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Evening star., 1934-07-15
W0MAN'S CLUB HEARS
OF MARYLAND GREAT
Choppers, Nd, Resident Reads
Paper Before Gathers burg
Organization.
Special Dispatch tc The Star.

Special Dispatch tc The Star.
GAITHERSBURG. July l4-Men
and women Of MARYLAND who since the
Colonial period down 10 the present
have helped IN every field Of endeavor
10 make Maryland what il Is today
was cited IN a paper on The Great
Of Maryland by Miss Mary Hutton,
Choppers. Md, before the Gathers
burg Woman's Club with Mrs
George Chadwick Washington Grove,
as hostess this week.
N addition to the men and women
OF History who, according 10 Miss
Hutton. have glorifled Maryland IN
arhitecture Shipouilding, naval al
faik, literature. music, art politics,
etck the name OF Margaret Brent. one
Of The early oolonistS. stands out as
thu first woman in the State who
tri6 to secure equal rights for men
and women IN connection WITH
suffrage
Durlng the bushes session, which
followed the address, the club voted
a donation towards an old-faShioneG
garden which is being sponsored by
the Federation OF Womens Clubs as a
memorial for Miss Brent, the frSt
suffrsgette in the State
Mrs. John Larcombe. r., conduct
ed the meeting. which was attended
by approximately all OF the members
and large number OF invited guests.
Evening star., 1934-07-15
MARGINAL CITIZENS
PROBLEM DISCUSSED
Virginia Speakers to Be Heard
on Tenant and Labor
Subjects. -
BY the Associated Press.

Cg tne ASSoClateQ FFeSS.
BLACKSBURG. Va, July IA
special conference on the marginal
population Of Virginia will be held
July % and "a in connection with the
annual rural ministers school which
Will be In session at Virginia Tech
from July IT to 81, it was announced
today by DR.. William E. Garnett, rural
sociologiSt
Some Of the results of research work
conducted by the Virginia Agricultural
Experiment Station will be given by
DR. Garnett. This will be followed by
a discussion OF the problems of noun
tain people led by Or. Roy Mason as
sociate archdeacon of the Blue Ridge
Diocese Of Virginia, and DR.. George P
Mayo. head of the Blue Ridge Indus
trial School.
Tuesdays discussion will be devoted
to the problems of the white tenants
and hired laborerS, and to questions
connected with the Negro The for
mer people will be discussed under the
leadership of Rev S. B. Houghton Of
Ptttsylvania County. Paul S. Derring
Of Virginia Tech will conduct the dis
cusSion on the Negro problem.
Evening star., 1934-07-15

nusl outing OF the Rockville Chamber
Of Commerce. to be held at Bay Ridge.
Nd. next Thursday.
Poger Shaw. chairman Of the COM
mittee reported that several hundred
cards Of invitation had been sent 70
persons in various parts OF the county
but It vas made plain that all desiring
20 spend the dsy at the popular resort
would be welcome irrespective Of
whether they receive cards.
About 400 men. women and children
are expected 70 make the trip. Chill
oren having no other way to reach
the resort win be provided transports-
ton. It vas stated. The days fun will
start around IL O'Clock with a pro-
gram Of varied diversions.
In addition to Chairman Shaw, the
Evening star., 1934-07-15
WHEAT GAINS FORECAST

CHICAGO. July "a tP1 A recovery
for wheat is almost inevitable" in
the opinion OF Maurice Mcnamara,
a leading Australian land and live
stock man. here on the last leg Of
trip to survey business conditions.
I'm sure a recovery in wheat IS
approaching. he said. IN every
country growers are coming 70 think
that II they put less wheat in they
may get a better return. II may be
back to a satisfactory basis very
soon"
Except in France where they still
talk depression" business conditions
Evening star., 1934-07-15
PUMPING CONTEST
RULES ANNOUNCED
Prince Georges Competitors
Must Shoot at Target
on August |.
epse,si pnpatch 70 The s'ar

tDeeial Ui1patcn 70 &ns rfI
rEANCHvTILE Nd. July IA
Fire companies competing In the
pumper contests a. the annual con-
yention Of the Prince Georges County
Volunteer F1remen's Association. to De
held here August II. vii nave 70
knock a target down With the stream
from the hose members o. tne Ioil-
test Committee announced ooay
The target vill be placed ISo leet
from the plug -,
The rules state that the crew Snali
not consist Of more than eight men
and shall be IS feet from the rear
step OF the apparatus waiting tne
Judges signal 70 60. The pumper
ulaced in position at the plug with the
ignition OF and the pump not drained
with ali valves closed The sppara-
tus must carry at least 200 feet OF
2ih Inch hose and when the appara-
tus Is in operation the crew must use
100 feet OF the hose A stih suction
sleeve Of not less than inches In
side diameter must be used.
These rules will govern the special
pumper contest. which is open 10 all
FIRE companies and the Crawford
memorial trophy contest. which Will
be open 10 only companies In the
County Firemens Association
For the booster contest which Is
open 10 companies In the County
Firemens Association. who do not
have regular bumpers, the rules are
as follows
The crew shall consist OF not more
than six men and shall be stationed
100 feet from the rear step Of the
apparatus The ignition switch shall
be of. all valves closed and only 100
feet OF hose TO be used. The target
shall be placed 1875 feet from the
front wheels OF the apparatus. The
time shall be judged the same as in
the pumper contest.
The decision Of the three judges
shall be final in all cases.
Evening star., 1934-07-15
AIR TRAVEL UP

Scheduled sirlines in the United
States carried $500 passengers in
Nav. as compared with 22,6o6 in
March. 3i.4i5 in April and 3s,7Ss in
May Of last year. it vas reported yes
terday by the Bureau ot Air Com
merce. Commerce Department.
The scheduled lines reported p
500 .342 miles Of flying during the
month. They carried 1881 pounds
Of air express and few a total OF
f44o8. a0g passenger miles
Evening star., 1934-07-15

day night in the engine house of the
Arlington department.
Tle presentation wfI b. made 6y
County Manager Roy 6 Braden
william D. Medley. county member
Of the House of Delegates, and mem
oers Of sie County Board have been
invited 20 attend. Other business %
be transacted viii include a proposed
amendment 70 the bylaws and com
pletion Of plans for the field DAYS
70 be held September 8 and IS. as
well as plans for the carnival to be
held September 3 70 IS,
Evening star., 1934-07-15
FOUND DEAD IN BED

HAMMOND, Ind. July IA Opl--
John T. Fitzgerald, former diStiller.
was found dead in bed today Of a
heart attack.
Fitzgerald was a director Of the
First Trust & Savings Bank and
identified prominently with real estate
interests.
He is survived by a daughter, Mrs
Edward Beckman, Toledo. Ohio His
wife was Miss Laura Sexton Of Chi
caEo.
Evening star., 1934-07-15

have frightened measurably. McNa-
mara said. The United States, he
thought. suffers from tho conserva-
tism Of your banking houses"
Evening star., 1934-07-15
ROCKVILLE CHAMBER
READY FOR OUTING
Committee Completes Arrange
ments for Picnic at Bay
Ridge Thursday.

Special Dispatch to The s'sr-
ROCKVILLE. Nd. July i4-At a
meeting OF the General Committee Of
ARRANGEMENTS last night, final prepa-
rs.'ons we're made for the eighth an
Evening star., 1934-07-15
THE SUNDAY STAR WASHINGTON D. c. July

committee in charge is composed cf
so business and professional men OF
Rockville and vicinity.
Evening star., 1934-07-15
ARLINGTON FIREMEN
TO GET CERTIFICATES
County Manager Brsden 20 Make
Presentation a. Meeting
Tuesday.
special Dispatch 70 IRE star

Special Dispatch 70 IRE star
CLARENDON. Va. july l4-Pres-
entsuon Of certificates to the FIRE
men Who recently completed their
training in the Bsllston and Fails
Church classes Of the 1884 State Fire
School. vfIl be one Of the features Of
the meeting Of the Arlington Fairfax
Counties Firemen's Association Tues
Evening star., 1934-10-24

the budget and credit, Colby asserted
"the confusion caused by such incon-
sistencies is too dense to be penetrated
by any observer"
I'VE are told" he said, that we are
headed for a planned economy. This
means, and can only mean, reglmenta-
ton. RECOMMENDATION issues in one OF
two things-Communism or FasciSm.
The suggestion that RECOMMENDATION
necessarily moves us toward either
Communism or Fascism is earnestly
repelled by the administration. with
out realizing. apparently, that the only
other alternative is capitalism. Not
the capitalism of 1929-not a return
to the policies that led to the depres-
sion, but an overhauling of our eco
nomic system, definitely within the
principles that constitute capitalism" !"
Praises Calm" of England.
Pointing to England, the monetary
and economic recovery effected there,
Colby advised a similar calm" atti-
tude among American business men
and opposition to being ''despoiled of
the freedom We have inherited"
1T is time that the men of buSi-
ness throughout America put aside
their discourage cement, their sense of
being passed over and not wanted"
he said.
Their knowledge and experience
are needed by the country, and they
have the right to serve it with their
abilities"
Evening star., 1934-10-24
CRIME R|NGSL LOSE
SEVEN IN 3 YEARS
All Underworld Murders
Here Declared Solved.
Three SIayers Freed.

The careers of seven Capital gang
sters and gamblers have been ended
by underworld gunner in the past
three years.
Although Capt. B. w. Thompson,
assistant chief of detectives, contends
all these murders have been solved.
three of the alleged slayers are free.
One has been convicted and awaits
electrocution. while another was shot
to death by his victims bodyguard.
Talley Day, gambler. was killed dur
ing a card game in the 1900 block Of
l. street in 1881. Elmer Bulldog"
Sweeney was acquitted on O plea Of
self defense.
During the same year. Milsie Henry,
another gambler. was fatally wounded
by SlugS from a sawed-off shotgun.
Charles Harris was sentenced to death
for the murder but has not yet been
electrocuted.
In the past year Joseph F. Nalley,
gambler and racketeer, was shot in a
gun battle in a night club at Tenth
and U streets. Charles Warning was
accused, but the grand jury failed to
indict
waiter Harper, numbers collector,
was killed in Petworth last August,
but one of his assailants. Harry Irving,
was shot and killed by William Rad
ford, Harper's bodyguard. The grand
jury failed to hold Radford for the
killing, but he was later placed on pro-
baton for year on charge of carry
ing concealed weapon.
Police claim To have f0ra ntino 11u
solved the murder last month Of
Bryant MacMahon and Sam Melincov
during gamblers conference in the
Houston Hotel. The grand jury held
that Melincov shot MacMahon and
the police now have under arrest sew
eral men in connection with the case.
They claim that these arrests will re-
suit in a complete solution.
Evening star., 1934-10-24
Plastic Surgery
Upheld as Aiding
: Patients Morale
Face-Litting Justified by
Psychological Effect,
Says BritOn.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. October 24-A defense
Of the use Of the surgeons knife for
the sake Of beauty alone when the
psychological benefit to be derived by
tbe patient is great was voiced by Sir
Harold Glllies. noted London surgeon.
lie pleaded for recognition Of
= sthetic surgery before members OF
d e medical profession at the North
Vestern University Medical School hast
hight. Referring to plastic surgery as
he Cinderella of surgery" he urged
n IS listeners to adopt toward it an at
tude which would remove the sense
d shame
we all know" he said, that there
are plastic surgeons who are not con-
nected with any hospital, who do no
charity work and are too interested in
remuneration. With change Of at
4tude toward it all the mystery and
glamour OF plastic surgery will be ex-
posed
Evening star., 1934-10-24
LOUIS F. POTTER HEADS
new CHORAL SOCIETY
Membership of 100 Sought and
Weekly Rehearsals Start
Tuesday Night.

Louis F. Potter, organist and choir
director has been named director Of
the newly-formed Washington Choral
Society of the Community Center De-
partment. Singers are being sought
to bring the membership up to 100.
and weekly rehearsals will begin next
Tuesday night at Central High School.
Plans for the coming season in
clude a special Christmas concert
and Spring festival. The program
for the Christmas recital has been
approved and rehearsal Of the music
will begin next week.
With Mrs. Elizabeth K. Peoples as
chairman Of the executive commit
tee, the advisory board includes Clar-
ence Aspinwall. Bailey F. Alart, Mrs
Louis D. Brandeis. DR.. Edwin N. C.
Barnes. Clarence Phelps, Henry Gill
ligan, Miss Grace Dunham Guest,
Mrs. Walter B. Howe. Mrs. Edith
Hunter. Dr. Stephen Kramer. Mrs.
Gertrude Lyons, Mrs. E. B. Parker,
DR.. Ze Barney Phillips, Mrs. Henry
Quinn. Miss Bess Davis Schreiner,
Mrs. J. NJ. Stoddard and Myron NJ
Whitney.
Evening star., 1934-10-24
RELATIVES SUE ED WYNN
FOR $115,OOO SERVICES

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, October "a
So-o-o-o-o-o, they are suing Ed
Wynn for $115,000.
They" are the Samuel Green
bergs, Mr.. and Mrs. Mrs. Greenberg
is asking 100000. She contends
that Wynn engaged her as sort of a
bodyguard to defend him from his
wife. Mrs Hilda Keenan, Wynn
Mrs. Greenberg claims she served
as a companion for Mrs. Wynn be-
cause Wynn told her "his career as
a comedian was in jeopardy" be-
cause of alleged uxorial outbursts
against him.
Wynn denies any such agreement
He said Greenberg is his uncle.
Greenberg asks $4,000 for ex-
penses incident to his wife's alleged
employment by the comedian.
Evening star., 1934-10-24
LABOR ADVISER QUITS
NEW BLUE EAGLE SET.UP

BY the Associated Press.
The union labor mainstay at N. r.
"A. under Hugh S. johnson. Edward F.
McGrady. is leaving the new Blue
Eagle organization.
. He goes back to the Labor Depart
nent where for months he has been
An Assistant Secretary. During all
that time, however, McGrady has had
bis Offices in the Commerce Depart
ment Building just few doors from
johnson. whom he served as special
labor advisor.
: McGrady still will be available to
the new N. R. A. governors if they
Eant his help. But the close contact
which made him one of the insiders on
code making apparently is ended. He
had nothing to say except that he
was returning to the job to which he
was named by President Roosevelt
and Secretary Perkins.
Evening star., 1934-10-24
RITES
BEING ARRANGED
Banker, Fatally Hurt by
Auto, Is Survived by
Widow and Son.

Funeral arrangements were being
made today for the funeral of Maurice
Otterback, 72-year-old chairman of
the board of the Anacostia Bank, who
died yesterday in Sibley Hospital from
injuries received Monday night when
he rescued a young woman from the
path of an automobile.
Mr.. Otterback's skull was fractured
by the machine from the path Of
which he showed Miss Elizabeth Way
land, %, of 157 Todd place north
east.
The accident occurred at Nichols
avenue and U street southeast just
after Mr. Otterback and Miss Way
land had alighted from a street car
An automobile. said by police to
have been driven by Roy Reynolds,
43, of 9l0 Twelfth street, was bear
ing down on the woman when the
elderly bank official rushed over and
hurled her to safety. In doing SO
he was struck down by the car.
A member of one OF the oldest
families in Southeast Washington and
one of the most respected members
of the Anacostia community. Mr.. Of
terback lived at 326 Fifth street
southeast.
Born in Washington. Mr.. Otterback
was member and former president of
the Association of Oldest Inhabitants,
Mason and a Shriner and a trustee
Of Sibley Hospital. the Public Library
and of the Methodist Board of Tenn
perance, Prohibition and Public
Morals.
After working up from messenger to
assistant to the chief operator of the
old National Capital Telephone Co.,
Mr.. Otterback resigned to become note
teller at the National Capital Bank in
1890. In 1907 he became manager of
the Anacostia branch of the Union
Savings Bank. In 1910. after he as
sisted in organizing the Anacostia
Bank. he was elected its first cashier.
He became president of the institution
IN 1918 and resigned this year to be-
come chairman of the board.
Surviving Mr.. Otterback are his
widow, Mrs. Annie A. Otterback, and
a son, Raymond Edwin Otterback.
Frederick P. H. Siddons, president
OF the District Of Columbia Bankers
Association, has appointed the follow
ing representatives of District banks
10 attend the funeral:
J. Frank Campbell, president of the
Anacostia Bank: Corcoran Thorn
president of the American Security e.
Trust Co.; Robert v. Fleming, presi-
dent of Riggs National Bank; H. H.
Mckee, president Of National Capital
Bank; F. G. Addison, jr., president of
the Security Savings & Commercial
Bank; George L. Starkey, president of
the National Bank of Washington; M.
F. Calnan, vice president of Liberty
National Bank John Riordon, vice
president Of the Bank of Commerce
d Savings; Albert S. Galley, former
vice president Of Lincoln National
Bank; Howard Moran, vice president
OF the American Security & Trust
Co.; c. H. Pope, vice president of the
Munsey Trust Co.; Harry G. Meem,
president of the Washington Loan
& Trust Co.; Victor B. Deyber, presi-
dent of the Second National Bank,
and John c. Yost, president Of the
Washington Savings Bank.
Evening star., 1934-10-24
BLAMED
FOR CRIME HERE
Garnett Answers Charges
by Urging Stringent D. c.
Statutes.
Answering charges that crime con-

Answering charges that crime con-
ditions in Washington are little less
than disgraceful," United States Dis
trict Attorney Leslie C. Garnett as
serted today the criminal statutes,
particularly those pertaining to gam
bling, are being capably enforced. but
he declared there can be no marked
improvement until more stringent laws
are enacted.
And" he added, "unless Congress
passes more stringent laws I think
gambling should be legalized."
He pointed out that the so-called
numbers game is one of the most
vicious forms of gambling because it
draws support from school children
and others who have only a remote
chance of winning and who cannot
afford to lose.
Cites Specific Failure.
Although these facts are we'll recog-
nized, he added, Congress has not as
yet seen fit specifically to designate
the numbers game as an offense
against the gambling laws.
IL LulllbCIS Sdlllc OpCI dIOl -
caught in the street now with betting
slips in his pocket he said, mo
charge can be brought against him
He can only be brought to justice if
caught in a gambling establishment
where some one willing to testify has
actually made a bet. This is a Situa-
ton which can be coped with only
through the medium of better legis-
lation."
Garnett went before the Senate
District Committee at the last session
of Congress and recommended a bill
to amend the gambling laws of the
District. The Senate committee ap-
proved these amendments, but the
corresponding House committee took
no action.
Would Seize Equipment.
Probably the most important change
advocated by Garnett would make
the possession of gambling parapher-
MALTA prima facie evidence of an in
tent to violate the gambling laws.
If this provision were written into
the law" he said, 1T would be of
great value to the enforcement agen-
cies. The police then could raid known
gambling establishments and any gam
bling equipment found there could be
used as evidence Under the present
law such equipment cannot be used
as evidence unless the raid was made
upon a search warrant issued after
the making of a bet. Such law
would place upon the gamblers the
burden of proving their innocence
and would contribute materially to-
ward eliminating the vices of gam
bling"
Another feature of the proposed new
bill would make the possession of
gambling equipment prima facie evi-
dence not only against the actual
gamblers but against the owners and
leSsees of the premises and any one
there at the time Of the raid.
Urges Easier Warrants.
Garnett also recommended that
the law be changed to permit the is
suance OF search warrant upon the
making OF an affidavit under oath by
an investigator that he has good cause
to believe books, papers or other de-
vices used in recording bets are con-
cealed in given establishment. This,
he pointed out, would make it possible
TO secure a search warrant without
first placing bet.
Evening star., 1934-10-24

year. Mai Brown attributed this
mostly to unemployment Arrests for
housebreaking declined. however.
from 3,O64 to 2.674. Attempted rob-
berry also declined from 127 to 90.
There was an increase in man.
slaughter and murder charges. There
were SO manslaughter cases last year,
an increase of IL over the preceding
year, and there were 81 murder cases
last year, an increase of five over
1888.
Commissioner HaZen said he want
ed a study made to determine if ad-
ditiOnal legislation or regulation
would aid in stamping out gambling
and killing.
II am inclined to believe that If
our police did a little shooting if
criminals continue to use their guns,
it might have a good effect" Hazen
said
The Commissioner said the Police
Department was handicapped by lack
of sufficient force properly to patrol
the District and pursue crime
Thirty-five members of the depart
ment were dropped on July l. 1882,
because of an economy cut in the
appropriations and Maj. Brown pro-
posed the restoration of these posi-
tions and the employment of 100 ad-
ditional police for the next fiscal year.
Reservations Sought.
Best available information is that
the Commissioners, in their 1886 bud
get, provided for restoration of the
35 jobs dropped last year but found
it impossible to provide the additional
increase in force.
HaZen will consult with Corporation
Counsel E. Barrett Prettyman and
other officials.
Campaign Is Mapped.
Following his conference with Com
missioner Hazen, Maj. Brown re-
turned to headquarters and sum-
moned all police inspectors and the
captains of the downtown precincts
to his office. There they laid plans
for a city-wide campaign against
gambling.
The Commissioners will make q
careful study of data submitted to
them by the Civic Affairs Committee
of the Federation of Churches The
committee is headed by Wilbur La
Roe, jr, who is a member of the Dis
trict Parole Board.
Hazen said he would take the en-
tire subject of crime conditions before
Congress, the District Commissioners
and Leslie c. Grarnett, United States
attorney.
Evening star., 1934-10-24
TRAILS BEING REPAIRED
Force of 40 Men Now at Work in
Rock Creek Park.

!. Horseback trails in Rock Creek
Park and also in the Rock Greek and
potomac Parkway are being recondi-
toned with force Of some 40 men
today. c. Marshall Ffnnan. super
tntendent Of the National Capital
parks. said he expected the job to be
finished by Friday evening.
I To give better service to riders
Finnan said that henceforth three
men will be utilized to inspect the
trails regularly. The superintendent
found after an inspection, that there
we're dangerous holes along the trails
and that pieces Of glass were scattered
here and there.
Evening star., 1934-10-24
Woman Pilot Acclaimed.

Munster, in the Irish Free State, now
feels that at last it is air minded
This is because it has a woman pilot
She is Miss Ruth Hallinan, member
OF a distinguished family. The Cork
Aero Club, with which she secured
her flying license, has obtained larg-
er aerodrome site and is touting Miss
Hallinan as future Amy johnson.