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fronted not only with this dog
fight among National League clubs,
but he must keep his band tearing
along fast enough TO prevent the
Boston Red Sox from luring custo-
mers away from the gate. At last
the SoX are a genuine gate menace.
Most fans are one-clubberS.
At the present writing, the Braves
are poorly equipped to retain their
fourth-place ranking or to outdraw
the Sox. They look definitely like
a birthplace club. It is a fighting
team. fortified with excellent pitch
ing: but it lacks batting punch and
has a miserable particularly
since Rabbit Maranville recently
broke two bones in his leg. The
Rabbit, despite his 40 years, was
slated for second base. His removal,
probably for the season shows that
the sickness and injury jinx still
is riding the Braves.
McKechnie scarcely would try to
start the season with his present in
field. Baker Jordan at first, Pinkey
Whitney shifted from third to sec
ond, Bill Urbanski at short, and
Dick Gyselman subbing at third. He
is trying to trade a pitcher for a
second sacker such as Tony Cucci-
nello of the Dodgers. Gyselman was
the teams only utility infelder.
Shortstop Jonah Goldman was &C
quired from the Montreal Royals
this week.
Two Good Fielders
Two good men are in the outfield,
Wally Berger at center. who hit .313
last season, and Randy Moore in
right, who hit 3O2. Red Worthing-
ton, who broke his leg in 1882 and
was sick most of last season, may
replace Hal Lee in left. If Worth
ington regains his 1882 form, it will
strengthen the pickets conSidera-
bly, Young Rupert Thompson, who
came to the Braves from the AL
bany club last season, in expected
to remain as a utility man, with Lee.
Ed Brandt, one of the leagues
best southpaws, and Ben CantWell,
head the pitching staff. Other prob
able starters are Fred Farmhouse,
Huck Belts and Bob Smith. Young
Bob Brown, who was out last sea-
son with a sore arm. shows signs
of returning to the game.
Pickerel Promising
Tom Zachary and Leo Mangum
are available for relief work. Steve
Swetonic, obtained recently from
Pirates, was sent back because of
a paralyzed hand. Rookie Clarence
Pickrel shows promise. One of the
leading fingers may go in trade for
a second baseman.
Catchers "Shanty" Hogan and Al
Spohrer are slow, and only fair at
bat. Hogan, the f1rSt-Stringer, car
ries too much blubber for a speed
merchant.
Last season the Braves ranked
seventh in club batting, at .252
Unless the lively ball helps the out
fielders, there seems little hope foT
added punch.
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Evening star., 1934-09-15
TRAFFIC Isl OPENED
ON SKYLINE DRIVE
Public May Use Shenandoah
Road Between Thornton
Gap and Swift Run.

Skyline Drive between Thornton
Gap on the Lee Highway and Swift
Run Gap on the Spottswood Trail,
along the Blue Ridge in the proposed
Shenandoah National Park, was
opened to traffic today
Stone surfacing has been placed
along the entire 33 miles of the scenic
drive, but Secretary IckeS said the
final application of bituminous surfac-
ing cannot be placed until next Spring.
However, he ordered the road opened
SO the public may have the oppor-
tunity of enjoying the park drive
during the Autumn.
The first application Of asphalt has
about been completed from Thornton
Gap to Big Meadows, making traffic
comparatively easy. Traffic entering
the park Is advised to use the Thorn.
ton Gap entrance on the Lee Highway.
Although the road from Big Mead
ows to Swift Run Gap also is opened
to trafic, the loose stone and the lack
OF guard rail at few places makes
1t less desirable for use at the present
time. Oiling will be continued on
this section from Big Meadows to
Swift Run Gap next week until COM
pleted over the entire route.
Motorists are cautioned to remember
tnat this Is mountain road which
necessitates careful driving. Guard
walls Of stone have been constructed
Wherever necessary on the north end
but have not been entirely completed
on the south end. A maximum speed
OF 80 miles per hour will be enforced.
At times during the Autumn the
mountain ridge is covered with clouds.
At such times, it was said, the road
entrances will be closed as the splen-
dor Of the drive is lost in the fog and
driving Is hazardous.
A glider exposition will be held at
Big Meadows on September 20. The
Soaring Society of America will spon-
sor the meet. This point on the Blue
Ridge has been found to offer one of
the best glider take-off sites in the
country.
Evening star., 1934-09-15
REROUT!NG QUIZ
COES|NTOR RECESS
Decision in Street Car
Change in District Ap-
pears Month Away.

Any decision on rerouting of street
cars in the District appeared at least
a month off today as the public hear
ings went into recess and the Public
Utilities Commission failed to set any
date for a hearing on acquisition of
the Washington Rapid Transit Co. by
the Capital Transit Co.
The purchase of the bus company
for s843,000 has been proposed by the
street car company. This must be
made the subject of public hearing,
for which 20-days' notice is necessary.
The hearings on rerouting will be re-
sumed, subject to three-day notice.
John H. Hanna, Capital Transit
president, again failed late yesterday
to secure action on his proposal for
purchase of the bus company. He
had warned the commission that @you
can't get proper, unified transporta-
ton system In this town" until the
bus and street car companies are In
single ownership.
Peoples Counsel William A. Roberts
has filed a petition for a public hear
ing on the purchase, asking for much
detailed information on the financing
of the proposed deal, the appraisal of
the company's properties and other
matters.
Commissioners Riley z. Elgen and
Richmond B. Keech announced they
were going to Cleveland September "a
to examine an exhibit of the newest
types of street car equipment. Through
out the hearings there was much talk
of silent" street cars now being de-
veloped by the industry. and the visit
may result in the introduction of ex-
perimental new cars here.
Evening star., 1934-09-15
MRS. ROOSEVELT ASKED
TO CHRISTEN U. S. SHIP
Aircraft Carrier Enterprise, on
Ways at Newport News, to
Be Launched Soon.

The First Lady has been invited by
Secretary Swanson to be sponsor Of
the aircraft carrier Enterprise, now
being built at Newport News, Va.
This was announced by the Navy
Department yesterday. No date has
yet been set for the launching, but it
will be early next year.
Being built under N. r. A. funds,
the Enterprise is of 10000 tons dis
placement. Her keel was laid July is
and by September l she was 1877 per
cent completed. She is to be finished
under the contract on February 3,
1887.
Mrs Herbert Hoover offlciated at the
christening Of the Navy's newest air.
craft carrier afloat, the Ranger, which
also was constructed at Newport News.
Evening star., 1934-09-15
TRESTATE GANG
SUSPECT IS HELD
Man, 66, in New York Po.
lice Net, Denies Ever
Being Here.

A 66-year-old man, Michael Lynch
of New York, is being held by New York
authorities at the request of Washing
ton police, who are of the belief he
was a member of the notorious Tri-
State gang for a short while, possibly
at the time the gang held up a mail
convoy at the Union Station last De-
cember, wounding Francis J. White, a
guard.
Lynch was arrested in New York
last night on a fugitive warrant
through information furnished by In
spector Frank S. w. Burke, assistant
superintendent Of police here. 1t Is
planned to send headquarters de-
tective to New York to bring Lynch
here.
Questioned in the police lineup In
New York today, Lynch denied COM
plicity in the hold-up, saying he never
had been in Washington in his life
according to the Associated Press.
Several members of the tri-State
gang, one Of whom, Arthur Misunas
admitted shooting White during the
Union Station hold-up. have been
convicted of murder in the killing of
the driver Of Federal Reserve Bank
truck in Richmond. Another men,
Der Of the gang, Herbert Myers, was
shot to death in New York last July
while resisting arrest
Meanwhile, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth
Fontaine. 81, a key witness in the
Tri-State gangs trial, has been re-
moved from the House of Detention
here, and her whereabouts are known
only to police. The woman has been
hidden away since being brought here
after her recovery from wounds, re-
ceived when she was shot while in
Upper Darby, Pa, last Spring, it be-
ing feared that some member of the
gang or their friends might try to kill
her.
Although police ofilcials declined to
make any comment regarding Mrs.
Fontaine, she was believed to have
gone to Canada to visit relatives.
Evening star., 1934-09-15
SHREVEPORT PASTOR
COMES TO CAPITAL
DR.. W. Angie Smith Assigned to
Mount Vernon Place Meth
odist Church.

DIR. w. Angie Smith, pastor Of tht
First Methodist Church Of Shreveport,
La, for the last four years, has been
assigned to the pastorate of the
Mount Vernon Place Methodist Epis-
copal Church of Washington, accord
ing to an Associated Press dispatch.
Rev. Forney Hutchinson, present
pastor of the church here, announced
today that Dr. Smiths formal appoint
ment will be made through Bishop
Edwin D. Mouzon in the annual con-
ference of the Baltimore Conference
of the Methodist Church South be-
ginning in Baltimore October 4. DR..
Smiths first sermon here will be de-
livered October IA.
Although advised of his assignment
to another pastorate, Rev. Mr.. Hutch
inson stated today that formal an
nouncement will be made some time
next week He has been pastor of the
Representative Southern Methodist
Church for the past two years.
DR.. Smith was pastor Of an FL Paso,
Tex, church until his appointment to
the Shreveport church four years ago.
Evening star., 1934-09-15
Many Quit Monument Work
As ScaffOId Gets Too High

pressure of some 40 pounds per square
inch at the top, to aid in cleaning
operations. The method is to repair
flaws in the shaft as the scaffolding
goes up and to clean the Monument
as the web of steel is taken down.
When the Scaffolding reaches $50
feet in height, the Interior Depart
ment said. the chief engineers antici-
pate some wholesale quitting on the
job"
William M. Gregg, National Park
Service engineer, daily climbs over the
scaffolding on inspection trips. Some
job seekers, he asserts, are white
haired men, stopped, who are unused
to scaling such heights and their age
is given, with regularity, as 48 years.
The department said that those
who have stuck to the job from the
beginning claim their sense of dis
tance has decreased as their work
ascends. They feel closer to the good
earth now than when the scaffolding
was nearing the 1oo.foot mark"
Evening star., 1934-09-15
Poor Family Holds
Welfare Worker to
Starre With Then,
Prisoner Later Released
and Group of Seven
Put on Relief Rolls.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, September 15.-The
Plotski family was back on the re-
lief rolls last night after holding a
welfare worker prisoner to "starve
with U.S."
The family released Miss Frances
Ward, investigator of the Baltimore
Emergency Relief Commission upon
demand OF police, after she had been
held an hour and half.
The commission said no charges
would be brought against the family
Of seven, that food had been sent
them, and that they had been re-
stored to the relief rolls, from which
they were dropped last May. Two
sons at that time had jobs.
Herman Plotski, father of the
family, advised the commission that
Miss Ward had been locked in his
house.
Mrs. Plotski admitted she locked
the door on Miss Ward and told her !:
We've been nearly starving for
the past three weeks and If we are
going to starve, you are going to
starve with us"
Plotski said the only food the
family had yesterday was milk that
his daughter, Teresa, II, had stolen.
Evening star., 1934-09-15
LANDING GEAR JAM
ENDANGERS FLYERS
Amphibian Ship Successful Max.
ing Port After Long Flight
Drains Gas.

While an ambulance and crash
boat waited with engines running and
an emergency rescde crew and doctors
stood by, a Navy amphibian airplane
flown by Lieut.. j. H. Grifih, Navy
Bureau Of Aeronautics, with two
Navy passengers aboard, landed
safely on the Potomac River of the
Anacostia Naval Air Station yester-
day afternoon with its retractable
landing gear jammed in the half
down position.
Lieut.. Griffin, on a routine flight,
took of from the land side of the
station and was raising the wheels
for water landing when they JAM
med, making hazardous either a
landing on land or water. For an
hour, Griffin circled around the sta
ton to exhaust his gasoline supply,
lessening the weight and fire hazard
in case of crash.
Finally, with the fuel running low,
he came in for a semi-stall landing.
The impact of the wheels on the
water did what Griffin and his crew
could not accomplish-drove the
landing gear into the full retracted
position-and Griffin TAXED ashore
without further incident.
Evening star., 1934-09-15

name of his assailant or help police
toward a solution of the case.
A rumor was heardi by police that
few minutes after the shooting,
five men, thought to be friends of
Melincov. walked into the Houston
Hotel and asked for him. They are
said TO have left threatening to
avenge his death. Late this morn
ing this report had not been con-
flrmed
Capt William E. Holmes. COM
mander of the first precinct, who was
summoned TO the scene shortly after
the shooting. praised the speed and
efficiency with which his men had
worked. Detective Sergts George
Darnall, chief of the homicide squad,
and Walter j. Beck, member of the
squad, commanded the investigation
today. Coroner A. Magruder Mac
Donald was summoned to the hotel
room and viewed Melincov's body.
All witnesses located so far were
summoned to homicide squad Offices
late this morning for detailed ques-
tioning. Police hope at that time to
reconstruct q motive for the murder.
Evening star., 1934-09-15
NIGHT CLUB TO GET
AIRPLANE CHRISTENING
Miss Edna Gardner to Weld
Champaign Bottle Over
Johns Old Barn.

What is believed to be the first
airplane christening of a night club
was scheduled to take place at 2:30
o'clock this afternoon when Miss Edna
Gardner, premier Washington woman
pilot, will sprinkle champagne on the
roof of Brooke Johns Old Barn, on
the Olney Pike just north of Norbeck,
Md.
While Miss Gardner, holder of a
number of recently won air race
trophies, wields the bottle, the plane
from which the christening is to take
place will be flown by Jack Covington
of Congressional Airport.
The Old Barn property includes an
airport which has just been con-
ditioned under direction of Brooke
Johns, stage entertainer and amateur
airplane pilot. 1t Is said to be the
only landing field operated in con-
lection with night club.
Evening star., 1934-09-15

The growing height of the scaffold-
ing encircling the Washington Monu-
ment is frightening vorkmen en-
ployed there, resulting in many
designations, the Interior Department
announced today.
The scaffolding has reached the
200-foot mark, not yet half Of the 555
feet the work has to go before 1t
reaches the top. Almost every day,
according to the department, one or
more of the 40 men quit the job on
some pretext.
Between 80 and 35 men on good"
mornings seek work on the Monument
cleaning and repair job, for the con-
tractor is about to begin filling in the
cracks with mortar to make the Monu-
ment waterproof and whole again.
Offlcials in charge are experimenting
with various tools and saws to deter
mine what Is best suited to drilling
the marble of the monument. A as
horsepower pump will supply water
through . 2As-inch pipe to give .
Evening star., 1934-09-15
RECEPTION SLATED

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
CAMERON VALLEY, Va, Septem-
Der l5-A reception in honor of the
Lee-Jackson faculty will be given in
the school by the School League Thurs
day evening.
Arrangements will be in charge Of
Mrs Jack Howard, Mrs. Harry Car
rico and William Sipes, while a spe-
cial committee as follows will provide
entertainment: Mrs. Will Cleveland,
Martin T Webb and Edwin Lynch.
Evening star., 1934-09-15
1886 Requests Slated for
Discussion Monday by
Schedule.
CITIZEN GROUPS URGED
TO STATE TIME NEEDED
Analysis of Estimates Made by
Maj. D. ]. Donovan for
Use of Bodies.

Final arrangements for public hear
ings on the 1886 budget requests of
department heads were being COM
pleted today by District officials in
preparation for the sessions which are
to start at 10 am. Monday in the
board room of the District Building.
Citizens associations and other civic
groups have been furnished an analy-
sis of the budget requests by Maj.
Daniel j. Donovan, budget officer
Each group has been asked to inform
the Commissioners how much time
they need and schedule is being pre-
pared of the order in which the
groups will be heard.
The first to be heard will be James
Shea, president of the Building Own
ers' and Managers Association. R. j.
Phelps, Petworth Citizens Association,
is scheduled to speak at 1915 am;
Mrs. Mary L. White, Takoma Park
Citizens Association, 1890; William
Maio, Southeast Washington Citizens
Association, II am; George L. Gee,
Rhode Island Avenue Citizens Asso-
ciation, Ills; Mrs. Blanche Updike,
Blow-Pierce-Webb Parent Teacher AS
sosiation, 1130: Mrs. P. o. Gottwals,
George Truesdell Parent Teacher As
sociation, 11:45; DR.. j. M. Dodson,
Rock Greek Citizens Association,
noon; Mrs. John Petrie, Kenilworth
Recreation Center, 1915 pm; Harry
N. Stull, Federation of Citizens Asso-
citation, 1:30, and Mrs. j. w. Williams,
president, Monroe Parent Teacher
Association, 1:45.
Evening star., 1934-09-15
P. w. A. is OPPOSED
TO BAY SPAN PLAN
Tydings Abandons Hope for $S,
100000 Bridge After Ickes
Takes Stand.

Due to the opposition of the
Public Works Administration, Senator
Tydings, Democrat, of Maryland, ha.
abandoned hope of securing P. w. A
loan of $8,5OO,OOO for the proposed
10-mile bridge across Chesapeake Bay
linking the eastern and western shores
of Maryland.
Secretary Ickes has had the mattel
under consideration for long time|
but has just informed the Maryland
Senator he is not favorably disposed
toward the project. P. w. A. official}
said today they doubted If the project
would ever be approved.
Business leaders on both shore4
have long urged construction of thi}
bridge, which they desired to build
from COLCHESTER Beach or Chesapeake
Bay, II miles west of Chestertown, I'd
a point at Harts Island, IA miles cas-
of Baltimore. For one thing, p. w. Al
officials say, the amount of money in
volved is too much in view Of tht
limited funds on hand.
Secretary Ickes has turned down ar
appeal for p w. A. funds to wide.
and deepen the Delaware and ChesaI
peake Canal, which also called for
considerable outlay of funds.
Evening star., 1934-09-15
INTENSE TRAINING
FOR WAR IS VITAL,
WARNS DEFREES
Hasty Preparation No Long,
er Possible, Says Navy
Yard Head.
NOEL DAVIS TROPHY
PRESENTED TO VN-6R
Local Navy Aviation Unit, Under
Lieut.. Cloakey, Wins High
est Award.

Training of the type which won for
VN-6R, local Naval Aviation Reserve
unit, the Noel Davis Trophy, highest
award which can be won by such
unit, is needful as a guarantee of ma
tional security, Rear Admiral Joseph
r. Defrees, commandant of the Wash
ington Navy Yard, said in presenting
the trophy in an impressive ceremony
today at the Anacostia Naval Air
Station.
Gone to War Unprepared.
1--WE always in the past have gone
to war unprepared and We are known
to the world as Nation of pacifists
in peacetimes and patriots in war
times Admiral Defrees said WAR
is becoming too complicated for hasty
preparation and training of the type
these reserve units now receive is i'm
portant to our national security"
In the presence of Admiral William
H. Standley, chief of naval opera
tions; Rear Admiral Ernest j. King,
chief of the Navy Bureau of Aero
nautics, and other ranking Navy and
Marine Corps commanders, Admiral
Defrees presented the Noel Davis
Trophy to Lieut.. Malcolm M. Cloukey,
U. S. N. R., commander of VN-6R
during the past year, In which the
trophy was won. Lieut.. Cloukey, now
on duty at the great Navy flight
training center. Pensacola, Fla, few
here for the ceremony.
Other Awards Made.
Squadron and individual gunnery
trophies. won in competition during
the past Summer during the annual
active duty cruises Of VN-6R and
VJ-7MR. local Marine Corps Aviation
Reserve squadron, were presented as
follows:
Free machine gunnery trophy, won
by VN-6R, presented to Lieut.. L. v.
Berkner, U. S. N. R., squadron COM
mander; fixed machine gunnery tro-
ply, won by VJ-7MR, presented to
Lieut.. James E. Webb, U. S. M. c. r.,
squadron commander; dive bombing
trophy, won by VN-6R and presented
to Lieut.. Berkner; individual free ma
chine gunnery trophy, won by Yeo-
man first class) C. c. Millard, VN-
CIR, and individual dive bombing tro-
ply, won by Ensign w. E. Coney, VN-
Or; individual fixed machine gunnery
trophy, Ensign T. w. Wagner, VN-
6R. The individual trophies were not
competed for by VJ-7MR.
The presentations were made before
massed assemblies of the officers and
men of the Navy and Marine Reserve
units and officers and men OF the An
acostia station. The Navy Band
played during review following the
ceremony.
Evening star., 1934-09-15
BOY WHO FOUND $11,220
UNABLE TO PAY SIS FINE
Henry Grob of Baltimore Charged
With Fighting While Awaiting
Ruling on Gold.

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, September 15.-
Henry Grob, IS, one of the two boys
who found s11 ,220 in gold coins here
recently, will face a Juvenile Court
hearing today because he couldn't
pay $5 fine for fighting.
The money that Grob and Theo-
dore Jones, 16, unearthed in a cellar
has been impounded by the court
pending the outcome of litigation to
determine its ownership.
Grob and Walter Stankiewiecz
engaged in a water front fight yes
terday with Daniel Lennon, a pier
supervisor, who said they attacked
him after he attempted to prevent
them from destroying some property.
Hailed before a magistrate, STAN
kiewiecz paid the SIS fine, but Grob
had no cash.
Evening star., 1934-09-15
QUINTUPLETS IMPROVE

CALLANDER, Ontario, September
10 R).-At least four of the Dionne
quintuplets were feeling better to-
day, and apparently all five 110-day-
old girls are making a slow recovery
from intestinal toxemia.
But DR.. A. r. Dafoe said he is still
concerned by the condition of little
Annette.
The second heaviest of the babies,
the child apparently had stopped
losing weight. and there were other
hopeful signs.
The Dafoe hospital for the quin-
tuplets was dedicated yesterday at
ceremonies in which the medical
profession gave tribute to the skill
of the country practitioner.
Evening star., 1934-09-15
FATAL PLUNGE FROM
PORCH HELD ACCIDENT
Coroner Files Certificate on Death
of Man, 80, Who Fell to
Sidewalk.

A certificate of accidental death has
been issued by Coroner A. Magruder
Macdonald in the case of William j.
Sainter. 81, resident of Soldiers
Home.
Sainter plunged to the sidewalk from
the second-fioor porch of the King
Building yesterday. While semi-con-
scious, he told authorities he had lost
his balance and fallen while attempt
ing to lower window.
He was found unconscious on the
sidewalk by George F'u1tz of Soldiers
Home, and died some hours later in
the home hospital.