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Evening star., 1934-10-07
LUMP PAYMENTS
BYP. WA. DECREED
McCarl Issues Ruling on
Funds for Two District
Projects.

The public works allotments OF
So ,oO0, 900 for the sewage disposal plant
and $l,500,000 for the adult tubercu-
losis hospital must be placed to the
credit of the District in separate lump
sums and not by instalmentS, under a
ruling by Controller General McCa-l,
made public yesterday.
Deciding another important point,
McCarl said that since the Public
Works Administration, under present
law, will expire next June 16, the
funds authorized for the projects
must be made available prior to that
date. McCarl also interpreted the
District P. w. A. act as meaning that
the funds should be placed to the
credit of the District "at reasonably
early date"
Originally, public works officials in
dicated the sums would be advanced
in instalments rather than in a lump
sum. Fearing this would mean that
any monies not actually obligated by
the date of expiration of the P. w. A.
would not be available, the Commls-
sioners placed this question and others
before the controller general.
The unobligated part of each loan
will remain available for the purpose
for which it was allotted until ex-
pended or repaid to the United
States, McCarl ruled. If savings are
effected in construction of the projects,
leaving balance of loans unused, these
are to be repaid to the United States
as credit against the Districts obli-
cation. Interest will cease on such
sums when repaid.
Evening star., 1934-10-07
SELF-HELP PAGEANT
TUESDAY EVENING
Twice Postponed Patriotic Event
to Be Rehearsed Again
Tomorrow Night.

The Self Help Patriotic Pageant,
originally scheduled for 7:30 pm. last
Friday on the Capitol Plaza, will be
presented at that hour Tuesday.
pageant directors announced last
night.
The pageant was ordered postponed
again early yesterday when the
Weather Bureau announced that in
clement weather would continue
through the evening. The Marine
Band, which takes an important part
in the presentation, will not be avail
able tomorrow night, so the entire
program will 60 over until Tuesday.
The Columbia Broadcasting System,
which was scheduled to broadcast the
program, assured pageant directors its
facilities would be available Tuesday
night unless some specifically ordered
program interfered with the plans.
Another rehearsal will be held to-
morrow night, at which time final ar
rangements will be made for the pres
entation on the Capitol Plaza.
Evening star., 1934-10-07
FATHER AND FOUR
HELD AS GANGSTERS
Virginia and West Virginia Po-
lice Jail Shoemakers After
Trailing Loot.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

WOODSTOCK. Va, October G.
Five members of the Shoemaker family
were captured. with nearly $1,000
worth of alleged loot, in West Vir-
ginia mountains near Lost City to-
day.
Sheriff L. G. SheetZ of Woodstock,
Shenandoah County; Sheriff Hott of
Hardy County and chief of police of
Mooref1eld, w. Va, surrounded the
Shoemaker home, capturing the father
and three sons there.
Lee, 20, and Ebert, 18. were brought
to Woodstock, where, with their brother
Hardy, they were held on a number
of robbery charges.
Sheriff SheetZ captured Hade Shoe
maker in Mount Jackson, where a
physician was treating him for wounds
in the leg. w. c. Lonas, whose store
adjoins his dwelling, had been awak-
ened by burglar alarm.
He rushed to the street and fired on
several men leaving his store, wound
ing three with buckshot. Two burg
lars escaped. dropping part of their
loot. The trail led to the Shoemaker
home. Among the captured articles
were a handsome silver service and
fiat silver. Navajo blankets and ap-
parel stolen from Admiral Buffers
cottage, Orkney Springs.
Evening star., 1934-10-07
Raid Care Little
Hoped.for Chance
Of Meeting Beard
Gambler Greeted Him
After Door Had
Been Forced.

Police Lieut.. George NJ Little, who
has spent the better part OF his life
tracking down gamblers and boot
leggers, was talking to an assistant
district attorney.
They were discussing last-minute
plans for a raid Friday on the offices
of the National Amusement Co., sus-
pected of violating the gambling laws,
when Little observed
wouldn't it be funny if Sam Beard
should be there? You know, I've never
seen him."
Don't worry about that" the as
sistant district attorney replied. you'll
never find him there"
The raiding party proceeded to the
companys Offices and battered down
the doCr. AS Lieut. Little walked in
he was approached by well dressed
man who extended his hand.
Won't you come in?" asked the
stranger. I'm Sam Beard
Little stared at him for moment
and then shook hands. Mighty glad
to meet you, Mr. Beard, after all these
years" he said. I'm Lieut.. Little.
Won't you come with me to head
quarters?"
And thus did the head of the police
vice squad meet for the first time the
man who has been described as
king of Washington's gambling clan.
Evening star., 1934-10-07
RELOCATING SITE
OF UNION DECIDED
New Studies Will Be Made
for Pan.AmeriCan
Structure.

Tentative plans for relocating the
projected new Pan American Union
Administration Building, to be con-
structed in the triangle bounded by
Nineteenth street, Constitution and
Virginia avenues, where reached yes
terday at a conference at the head
quarters of the National Capital Park
and Planning Commission.
John Nolen, jr., director OF plan
ming of the commission, announced
that Paul Cret. eminent Philadelphia,
Pa, architect, who also designed the
Pan-American Union headquarters,
will make new studies of the pro-
posed structure.
New Plans Require Restudy.
A restudy is made necessary, Mr..
Nolen pointed out, because OF new
plans for the Northwest Rectangle,
which lies between the Potomac River
and Eighteenth street, Constitution
avenue and E street, and has been
chosen as the site for future Govern
ment buildings. The Pan American
Union Administration Building and
the new S10,000,000 Interior Depart
ment Building, to be situated at Eight
eenth and E streets, are the first units
to occupy this section.
Attending yesterdays conference
were Mr.. Cret. Prof. Henry v. Hub
bard of Harvard University. men,
ber of the National Capital Park and
Planning Commission and outstand-
ing landscape architecture; Maj.
Gilmore D. Clarke, landscape archi-
tect, member of the Fine Arts Com
mission; Mr.. Nolen, and H. P. Caem-
merer, Fine Arts Commission secre-
tary.
Mr.. Nolen declared the group was
able to agree quickly on tentative
basis for solution of the problem
raised by the proposed erection of the
Interior Building, north of c street.
This does not involve any change
in location for the Pan American
Union Administration Building from
Gllc GIldIlsle dSSiSIlcu lOl IlldG puAPOoC
by Congress-" said the director of
planning.
Location Moved South.
Under the tentative set-up reached
yesterday, the building will be located
somewhat farther south on the tri-
angle and be in harmony with plans
for the development of the Northwest
Rectangle
Preliminary plans for construction
of the Interior Department are under
way. The old Food Administration
Building, at Eighteenth and c streets
that housed Government cafeterias
and other units, is about half torn
down. The National Park Service will
shortly begin razing the Architects
Building, at Eighteenth and E streets,
inasmuch as the bureaus occupying it
are being moved to other quarters over
this week end. Secretary Ickes is
anxious to get the new structure under
way as soon as possible and the Gov
ernment engineers are pushing plans
rapidly.
Evening star., 1934-10-07
M'CARRAN TO SEEK
PAY RESTORATION
Senator Pledges Fight to
Return Normal Scale to
U. S. Employees.

A return to basic salaries in the
Government service in January by
doing away with the remaining 5 per
cent cut was advocated by Senator
Pat McCarran, Democrat, of Nevada,
yesterday upon his arrival in Wash
ington for brief stay.
The Nevadan is the second member
Of the Senate within the past few
days to advocate elimination of he
remainder of the Federal pay cut,
Senator Logan. Democrat. of Ken
lucky, having expressed the same view.
Led in Fight.
It was Senator McCarran who took
to restore all the salary reduction on
July !. He succeeded in having his
amendment adopted in the Senate by
a vote of Al to 40, but it later be-
came necessary to accept the action
of the House, restoring 5 per cent IS
Of February / and another per cent
on July l. leaving one-third Of the
cut stt1l in operation. Under the
economy act, power was left in the
Presidents hands to eliminate the
pay cut, provided reports made to
him by Government agencies at six
month intervals show a sufficient rise
in commodity prices, in comparison
with 1928, to Justify such action. The
question comes up again at the end
of December.
Senator McCarran said yesterday he
still believes Government salaries are
tagging behind living costs and that
it will be his purpose to work for
restoration Of the basic pay sched-
ules this Winter.
To Press Airmail Bill.
The Nevada Senator also declared
he will re-intrcduce and press for
action on his bill to create an inde-
pendent commission somewhat SIM
liar to the I. C. c. to regulate avia-
ton rates. including airmail sched-
ules. The Senator said he believes
his commission plan would help the
development Of commercial aviation.
Legislation designed to curb more
effectively the bringing of narcotics
into this country is another subject
to which Senator McCarran will de-
vote attention at the coming session.
He has not worked out details of what
he will propose.
Evening star., 1934-10-07
HOUSING SPEAKER
TO Be FIRST LADY.
Moffett Also on Program In.
augurating Local Drive
Tomorrow Night.

Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt and
Federal Housing Administrator James
A. Moffett will be the principal speak
ers at the Inauguration of the Wash
ington Better Housing Program to-
morrow night in the auditorium of the
United States Chamber Of Commerce
One of the most distinguished au-
diences ever gathered here is expected
to attend the meeting which will set
in action the official campaign
through which Washington will CO.
operate with the national housing
program.
The aim Of the drive is to acquaint
every property owner in the District
of the benefits to be derived from the
"moderniZation" plan being sponsored
by the Federal Housing Administra-
ton, through which repairs and i'm
provementS on almost any type Of
building can be financed through a
liberal installment plan.
Concert Leads Program.
The program will open with con-
cert by the United States Marine
Band, scheduled to begin at 8 pm.
Thomas P. Littlepage, general chair
man of the local drive. will then take
over the presiding officers chair and
introduce Mrs. Roosevelt. The next
speaker will be Albert L. Deane, dep
uty Federal housing administrator and
president of the General Motors Hold
ing Corp. The speeches of Mrs. Roose-
welt, Mr.. Moffett and Mr.. Deane will
be broadcast both over Station WMAL
and over a hookup of the American
Broadcasting System through Station
VOL.
Ward M. canaday. director of pub
lie relations with the Federal Housing
Administration, will talk on housing
conditions in Washington and how
they can be remedied.
Plenty of seats will be available
for the general public. it has been
announced by Mr.. Littlepage. There
will be no admission charge or col
lection of any kind.
Distinguished Local Names.
Besides ranking Government Off
cials, many prominent local person.
alities are expected to be present.
They include District Commissioner
George E. Allen, Wroe Anderson, DR..
Frank w. Ballou, James E. Coli
flower, John B. Colpoys, Frederic A.
Delano, Richard A. Dickson, John Joy
Edison, Robert v. Fleming, Right Rev.
James E. Freeman, John H. Fahey.
DR.. M. g. Gibbs, Dr.. Gilbert Gros-
venor, e. C. Graham, Julius Gar
finckel, Rear Admiral Cary T. Gray
son, Brig. Gen. Hugh S. Johnson,
Stephen z. Kramer, John Oliver La
Gorce, DR.. Cloyd Heck Marvin, Eu-
gene Meyer, DR.. William Shera Mont
gomery, George p. Marshall, Lowell
Mellett, Theodore w. Noyes, Newbold
Noyes, J. F. r. O'Connor, Mrs. Eleanor
Patterson, E. Barrett Prettyman and
Biss>aD James H. Ryan.
Evening star., 1934-10-07
.13TAKEN IN RAID
TOFACE HEARING
Sam Beard Among Those to
Have Gaming Charge
Aired.

Having posted surety in the amount
of $4,000, 13 persons, including
Samuel r. Beard, described by the
police as one of the city's leading
gamblers, will be given hearings be-
fore United States Commissioner
Needham c. Turnage tomorrow on
charges of conspiring to evade the Dis
trict's gaming laws.
They were arrested Friday after
noon after police had broken into the
rooms of the National Amusement
Co." in the Mather Building. The
rooms contained the most elaborate
system for disseminating racing in
formation ever discovered in this part
of the country, Lieut.. George M. Little,
head of the vice squad who led the
raid, stated.
Expert Technicians Employed.
Expert telephone technicians ap-
parently had been employed to install
the mass of wiring disclosed by the
raid, it was learned yesterday when
the Chesapeake and Potomac Tele-
phone Co. declared that the 40
"sWitchboards" we're not their equip
ment and had been installed without
their knowledge. Forty phones origi-
nally installed by the company later
we're switched over to a multiple
switch by means of which each of the
40 telephone operators could answer
calls coming in on any of the 40 lines.
In one board" it was said switches
were arranged so that results could be
given over six telephone lines simul-
laneously.
The switches were of the open-knife
type. never used by the telephone COM
pany, but formerly employed in tele-
graph work.
Safes Contain No Records.
Two safes, the last of the equip
ment in the rooms after workmen had
completed dismantling the telephone
connections and tables, were left in
the room under police guard over
night, but proved of little value when
opened yesterday. They contained
only dice, playing cards, racing slips
and no records, as police had hoped.
Beard recently completed serving
a sentence of 18 months for evasion
of income tax. He also was fined
s12,500 on the same charge.
Those arrested with him Friday are
John Sartori, "a, of the $500 block
of Thirteenth street; Timothy H. Noel
SO, of the 1000 block of New York
avenue; Lewis L. Levy, As, of the 500
block of Kentucky avenue southeast;
William G. Smith, IL, of the TOO block
of Farragut street; Fred H. Heck, A,
of the 200 block of Concord avenue;
William Carroll, 36, of the 2100 block
of Connecticut avenue; George e.
Hutchins. 43, of the 1900 block of
Second street northeast; Joseph A.
O'Callahan, "a, 800 block of Longfel-
low street: Sidney Kaplan, IS, Of a
downtown hotel; Fred J. Meese, 43, OF
the 600 block of Ninth street: James
T. Gallagher, 40, Of the $500 block
of H street, and Melville G. Jacobs,
%, of the 600 block of Concord ave-
nue..
Evening star., 1934-10-07
BOY, 5, SLAYS SISTER, 3
Shooting Occurs in Auto as Child
Toys With Gun.

LAKEVILLE, Mimi, October 6 R.-
Patsy Joan Frank, 3-year-old daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Frank Of
Lakeville, was accidentally shot and
killed late today by her 5-year-old
brother, Denny.
Mr.. Frank had left the two children
in his automobile while he went into
q store here and Denny, playing with
a gun, accidentally discharged it, the
bullet striking Patsy just below the
heart.
Evening star., 1934-10-07
GOVERNORS OPERATION
DECLARED SUCCESSFUL
Schmedeman's Leg Amputation
for Gangrenous Infection
Bars Campaigning.
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
MADISON, Wis, October Gov.
Albert G. Schmedeman's physicians
said tonight he has an excellent
chance to recover from an operation
for gangrenous infection, which cost
him his left leg yesterday.
The Governor was reported resting
comfortably at st. Mary's Hospital.
The infection which caused the ampu-
tation of his left leg inches above
the knew grew from a sprained ankle
suffered three weeks ago.
With election only a month away,
the Governor probably will be able
to take no part in the campaign for
reelection, but he had the assurance
Of many followers that they would do
the job for him.
Evening star., 1934-10-07
ANNULMENT SOUGHT
Bridegroom Charged With Fraud
and Taking $1,7O0 Savings.

Bertha v. Riggs, 2036 Pierce Mill
road. filed suit in District Supreme
Court yesterday for annulment of her
marriage to Wilson Blair Nichols last
February 16, charging him with fraud
in inducing her to go through the
marriage ceremony.
Through Attorneys Godfrey L.
Munter and Confer G. Bailey, she
saws Nichols married her only for
her money and left the District after
getting s1,700 she had saved
Evening star., 1934-10-07
Society to Serve Meals.

LAYTONSVILLE, Md, October 6
(SpeciaD Members Of the Aid So
ciety of Laytonsville M. E. Church are
planning to serve oysters and rolls in
Woodman Hall on election day, No.
fember 6. from II am. to 8 pm.
Evening star., 1934-10-07
Die AS SHIP SINKS

Lake Steamer Founders DURING
Heavy Storm.
BEAUMARIS, Ontario, October s
CR.-The steamer Waome of the
Muskoka Lake Navigation Co. foun-
dered near here today during violent
storm and sank with loss of three
lives.
A huge wave, whipped by high
winds, caused the 80-foot boat to list
so heavily she failed to right herself.
The dead were Capt. c. w. Henshaw
of Gravenhurst, Arthur Thompson,
mate, and passenger named Coxon
from the Lake Rosseau district.
members Of the crew. were rescued.
Evening star., 1934-12-23

The threat that hangs over the
world from increased ornaments will
be the subject of an address by Sena-
tor James Hamilton Lewis of Illinois
In the National Radio Forum tomor-
row at 1890 pm. The National Radio
Forum is arranged by The Washing
ton Star and broadcast over the net
work of the National Broadcasting Co.
Senator Lewis is member Of the
Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
The failure Of the Nations signatory
to the naval limitation treaty to agree
upon terms for extension Of the treaty
and the conditions which exist both
in Europe and in the Orient make
Senator Lewis address Of particular
interest. The Illinois Senator will
speak on Christmas eve, and it is ex-
pected that he will strongly urge on
the peoples Of the world the need Of
peace.
Evening star., 1934-12-23
FRANCE EXPECTS TO LOSE.
Loss Of Saar VIII Present Many Eco
nomic Problems.

PARIS, December % R.-With
Frances worries over a possible explo-
sion in the Saar vastly eased by the
arrival today of most Of the League
of Nations international army in the
disputed territory, French engineers
already were reported ready to pack
up and leave in anticipation of the
territory's return to Germany.
In addition to losing the Saar,
France expects to have to feed from
$4,000 to 10000 anti-Hitler refugees
from the region. What is to be done
with these thousands of political refu-
gees who have campaigned openly
against Hitler was only one problem
France must face.
There Is the problem OF collecting
the 900, 200, 900 francs cash for the
Saar mines from Germany. This pay
ment is provided for in the Franco
German agreement reached at Rome
recently under the Leagues influence.
There remains also the problem of
assuring French citizens who have
loaned money or sold goods on time
in the territory that they will get their
money back And, finally, how is
France to salvage part of the fruit
full Saar business developed over q
period of Is years2 The tiny Saar now
buys more from France than does the
United States.
Evening star., 1934-12-23
LEAGUES TROOPS
FIND SAARPASS|VE
Inhabitants Quiet but In
hospitabIe While Await
ing PIebescite.

sAARBRUECKEN, Saar Basin Ter
ritory, December 22-Foreign troops
occupied German soil once again to-
night. bringing back memories of the
postwar occupation Of the Rhineland.
The battle flags of four nations few
over this rich basin as Britain, Italy,
Holland and Sweden sent soldiers to
back up the League of Nations deter
mination that the ple5iscite January
13-at which Saarlanders vote to re-
main under the League, rejoin Ger
many or join France-must be peace
full.
simultaneously with their arrival
began the four-day political truce
called by the League of Nations Gov
erning Commission in an effort to
keep the territory quiet over Christ
mas,
Press Pokes Sly Gibes.
The soldiers, almost 5000 of them
this time, crossed the German border
with the German governments per-
mission. but NaZis in the Saar, not
consulted in the matter, were with
holding old fashioned German hos
pitality while their press poked sly
gibes at the Leagues first interna-
tional army.
The troops, pouring into the Saar
from before dawn until after dusk
were reminiscent, Saarlanders said. OF
the American, French. British and
Belgian occupation of the Rhine after
the World War. There were nc
French troops this time. Pierre
Laval, anxious for peace, had told the
League France would stay out.
The last detachments of the Rhine
occupation forces left the Saar De-
cember II, 1890, and since there had
been no foreign soldiers in this region
until the vanguard of Britain's con-
trihaItion arrived December 1S.
Thousands of Nazi flags were flaunt-
ing their swastika above the heads OF
the marching Tommies, apparently in
defiance of the League order forbid
ding display of any insignia after
today.
Shortly after dawn IS Italian light
tanks rumbled through the streets
followed by Queen Wilhelmina's Ma
rine Regiment in trucks. Great Brit
aims big batch of troops came next In
trains, from Calais, and after them
Benito Mussolini's crack grenadiers
and caribineri, one battalion of each
Sweden's soldiers also came by truck
FRANCE EXPECTS TO LOSE.
Evening star., 1934-12-23

would bring much cheaper power d.
rectly to the consumer and at the
same time force lower prices for other
power which they obtain elsewhere.
The st. Lawrence River waterway
project goes far beyond the matter of
furnishing power at low rates to the
consumers in the United States and
in Canada. It Is expected to revolu-
tionize transportation in many re-
spects. The prospects Of power de-
velopment, however, fit in closely with
the plans Of the Roosevelt administra-
ton to bring cheaper power to the
people. The st. Lawrence project is
all Of Q part in these plans with the
Tennessee Valley development and
with the recent announced determi-
nation to furnish SIS, 900 900 or more
in Federal funds to build a power
plant to furnish the government of
New York City and the Federal agen-
cies there with electricity.
Senator Norris Of Nebraska said
yesterday that he hoped and believed
that the st. Lawrence waterway
treaty would be ratified by the Senate
when 1t next comes before it.