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Evening star., 1933-12-30
'GENTLEMAN' BANDITS
ROB FAIRFAX HOTEL
Two Well-Dressed Men Take
$14.30 From Night Clerk
in Hold Up.

Two gentleman" bandits early today
held up the night clerk at the Fairfax
Hotel, 2l00 Massachusetts, avenue, and
escaped with $14.30.
Kenneth Ogden, the clerk, said he
was working in the hotel Office when the
two men, one armed with a pistol, con-
fronted him. While his partner held
Ogden off with the gun, the other
bandit took the money from a cash
register, the clerk said.
Both men were well dressed and went
about the job very quietly, Ogden told
police.
John Lucas, colored, 511 Rhode Island
avenue, night watchman at the Bren-
izer Co. yard, 1901 South Capitol street,
was struck on the head and robbed Of
81 so by two men shortly after midnight.
A man who identified himself as
William Schutt, %, of the 1700 block
California street, was treated at George
town Hospital for a scalp wound re-
ceived when he is alleged to have been
caught removing tire from the auto
mobile Of John r. Pendleton, As, of
1880 @ street. Pendleton said he struck
Schutt with a stick. Third precinct
police booked Schutt for investigation.
James Poulos, 40, q fruit dealer Of
BIT Tenth street, was struck on the
head with a piece Of pipe by one Of
two men who visited his store last
night. Poulos, who said the men did
not demand money, was treated at
Emergency Hospital.
Evening star., 1933-12-30

"The old engine just kept runnin'
along and Billy hit into it." Cap'n
Hundley said. Long in the day.
though. it got SO cold that the engine
began slowing up and we found that
the carburetor spring was sticking from
the freezing. We had an oil stove
goin' in the wheel house ford and we
soaked cloths in boiling water an car
ried em over the deck to the engine
housing and wrapped 'em round the
carburetor That did the trick-well
for a while anyway Then we'd have to
do it all over again"
That carrying 'em over the deck"
meant real danger. too. The deck is
only about 10 feet wide, it is crowned
it has no side rails, and it was coated
with slippery ice. And the little boat
was pitching.
quickly encrusted the entire wheel
house, burying the glass windows under
a one to 3-inch coating Of ice. When
the Hundley brothers weren't thawing
out the carburetor on their two-cylin-
der engine, they were pressing the
steaming rags against window pane
to free it of the binding ice. They
found they could only hope to keep one
glass clear. Thus their vision for navi-
cation was reduced to mere l2-inch
square of water -splashed glass.
When they finally headed into the
fish wharf dock. the men found their
deck gear, including anchors, dock lines,
chock and bits, buried completely in
ice. They chopped two bits clear, broke
out pair of lines from under decks.
and tied up. 1t was then they found
they were the only oyster boat to reach
Washington yesterday. And their brisk
business is proving it.
Evening star., 1933-12-30
Cooperative Seeks to Bar In
dependent Sales to Walker
Hill Dairy.
PRODUCERS ALSO NAMED
IN RESTRAINING ACTION
Distributor Claims Move Fol
lowed Threat to Gut OF
Milk Supply.

The milk price fight between the
Walker-Hin Dairy and the Maryland
Virginia Milk Producers Association
will be aired in Circuit Court in Alex
andria Tuesday when attorneys tor the
association will seek an injunction re-
straining the local dairy from buying
milk from its members without dealing
through the cooperative.
James J. Ward, co-oWner of the
Walker-Hill Dairy. was notified Of the
associations intentions late yesterday
and was in conference today with a
group of lawyers making plans to fight
the case
The association has contended the
Walker-Hill Dairy is seeking to disrupt
its organization by contracting for milk
with its members independent of the
organization. Ward has explained,
however, that he was forced to follow
this course when the association threat
ened to cut off his milk supply after he
sought cream prices comparable to those
paid by Washingtons three largest
dairies, Chestnut Farms, Chevy Chase
and ThompSonS.
Shippers Are in Virginia.
The association chose Virginia as the
scene of the court action because of the
fact a maiority of Walker-Hil shippers
produce milk in that State. Judge
Walter T Mccarthy will hear argu-
ments on the plea.
In addition to the Walker Hill Dairy,
the application for injunction named a
number of milk producers who have
contracted with Walker-Hill contrary
to directions of the association, to de-
liver milk to the Washington distributor.
Those named are: F. E. Peck, c. L.
D. Z Do
o. H. Hutchinson, Blanche Laws, G. r.
Harris. Mahlon Seese and George A
Bready, all of Fairfax County.
Asks Restraining Order.
The suit asked Judge McCarty to
restrain the dairy from purchasing or
contracting to purchase or receiving
PENDANTS or any other members of the
Maryland and Virginia Milk Producers
Association, Inc, any milk or cream
produced by them, respectively, other
wise than as directed by the associa-
ton
1t also asks a restraining order pre-
venting the dairy from lin any manner
inducing them or any of them to breach
the terms of their marketing agree
ment with said association and en-
joining and restraining each and all Of
the said named defendants from deliv-
ering any milk or cream to
Walker-Hill Dairy"
The grounds for the suit were based
on contracts which the producers asSo-
citation claims it has with each of its
members to market milk. The applica-
ton declared the Walker-HiQ Dairy
had been inducing members of the as
sociation to violate terms of the con-
f,,I ID g l,1sY
existence
The application was fled by Attorney
John S. Barbour, counsel for the asso-
citation.
Evening star., 1933-12-30
FORD MAY APPEAR
AT TRIAL OF ROLL
Manufacturers Presence Essential
to Forgery Contention in
Fraud Case.

Henry Ford probably will be the prin-
cipal witness against David M. Roll,
attorney, when the latter is tried in
District Supreme Court on a charge
OF defrauding prominent Washingto-
mans in an alleged Muscle Shoals lease
swindle.
Ford's presence is deemed essential
to the Governments contention that
the motor magnate's name was forged
to contract which Roll purportedly
claimed was his authority from Ford
to lease Muscle Shoals from the Gov
ernment for $88,000,00O.
Special agents of the division Of in
vestigation of the Department of Justice
already have conferred with Ford at
Detroit and have obtained his repudia-
tion of the contract.
Roll was indicted yesterday after
Federal agents and alleged victims had
testified before the grand jury. Among
the clients" who appeared against
Roll were former Senator Robert l..
Owen of Oklahoma. who is said to have
given Roll $4,000 as a loan" and
John l.. Hatfield, former State Senator
in West Virginia.
The Government will contend that
Roll forged Ford's name to the contract
and to certain letters which he is ac-
cused Of exhibiting to prospective in
vestors in the lease project. Roll is in
the District Jail, having been sur
rendered by his bondsman several
weeks ago.
Evening star., 1933-12-30
LORTON PROJECT
TO START MONDAY
Construction CT Six Dormitory
Buildings Will Involve
$4,000 Cost.

Construction of six dormitory build
ings at the District Reformatory, at
Lorton, Va, badly needed to relieve
housing congestion, is scheduled to
start Tuesday as a civil works project.
under arrangements completed today
by District, Virginia and Federal civil
works officials.
The work is to be Virginia c. w. A.
project, the largest adopted for Fairfax
County, and was made possible through
transfer from the District to Vir-
ginia of warrant for the employment
Of 200 c. W. A. workers.
Six buildings will be erected at a
total estimated cost of S160.000. most
Of which will go for labor. Under au-
thority given by the Federal c. w A,
brick needed for the structures will be
donated by the Lorton institution as
its contribution to the project. Four
buildings, each having a capacity of
120, will be built for prisoners, and two
other buildings providing housing for
30 men each, will be built for guards
and officers.
The institution has been badly over
crowded since present structures are
housing more than LOO, whereas they
were designed to house but 720. This
situation has caused considerable con-
Germ on the part of District penal
authorities
The civil works program is bring
ing iong-sought improvements to Dis
trict Fairgrounds, it was pointed out
today by Miss Sibyl Baker, director
of the District Playground Department.
Nine wading pools are to be built at
the following Fairgrounds:
Bloomingdale, near the Mcmillan
Reservoir; Raymond School, Tenth
street and Spring road; Hamilton
School, Hamilton street between Thir-
teenth an Fourteenth streets; Lincoln,
at Sixth and L streets southeast; Ia
koma Park, at Fourth and Whittier
streets; Rose Park, on o street in
Georgetown: New York Avenue Play
ground, First street and New York ave-
nue., and Twin Oaks, Fourteenth and
Taylor streets. Recreation houses are
to be built at the Fairgrounds at
Eighteenth and Kalorama road and
at the Lincoln. Bloomingdale and Twin
Oaks Fairgrounds.
Evening star., 1933-12-30
INQUEST PLANNED
INTO Boys DEATH
Coroner Will Probe Fatal Fall of
Messenger in Elevator
Shaft.

The coroner's Office will hold an in
quest next week to determine respon-
sibility for the fatal injury of Fred
erick Davis, 18, messenger, who is
said to have stepped into an open
elevator shaft in the darkness while
on the third floor of building at
zoos street yesterday afternoon.
The, youth was removed from the
bottom of the shaft to Emergency
Hospital, where he died an hour later.
He had gone to the E street address
with Clyde Wilson, 10, another messen-
ger, to deliver books to the A. Zichtl
Book Bindery.
The messengers were in the employ
of the Lightning Messenger Service, in
the 900 block of L street.
Investigators were told that when
Davis reached the third floor he groped
his way through the darkness and
stumbled into the shaft. DR.. A. Ma
gruder Macdonald. acting coroner, an
nounced an inquest would be necessary.
Davis lived at 939 M street.
Evening star., 1933-12-30
ASSERTS SPHINX
IS NOT MYSTERY
D. Duncan Tells ArcheoIogist
Statue Was Tribute to
Egyptian King.

The Egyptian sphinx is no longer a
mystery, DR.. George S. Duncan of
American University told the Archeo-
logical Institute Of America, meeting
here yesterday.
The titanic statue which has excited
the wonder Of the ages as to its mean
ing and purpose. he declared, was moth
ing more than portrait bust Of an
Egyptian king of the fourth dynasty
placed on the body of a lion" The
builders, he said, had no hidden pur-
pose, but proposed only an extraordi-
nary honor to the king.
There is nothing whatsoever mys-
terious about it." DR.. Duncan said.
ANY such vagary, even on the part
OF laymen, now is inexcuSable"
Inhabited 100000 Years Ago.
DR.. Duncan presented evidence of the
origin of most of the institutions of the
civilized world in Egypt thousands Of
years before the Christian era, and de-
clared the Egyptian delta may have
been inhabited by human beings as
much as 100000 years ago at the very
beginning Of the ice ages
The great development of the human
mind, DR.. Duncan said, came in Egypt
about 5000 BIC, and he gave his own
insisted, demonstrated clearly that the
Egyptians not only believed in immor-
tality, but had established ethical tests.
Some of these inscriptions might have
been taken from the Bible. he said
such as: Thou hast departed that thou
mightest live. Thou hast not departed
that thou shouldst die"
The famous Book Of the Dead" he
said was intended as a guide book of
the journey to the next world and con-
tanned list of AZ questions which the
dead man must answer satisfactorily in
respect to his conduct on earth. Among
the sins which would bar him was lazi-
ness.
At about the same period. he said,
there grew up strong monotheism
with the sun as the sole deity. Two
hymns of this period have been pre-
served, DR.. Duncan said, which, if the
name of Ammon Ra was changed to
Jehovah, could be sung in any Chris
tian church next Sunday without strik-
Medical Arts Developed.
At abou. the same time, Dr. Duncan
said. there was great development in
the medical arts and most of the medi-
cines employed by the Egyptian physi-
clans are used today. Among them
were cod liver oil and yeast for anemic
conditions. At this time also dentistry
had its first development. The King
was attended by three specialists-one
for the eyes, another for the teeth
and another for the stomach. The
royal dentist developed the difficult
feat of draining tooth abcesses.
There was in effect at about this
time, he pointed out, tax system based
on the varying amount of cultivatable
land, which might be adopted today.
The agricultural prospects of the coun-
try were dependent on the amount of
the Nile overflow, which was measured
by "nileometer." If there was a good
overflow the taxes were ASSESSED over
large area. If it was slight the border
lands were left unassessed, because it
was obvious nothing could be raised on
them.
Evening star., 1933-12-30
OFFICER GETS HOLIDAY GREETING
FROM MAN HE SENT TO PRISON

From a man in prison to the man
who put him there-"a merry Christ
mas and happy New Year"
This was the greeting which Detec-
tive Joseph F. Waldron received during
the holidays from william j. Carnell,
serving life at the Federal prison near
Atlanta.
Waldron had helped send Carnel to
prison for the hold-up Staying here
two years ago Of Louis Bush, well-to-do
bus line operator.
this privilege without your consent" |"
the lifer wrote, "but reading a WASH
ineton newspaper saw you were very
sick and thought my letter might bring
you little cheer, q ZEN though it comes
Evening star., 1933-12-30

Through this arrangement" Mr..
Snead said, families on the District
relief rolls will get an adequate supply
of coal and will continue to get it dur
ing the emergency. There will be no
excuse for the needy to suffer from the
lack of fuel"
Mr. Snead said his investigation had
shown that the applications for families
on relief rolls for fuel did not get the
proper attention because the case work
ers for the District Relief Committee
had too many cases to investigate. He
has relieved the case workers of inves-
tigating the applications for coal orders
Evening star., 1933-12-30
BANK CODE EFFECT
HELD NEGLIGIBLE.
Washington Clearing House
Head Says Few New
Changes Imposed.

The proposed banking code suddenly
held up last night by Gen. Hugh S.
Johnson, recovery administrator, would
have had a negligible" effect on Wash
ington bank customers as whole, &C
cording to H. H. Mckee, chairman Of
the Washington Clearing House As
sociation.
The proposed new local code had
been drawn up by a special committee.
known as the N. R. A. Committee for
the Washington Clearing House As
sociation. This committee recommended
TO the clearing house rules and regula-
tions governing uniformity of banking
practice and fair competition among
the banks and trust companies of the
District.
These rules and regulations were
adopted by the Clearing House ASsocia-
tion December !26. They have been ap-
proved by the Banking Code Commit
tee of the United States, and would
have been mandatory on all banks and
trust companies in the District had
they been approved by Gen. johnson.
Effect "Misunderstood."
Details of the code were not disclosed.
Publication of codes in both New York
and Baltimore yesterday led to what
local members of the clearing house
described as complete misconceptions as
to the effect of the code on customers.
In Washington, it was explained gen.
orally, by Chairman Mckee, the pro-
posed rules and regulations cover such
matters as the hours of banking, rates
of interest that may be paid upon time
and thrift accounts, uniform methods
of computing interest. safe-deposit box
rentals, Safekeeping of valuable papers,
services rendered by the trust depart
ments of banks, and the analysis of de-
poSitors' accounts for the purpose of
finding out whether an account yields
the bank profit or pays the cost of
service rendered, or is carried by the
bank at loss.
If it is found that the service rem
dered by a bank in the maintenance
of any account imposes loss upon the
Of the account and the service rendered
will be charged, it was said.
Many of the charges for bank service
included in these rules, and regulations
have been made for several years by
some of the banks and trust CON-
panies in the District. and one of the
objects of the code is to make such
charges uniform among all banks and
trust companies, Mckee explained.
Compensation Mandatory.
Under the law. no bank can con-
tinue to render services to depositor
or customer at loss. 1t is mandatory
that the bank be fairly and adequately
compensated for every service rem
dered, he added
THE rules and regulations adopted
by the Washington Clearing House
Association" the chairman continued,
constitute the technical machinery
that would be used by each bank and
trust company in the District of Co.
lumbia to meet the requirements of
the code and prevent them from rem
dering service at a loss"
A few new charges are included in
the proposed code, which had not been
levied before, but generally, it was said,
the service charges would be the same
as those levied in the past.
Evening star., 1933-12-30
AYSBOOTLEGGER
MAY COME BACK
Dr.. Doran Urges Satisfactory
Regulations for Liquor
Industry.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DR.. James M. Doran, supervisor Of
the Distilled Spirits Institute. today
warned that the bootlegger will make
comeback unless governmental
agencies quickly formulate satisfactory
regulations for the industry.
The result of overzealousness on the
part of some officials will be that the
consumers will get gypped," he said.
The country needs supply of good
cheap whisky and that would be the
distillers' salvation.
Seeks to Focus Attention.
There is possibility that we will
bring the thing to a head next week"
he added. Perhaps we'll conduct hear
ings in order to focus attention on the
matter"
Characterizing labelling regulations
promulgated in New York City by Shir-
ley Wynne, the health commissioner, as
lacking definiteness" the supervisor
said distillers are talking of not making
shipments into New York unless the
regulations are clarified.
L agree with Commissioners Wynns's
general ideas, but don't think he has
set them forth in an understandable or
reasonable manner" Doran continued,
The supervisor said there is trouble
in Ohio on the matter of liquor con-
troll also and that he will go to Cleve-
land next week to talk the situation
over with officials there
Views of the institute on labelling
are contained in letter sent to the
Federal Alcohol Control Administration
by Doran this week.
While the contents of the letter were
not divulged, some of the thoughts of
the institute on the matter were
given as:
|. whisky characterized by the
manufacturer as straight" "old,"
aged" or some other similar term
should have the percentage of old
whisky and the age thereof indicated
on the label.
2. Whisky marketed as a blend"
should contain the date of the blending
and bottling on the label and all con-
tents Of the bottle should be considered
as Of that date.
3. Imitation whisky should have the
contents Of the bottle, including flavor
ing essences. such as rye or bourbon,
on the label. DR.. Doran does not be-
1eve that so-called smoothing agents,
such as simple syrup and the like,
necessarily should be included on the
label.
Foreign Whisky Described.
European whisky, for the most part,
was described as not of the straight
aged type, but pot stilled with neutral
spirits, including flavoring essences.
The institute, which is an organization
representing distillers, has found that
labelling of imported WHISTLES consti-
tutes problem in itself.
DIR. Doran said the institute has re-
ceived several proposals for uniform
labelling system to cover all wet States
and that these probably will be pre-
sented to the Federal Alcohol Control
Admins alton. Distillers want uni
formity Of labels for reasons of economy.
Evening star., 1933-12-30

from a convict who is confined for the
rest of his life.
"And in one way you are confined
to your bed as I am confined to my
is cut of from the privilege Of enjoying
good health and cheer during Christ
mas.
"You have always treated me fair and
square. as all the rest Of the force has
done. so from the depths Of my heart
I honestly say I hope this letter finds
you feeling much better, and when you
get back on the job give my best regards
to the entire force and tell them wish
them merry Christmas and happy
New Year"
Waldron has recovered-from sur
prise as WE'LL as lines.
Evening star., 1933-12-30
S186, DISTRIBUTED
TO O19,4OO C.W.A. WORKERS
Due to Inclement Weather Pay
Roll Here Was $36,373 Less =,
Than Last Week.

A pay roll totaling s186l44 was dis
bursed today TO the l9,400 men and
women employed here under the Civil
Works Administration. AS result OF
inclement weather during the past
week, the figure was S36,373 less than
the pay roll Of last week
William c. Cleary of the c. w. A
pay roll division announced that 49, ,90C
civil works employees received S167 ,844
paid out of Federal C. w. A. funds, ano
that $500 women employed in civil
works service activities received S18 300
The latter are paid out of District re-
lief funds.
The District also disbursed approxi-
mately $4,000 in the form of direct
relief to some 1900 persons on the
emergency relief rolls. Last week direct
relief went to about 2,400 persons and
totaled about $4,000.
Evening star., 1933-12-30
A FIFTEEN HOUR battle against a
\ bitter northwest wind that at
n times swept solid water clear over
A her, is the story behind the ice
bearded little oyster boat Billy,

IOIlIlWeSI Nulu tIIdG az
~ times swept solid water clear over
4 \ her, is the story behind the ice
bearded little oyster boat Billy,
which now lies proSaically enough in
line at the Municipal Fish Wharf at
the foot OF Twelfth street.
While Billy waged her own scrap
with the high waves that broke almost
continuously over her port bow, the 40
foot motor boat was receiving constant
nursing from the two Hundley brothers
of OnanCock, on the Eastern Shore OF
Virginia, as they piled hot cloths to
her carburetor, which the extreme low
temperature threatened to foul through
out the long day yesterday and last
night.
Skippered by A j. Hundley and
manned by him and his younger broth
er Bill. the Billy edged her way up to
the fish wharf at 3 o'clock yesterday
morning. The two men, weary from
their laborS, tumbled into their hunks
in her tiny forward cabin and slept.
Daylight revealed the little boats wheel
house virtual igloo. Long icicles
glistening in the morning light. hung
like a matted beard from her tenders.
bits and cabin top, The deck was
encased in solid rippled ice that sealed
down her matches over her load of $50
bushels of oysters.
Cap'n Hundley told about it. They
had crossed the Chesapeake Bay to
Jockeys, Va, on Jacksons Greek in
the Rappahannock to load oysters for
the Washington market. At O'Clock
Thursday the little boat swung out into
the Chesapeake and headed north. 1t
was cold. 1t was blowing. The seas
ran high.
Evening star., 1933-12-30

The 125 Washington coal dealers, at
the request of Mr.. Snead, will keep
their fuel yards open tomorrow and
Monday in order to make deliveries to
all the 1000 families.
Clerks in the Federal Emergency Re-
lief Administration worked until 8
o'clock this morning to complete the
1000 coal orders
The coal dealers, Mr. Snead an
nounced will make deliveries direct
from their own yards at cost, and the
Federal Relief Administration will re-
place the fuel
Evening star., 1933-12-30
TEXAS BABY IMPROVING
Sue Trammell May Go Home With.
in Few Weeks.

BALTIMORE, December 30 CR-
Her operation to correct a brain all
ment termed successful, 5-month- old
Sue Trammell, the baby Jimmy Wedell
new from Houston, Tex, to Baltimore
early this week, remained in the Johns
Hopkins Hospital today.
DR.. Walter e. Dandy, noted surgeon
who performed the operation yester-
day, in announcing the baby "is doing
very nicely" said "sl1e should be ready
IS 60 home In two or three weeks.