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Evening star., 1935-06-10
RHEEM CREDITORS
LOSE AS j. s. WINS
PRIORITY ON TAXES
Parole Bid of Former Finan.
cier Being Heard at
lorton Today.
COURT ORDER FAVORS
GOVERNMENT CLAIM
Referee in Bankruptcy Had Held
Papers Were Filed
Too Late.

As prelude to Edmund D. Rheem's S
second attempt to secure his release
on parole, the District Court of Ap-
peals today wiped out the last chance
his creditors had of recouping any
part of their losses from his estate.
Rheem. who was the executive head
Of the defunct Swartzell, Rheem g.
Hensey Co., is serving seven-year
penitentiary sentence imposed after
he had pleaded guilty to charge of
"concealment of writings" in connec-
tion with the collapse of his firm.
His creditors, many of whom had
seen their life savings disappear in
the failure Of the firm, threw Rheem
into involuntary bankruptcy. hoping
To salvage something from his $50, 900
personal estate. Just as they were
about to be paid dividend of one
half of per cent, however, the Fed
eral Government stepped INTO the pic
ture with $4,000 tax claim and the
appellate court decided today this
claim must be paid before those OF the
general creditors
Referee in Bankruptcy Fred j. Eden,
who already had declared the dividend
10 the general creditors and made out
most of the checks, refused to allow
the Federal claim on the ground it had
been filed too late.
The Government, through Assistant
United States Attorney c. r. Heflin,
contended the money was still in the
custody Of the court, and that the tax
claim, being a prior lien, should be
paid ahead of the general claims. This
position was taken despite the fact an
earlier tax claim for $1,533 had been
allowed in full
The District Supreme Court sup
ported the Governments view, and this
position was affirmed by the higher
court.
The Parole Board will sit at Lorton
Reformatory this afternoon to hear
Rheem's application for parole. One
OF the reasons assigned for rejecting
his first application was lack Of
frankness" in answering questions.
Evening star., 1935-06-10
AUTOS HURT THREE
IN ALEXANDRIA
4.Year.0ld Daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. D. K. White in Serious
Condition at Hospital.
tai correspondent Of The Star.

By STAFF Correspondent Of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, June 10
Three persons were injured. one seri-
ously, in automobile accidents near
here yesterday.
Struck by an automobile near her
home on the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
highway south Of here. 4-year-old
Sybil White, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
D. K. White of Route l, Alexandria,
is in a critical condition at the Alex
andria Hospital. where she was re-
moved for treatment Of internal IN
juries
Capt. N. C. McKittrick of Quantico
was listed at the hospital as driver
of the machine. The girl was seid
to have run onto the highway in the
path of his car.
Joseph Silverstein of Richmond re-
ceived severe head cuts and a chest
injury when an automobile in which
he was riding skidded on the slippery
Hunting Greek causeway and plunged
into the shallow water yesterday morn
ing. Frank -Perlstein of Richmond,
driver of the machine. received minor
injuries. Both were taken to the Alex
andria Hospital. 49,.
Evening star., 1935-06-10

Isabelle Messmer, 20, who was ar
rested here last August as a suspected
gun girl" and a month later was
shot near Columbus, Ohio, when, she
claimed, she was attacked by four
colored men on a freight train, ran
afoul of the law again last night.
The girl was taken into custody
near Fourteenth and K streets by
Policeman George L. Heath who said
ne understood a lookout had been sent
out for her arrest. She is being held
at the Woman's Bureau while police
determine II she is wanted.
Isabelle told the policeman she was
living at a hotel in the neighborhood
where she was taken into custody, but
Heath said she was not registered.
She said she had been travelling in
Florida and recently had been in Bal
timore
The girl was wearing boys clothes
when arrested in a downtown hotel
here last August O. Detectives had
become suspicious after they noticed
her cropped, black hair beneath a
Evening star., 1935-06-10
A ARE INJURED
IN CRASHES HERE
Five Seriously Hurt in Series
of Accidents During
Week End.

Fourteen persons were injured, five
seriously, in trafic accidents in and
around Washington over the week end.
A head-on collision between two
automobiles near the Laurel State
police substation on the Baltimore
Boulevard sent three men and a
woman to Casualty Hospital.
Henry Woodward, 19. of Leon, Va
and Andrew Jackson, %. colored, Of
Laurel, suffered fractured skulls in
the crash, while Mary Carter. q. and
Lewis Carter. 80. both colored, of
Laurel, were treated for scalp injuries.
The others more seriously hurt are
Adrian Kiser. 80 a taxicab driver of
Capitol Heights. Md; Edward G.
Winston, 20, colored. 2242 Twelfth
place, and James Wright. Is. colored.
2424 Seventeenth street. Kiser was
taken to Emergency Hospital with a
possible skull fracture after his taxi
struck viaduct pole at Second and
H streets northeast; Winston suffered
Wright received internal injuries when
truck driven by Winston hit tree
near Florida avenue and w street.
Both are in Freedmen's Hospital. Two
other passengers in the truck, Roy
Jackson, 18, colored. 1921 Fifth street.
and Herman Davis. colored, 2217
Twelfth place, were slightly hurt.
Arlington Accident.
Robert. w. Steele. 81. of 30l0 South
Dakota avenue northeast, received a
compound fracture of the leg in an
accident on Glebe road, Arlington
County. Va. He was treated at
Georgetown Hospital. Another VIC
tim was William H. Shields, 81, COL
ored. 612 Fourth street. who suffered
head injuries when knocked down by
an automobile at Fourth and F streets
southwest. He was taken to Gal
linger Hospital.
Miss Virginia Wade. 28 of 805 H
street. was treated at Emergency Hos
pital for knee injuries received when
she was struck by police scout car
at Ninth and H streets. She later
went home. The car was driven by
Pvt. j. j. Cullinane, second precinct.
Taxi and Wagon Collide.
Carey C. Nunnery. %. of 1917 K
street. was charged with reckless driv-
ing after. his taxicab struck wagon
driven by Addison Lewis. So, colored,
Arlington. Va, near the Highway
Bridge. Lewis was treated at Emer-
gency Hospital for rib fractures. James
Hopwood, 81. Wheeling. w. Va, a
passenger in the cab, suffered cut
lip.
nc. Russell 81, of 1918 N street.
was charged with driving while drunk
after his car colhded with the second
precinct patrol wagon in the 900 block
of M street. No one was hurt In the
accident.
Evening star., 1935-06-10
DefectiUe Brakes
Win Freedom for
TakOn,a Park Boy
Car, Parked by Police,
Breaks Loose; Wrecks
Light Pole.

An automobile which had been
seized by Police because of defective
brakes, left its parking space In front
of police headquarters early today,
backed across Indiana avenue and
broke down an electric light pole at
the intersection Of Indiana avenue
and D street. The accident, instead
Of causing the conviction OF the
owner. resulted in his release on per-
sonal bond by Judge Ralph Given in
Traffic Court today.
The defendant, Hoffman Dodson,
A high school boy of Takoma Park,
was arrested by Policeman E. A.
Horsley of the First Precinct at
pennsylvania avenue and Sixth street
early this morning, when Dodson, IS
alleged to have run through a! red
light. A test of the brakes was made,
showing both the hand and foot
brakes to be ineffective, police said. In
testimony brought in to answer bad
brake charge.
Judge Given held the police were
as much at fault for parking car on
which they knew the brakes were in
effective at q place where it could
= cause damage as was Dodson when
driving it in that condition.
Evening star., 1935-06-10
SILVER STAR HOME
VISITED BY 5000
House in Chevy Chase Is Second
Sponsored by Star-0pen
Four Weeks.

More than 5000 persons visited
the Silver Star home at "a East
Leland street, Chevy Chase, Md, yes
terday, the first day it was open for
public inspection.
The visitors crowded through the
home from the time it was opened
Yesterday morning until closing time
iast night, and expressed approval
of The Stars second model home of
1895.
The house is located in the new de-
velopment of Woodbine and was built
by the M. B. Swanson Construction
Co. It is comparatively small
dwelling, of early American architec-
ture, containing six rooms and two
baths. Louis r. Moss was the archi-
tect for the home, which has been
completely furnished by Woodward
Il Lothrop.
Under sponsorship of The Star, the
house will remain open daily for the
next four weeks from 10 am. until
q pm. 1t is located block east OF
Connecticut avenue on Lelan, street,
which is approximately a mile and a
half beyond Chevy Chase Circle.
Evening star., 1935-06-10
Girl Who Masquerades as Boy
Returns Here and Lands in Jail

blond wig. An automatic pistol was
found in her room. She was put in
lineup for robbery victims TO look
over, but was not identified. Then
she was sent to Gallinger Hospital
for observation, and finally was re-
leased. Immediately setting forth on
jount across the country.
A month later she was in q Column
bus hospital recovering from a gun
shot wound in the leg, which she
said she received in protecting herself
from four colored men.
After the girl recovered. she was
ordered by police to return to her
home at Elwood, Ind. where she said
her mother lived. She had told off,
GERS she ran. away from home when
IS and started travelling, usually
dressed in boys clothing. When shot,
she was wearing male attire, with her
dress and hat wrapped In bundle.
When dressed as boy, usually in
white ducks, shirt open at the neck.
and a white cap, Isabelle wears her
dark hair in a boyish- bob. AS girl,
she uses a blond wig.
Evening star., 1935-06-10
TRANSIT TO BUILD
MODERN TERMINAL
Wisconsin Avenue Location
Is Chiefly for Local Bus
Rail Patrons.
A modern bus-rail terminal will be

A modern bus-rail terminal will bt
constructed on Wisconsin avenue al
the District line for the use of patron,
OF the Capital Transit Co. after the
electric car line now operating be-
tween Washington and Rockville Is
abandoned. it was learned today.
The terminal is to be used princi-
pally for the convenience of person,
using the local or feeder" routes that
are to operate In the vicinity of Be.
thesda and connect at the District
line with direct rail service to the
downtown areas of the Capital
Direct Into City.
Other. lines from Gaithersburg
Rockville and the through lines that
are to run during rush periods will
go directly into the city and not halt
to transfer its passengers at the ter
minal, traction officials said.
The terminal Is to be outf1tted witt
up-to-date waiting rooms. 1t is tc
Le constructed in such a manner that
passengers will be protected from in.
clement weather on entering or de-
parting from both the busses anc
electric cars. -
Preliminary plans for the bu:
service will be discussed with Mont.
gomery County residents some timt
next week by William B. Bennett ane
c. Melvin Sharpe, assistants to Pres.
ident j. H. Hanna of the Capita
Transit Co.. at meeting to be helt
in County Building in Bethesda. TIL,
meeting was to have -been held to.
night. but has been postponed. OF
account Of the Shrine events.
Maps Being Studied.
Bennett said today that maps O.
every subdivision in the western sec.
tion of Montgomery County are being
studied by the transit company pre-
paratory to drafting the schedules ant
routes Of the feeder" lines.
1t Is expected that the study viii
be completed by June 25. when the
Maryland Public Service Commission
will hold hearing in its Offices a
Baltimore on the company's petition
for permission to abondon the Rock.
vile trolley service.
Evening star., 1935-06-10
GARAGE MAN SAVES
LIFE, DUCkING SHOT
Baltimore Police Hold 65.Year.
Old Man on Alleged Drink
ing Spree.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE. June l0.-Harold
Cliff, 25-year-old garage proprietor,
ducked his head-and saved his life.
Stephen Earnest, IS. walked into
Cliffs garage yesterday, mumblec that
he had been robbed of 81, and -four
ished a pistol at Cliff.
The latter rushed toward the aged
man, but before he could reach him,
Earnest shouted:
I've got you now, I'm going to
shoot you"
As the garage man leaped upon
him. Earnest fired. Cliff ducked, fell
to the floor on top Of his assailant.
then scrambled to his feet and ran
for aid
Police, who said he had been Drink
ing, later arrested Earnest on charges
of assault with deadly weapon.
Cliff was released after treatment at
a local hospital for bullet wound in
his scalp.
, Physicians said had he not oucked
as the gun went off. he would have
been killed instantly. The bullet
penetrated the scalp.
Evening star., 1935-06-10
Interested Organizations
Are Called to Special
Meeting Today.
SUPPORT OF CITIZENS
ASSOCIATIONS SOUGHT
Health Officer Places Need for
$4,000 Before Allen-Dono-
van Is Present at Farley.

Supporting the campaign of District
Health Officer George C. Ruhland for
funds for the District Health Depart
ment which were cut out of the new
District appropriation bill, the Medical
Society of the District of Columbia
has called a special meeting of inter-
ested organizations to be held at
$3.50 pm. today in the Board of Trade
rooms in The Star Building.
At this meeting, plans will be dis
cussed for supporting DR.. Ruthland
and the District government in its
fight for supplemental funds to meet
the emergency situation created by
the reduction in the regular appro-
priation for health work in Wash
ington.
Appeals to Civic Bodies.
The Medical Society today sent
written appeals 20 all civic organi-
cations asking their support in the
move to get an increase from Con-
gress in the Health Department ap-
preparations.
In addition, 1t called an emergency
| meeting OF representatives of the
Board Of Trade, The Medical Society,
the Medico- -Chirurgical Society. the
Council Of Social Agencies and all
the charitable organizations it repre-
( sentS, the Instructive Visiting Nurse
Society, the Hospital Superintendent
Association, the Association for Pre-
vention Of tuberculosis and the Dis
trict Congress Of Parent Teacher As
Sociations.
! No definite plans had been made
| for the emergency meeting this after
noon and the representatives of the
associations present will be tree TO
follow their own plans in supporting
the campaign for funds, it was indi-
! Gated.
Need Told TO Allen.
Dr. Rutland laid before Commis-
sioner George E. Allen this morning
| the need of his department for S93, 900
! which was cut out of the present ap-
preparation bill. This he did at con-
ference which also was attended by
Daniel J. Donovan, District auditor
Allen announced following the con-
ference that he will study the matter
and possibly ask for supplemental
| appropriation.
Deletion of the s93 900 from the ap-
preparation bill constitutes a distinct
menace to the health of the city, DR..
Rutland has stated. and may even
result in furloughing regular Health
| Department employees.
Allen said he expects to be able to
announce within few days what the
District Commissioners will do. The
matter Is scheduled for considera ton
at their meeting Friday.
Evening star., 1935-06-10
DRAMA TO BE GIVEN
BY BALlSTON STUDENTS
Washington-Lee High Diplomas
to Be Awarded Tomorrow Night
by Superintendent.

BY STAFF Correspondent of The Star.
BALLSTON. Va. June 1o.-The
senior class Of Washington-Lee High
School will present a maritime drama
tonight at the school as a prelude IN
commencement exercises tomorrow
night
The chief role is taken by FRANKLIN
Payne. Others are Edward Brown,
Dorothy Rynex. Margaret Carady,
Robert Blake, Ruth Smith. Direction
is by Thomas H. Christie.
Diplomas will be awarded graduates
tomorrow night by Fletcher Kemp.
superintendent of schools, following
the commencement address by DR.. H.
Gordon Hayes of the Department of
Commerce. who is substituting for
Lieut.. Gov. James H. Price Of Vir-
ginia. Mr.. Price is a key figure in
the Shriners' celebration in Washing
ton and is unable to fill the engage
ment.
Ruth Mohundro is the class vale
dictorian. with salutatory honors be-
ing divided between Franklyn, Payne
and Ruth Smith. Rev. w. Clark Main,
pastor of Arlington Methodist EpiS-
copal Church, will open the exercises
with the invocation. He also will pro-
nounce the benediction.
Evening star., 1935-06-10

Next time Joseph Svaboda Of 621 I
street goes fishing his two sons-Al-
fred, IA, and Joseph, jr., 13-wil
make him leave his overcoat at home.
1t nearly cost their father his life
yesterday in the choppy waters of the
Chesapeake Bay of Solomons Island.
But for a lady in a rowboat-Mrs. r.
Z. Menger Of Solomons Island-a
tragedy would have resulted.
As the two Svaboda boys tell the
story, their father took them on
fishing expedition-and when he
found q good spot to catch spots he
heaved the anchor of his boat over
board. It carried him with 1t. The
overcoat he wore prevented free
and easy movement in the waters
and Mr.. .Syaboda was going down Tor
Evening star., 1935-06-10
Boys See Woman Save Father,
Pulled Overheard by Anchor

the third time when Mrs. Menger.
rowing her own child, heard the cries
for help.
While Svaboda, ST., is "a swell
swimmer" as the boys put /, his
overcoat proved too much of a ham
dicap.
He would have drowned only this
lady saved him." they chorused today.
Her name is Mrs. Menger and she
was rowing around with little boy
in her boat and she rowed over and
pulled father out just in time"
For that, the Svaboda boys believe
Mrs. Menger ought to get the Car
negie Medal.
Svaboda plans to remain away
from the water until 1t Is warm
enough to 60 fishing without an over
coat.
Evening star., 1935-06-10
M'NAMARA
0RDA|NS 3 HERE
81 More to Be Consecrated
at Catholic University
Rites Tomorrow.

With solemn ceremony, SO seminar
ians of Catholic University today were
ordained in the priesthood at the Ma
tional Shrine Of the Immaculate Con-
ception by Most Rev. John M. Nc
Namara, Auxiliary Bishop Of Balti-
more. Tomorrow 81 will be conse-
Grated by Most Rev. James Hugh
Ryan, Bishop of Modra and rector Of
the university.
These exercises launched the final
week of the school year at Catholic
University, where commencement Will
be held Wednesday, with Most Rev,
Michael ]. Curley, Archbishop of Bal
timore, presiding.
The men ordained. today were ANA
deus Burke, Wendelin Heath, John
Mclaughlin. Paulinus Cody. Cecil
Goff Brixius McDonough, Coleman
Dunno, Cosmas Girard,. John Nc
Grath. Wulstan Gleason. Romen
Pfeiffer. Florian Gallagher, Joseph
McGrath, Aurelius Loop, Aurelian
Sweeney, Gerard Barnett, Francis
Hennessey. John McShane, Walton
Sullivan, Thomas Dalton, John Molloy,
Joseph Mccormack, Charles Tobin,
Ralph Lane. Raymond Connolly,
Thomas Herlihy. Robert F1exsteiner,
Samuel Cummings, Robert -O'Farrell,
Stephen Sullivan, Raphael Grande,
Bernard Foley and Edelhard Schneider
The group tomorrow includes Joseph
McAllister. John ,Oehs, William
O'Brien, William Coppens, Thomas
Manning, Frederick Gilbert, Roland
Raible, Gabriel Giles, Reginald West,
Luke Stephens, Ronald Schott, Giles
Staab, Arthur Limbacher, Charles
Juzaitis, Edward Sullivan, Richard
Daley, James Connery, John Gal
lagher, Thomas Kelley. Clarence Hart,
Joseph Coyne, Charles McFadden,
William Cullen. George McNamara,
Kenneth Kennedy. John Reidy, Robert
Russell, Edwin Crosby, Francis Fenton,
James Reilly and Frederick Winn.
Baccalaureate Mass Held.
The annual baccalaureate mass
was celebrated at the shrine yester-
day, with Rev. Joseph P. Christopher
officiating. The senior farewell ban
quet was held last night at the Ken
nedy- Warren and the national alumni
banquet is on the program for tonight
at the university.
Rev. Speer Strahan, delivering the
baccalaureate sermon yesterday, told
the graduates to plan to do what
you intend to do in life before you
are 80, or probably you will end by
never doing it at all"
Some work is terribly dull he
continued, but as man grows older
he ought to tend to make his work
his play and his play mere recrea-
ton. For all too soon middle life
will creep in on you like sudden
tide. The danger of middle life is
the danger of settling down. The
sins of middle life are the sins of
the mind and we all have to fear
a degeneration of the conscience
which is liable to set in at about So
So strive to keep something Of your
spiritual childhood about you as you
descend into the valley of the middle
years."
Evening star., 1935-06-10
OFFICERS ARE ELECTED
BY D. OF A. AT VIENNA
Miss Thelma Pearson Chosen
Head of Betsy Ross Council
for Six Months.
nec,aI Disnatch tn The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star.
VIENNA. Va, June 10.-Miss Thelma
Pearson has been elected councillor Of
Betsy Ross Council. Daughters of
America, for six months. Other off,
GERS are:
Miss Agnes Golden, associate coun-
cilor; Miss Rosie Ross, vice councillor:
Mrs. Fannie Kidwell, associate vice
councillor; Miss Helen Burkeholder,
conductor; Benjamin Trammel, war
den; Mrs. Eula Bennett, secretary:
Mrs. Msude Gunnell, financial secre-
tary; r. w. Wood, inside sentinel;
Mrs. MAY Lane, outside sentinel, and
Mrs. May Lane, trustee for 1s months.
The Office of treasurer will be filled at
a later meeting.
Evening star., 1935-06-10
BRENTWOOD ELECTION
TO HAVE 2 CONTESTS
William N. Mahaffey and James
r. Mowatt Are Candidates
: for Mayoralty.

By STAFF Correspondent of The Star.
BRENTWOOD, Md. June TO-
There will be contests for two of the
four positions to be filled here in the
town elections, June "A.
When the final deadline for filing
was reached at midnight Saturday
William N. Mahaffey and James F.
Mowatt were In the running for mayor,
and E. w. Markward and Albert N.
Plum for councilman from the Sec
ond ward.
Joseph. L. Merkle is unopposed for
the first ward council seat, while
Treasurer E. C. Helm is seeking re-
election without a rival.
Mahaffey, q veteran member OF the
Council. has been mayor since the
death of Lloyd v, Moxley last month.
Evening star., 1935-06-10
GOV. NICE INVITED

Program Announced. for Found
sers' Day at st. Marys City.
IEoNARDTOwN, Nd, June 80
Founders day exercises will be held at
historic Trinity Church, st. Mary's
City, June 16 starting at liam. 1t
was announced today.
Gov. Nice has been invited to be
the principal speaker.
The afternoon service will be ad-
dressed by Rev. DR.. Warfleid Hobbs.
executive secretary of the Department
of Publicity of the National Council
of the Episcopal Church.
Evening star., 1935-06-10
School Selects Editors.

LEONARDTOWN. Md. June 10
(SpeciaD.-Miss Ruth Bussler Of Me-
chanicsville has been selected to head
the editorial staff of the Margaret
Brent School news department. She
will have as assistants Hope Swami,
Anne Jarboe, Grace Lee. Lorena
Downs, Regina Reintsell. Elliott Bur-
roughs. Maria Wise and Charles
Evening star., 1935-06-10
Sandy Spring Group Elects.

SANDY SPRING, Md, June 10
(SpeciaD Election of officers re-
suited in G. Rust Candy as president
and Osburn Stabler, secretary, at q
meeting Saturday evening of the En-
terprise Club held with Lacy Shaw
at his home, near Colesville. Lionel
c. Probert was elected to membership.
Evening star., 1935-06-10
VIRGINIAN ASKS $4,000
Suit Filed Against c. & o. by
Injured Orange Man.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
ORANGE, Va. June lo.-J. s.
Bragg, administrator for Charles W
Bragg Of Gordonsville. has filed suit
for SIC, 900 against the Chesapeake 4
Ohio Railway in connection with the
death of Bragg, who is said to have
been struck by a railway motor car
at Gordonsville March 4.
II was reported that Bragg was
walking along the tracks toward his
homs when hit.
Evening star., 1935-06-10
100 PUPILS IN RECITAL
st. Michael's Parish School, Sill.
yer Spring, Entertains.

yer Spring, Entertains.
Special Dispatch to The Star
SILVER SPRING, Md, June 10
Approximately 100 children took part
In the annual recital of st. Michaers
Parish School yesterday afternoon in
the parish hall. In addition to piano
solos, group singing was given by the
various grades.
Graduation exercises will be held
Sunday at 3 pm. in the church. The
following will receive their diplomas:
Dorothy Alvord, Anna Belt. Mary Belt,
Catherine Menke, Mary Beth Szymc-
Yak, Joanne .Waldron, Joseph Glenn
-ents. James Bigham, Richard Hewitt,
William Hewitt, Clavin Price and
Richard Yates.