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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-09-14
M'CARL WILL PROBE
CRUISER CONTRACT
Will Find if Law Was Violated
in Award to Bethlehem
Company.

Controller General ]. r. McCarl will
investigate the Navy Departments
award of the building of the heavy
cruiser U. S. S. Vincennes to the Beth
lehem Shipbuilding Co.. it was learned
today, to determine If the law has been
violated, as charged by N. P. Alias,
president of District No. A, Interna-
tional Association of Machinists. which
embraces those employed in Govern
ment yards.
The controller general, writing under
date of yesterday, said: There has
been received your letter of September
9, 1888, urging that public funds should
not be used to pay the Bethlehem Ship
building Co. for the construction Of
Cruiser CA-40 for the reason that the
law required the cruiser to be con-
structed in navy yard.
1.-THE matter will be investigated and
you will be informed as to the conclu-
sions reached with respect thereto"
Mr.. Atlas said he is very much
gratified that the controller general. in
whom we have a great deal of conf
dence, is going to investigate this mat
ter" He reiterated he thought it IS "a
gross violation of the law" for the
Navy Department to award the Vim
cennes to the Bethlehem Shipbuilding
Co. in the face Of the congressional
mandate requiring that every other
cruiser be built in navy yard. The
labor leader pointed out the Navy
awarded the building of CASE, the fu-
ture U. s. S. Quincy, now under con-
struction at the Fore River, Mass.
plant of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding
Co., to the same firm. The CA-40 Is
the future u. S. S. Vincennes.
Navy Department officials, while silent
on the charge Of Mr.. Alias and the
McCarl inquiry, said the Vincennes
cannot be laid down, under the Lon
don treaty, until after January l, next.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-09-14
US. SAVINGS BANK
PLAN TO Be GIVEN
TREASURY OFFICIAL
Deputy Controller Lyon to Go
Over Proposal of
Col. Cooper.
GRAHAM IS IN RICHMOND.
FIXING MERGER DETAILS
Conservators' Next Task Is to List
Value of All Glass A
Assets.

A plan for opening the United States
Savings Bank will be presented to
Treasury Department officials this aft
ernoon by Col. Wade H. Cooper, presi-
dent of the bank. While details have
not been made public, it is said to COIL
template payment of more than so
cents on the dollar to depositors i'm
mediately, with an eventual payment Of
the balance.
The plan will be examined by Deputy
Controller of the Currency Gibbs Lyon
troller F. G. Await and w. Irving Shu-
man, another Treasury official. Both
of these excused themselves, however
because of charges made by Col. Cooper
recently in law suit that they had
attempted to wreck" his bank.
Graham in Richmond.
1t was said that Controller Of the
Currency j. F. T. O'Connor at first
Gals, but finally agreed to insure
against even a suspicion of prejudiced
treatment of Col. Coopers plan by the
controllers Office.
Edwin G. Graham, designated presi-
dent Of the new Hamilton Bank. Is in
Richmond, Va, clearing up the last
details in connection with loans by the
Reconstruction Finance Corporation to
seven banks which will merge their
assets into the new Hamilton Bank.
Mr.. Graham's particular task is to
obtain from the r. F. c. regional Office
in Richmond the notes of all persons
who not only have deposits in any Of
the seven banks, but also owe money
to them on notes. In these cases the
amount of the note is to be deducted
in full from the amount OF the deposit
and so per cent cash payment of the
balance of the deposit is to be credited
to the debtors deposit account in the
new bank.
Listing Assets Next Task.
The next task faced by the conserva-
tors of the seven banks is to list the
value, to the nearest penny, Of ali
Glass A assets to be turned over to the
new bank as of the day of its opening.
In the case of the Chevy Chase Bank,
which was taken over by the Riggs Ma
tional Bank, this task took IS persons
one week to accomplish.
The official date for the opening Of
the new bank has not yet been set.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-09-14
HELP WANTED"
SCHEME PROBED
Man and Woman Held in
Alleged Plot to Fleece
Nurses,

An alleged "help wanted" scheme
was under investigation by police today,
after arrest of a man and woman said
to have collected IS from each of sew
eral nurses whom they promised to
put to work in Hollywood, Calf, hos
pital.
The prisoners, arrested yesterday by
Detectives P. E. Ambrose and H. G..
Wanamaker, identified themselves as
Edward Franklin Smith, so, of the 5000
block of Thirteenth street, and Betty
Gardner Lands, 90, Stratford Hotel.
Both are booked for investigation, the
man at the first precinct and the wom-
al at the House of Detention.
The couple was arrested in the hotel,
where they are said to have main
tanned an office. Their method, accord
ing to the detectives was to call nurses
listed in the telephone directory and
try to sell" them on the idea of going
to Hollywood to work in hospital con-
Quoted by Smiths brother.
Those interested, the detectives said,
were asked to post SIS as bond" So
far as the detectives have been able
to learn, the woman was not partner
in the alleged racket, but was merely
employed by Smith as an assistant.
When booked, she gave her occupation
as nurse
Until recently, Smith, who said he is
chemist. roOmed in the 1900 block OF
Euclid street. where, the detectives said,
he was known as Lee D. Smith. "
While there, the detectives declared, he
attempted to work a similar scheme,
Offering nurses employment in a chem
ical laboratory he said he planned to
open in Benning.
A warrant already issued also charges
Smith, a former resident of Houston,
Tex, with passing worthless check
for $45 on a Sixteenth street optician.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-09-14
Reinstatement of Teachers
Under Marriage Rule Studied
DR.. Hayden Johnson Prepares to Name
Commission to Consider Legal
Aspects of Unemployment.

Reinstatement Of certain school teach
ers who resigned their positions to pro-
tect their husbands job under the null
tiple employment Government rule for
husbands and wives was seen today as
strong possibility, when DR.. Hayden
johnson, president of the School Board,
prepared to appoint commission of
three board members to consider the
legal aspect and possibility Of such re-
employment.
The question was introduced at the
meeting of the Board of Education late
yesterday when the board received the
application for reinstatement of Mrs.
Page Kirk, exceptionally efficient teach
er of mechanical drawing at Western
High School,
Mrs. Kirk had resigned at the close
of school last year to prevent her huS-
band from losing his post in the In
terror Department. Because of Mrs.
Kinks outstanding ability, strong pro-
tests against her leaving were voiced
in many quarters. Prominent among
these protests was petition signed by
a group of her students and addressed
directly to President Roosevelt.
Meanwhile. Secretary of Interior
Ickes had written letter to the Board
of Education saying Mr.. Kirk had not
been discharged and would not be sep
arated from the service even though
his wife be re-employed by the schools
On the basis of the Secretary's as
surances Mrs Kirk made formal applt-
cation for reinstatement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-09-14
PR0vENSEN.BEALL
WEDDING TOMORROW
Former Presidential Announcer
for N. B. c. to Take Studio
Hostess as Bride,

Herluf Provensen, former presidential
announcer for the National Broadcast
ing Co., and Miss Hester Walker Beall
will be married tomorrow at II am at
the home of the bride-to-be, at 1881
Thirteenth street. The ceremony will
be performed by Rev. Frederick B. Har-
ris. pastor Of the Foundry M. E.
Church.
Provensen finished his duties with
N. B. c. yesterday, having resigned to
become manager of Station WBLW, in
Erie, Pa.
The romance between Provensen and
Miss Beau had its inception about
three years ago in the WRC studies
when she appeared there to do some
broadcastfng. Later Miss Beall became
q studio hostess for N. B. G.
A number of officials Of N. B. c.. in
GLIDING Frank Russell, vice president in
charge Of the Washington office will
attend the wedding ceremony After
ward, the couple will leave for brief
honeymoon trip. =
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-09-14
MAN SHOOTS SELF,
BLAMING TRIANGLE
Tells Officer He Attempted
Life Because Wife Was
Having affair"

Herbert Rash, 81, lay critically
wounded in Emergency Hospital today,
after what he told police was an at
tempt to end his life.
With a bullet wound in his chest,
Rash was taken to the hospital late
yesterday from an apartment at 1740
Pennsylvania avenue.
He said, according to Detective Sergt:
Walter S. Beck, that he shot himself
because his wife, Mrs. Ollie Rash, had
been carrying on IAN affair" with an
other man. A SIMILAR statement was
made in letter he addressed to
sister of his wife, living in Georgia, q
short time before the shooting.
Girl, 4, Witnesses Act.
Mrs. Rash told the detectives her
husband shot himself after handing her
five cartridges, with the remark:
"You take these. One will be enough
for me-"
ter Patsy. witnessed the shooting, &C
cording to information given Beck.
Until last Monday, the detective was
told, Mr.. and Mrs. Rash lived at 2O6
Pitt street, Alexandria. Mrs. Rash left
then. it was said, and rented a room
in Southeast Washington. She and
her husband met at the Pennsylvania
avenue address, it was added. with a
view to effecting reconciliation.
Tells of Quarrel.
, C. F. Snyder, in whose apartment
the shooting occurred, said he heard
the couple quarreling a few minutes
before the shots were fired.
After the shooting, Mrs. Rash was
taken to police headquarters and ques-
toned extensively by Beck and Detec-
tive Sergts. George Darnall and John G.
Dalglish She was not held, however.
Rash, a former sailor, is employed as
a weigher by a construction company.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-09-14

rent, only to return home late yester-
day and find his family evicted and
camping in a lean-to built in woods
at the rear of his residence by his two
sons, Samuel. Is, and Herbert, IL, with
the help of neighbors children.
The owner of the house had OBJ
tanned an eviction order from Justice
Of the Peace l. Arnold and the family
were forced to move their scant belong
ings from the structure and take refuge
in the woods.
Town Policeman Frank Lane learned
of the family's plight short time later
and discovered the mechanic, his wife,
three children and 3-year-old grand
son, Stuart Cole, in the woods with
driving rain drenching their household
furnishings and clothing.
Lane conferred Immediately with DR..
E. Clyde Shade, chairman of the Relief
Committee Of the Lions Club, and the
latter authorized the purchase of food
for the destitute family and an hour
later found them another residence at
637 Carroll avenue.
The club advanced Blackman
months rent on his new home so that
the mechanic will have sufficient time
to get back on his feet" before the
next months rent comes due
Additional food for Blackman's family
will be sought from Prince Georges or
Montgomery County welfare organiza-
tons until he is again able to pay for
provisions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-09-14
MILK PROBE DATA
ARE BEING STUDIED
Seal Going Over Facts Gathered
by Committee
Auditors.

Turning temporarily from his study
of the Baltimore milk market. Assistant
Corporation Counsel Elwood H. Seal,
legal aide to the Senate Milk 1nvesti-
eating Committee. is going over with
the committee auditors today tnforma-
ton they have been gathering recently
from diaries in the District.
Mr.. Seal said he has not completed
his work in Baltimore, however, and
will be busy there at intervals for an
other week. The Baltimore study Is
being made at the suggestion of Chair
man King of the Senate Committee. to
find out to what extent the milk situa-
ton in the two cities is related.
At the beginning of the Senate hear
ings several weeks ago some OF the
testimony dealt with the bringing to
Washington in 1928 of DR.. Clyde l..
King as an arbitrator Of milk problems
between distributors and producers.
MIR. Seal said today he Is getting to-
pether additional details regarding this
phase of the inquiry. DR.. King at
present IS an adviser in the Agricultural
Adjustment Administration.
The Senate Committee is expected to
resume hearings late this month, or
early in october.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-09-14

Although there is no eligible list of
candidates for Mrs. Kinks position, her
reinstatement is complicated by the
fact, at the time of her resignation In
June, she was over the age limit for
entrance in the school system. The
school board rules provide that a per-
son must be under As to be appointed.
As she Is outside that limit, the board
cannot. without some ingenuity. simply
reinState her.
A motion was passed yesterday say
ing the board Is willing to and will
reinstate or re-employ Mrs. Kirk"
Henry I. Quinn, board member, then
asked for appointment by the president
of the board of q committee of three
board members ito consider the QueS-
ton of the applications for reinstate-
ment made by teachers who have re-
signed because of the multiple employ
ment and to take up with the Board OF
Examiners and the Corporation Council
the legal questions involved in the mat
ter of these applications for reinstate-
ment and to report to the Board OF
Education at the earliest possible time"
Meanwhile, the petition Of Western
High School students to the President,
which was forwarded by the White
House to the District Commissioners.
who in turn transmitted it to the
School Board will be sent back to the
Commissioners for submission again to
the White House with the explanation
that the school authorities will REIN
state Mrs. Kirk as soon as legal diff
culties can be solved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-09-14

An electric eyelash curler and a new
idea in wedding rings are among the
devices awarded patents during the past
week.
Apparently eyelash curling is no new
wrinkle in the beautifying art, for the
inventor declares the curriers' employed
in the past have required a long, te-
dious and painful process. They nave
been operated by the continued pres
sure of two non-heated members for a
considerable length of time until the
eyelash is trained to the shape de-
sired"
The new curler operates by electric
ity Gin a manner similar to the electric
hair curler and will quickly curl eye
lashes to the desired curve"
Then there Is a combination ciga-
rette case and lighter which, with the
touch of a button, delivers pre-lighted
cigarette to the smoker. He - saved
the trouble Of holding it in his mouth
to light. All he needs now Is de-
vice to smoke it for him.
Egg Breaker Novel.
Another patented device is an egg
breaker, which draws upon the princi-
pies of physics. The ndbroken egg,
it is explained, Is likely to suffer a
fractured yolk membrane and turn out
to be just mess because 1.-The yolk Is
q separate mass within the white, and
when the moving egg suddenly stops
its inertia carries it against the sides"
and the covering may be broken.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-09-14
lombard WITH DISHES

Police today were seeking four men
who bombarded the manager of a lunch
room at 825 Fourteenth street with
dishes early this morning when he re-
monstrated with them for being noisy
and disorderly.
George Watkins, the manager. said he
avoided being struck by ducking be-
kitchen as the fusillade Of plates and
glasses rained around him. A quantity
Of glasses, dishes and q coffee urn were
broken. it is said, by the flying ware.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-09-14
BETTER BUSINESS
BODY ENDS SESSION
Harry Van Horn of Columbus,
Ohio, Is Elected President Of
National Association.

Harry Van Horn of Columbus, Ohio,
was elected president of the National
Association of Better Business Bureaus
last night at the concluding session OF
the organizations nineteenth annual
convention in the Shoreham Hotel. Van
Horn succeeds Harry w. Refill OF st.
Louis, retiring president.
Other officers chosen were H. L. Mac
Eldowney of Detroit, vice president, and
Robert S. Bauer of Los Angeles, secre-
tary.
Milwaukee, Wis, was selected for the
1884 convention of the association.
The final days sessions were devoted
to organization business, including revi-
sion of its bylaws and constitution.
The convention was attended by dele
gates from 81 cities, with the Wash
ington Better Business Bureau playing
host to the visitors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-09-14

A patented wedding ring is so de-
yised that q woman can wear it on the
same finger as her engagement ring.
the customary practice, but will not
force the engagement ring forwardly
on the finger and in turn will not be
concealed by the engagement ring"
This has been a considerable nuisance
for married women in the past, 1t Is
explained.
Still another device is the paper UNI
brella which will protect against rain
but is so cheap that 1t can be thrown
away after a shower.
One inventor received a patent on q
machine, mounted on a tractor, which
will pick and husk two rows Of corn
at one time. Another secured q patent
on a tailless airplane. Among the
ideas upon which patents were secured
is that Of q Interpretation device
which Is concealed in the framework of
a door and will blind robber as he
is leaving the premises"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-09-14

BY q Stan Correspondent Of The Star.
"AKOMA PARK, Md, September
14.-Evicted from their home,
and shunted to crude lean-to
i built in a nearby woods by
children of the neighborhood,
the needy family of NJ Lester Black
man. 50-year-old automobile mechanic,
found Good Samaritan yesterday in
the Takoma Park Lions Club
Blackman and his family of five, as a
result, are comfortably housed in a
nearby home provided by the local civic
organization and have pantry loaded
with enough provisions to meet their
demands for several days.
Stress of economic times forced
Blackman out of job he had held II
years at Washington garage more
than year ago and he and his family
were forced to make their abode in q
tiny hovel of a residence on Locust
avenue, on the Prince Georges County
side Of the town.
Tramping the streets Of Washington
day after day, Blackman vainly sought
work and the small sum that he had
managed to save in his more prosperous
days dwindled away until four months
ago he found only mere pittance left
with which to buy food for his wife and
children.
Yesterday, however, Blackman found
job as a mechanic with Washing
ton road construction firm and set
about to pay off his four months back
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-09-14
AID IN CAPTURING
SLAYERS Of FATHER
Ford Brothers, Residents of
D. c., Join Posse
in Arkansas.

The Ford brothers-Roland, a White
House policeman, and Fonce, district
flreman-were back home today after
aiding in the capture of two men and
two women who are accused of having
beaten their father to death near Bates
vile. Ark, last Thursday night.
The Fords left Washington last Fri
day night. after receipt of a telegram
advising them their father had been
killed. Accompanied by Roland's r.
year-old son, Henry. they drove all the
way to Williford. Ark, where their
father had been living. without a stop,
except for gasoline and oil.
When they reached their destination,
about z O'Clock Saturday night, they
Immediately Joined posse that had
been organized to run down the slayers.
Tells Story of Murder.
Here's the story Of the murder. as
related by Roland, who lives at ITO
First street northeast:
"A man named Mitchell Ward found
my father lying unconscious beneath q
railroad bridge near Batesville last
Thursday night. Wards wife was about
to become mother, and he was taking
her to hospital at the time. He stood
by to help administer to nv father.
however. and the baby was born right
there.
my fathers head had been crushed.
ana 1t was at first supposed that he
mad been struck by train. After he
was taken to a hospital in Newport,
Ark, however, he regained conscious
ness Tor about four minutes-just long
enough to tell what had happened to
him.
He said he and a friend named
Parrish had been forced into an auto
mobile by two men and two women,
What happened to Parrish. he didn't
know-and nobody knows yet. His hat
was found In lonely section, however,
and the authorities seem to think he
met the same fate as my father.
Was Beaten and Robbed.
Father said he and Parrish were
driven to a secluded spot, where the
men beat him and robbed him of $50.
While the pair was fighting him, he
said, the women held Parrish Although
father would have been 50 on his next
birthday, understand he put up a
pretty good fight
"Fonce and I helped the posse trail
the robbers as far as Springfield, Mo.
Roads for miles around were guarded
and. once the robbers came out Of their
hiding. place, in Zinc, Ark, their cap
ture was inevitable.
"They didn't try to put up any fight
when we caught up with them. A
woman named Essie Fulbright, who is
rather notorious in the West, was the
leader of the gang. The other mem
bers were Roy Hicks, his wife and a
chap named Crosser. Murder charges
were placed against all of them"
The gang was captured Sunday night,
but the Fords didn't begin the return
trip to the Capital until Tuesday morn
ing, staying in Williford for the funeral.
They arrived home last night.
Fonce, who lives at FOG E street, Is
attached to Engine Company No. 20.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-09-14
PREPARES TO RE-ENROLL
WORKERS IN FORESTS
War Department to Discharge
Those Not Desiring to Re-
main in Corps.

Preparations are being made by the
War Department to enroll men for the
second six-month period Of the Civil
ian Conservation Corps.
Between September 80 and October
Is the department will discharge those
men who do not desire to remain at
work on the forestry project and will
re-enroll those who wish to continue. .
It Is estimated about SO per cent OF
the straight selectees who have been on
conservation work will re-enroll. Be-
ginning October /, the Army will re-
enroll all who wish to continue this
work and enroll new selectees to I'LL up
the new quota of 100000 men before
Christmas. The second six-month
period will expire between March 81 and
April IS, 1884.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-09-14
Ne,oly Patented Eyelash Curler
Said to Produce Desired Curue
A,vards of Uncle San, Include Rights to
Wedding Ring That Viii Not Force
Engagement Band Out of Place.

be embarrassed by having to flick his
ashes on the carpet when his hosts
have neglected to provide ash trays.
One of the patented devices is COM
bined cigarette match holder and an
ash tray which can be carried handily
in the pocket.
Weight Given by Voice.
Another inventor patented the idea
of a talking weighing machine. As soon
as the patron deposits his coin and
steps on the platform the machine will
cali out his correct weight with some
such speech as:
Your weight is 1876 pounds. To in
crease your weight you should eat IS
oatmeal" or whatever the product Is
that Is being advertised.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-09-14
AVENUE TRAFFIC LIGHTS
WILL GO ON TOMORROW

The last of the network Of traffic
lights installed on Pennsylvania avenue
will be placed in operation tomorrow
at 10 am, it was announced today by
Traffic Director William A. Van Duzer.
These lights are at the intersections
of Twelfth and Fourteenth streets. The
lights at the intersection Of Fourteenth
and E streets also will be turned on at
the same time.
Lights were recently placed in opera
ton at the intersections of Sixth. Sew
enth, Ninth and Tenth streets on Penn
sylvania avenue and at the intersection
Of the avenue, John Marshall place and
Constitution avenue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-09-14
Tiberius Inconsistent.

Tiberius, one of the Roman En-
perors, put to death great number
of people accused of having taken their
horoscopes to determine what honors
lay in store for them. In secret. how
ever. the Emperor took the horoscopes
of all great people to find GU. if he haa
any rivalry to fear from any one.