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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-04-23
PROBE HOLDS TWO
IN DAVIS KILLING
Coroner's Jury Lays Shooting
to Harding 0Iewack
Held Accessory.

A coroner's jury yesterday ordered
George p Harding and Bonnie Olewack,
both %, held for grand jury action In
the fatal shooting of Harry doc
Davis. brother of Police Inspector Og-
den T. Davis. Harding was charged
with murder and Olewack with being
an accessory after the fact.
The accused mems wives burst into
tears when the verdict was read by
Acting Coroner A. Magruder MacDon-
aid, who, with Acting Coroner Chris
topher j. Murphy, presided at the in
quest.
Statements signed by Harding and
Olewack were read to the jury by De-
tective Sergt John C. Dalglish. Hard
ing. in his statement. admitted having
shot Davis, but insisted his pistol was
discharged accidentally.
The shooting occurred. Harding said,
when Davis attempted to stop a fight
between him and Gus Lewis, 800 block
of K street He drew the gun, he de-
clared, because Lewis rushed at him
with a knife.
While byStanders were placing Davis
in taxicab, Harling said he and Ole
wack drove away. He said they went
into hiding in an apartment some
where on Columbia road" surrendering
at police headquarters about pm.
Friday about an hour and half after
Davis died in Sibley Hospital
Before Harding surrendered. one of
the police broadcastS for him described
him as colored. On the basis of this
broadcast. The Star also referred to
him as colored.
Harding's statement was corroborated
by that of Olewack. but Lewis. called
to the stand later, denied having drawn
knife. Lewis. who acknowledged be-
ing a bootlegger. testified Harding
slapped his face when he objected to
remarks about certain friends of
mine"
A moment before the shooting. Lewis
declared, Davis reprimanded Harding
for fighting, saying: I've been to you
like a father
The shooting occurred early Thurs
day i'll front of a restaurant in the 900
block of Ninth street.
Davis will be buried in Mount
Olivet Cemetery tomorrow, following
requiem high mass in Aloysius
Church at 10 am. Davis, who was As,
lived at 423 Ingraham street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-04-23
USES CLEAVER ON SELF
AFTER ORDERING MEAT
G. P. o. Employe, Who Feared
Loss of Job, in Grave Condition
at Gallinger.

Phillip Ernest Baker. 50, 200 block of
K street northeast, who according to
police, entered a grocery at Third and
K streets northeast, yesterday and
hacked himself over the head with a
meat cleaver several times, was in a seri-
Gus condition at Gallinger Hospital last
night.
Phillip Menick, proprietor of the store,
told police that Baker had ordered a
chicken. and used the cleaver on him
self as he went to a rear room to fill
the order. Menick took the cleaver from
Baker only after he had dashed it into
his own head a number of times.
Baker was removed to Sibley Hospital
by a passing motorist, and after re-
ceiving emergency treatment transferred
to Gallinger. Ninth precinct police, who
attribute the act to worry over possible
loss of his position at the Government
Printing Office, held him for mental
observation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-04-23
ESTATE BEQUEATHED
PEARSALL CHAUFFEUR
Had Served Washington Society
Leaders Family for More
Than Dozen Years.

Mrs. Martha H. Pearsall, prominent
in Washington society for many years,
who died Thursday, left all of her per-
sonal property to her chauffeur under
the terms of her Whitfield yesterday
in District Supreme Court.
In leaving the property to the chauf-
feur, Winter B. Simpson, 20l4 F street,
the will said she had made no provi-
sion for her adopted son. Philip HIGH
born, because he had been otherwise
sufficiently provided for. Simpson 1ad
teen chauffeur for the Pearsall family
for more than a dozen years.
The will, drawn by Mrs. Pearsall en-
October 81, 1926, was filed by Attorney
M. F.. Foote. 1t was not accompanied
by a petition for probate and no infor-
nation was available as to the value
of the bequest.
One of Washington society's most
popular beauties of the early part OF
this century, Mrs. Pearsall was the
daughter of the late Admiral Philip
Hichborn. She was born in PhilaGel-
phia 81 years ago and had lived in
Washington As years. She lived at 1016
Sixteenth street.
Funeral services and burial for Mrs.
Pearsall were held at Cambridge, Mass,
yesterday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-04-23
POTOMAC RECED|NG
FROM FLOOD LEVEL
Waters Going Down Rapidly
as Rains End and Wind
Shifts.

Receding waters Of the Potomac
River and an absence Of rain yesterday
gave assurance that the freshets that
have been flooding the river banks in
this region have passed the danger
point. The angry waters yesterday
morning lowered "a feet above normal
at Chain Bridge, with reading OF IL
feet above low water at Key Bridge,
but last night, the word was that they
were falling rapidly.
The United States Weather Bureau
forecast for this region vas for fair and
somewhat cooler today, assuring that
the river would not be fed additional
waters from the clouds.
Last night. the United States park
police, watching the waters from stra-
tegic points along the city's park system,
reported that 1.-The water is receding
very rapidly" Yesterday, the river was
over the seawaH in East Potomac Park
and flooding the walks in that section
Similar conditions existed along the
Georgetown Channel and the Tidal Ba-
sin and upstream of Key Bridge. the
floors of Summer cottages were mum
dated by the flood, lying along the Vir-
ginia lowlands.
Police of the harbor precinct ex-
planned the high water was due to
freshets from the Potomac River basin
mountains: the northeast wind, which
tends to keep the waters from flowing
out to sea and the food tides of the
Spring They asserted that there was
never anything unusual or alarming
about the river overflowing its banks
here Last nights northwest wind. the
harbor police said. was aiding in blow
ing the waters out to sea.
The Weather Bureau lacked reports
last night from the stations up the river,
concerning flood conditions. officials
took this as favorable omen. explain
ing that if alarm was felt, authorities
in the Potomac River basin would COM
municate with Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-04-23
832 BEER DEALERS
SHY j. S. STAMPS
Penalties Threaten More
Than Half of D. c. License
Owners After May |.

About 1872 of the 1,450 licensed beer
dealers in the District of Columbia
have failed to take out Federal license
stamps, Galen l.. TAFT. collector Of in
teInal revenue, declared last night, and
are subject to severe penalties unless
they do SO before May /.
Asserting that the beer dealers in
the District seem to be strangely ig-
norant of Federal law and are due for
an awakening" the internal revenue
collector warned that those who do not
take out the Federal stamp face prose-
cution and penalty not to exceed sl0,-
600 or two years in prison or both.
Rush Is Expected.
Mr.. Tait's curt warning is expected
to result in a rush of delinquentS to
Room 1902 of the Internal Revenue
Building this week, where the Federal
stamps may be obtained at cost Of
Sc for retailers and $3.50 for whole
salers. Dealers in nearby Maryland
counties, he said, can secure their Ii
cense stamps there.
1T seems to be assumed by very
many of them (beer Dealers that when
they can take out the local District of
Columbia license at the District Build
ing that they have fully complied with
the law" Tait's statement said.
THE District of Columbia Beer
License Board has issued 1,450 beer
licenses. but only 618 have taken out
Federal license stamps. Therefore about
832 will be subject to severe penalties
on and after May unless they mean
time secure these license stamps.
Cost to Dealers.
GAS a matter of fact, all dealers in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-04-23
CHAIN STORE HELD UP
Two Escape in Stolen Auto After
Getting $35 From Till.

Two unidentified bandits yesterday
afternoon held up the manager of a
chain grocery at Twenty-second and G
streets, removed about S35 from the
cash register and escaped in a stolen
automobile
Police later found the abandoned
machine in front of 1926 H street. 1t
had been stolen from Russell Lowe of
Fairfax, Va, who had parked it at
Seventeenth street and Constitution
avenue. an hour before the hold-up.
Benjamin S. Carrie, 5000 Eighth
street, the manager, was alone, he told
police, when two well-dressed men en-
tered the store He said both brandished
guns. One covered him while the other
removed the contents Of the till. Police
could fine no trace of the men,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-04-23
FREIGHT CAR LOADING
UP DURING WEEK
American Railway Association Fig
ures Disclose Decrease
From 1882.

The American Railway Association
announced yesterday that car loadings
of revenue freight for the week ended
April Is were 494,215 cars, an increase
of 6.9l9 over the preceding week, but
72.6ll under the same week in 1882.
Miscellaneous freight loaded during
the week Of April IS was 1873, 1853 cars,
an increase of 1859 over the preceding
week but 1853 under the correspond
ing week in 1882; less than car-lot
merchandise. 1905 decrease 127 cars
and 26,422: grain and grain products,
33.857, increase 778 and zoos; forest
products, 16.765. an increase of ITO over
the preceding week but 3249 under
1882; ore. 1886. an increase of 804
over the week before but 1,785 under
last year: coal. 1892, decrease 2,002
and 1864: coke. 3.l66 decrease 285
and S99; live stock, 1918, decrease
218 and 5032
Shipments of beer from breweries
are included In miscellaneous freight
loadingA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-04-23
Tests for AutOists
Psychological QUESTIONABLE May Be adopted by
Traffic Bureau to Examine Per.
init Applications.

The examination Is divided into three
parts In the first, there is typed a
series of statements and the victim Is
required to indicate by a check whether
the statements are correct or false.
Some of the statements are:
Passenger vehicles may lawfully park
abreast of other vehicles for 20 minutes.
A motor vehicle may lawfully pass
through an unoccupied safety zone.
Amber light with green means clear
the intersection.
The questions in part two require
the examinee to fill in blanks with f1g-
ures. Typical questions are:
The distance to park from q f1re
plug is feet
The speed limit in alleys is - miles
an hour
Rear light of automobile should be
visible a distance of feet.
In the last part four answers are
suggested to each question. and the ap-
plicant must check the one and only
correct answer. Some of them seem
destined to lead to argument as to
whether more than one answer will
fill the bill. For instance:
The chief reason for not parking
abreast is:
To avoid congestion in the center OF
the street.
To allow the cars parked at the
curb to be driven away
To allow pedestrians a clear view OF
the street to avoid being hit
To make business for those owning
garages and parking lots.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-04-23
Huge Stuffed Bear
Destroyed by Fire
At Furrier Store
Six.Foot Figure Stood
for Many Years on
Capital Street.

All that remains of the 6-foot Alaskan
polar bear that has stood SO patiently
for years before the entrance OF the
Zlotnick furrier establishment, Twelfth
and G streets. is a charred head and
a small piece of burned hide.
The huge stuffed bear skin, familiar
to so many Washingtonians, had been
taken into the shop before closing time
last night and thus became the hapless
victim of a fire that practically wiped
out the fur shop in the first floor Of
the three-story building. Along with
the polar bear, most of the stock OF
furs was destroyed or damaged.
The fire attracted large crowd in
the busy downtown section. but was
confined to the fur shop. The cause OF
the fire was unknown.
Traffic was tied up only for short
while. The second floor of the building.
occupied by the offices of DR.. Eiz N.
Smith ard DR.. D. Dee Brown, was
flooded with water. but otherwise was
unchanged. Most of the third floor Of
the building is vacant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-04-23
Subcommittee Called Tues
day for Executive Session
on Vital Projects.
WIDER LEEWAY LIKELY
FOR DISTRICT OFFICIALS
Members Believed Favorable for
Broader Power in Administration
of Reduced Appropriation.

The Senate subcommittee in charge
of the 1884 District appropriation bill
will meet in executive session Tuesday
morning to determine to what extent it
will change the measure. with indica-
tons that steps probably will be taken
to save important municipal functions
from some of the hardshipS to which
attention was called during the Senate
hearings
How far the subcommittee will go in
liberalizing the House provisions will not
be known until after the members have
finished their deliberations. There are
signs. however, of a sympathetic desire
to give District officials as much lee
way as possible in administering the
drastically reduced funds carried in
the House bill. aside from any increases
that may be considered.
$31,sS7,442 Provided.
As it came from the House. the bill
contained total Of only $3l 1857 442, as
compared with $50 291 SAT in the original
cid Congress ended March 4. In max
ing this slash in the revised measure,
the Budget Bureau and the House also
reduced the Federal share down to S.
100000. During the recent Senate hear
ingS Capital civic leaders appealed to
the Senate to recommend a fairer Fed
eral contribution. They pointed out
that drastic economy was applied to the
Federal share of the expenses of the
National Capital in the current appro-
priation act, which reduced Uncle Sans
liability from s9.500000 to Sits 900,
and that 1t should not be further re-
duced, as provided in the House bill
In the conference report on the original
1884 bill. which failed on March 4. a
figure of $500 900 had been
agreed upon. Then came the Budget
Bureau revision, which further reduced
both the Federal share and the total
CT the bill.
The Senate subcommittee, headed
by Senator Thomas. Democrat of Okla
homa, had expected to meet yesterday.
but the pressure of emergency national
problems necessitated a postponement
The change of date will not slow up
consideration Of the BILL however. as
the Senate probably will not be ready
before the end Of this week or early
next week.
Welfare Needs Stressed.
As soon as the subcommittee decide
on its recommendations the measure
will go before the Senate Appropria-
tons Committee, presided over by Sena-
tor Glass. Democrat of Virginia, be-
fore being reported to the Senate.
During the recent hearings the Sen
ate subcommittee was advised OF the
large volume of relief work the District
is facing to aid families in distress due
to unemployment In this connection
the subcommittee has before 1t for con-
sideration a proposed amendment which
would make Immediately available the
81 $50 900 emergency relief fund in the
House bill, with further proviso that
the Commissioners could eXpend the
fund as conditions require. without re-
gard to monthly or other apportionment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-04-23
T YHEN a fire engine is approach
n ing. what would you do?
" l. Follow the engine to
Y see if you can help?

YHEN flre engine Is approach
A ing. what would you do?
wv l. Follow the engine to
see if you can help?
2. Precede the engine,
clearing a way for it?
g. Turn of at the next intersection?
4. Pull over to the curb until the
engine pasSes?.
The questions are not frivolous.
Rather they are sample of what a
motorist may be up against in the
future when he submits to an exami-
nation for his drivers permit. Woe be
unto him who elects to precede the IRE
engine. clearing a way for it. The psy-
biologists would tell him that he suf-
fers from decisions of grandeur, totally
uniting him for association with the
meeker motorists content to obey the
traffic regulations.
Traffic Director William A. VanDuzer
is contemplating the institution Of a
psychological QUESTIONABLE to test out
the mental quirks of automobile drivers
Such a QUESTIONABLE has been devised
by Prof F. A. Moss of George Wash
ington University. 1t has been used
for questioning handful Of applicants,
but the results have not been tabulated.
1t is not proposed to use this question
naire except in the cases of drivers
against whom there are frequent COM
plants Of accidents or violation of regu-
lations. The present oral examination
will remain in effect for all applying for
their permits the first time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-04-23
CHARGES D. c. BUILDING
CONDITION UNSANITARY
Representative Patman of Texas
Also Complains of Elevator Serv-
ice to House Group.

Complaints alleging inefficient ele-
vator service and insanitary conditions
in the District Building have been made
to the House District Committee by
Representative Patnan, Democrat, of
Texas. a member of the committee.
whenever members of our commit
tee seek information from officials in
the District Building" Patman said,
they must allow themselves plenty Of
time because there is the most in
efficient elevator service of any build
ing in the Capital.
ALSO when you visit the District
Building, you mustn't mind being in
dirty and insanitary atmosphere be-
cause I have found that building very
much in that condition"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-04-23
POLICE SEEK MOTHER
WHO LEFT TINY BABY
Salvation Army Home Officials
Notify Them, She Failed
to Return.
to Return.

Police last night were seeking the
mother of a 15-day-old baby. left at the
Salvation Army Emergency Home about
10 o'clock in the morning.
The mother was thought to have gone
in quest of work, but officials of the
home became anxious when she failed
to return after what they considered a
reasonable length of time. They noti-
fed the police, and lookout was broad
cast to all precincts.
At a late hour last night, however,
no trace of her had been found.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-04-23
HIGH BROW IS NO INDICATION
OF BRAINS, SAYS DIR. FRDLICKA
Scientist Declares Eskimos Would Be Worlds Supreme
Intellects Under Popular Belief

described by the Smithsonian Institu-
ton as probably the most intellectual
group in the country.
This permits but one conclusion"
DR.. Hrdlicka said, (which is that the
lowness or height of the forehead does
not express, nor have any relation to,
the kind of brain it helps to harbor."
If the intellect was actually correla-
ted with height Of brow, he added, the
Alaskan Eskimos would rate as the
worlds supreme intellects, with men,
bers of the National Academy Of
Sciences trailing far behind.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-04-23
AUTO INJURIES CHILD
East Capitol Street Victim Feared
Suffering Skull Fracture.

Struck by an automobile as he was
playing in the street near his home late
yesterday afternoon, 3-year- old Carl
Hanes, jr.. 1907 East Capitol street, was
seriously injured.
Preliminary examination at Casualty
Hospital showed that the child received
brain conclusion and possible fracture
of the skull. TIE car was operated by
Clifton T. Lyles, colored, 20, 900 block
of Westminster street. police said.
Lyles was taken into custody by po-
lice after he took Carl to the hospital,
but later was released.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-04-23
ALL SPADES IN HAND
Auction Thrill Biggest for Mrs.
Albritton, Who Scores 677.

Mrs. Mary Lee Albritton, who has
been playing bridge Is years. got her
biggest thrill out Of the game last night
when she was dealt 10 spades
Playing auction with her husband,
Maurice, and Mr.. and Mrs. John A.
Smoot, Mrs. Albritton made ST. points
on the hand, the bid being five spades,
doubled and redoubled Mrs. Smoot was
dealer and partner of Mr.. Albritton.
The game was played at the Abortion
home, 1454 Spring road. where1 the
Smoot& are xoomezh l.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-04-23
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
People with high brows shouldn't 60
around thinking they are smarter than
people with low or just average brows.
DR. Ales Hrdlicka, curator of physical
anthropology Of the Smithsonian In
stitution, reported to the American
Philosophical Society that the high
brow is no indication Of high intelli-
gence.
For more than 80 years DR.. Hrdlicka
has been taking measurements Of fore
head heights. his subjects including
Tennessee mosintaineers and members
e the National Academy Of 6eieucess
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-04-23
$50 TO ATTEND Meeting
Wholesale Lumber Association Will
Convene Wednesday.

Approximately $50 members Of the
National American Wholesale Lumber
Association will attend the annual
meeting Of that organization Wednes-
day and Thursday at the Mayfower
Hotel, when plans for cooperation be-
tween the various divisions Of the lum-
Der industry will be discussed.
Max Myers, Of Cleveland. president Of
the association, and w. w. Schupner,
of New York City, secretary, are making
a13aneemepts1 In tho meetina.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-04-23
G. o. P. PLANS Meeting
Montgomery Group to Hear Daw-
son at TAX oma Park.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
TAKOMA PARK, Md, April 22.-The
Young Republican Club Of Montgomery
County will hold meeting Monday
night at 8 O'Clock in the Takoma Park
Presbyterian Church. President Walter
w. Dawson of Rockville, who Is q men,
Der Of the House of Delegates at An
napolis, will address the club on the
legislation passed at the recent Legis.
latuSe e A6actipg lontanmaB GQnntA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-04-23

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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-12
City, Wide Chorus
Formed byChicago
Cultural Groups

CHICAGO, Ill-The Workers Cul-
tural Federation announces the for
nation Of a new English-singlng
Chorus on a city-wide basis, which is
to meet at Peoples Auditorium, 2457
w. Chicago Ave, every Tuesday at
8 pm. The leader is M. Dobrow,
chairman of the w. G. F. Chorus
Council.
Many requests have been received
for the organization of such a
chorus" the announcement reads. ut
vii meet real need, preparing it's
members to take part in all cam
paigns OF the workers movement,
and forming a strong nucleus for the
singing of the combined language
choruseS at mass meetings and cele-
brations such as Nov. 7, the Lenin
Memorial, and May l. Training will
also be given in the leading of mass
singing.
Mass organizations and youth
groups in all parts of the city are
urged to send members to this chorus
and to call upon them in turn to
popularize the new, militant songs
Of the workers in their own branch
meetings"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-12
BY WALTER SNOW
NO MORE TRUMPETS, and Other
Stories, by George Milburn. Har-
court, Brace & Co. $3.50.

AS very young man Milburn
crashed into the so-called quality
magazines, winning the plaudits OF
H. L. Meneken, Edward ]. O'Brien
and numerous other bourgeois critics.
Two collections of his distinctively
American stories, "a Hobo's Horn
book" and oklahoma Town" were
published when most of his genera
ton Of writer's were still stumbling
over the elementary rules of their
craft.
In the very beginning of his career
Milburn was close to the Communist
movement. Some of his first sketches
were contributed to New Masses. /"
He has been poor all his life, a broth
err of the hoboes, the dispoSsessed and
the disinherited with whom his best
stories deal But for a time his lit
erary success cit was not financial, as
the sale Of a half dozen stories a year
leaves one poorer than the humblest
clerk influenced his treatment of
life. The quality magazine demanded
certain attitudes and he was very
adaptable. He seemed to be Just
another Of Menckens bright young
men doing routine Babbitt-
Due to an inherent honesty, he