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Evening star., 1935-08-08
PLANNERS RUSH s.
LAND PURCHASES
FORPLAYGROUNDS
Early Advantage to Be
Taken of $4,000 De-
ficiency Appropriation.
II ACRES REQUIRED
TO COMPLETE PROJECTS
Most of Money to Be Spent for
Improved Properties in Old
Section of City.

Plans were drawn up by the Ma
tional Capital Park and Planning
Commission today to take early ad-
vantage of the $500, 900 authorized in
the deficiency bill for additions to
the Districts playground and recrea-
ton system. Funds will be made
available as soon as President Roose-
welt signs the bill
The 100000 will be used to pur-
chase approximately 72 acres Of land
in the District to complete Is park
and playground projects and make
usable four others. Nearly $4,000, 900
has been invested in these 20 projects,
and the additional purchases contem-
plated would make fully uSable areas
aggregating TOO acres.
Two-thirds Completed.
The projects average two-thirds
completion and some need only the
addition of single lot or two to COM
plete. Most of them at this time, it
was said, are in entirely usable state
and many are being seriously imperiled
by real estate development activities.
The Cramton act authorizing the
purchase of these lands requires re-
endorsement of the cost from District
funds at the rate of 100000 per an
mum.
Completion of these projects will
give the District 140 adequately
equipped Fairgrounds.
Most Of the 100000 will be spent
in acquiring improved properties in
land in the old section of the city,"
John Nolen, jr, director of planning
for the Park and Planning Commis-
sion, said today.
Playground Need.
The section most in need Of play
ground facilities extends from North
Capitol street and Rhode Island ave.
nue. westward into the central pan
of the city. This section is entirely
built up. There are only about four
small areas to serve needs Of the
thousands Of children within the
congested district.
Nolen said it would be impossible to
NENaVoS N'N SPSNAAN P'oI 6AOuhu 1VNo-
tons for which the District will re-
quire additional land, because Of the
fears Of exploitation by property own
ers if the plans are made known in
advance.
I'VE are very appreciative OF the
cooperation of Congress, the public
and the press in securing the appro-
priation of these funds" he said.
Evening star., 1935-08-08

but has also killed every case
Thompson has brought before him"
The town fathers then stormed over
the judges dismissal of parking
charges lodged against Frank H. Karn,
president of the Board of Montgomery
County Commissioners, and Town
Councilman G. La Mar Kelly when
their cases were presented in court
three days ago,
Mayor Blandford came to the meet
ing with his own counsel, former
States Attorney Albert M. Bouic, and
the town fathers conferred for several
hours with Bouic and their counsel
before Reid finally offered the resolu-
ton providing for Judge Smiths ar
rest on town warrant. 1t was i'm
mediately seconded by Councilman
Curtis Ward and adopted by the five
members.
Evening star., 1935-08-08

around becoming reluctant to "close
in"
Smithson had placed the colored
youth under arerst for alleged dis
orderly conduct, police said. During
the fight which ensued, the youthful
prisoner received slight scalp wounds,
for which he was treated at Casualty
Hospital.
The youth, Paul Yates, 18, of the
200 block of Seventeenth street south
east, and the other prisoner, George
E. Seward, 26, of the 1400 block of
G street southeast, were booked for
investigation pending charges to be
placed against them later.
Policeman Snithson is 81 years old
and feet 81 inches tall. He was
appointed to the force in October,
1888.
Evening star., 1935-08-08
BALTIMORE GIRLS TAKE
TOUR ON BICYCLES
Library Employees Make Jaunt
Through Southern Maryland
for Vacation.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
PRINCE FREDERICK, Md, August
3.-Decidedly sunburned, but happy,
two young ladies, Ernestine E. Hoskins
and Norah M. Russell, both of Balti-
more, stopped in Prince Frederick yes
terday afternoon for lunch while on a
bicycling tour of Southern Maryland,
having made the trip from Baltimore
to Prince Frederick in less than two
days.
Both have positions at the Enoch
Pratt Library, Baltimore. and decided
bicycle jaunt was as good way to
spend vacation as any. Leaving here,
they went on to Solomons for the night
and then crossed over into st. Marys
County.
Evening star., 1935-08-08

BY staff Correspondent of The Star.
~ OCKVILLE, Md, August g.
- Harold C. Smith, Montgomery
N County police justice. today
L. y was confronted with the pro-
spect of being hailed into court to
answer the charge of overtime parking
preferred against him last week.
Corporation Attorney F. Bernard
Welsh of Rockville drafted a petition
appealing to the Circuit Court in the
name of the Town Council to desig-
nate a justice of the peace to issue
warrant for Judge Smiths arrest
and to preside when the case comes
to trial.
Welsh said that Judge Arthur D.
Willard of Frederick, who is presiding
in the Montgomery County Circuit
Court during the vacation of Judge
Charles Woodward, is here on another
matter and the petition would be pre-
sented to the jurist as soon as he
could arrange an audience.
Todays developments were preced-
ed last night by stormy session OF
the town fathers-a session in which
they deplored the attitude of Judge
Smith in ignoring a ticket which
Leslie B. Thompson, the new town
officer, placed on his machine last
week and in dismissing other cases
brought in by the policeman.
During the turbulent session the
council unanimously adopted reso-
luton calling for Judge Smiths ar
rest and the presentation of the re-
quest to the Circuit Court to specify
some justice of the peace to handle
the case when it comes to trial.
Welsh was instructed to obtain
warrant for the jurists arrest, nam
ing Mayor Douglas M. Blandford and
the Town Council as plaintiffs.
The meeting reached its Stormiest
point when Councilman Edgar Reed,
who introduced the resolution, de-
clared that not only has Judge Smith
ignored the ticket served upon him
for violating the parking ordinance,
Evening star., 1935-08-08
ABDUCTION H0AXER
HELD FOR VAGRANCY
"Girl With Perpetual Smile" l6,
B Confesses to Police Kidnap
Story Was False.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated fIeSS.
BROOKLYN, N. Y, August g.
Evelyn Wisch, "the girl with the per-
petual smile" was under arrest today
on a vagrancy charge after she con-
fessed to detectives her story of hav-
ing been kidnapped was q hoax.
The 16-year-old girl from Midlo-
THAN, Ill, near Chicago. disappeared
last Monday night from Coney Island.
where she was seeing the sights with
her uncle and aunt. Last night. after
a flve-State alarm had been sent, she
appeared in a Brooklyn police sta
ton and told of being abducted and
imprisoned by five men.
After several hours of questioning.
the girl told police she had spent two
days in a Brooklyn hotel.
A facial aff1iction keeps Evelyn's
mouth twisted in constant smile.
Evening star., 1935-08-08
ROBERTS ATTACKS
1-MAN CAR PLAN
Hearing Demanded on Tran
sit Company Move Before
Utilities Body.

Peoples Counsel William A. Rob-
erts today aSSailed the move of the
Capital Transit Co. to convert its
20 new street cars to one-man opera
tion and demanded a public hearing
be held before the Public Utilities
Commission acted on the company
petition.
Roberts insisted that one-man op-
Grafton is 'notoriously slower than
the full-crew cars and obviously less
safe" He revealed there has been
a suggestion" of converting the Wis
consin avenue line into one-nan car
operation and declared that also
should be prohibited.
Petition Filed Today.
Roberts petition for a public air.
ing of arguments on one-man car
operation was filed with the commits
sion this morning About the same
time. Richmond B. Keech, vice chair
man of the commission, stated no
consideration had yet been given to the
companys request, but that it was
likely there would be a public hear
ing.
John H. Hanna, transit company
president. asked for the change so
the company could effect a saving of
some $4,000 by dropping half of
the crew of the 20 new cars. 1t
vii be necessary to effect all possible
economies, Hanna said, because of the
wage increase of some $70o 900 Just
granted to employees of the company
Prepares to Fight.
The move of the company was
disclosed yesterday. Roberts immedi-
ately prepared to fight the proposal.
The commission today directed its
chief engineer, Fred A. Sager, and
its secretary, James L. Martin, to
study the effect Of one-man opera
ton on safety and time in movement
Of the cars. There are now II one
man cars in use.
Evening star., 1935-08-08
TWO NEWSBOYS ROBBED
OF PAPERS AND MONEY
One Names Two of His Assail-
ants-Burglars Get $275 in
Clothes From Tailor Shop.

Two newsboys, selling copies Of a
prize fight extra last night, were rob-
bed of their papers and change by
colored youths.
Harvey L. Glascock, 1924 New
Hampshire avenue, was thrown
against a parked automobile at
Eighteenth and Riggs streets by two
colored youths and forced to hand
over his papers and $1.25. The other
victim, John Mulkey, 304 ! street,
was forced to give up $3.50 to three
boys who attacked him at First and
o streets. Mulkey named two Of his
assailantS.
Burglars obtained SITS worth of
clothing in a raid on the tailor shop
of Morris KatZ at 1914 L street, Katz
reported to police yesterday.
Evening star., 1935-08-08
F. H. A. OFFICE OPENED

Special Dispatch to The Star.
wARRENTON, Va, August g.
Frank H. Evans has been appointed
by the Federal Housing Administra-
ton as manager for Fauquier County
and has opened an Office in the
Post Office Building.
John S. Hutton, who has been chief
administrator of the r. z. r. A. ever
since the opening of relief work here
in 1888. has left for Danville.
Evening star., 1935-08-08
DELAN0 APPROVED

Reappointment of Frederic A. De-
lano as a member of the board Of re-
gents of the Smithsonian Institution
was approved by the President today
in signing a joint congressional reso-
luton to that effect.
Delano, uncle of President Roose-
welt, is chairman of the National Cap
ital Park and Planning Commission.
Evening star., 1935-08-08

one of them after
they tried to take
from him an 49,
year-old colored
prisoner at Four
t e e h and C
streets southeast.
A d dit ion al
police arriving in
scout cars found
" he situation
well in hand" !"
W i tn Smithson
clinging to his
two priso ners
and the group of
nnlnrad nnnn
Evening star., 1935-08-08
St. Johns Picnic Is Set.

FOREST GLEN, Md, August Q
(SpeciaD The annual picnic and
festival of st. Johns Catholic Church
here, which is believed to be the old
est yearly affair of its kind in Mont
gomery County, will be held on the
church grounds next Thursday.
Evening star., 1935-08-08
Will Address Farmers.

WARRENTON, Va, August 8 (Spe-
ciaD &C. A. Burmeister of the United
States Department of Agriculture will
address the farmers and stock raiSers
of Fauquier County at meeting at
the court house Saturday at 2 o'clock.
Evening star., 1935-08-08
Two Couples Licensed.

UPPER MARLBORO, Md, August
8 Especially Marriage licenses have
been issued here to the following
Friend A. Hoar, "a, and Maxine A.
Adams, 10, both of Seat Pleasant, Md.
Alfred J. Kienhofer, 80, and May r
Rice, both Of Cumberland.
Evening star., 1935-08-08
Reunion Set Saturday.

The King -Burdette reunion will be
held at Wesley Grove Church Hall,
Woodfield, Montgomery County, on
Saturday. A program at II am. will
be followed in the afternoon with base
ball and other sports.
Evening star., 1935-08-08
DEATH INVESTIGATED
Mrs. Elizabeth w. Oaks Found
Unconscious in Kitchen.

The coroner's Office today was In
vestigating the death of Mrs. Eliza
beth w. Oaks, 81, of 1881 N street,
who died last night in Emergency
Hospital.
Mrs. Oaks was taken to the hos
pital six days ago, after she was
found unconscious in the kitchen oi
her apartment. Police reported that
the gas jets in the kitchen had beer
turned on and that the woman had
taken several poison tablets.
Evening star., 1935-08-08

for a monkey no bigger than banana
1t whines like spoiled child when
Keeper Davis parks him in a cage
while he attends to other charges.
Davis returned to the Zoo yesterday
after three weeks in Panama, accom-
panied by various crates, cages and
boxes from which issued variety of
chirps, whistles, whines and howls.
In them were lis tiny tropical
birds-tanagers. honey creepers, orioles
and such-together with half a dozen
marmoset monkeys, a two-toed sloth,
Evening star., 1935-08-08
SMALLEST OFFICER
FIGHTS OFF CROWD
Pvt. Thomas Smithson Repulses
Efforts of Eight to Take
Colored Prisoner.

Pvt. Thomas Smithson, No. S pre-
cinct. one of Washington smallest
policemen, fought of a crowd of eight
colored men last night and arrested
Evening star., 1935-08-08

M. Davis, in charge of the bird
house at the Zoo, returned yester-
day from three-week vacation"
in the Panama jungle with
Jimmie" the skeleton-faced
monkey, and a Judas" tanager
ION the left of the two birds),
which lured captives into Davis
traps. Numerous other specimens
for the Zoo were collected by
Davis. Note Jimmie's size as COM
pared with banana.
Star staff Photos.
Evening star., 1935-08-08

Service Stations Talked.
Gasoline service stations may invade
Chile .
Evening star., 1935-08-08

w YHEN Keeper Of the Bird
w House M. Davis got vaca-
w ton from catering to the
shrill and persistent de-
mands of the Zoos feathered guests,
he spent it in the Panama jungle col
lecting 100 more troublesome charges.
Driven by the collectors fever, he
even passed from orinthology to man.
malogy, as witness Specimen Jimmie,
the skeleton-faced monkey. otherwise
known as a Titi or Morse monkey.
This is a lot of nomenclature indeed
Evening star., 1935-08-08
Bird Expert Uses Vacation for Work

Zoo Keeper Gathers New Specimens for Display
Here in Panama Jungle.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-11-06
EDNA s SMITH
 IS BRIDE OF
 JOHN M. BUTTS
Popular Young Couple Are United at Quiet Cere-
 mony Last Evening

At quiet ceremony last night at 9 o'clock at which the Rev Erling K. Olafson offiociated, at the per- sonage of the Resurrection Luther an Church, Miss Edna Marie Smith became the bride of John Morris Butts.
 The witnesses were MT. and Mrs. Keith Wildes and following the cere- mony a reception was held at the Keith Wildes home. attended by a large number of friends of the new lyweds.
 The newlyweds are well known young people at Juneau Miss Smith is a graduate of the Juneau high school. During the past several years she has been connecteds with the Alaska Road Commission. She is one of Juneau's popular young la- dies.
 MT. Butts is equally as well known in the younger set. He is an en-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-11-06
FATE OF SHIPS 1. STILL UNKNOWN

No word has been received here concerning the fate of two Alaska vessels said to be missing in South east waters.
 The Sea Ranger, which left a month ago from Alert Bay for Ju- neau, is reported to have been found total wreck, but the locality has not been ascertained. The wreck was reported in Seattle recently when the Sea Rangers owner ar rived there, according to information to the United States Customs of flee.
 The Ventura, which left Ketchi- kan for Seattle on October l, also has not been heard from, according to latest information available here.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-11-06
OFFICERS FOR
 vOCAT. EDUC.
 ARE ELECTED
Helen Gray, Kenneth Me Clarty, A. E. Schoettler,
 Officers of Association

A meeting of Juneau and Douglas people interested in vocational work was held Monday afternoon in the cffice of the Vocational Department of the Territorial Public Schools. Or ganization of the Alaska Vocational Association, a branch of the Ameri- can Vocational Association was per fected.
 The following officers were elect ed: President, Miss Helen Gray; Juneau; Vice : President, Kenneth IMcC1arty, Palmer; Secretary-Trea urer, A. E. Schoettler, Juneau. Dele gate to the annual convention to be held in Chicago, MT. A. E. Karnes Director of Vocational Education The paid up membership includes several teachers who are not resi- dents of this immediate vicinity and of course it was impossible for them to be present.
 It is planned to hold a meeting of Douglas and Juneau representatives at least once a month for the pur- pose of discussion of vocational prob lens.
 The American Vocational is the one, big, live, national organization in the field of vocational Education, |" said MT. Schoettler. They maintain an office in Washington, D. 0. and hold an annual convention. This organization of over 15.000 members has been and will continue to be a powerful factor in the promotion of Vocational Education in the United States"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-11-06
MURDER TRIAL STARTS TODAY
 IN COURT HERE
Jacob Williams Faces Charge of Fatal Shoot
 ing Last June

Jacob Williams, 23-year-old Ju- ueau Indian, went on trial for first degree murder in Judge George F. Alexanders courtroom this morning. Williams is accused in the fatal shooting of Frank Johnson last June IF Williams and Johnson wene work ing aboard the fishing boat of Capt. Dan White, and the tragedy is said to have arisen from drunken quar- rel aboard the vessel when she was moored to the City Float.
 Pleaded Net Guilty
 Williams assertedly fired the shots from the engine room of the ship with a 30-30 rifle, killing Johnson and injuring White in the arm. The accused man entered plea of not guilty to the charge, and is defended by Attorney Frank Foster.
 Jurors hearing the case are; Nick Trierschield, Henry Kuchen, James Larsen. AIClllt IbaidlCti V. v. >NA~o ory, E. Hachmeister, L. L. Johnson, J.F. Kaher, Mrs. Peter Nelson, Elmer LaChance, Mrs. James Shell and Mrs. Homer Nordling.
 Three Jurors Excused
 Three jurors were excused because they objected to the principle Of capital punishment. They were: A.. Bertelson, A. F. Knight and Ole Knutesen. Mrs. Jennie M. Parker and Charles Daniels were excused, the latter because he is an uncle of the accused man. Jack David, h. dian, of Haines, was dismissed from service after being given literacy test, and John Mclaughlin was ex- cused because of service on the cor oner's jury in the case.
 Judge Alexander gave preliminary instructions to the jurors early this afternoon.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-11-06
SCOUTS AWAIT GAL A BANQUET
 TOMORROW EVE
Father and Son Affair te Attract 225 Guests
 to Moose Hall <

All Gastineau Channel boys inter ested in Scout work and their fath- CTS were told to Be Prepared to- day for the gala Boy Scouts Father and Son dinner in the Moose Han tomorrow night.
 The youngsters and their parents will gather in the hall at 5:30 p. m. Two hundred and twenty-five are expected to attend the affair, which will be supervised by Frank Gar nick, with Sam Feldon as chef.
 The guests will be fed at two sit tings, according to Feldon, and H. l. Redlingshaafer, known as the fa- ther of Scouting in the Juneau dis trict, will arrange games for those waiting for second table"
 All boys who are ten years of age or over and are prospective Boy Scout are invited to the banquet, and the younger ones who are accompanied by their parents will also be guests.
 The occasion promises to be a miniature Boy Scout Jamboree, with the boys putting on Scout Circus program immediately following the dinner All phases of Scouting work will be demonstrated in the circus, according to Curtis Shattuck, Scout ing Commissioner for Gastineau Channel.
 Short talks will be made by Att torney H. L. Faulkner and Wellman Holbrook, assistant administrator. of the Forest Service.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-11-06
RUMMAGE SALE

At the Dugout Nov. 14. auspices American Legion Auxiliary. Dona- tions accepted, please telephone 36O3.
 -ady
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-11-06
BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR | BETTY JANE RUNDELL

Betty Jane Rundell, nine-year-old radio singer, celebrated her birthday yesterday with an evening party to which nine of her friends were in vited. Games were played and ice cream, cake and candy served.
 Those present were: Betty Jane Rundell, Jacqueline Schmitz, Mary Jukick, Doris Gridley, Bobby Lesher, Billie Schmitz, Wesley Rhodes, Ivan Conn, Jackie Rundell, Wesley Stab- Ter.
 Serving was done by Mrs. Bill Schmitz, Miss Lena Bardie, Mrs. Winifred Griffith and Mrs Rosaria Demottio
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-11-06

Dr. W. w. Council, physician at the coroner's inquest in the case, was the first witness to appear this afternoon, and testified concerning the bullet wound that led to John- sons death. lie was followed on the stand by Capt. Dan White.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-11-06
PRE- CHRISTMAS SALE
 STARTS TOMORROW AT JUNEAU BROCK SHOPPE

In accordance with custom es- tablished by Mrs. Jennie Bromberg, of the Juneau F'rock Shoppe, her store is offering the public an op- pcrtunity to choose early in her Third Annual re-Christmas Sale which opens tomorrow.
 Mrs. Brumberg says that this event has always met with great success as it affords a wonderful chance to purchase this seasons newest mer- chandise at bargain prices in the height Of the Christmas buying sea- son.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-11-06

ployee Of the Alaska Juneau.
 MT. and Mrs. Butts will make theil home in Juneau.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-11-06

Fc~t Orange was built by the Dutch about 1649 at Sekondi, one of the old trading stations on the Guinea coast of West Africa.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-11-06
ARTHUR DEvER
 DIES, SEATTLE.
Former Newspaperman of Yukon Territory
 Passes Away

SEATTLE, Nov. 6.-Funeral ser- vices were held this afternoon for Arthur H. Dever, aged TO, who died several days ago.
 Dever established the Dawson Daily News in 1899. He went over Chil- koot Pass into the interior, during the Klondike rush.
 A widow, daughter and two grand- children survive, all residents of Se- attle.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-11-06

DaiIy Emprrs Want Ads Pay.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-11-06
GOOD FUR SEASON
 IS REPORTED FROM :.
 INTERIOR SECTION

Late advices received in Juneau from Fort Yukon, the largest trap ping center on the Yukon River, in dicates a good fur season, the large increase in rabbits being accountable for the prospect.
 Fort Yukon traders serve most of the trappers north of the Yukon to the Arctic Ocean, the value of the raw furs shipped from there amount ing to several hundred thousand dollars during a normal trapping season.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-11-06
|WPA AGAIN TO
 PAY TEACHERS

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6.-Harry L. Hopkins is considering plan to re- vive the education program which provided instruction to two million persons last year.
 Under this plan, $11 100000 will be allotted from WPA funds to pay sal- aries to 10000 needy teachers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-11-06
KATHERINE MOUNT AT GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL

Katherine Mount, Eskimo girl who played the leading role in the Para mount motion picture, "Igloo," is now a resident of Juneau, where she is employed as a nurse at the Gov ernment hospital.
 ~It's far cry from Wainwright, said the attractive young woman, who has just returned from a visit to Hollywood and is looking forward with longing to the time when she will revisit her Wainwright home. Katherine Mount, although born in Wainwright, was sent to Berkeley. Calif., by her father at an early age that she might acquire an education. She graduated from Berkeley high school and entered Alta Bates hos pital, where she completed her course in 1929. Thereupon she returned to Wainwright, where she followed her profession until a Paramount motion picture company, wandering into that village, persuaded her to play role in the picture they were making.
 Miss Mounts triumph in "Igloo'' led to plans which may result in an- ether Alaskan picture this winter. | Following the completion of the picture. Miss Mount visited Holly wood, where she met many inter esting people, among them Francis Lederer, who played the Eskimo lead in Man of Two Worlds
 Although Miss Mount candidly ad- mits she likes Hollywood best" she is contented to be here in Juneau, and finds her work both interesting and helpful.
 If the Alaskan picture appears as scheduled, Miss Mount may be able to revisit her Wainwright home in the near future.
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