Gill,
chief of the building division Of the
Office, yesterday explained that about
100 persons were put to work on the
job, which is about finished. except for
odds and ends. 1t was begun Janu-
ary %.
In addition to the regular force of
skilled workers called in from other
public buildings. the building division
had 40 painters 10 carpenters and a
dozen electricians getting the former
home of the Department of Commerce
into shape. The eighth. ninth and
tenth floors were made ready, with the
artisans working at night and on Sun
day
The Federal Reserve Board and other
fiscal units will likely share the old
Commerce Building with the Recon-
Struction Finance Corporation, but TINS
has not yet been definitely determined
The telephone company rushed its
workers in to set up the cOmmunlCa-
ton system for the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation. A buzzer system
is now being installed.
The Buildings Division is getting the
first and second floors of the old
Patent Office Building ready for oc-
cupancy by the Civil Service Commits
sion. The balance of the building will
be used by General Accounting Office
units. The second and third floors
of the old Land ONCE Building at
Eighth and streets are being pre-
pared for the Tariff Commission and
the first floor will be used by other
Government groups.
The building at 119 D street north
east. which until recently was the
home of the Coast and Geodetic Survey,
is being turned back to the owners and
by midnight tonight, Uncle Sam Will
vacate it entirely. The Government
has been paying an annual rental OF
S45 900 for this structure, which was
shared with the International Boundary
Commission.
Evening star., 1932-01-31
Rites Are Set for April 23, Re-
puted to Be Birthday of
Shakespeare.
COOLIDGE is EXPECTED
TO ATTEND EXERCISES
Dr. Joseph Quincy Adams, Head of
Research, Will Deliver Address
at Presentation.

The Folger Shakespeare Library, in
East Capitol street, adjacent to the Lii
brary of Congress. will be formally dedl-
Gated on April %, anniversary of the
reputed birthday of William Shake
Speare.
The program for the occasion will in
Clude actual presentation by Mrs. Henry
Clay FOlgeT. widow Of the donor and
acceptance by DR.. George A. Plimpton,
president Of Amherst College Corpora
tion, trustees Of the library under the
terms Of Mr. Folger'S will.
DIR. Adams to Deliver Address.
The dedicatory address will be de-
livered by DR. Joseph Quincy Adams,
supervisor of research at the library.
Distinguished guests from all parts
of the country are expected to attend
Among these probably will be former
President Calvin Coolidge, who was
named chairman of the Library Plan
and Scope Committee to succeed the
late Senator Dwight Morrow Of New
Jersey.
Representatives of the National Gov
eminent, of universities and colleges,
of arts and letters and of the stage will
be present.
Will Be Closed Several Months.
Mr. Folgerg rOduated from Amherst
in 1879, became a leading executive OF
the Standard Oil Co. and one Of the
foremost collectors Of books by and
about Shakespeare in the world. His
will provided for the maintenance OF
his vast accumulation of Shakespearean
material in the library ediflce designed
and built to receive it in the Capital,
the management to be in the care of
his alma mater.
William A. Slade, librarian, has indi-
Gated that for several months follow
ing its dedication the library will be
closed to the public, pending the
cataloguing and arranging Of the trea-
surers in his care.
Evening star., 1932-01-31
D. C. CAR TAG DESIGN
CONTEST ANNOUNCED
Board of Trade Moves for More
Artistic Auto License
Plates.

A movement to have the District
adopt a more artistic automobile tag
both in color and design was initiated
yesterday by the Municipal Arts Com
mittee of the Washington Board of
Trade.
The committee announced contest
open to all students and artists, TO be
conducted by Arthur B. HeatOn, proml-
nent Washington architect. The judges
will be Alexander B. Trowbridge, IA
NOUS architect: Clifford K. Bergman
cartoonist of The Evening Star, and
William A. Van Duzer, traffic director
who is said to favor a new and more
artistic tag.
All drawings should be delivered to
Mr.. Heaton at 121I-A Connecticut ave-
nue.. not later than February IT. The
design should be made full size, by
u inches, on cardboard by IS inches.
The number shown on the design sub
mitted is to be A-000 Only one de-
sign may be submitted by any one COM
petitOr Names of the competitors must
be attached to each drawing inclosed
in a plain sealed envelope.
The design, Mr.. HeatOn said. should
be made in composition and color suit
able for the District, simple and easy
to read at a distance. The three best
designs will be submitted to the Com
mission of Fine Arts for its comment.
Evening star., 1932-01-31
ZOO REFRIGERATION ENVISIONED
TO KEEP PENGUINS IN HEAL TIL
Odd Arctic Creatures Now Unable 10 Survive Heat,
W. M. Mann, Director, Declares.

The greatest age to which penguins
in the Washington Zoo have lived is
. years and months, according to
Dr. Mann, and he explains this is a
comparatively short time since pen
gums in their native surroundings are
reputed to exist to a ripe old age.
They don't seem to survive the hot
weather" the zoe doctor said. Il know
of no ZOO below the latitude of Ham
burg, Germany or Edinburgh, Scotland,
that has met with success in keeping
these birds in captivity"
DR. Mann said several buildings at
the ZOO here have yet to be completed
before thought can be given to definite
plans for home for the pengasEs.
Evening star., 1932-01-31

stances in which the family found it
self, a charitable organization came
forward with the promise that the rent
bill would be paid. That appeased
the rental agent, but did nothing to
quiet the wagging tongues of the gos-
sips.
The woman, it developed Yesterday
was not in agreement with the spirit
that prompted the threatening mes
sage and denied any knowledge of it.
Abelman, she declared, had been more
reasonable in complying with the
wishes of his tenants than most land
lords. She had no complaint to make
But the gossips are still enjoying
themselves, and Abelman is trying to
figure out whether it is worth while
trying to be a good fellow, after all.
Evening star., 1932-01-31
WOMAN PATRIOTS
TO URGE DEFENSE
Mass Meeting Tomorrow viii
Open Conference of az
Societies.

Forty-two womens patriotic societies
are sending delegates to Washington to
attend the Seventh Womens Patri-
otic Conference on National Defense,
which will open with mass meeting in
Constitution Hall tomorrow evening at
$50.
The woman champions of adequate
national defense will urge that the
country not be left powerless and de-
fenseleSS. at a time when the OminOus
rumblings are heard in the Far East.
Prominent speakers, including au-
thoritieS on Far Eastern affairs and
Soviet Russia, will come to the Capital
to address the conference. Included
on the opening program Monday eve
ming will be Secretary Of Labor Will
rister Of Toronto, Canada, and Henry
L. Stevens jr.. national commander
of the American Legion.
The object of the conference is to
further the cause Of national defense
as an aid to peace and to study in
fuenceS which tend to undermine
American institutions.
Adams and Payne to Speak.
Sessions will be held Tuesday morn
ing ana afternoon in Memorial CONT
mental Hall During the morning ad-
dresses will be made by Charles
Francis Adams. Secretary of the Navy;
Frederick NJ. Payne, Assistant Secre-
tary of War; Gen. Hanson E. Ely. U.
S. A, retired commander OF the Legion
OF Honor, Brig. Gen. Henry j. Reilly.
and Representative Thomas A Jen-
klnS Of Ohio, an authority on immigra-
ton
Tuesday afternoon the program will
include Maj. Gen. James E Fechet.
who recently retired as head of the
United States Army Air Corps: Lieut..
Col. Orval Johnson and DR.. A. F.. Wood
of the Department of Agriculture.
Addresses Wednesday morning at the
concluding session in Constitution Hall
will be made by Senator Frederick
Hale of Maine, Mrs. o. D. Oliphant
permanent honorary chairman of the
conference; John B. ChappIe of Ash
land, Wis, and Miss Marion Angeline
Hewlett, who during the past II years
has travelled in At countries as an OBJ
server Of political and economic con-
ditions.
Dinner to Be Held Tuesday.
The conference dinner will be held
in the ball room of the Willard Hotel
Tuesday evening, with Mrs Lowell
Fletcher Hobart, president general of
the National Society of the Daughters
of the American Revolution, presiding
The officers of the general conference
are Mrs. Hobart, chairman; Mrs Fred
erick c. Williams, first vice chairman:
Mrs. Robert j. Johnson. second vice
chairman; Mrs. Virgil H. Stone, third
vice chairman; Mrs. Annie Poole At
wood, fourth vice chairman; Mrs
Florence H. Becker, fifth vice chair
man; Mrs. Percy Young Schelly, Secre-
tary; Mrs. Livingston l.. Hunter, treas
urer; Mrs. o. D. Oliphant, permanent
honorary chairman.
Evening star., 1932-01-31

The frigid atmosphere Of the Arctic
and Antarctic may be brought to the
Washington Zoo for the benefit of those
Somber rotund little creatures with stiff
shirt-like bosomS and frock-coats, who
inhabit the polar regions-the penguins
It's more or less a wild sort of
dream right now, DR.. william M. Mann,
director of the Zoo, says but some
time in the distant future he hopes his
plan to build refrigerated extension
to the bird house in the Geological Park
will become a reality.
There are no penguins in Washing
tons zoo at all today, and unless a
kindly donor presents some to the in
stitution, it will be without them until
proper facilities can be provided for
their hoasisg. ..-,
Evening star., 1932-01-31
II SEIZED IN RAID

Rum Possession and Weapon
Charges Face Colored Youth.
Thomas Woodstock, %, colored, 140O
block of Swan street, was arrested last
night and charged with illegal possess
sion of liquor and carrying a concealed
weapon, after the first inspection dis
trict vice squad raided a house in the
140O block of street. Ten other COL
ored persons were arrested there on
charges of disorderly conduct.
The concealed weapon charge was
placed against Woodstock after knife
was alleged to have been found in his
possession. He was held under $500
bond In each case.
Evening star., 1932-01-31
THREE ARRESTED
AFTER AUTO CHASE
Trio Held for Investigation
Following Call at Home of
School Heads.

DR.. Edgar c. Higbie, president of Will
son Teachers College, stepped into the
role of amateur detective last night and
caused the arrest of three men who
may or may not have had something
to do with an automobile chase from
Maryland into the District.
The chain Of circumstances leading to
the arrest of the three men is believed
to have started on Riggs Mill road
Just beyond the District line. At that
point Prince Georges County Police
man Ralph Brown started in pursuit of
a car he thought might contain liquor
The car sped into the District and
COllided with the curb at Sherman Cir
Gle, smashing a wheel. According to
Brown. one man Jumped from the car
and ran. He searched the machine and
found a smoke screen apparatus, but
no liquor. Officer Brown then notified
sixth precinct police and left.
Asked to Use Telephone.
At about 8 o'clock, approximately
half an hour after the accident, two
men knocked on the back door of DR..
Higbie'S residence at No. 7 Sherman
circle. They asked for permission to
use the telephone and were admitted.
Becoming suspicious, DR.. Higbie
listened to them While they made the
call and heard them request friend
to come out and get them. They Of
fered DR.. Higbie 50 from a large roll
Of bills for the use of his phone, and
left when he refused to accept any
money.
As soon as they were out of the
house DR.. Higbie called the police. Be
fore the officers arrived. however, three
men drove up IN front of his house.
One came to the door and asked for
Mr. Campbell" Learning that the
two men who had made the call were
gone, the stranger went back to his
car. DR.. Higbie followed him out, in
tending to get the license number for
the police. Once outside, he decided
to stand in front Of the car so it could
not leave.
Held For Investigation.
A moment later the police car ar
rived and the three men were arrested.
At the station house they identified
themselves as Nathan Miller. 81. 100
block of Sixth street southwest: Irwin
Siegel, 33, 1400 block of M street. and
Romeo stellabotta, 10, 500 block Of
Massachusetts, avenue. Tney were
booked for investigation.
Police are now trying TO find out
whether the man who ran from the
wrecked car was one of the two who
used DR.. Higbie's phone, and, if so,
where the second man came from.
They would also like to know what if
anything the three men under arrest
have to do with the affair and why the
two men who called them didn't wait
for their arrival
Evening star., 1932-01-31
SORORITY PLANS DANCE

Phi Sigma Epsilon Sorority will hold
its annual dance at the Willard Hotel
February 26. The committee in charge
of arrangements includes Miss Mar
guerite J. ThrockmorLon. Gamma
Chapter Mrs. Lillian Alexander, Alpha
Chapter Miss Dorothy Golladay Eta
Chapter, chairman and Miss Betty
Ward, Alpha Chapter.
Evening star., 1932-01-31
HOUSE MAJORITY GAINS
Representative Leech Resigns
for Tax Appeals Board Post.

The Democratic majority in the
House was increased by one when Rep
resantatiye J. Russell Locch, Republican,
of Pennsylvania, resigned his seat to
become a member of the Board of Tax
Appeals.
Leech was appointed to this post re-
Gently by President Hoover and has
been confirmed by the Senate. His
resignation left the party standing in
the House: Democrats, $50; Republic
ans, 214; Farmer-Labor, Il.
Evening star., 1932-01-31
Offers Reward in kidnapping.

MEXICO CITY, January 80 F0-
Thomas Aguilar, whose baby daughter
was kidnapped last Monday, offered a
reward of 1000 pesos ($78O) today for
the childs safe return. Police have
followed several clues, but thus far
without success.
Evening star., 1932-01-31
CHURCHILL WILL SPEAK
Famous British Statesman to Ap-
pear in Capital Feb. IL.

pear in Capital Feb. IL.
Winston Spencer Churchill famous
British statesman, will speak in Con-
Stitution Hall on the night of February
II under the auspices of the Com
munity institute of Washington. His
topic will be The World Economic
Crisis"
Churchill has been to the fore in
Britain for the last quarter of CEN
tury, in the course of which he has
held almost every first-rank admins
trative post
He also is a painter of distinction,
has written prolifcally and has won
distinction as an orator.
Evening star., 1932-01-31

Y IEUT. D. w. HARDIN, United
| States Navy, of 5000 Stratford
road, Chevy Chase, believes in
manning his boats with his own
crew
The lieutenant has gotten a good
start with future "all-Hardin" crew
for the Naval Academy eight with
Bobby Jimmie and Charles, 4l2-year-
old triplets, born in Covington, KY, at
their mothers home, while their sailor
daddy was at sea.
Bobby. Jimmie and Charles fair
haired blue-eyed youngsters, are real
boys, who make a lot of noise, squabble
together over their toys, but all told,
love each other dearly and have no
difficulty in identifying each other. as
do the majority of people who meet
them
Evening star., 1932-01-31

Il couldn't tell them apart until they
were two or three months old" laughed
Mrs. Hardin we always kept band
on them, and had other methods by
which We identified them. Now it isn't
so difficult as We can always dis
tinguished them By their heads; the
swirl of Charles hair is on the left;
Bobbie's is in the middle, and Jimmie's
is on the right
In addition to the triplets, Lieut. and
Mrs. Hardin have 6-year-old
daughter Alice.
Lieut.. Hardin. who was graduated
from the Naval Academy in 1922, hopes
to send his three sons to his Alma
Mater some day. But then, as Mrs.
Hardin said. Bobby and Jimmie and
Charles will have something to say
about that when the time arrives.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-15
Combination of
 Lying Stories
(Continued from Page 1.)

(4) Immediately after the ar- rests of the defendants there com menced a deliberate attempt to arouse public prejudice against them by a series of almost daily interviews given to the press by prosecuting officials.
 (5) Witnesses were produced with information in the hands of the prosecution that seriously chal- lenged the creditability of the wit nesses, but this information was de- liberately concealed.
 (6) Witnesses were permitted to testify despite such knowledge in the possession of the prosecu- tion of prior contradictory stories told by these witnesses as to make their production g. vouching for perjured testimony.
 CD Witnesses were coached in their testimony to a degree that approximated subordinatoin of per jury. There is a strong inference that some of this coaching was done by prosecuting officials, and other evidence points to the knowl- edge by the prosecuting officials that such coaching was being prac- ticed on other witnesses.
 (S) The prejudice against the defendants, stimulated by news paper publicity, was further ap- pealed to at the trials by unfair and incorporate arguments to the jury in the opening and closing statements of the prosecuting at- torneys.
 (9) After the trials, the disclos- ures casting doubt on the justice of the convictions were minimized and every attempt made to defeat the liberation of the defendants by campaign of misrepresentation and propaganda carried on by the officials who had prosecuted them.