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Evening star., 1935-01-06
Placements.

Placements.
''Do you favor the Democratic mule
or the Republican elephant?"
Both" answered Senator Sorghum.
"P. T. Barnum knew his business. He
hitched an elephant to plow for show
purposes, but when he wanted real
mule"
Evening star., 1935-01-06

Somewhat paradoxical is the fol-
lowing summary of the railroad situa-
r.or M;I.s of ton half CEN
Ae"eA tury ago in The
New Rails Laid. star OF January
Evening star., 1935-01-06
THEODORE w. MOVES. Editor
The Evening Star Newspaper Company

11th st. and Pennsylvania Ave.
New York ONCE: ITO East 42nd 81.
Chicago once: Lake Michigan Building.
European Once: IA Regent St., London.
England
The Washington times., 1935-12-28
DARES PRIVATE
POWER FIRMS
International News Service

Morris L. Cooke, Rural Elec-
trification Administrator, today
challenged private power com
panies to set up their own yard,
sticks without profit" to create
good will and determine the elec-
trical needs of the farmer.
He maintained that if the pri-
vate companies would establish
"yardStickS" in virgin territory,
eliminating the profit motive it
would show that they were will
ing to play their part in con-
tributing to public welfare y
Cooke added:
"Unleash in these areas the
creative genius and organizing
power of your technical force
study the farmers problems
as you did the manufacturers
problem -"
Cooke warned private com
panies to take heed of the far
mer'S electrical wants. and Sug-
gested that the Government
would have to enlarge its pres
ent rural identification program
if the private companies fail to
act,
The Washington times., 1935-12-28
SEN. TYDINGS
BUYS HOUSE

Is Senator Millard e. Tydings,
of Maryland, planning another
surprise?
The question arose today as in
formation leaked out that the
popular Senator, who yesterday
surprised his friends with a we'd
ding when they came to have
tea, had purchased a house at
1921 N st. N. w.
After his marriage yesterday
to the socially prominent Mrs.
Eleanor Davies Cheesborough, the
Senator announced that during
the congressional season he and
his bride would live at the brides
home, 2941 Massachusetts, Ave. N.
w., where they were married.
The fact that he had purchased
the Georgetown house led to ru-
mors that the couple would live
there on their return from their
honeymoon in New Orleans.
1t is expected that the couple
will return before Congress con-
venes next week. Their country
home will be the Senator's colo
NAL manor. Darlington, near Havre
de Grace, Md.
Early yesterday the Senator
denied the ceremony was to take
place and the couple waited until
the last minute before sending the
Senator's secretary, Miss Corrine
Barger, for the marriage license.
The Washington times., 1935-12-28
GETS
TUGWELLJ JOB

Recently ousted from the presi'
dency of Maryland University as
a result of a campaign initiated
by the Diamondback, university
publication, DR.. Raymond A. Pear
son today was appointed special
assistant to the administrator OF
the Resettlement Administration
He will help coordinate the activi
ties of the agency and the exten
sion service of the Department OF
Agriculture which, under a joint
agreement, is cooperating in re
habilitating needy farm families
throughout the country.
For IA years DR.. Pearson was
president of Iowa State College
and was for nine years president
of the University of Maryland
During the World War he was
Assistant Secretary of Agricul
ture.
The Washington times., 1935-12-28
DOUBTS
VACCINE

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. % U.N.SO
Despite apparently successful ex
periments by DR.. Claus Jungeblut
of Columbia University. DR.. John
A. Kolmer, of Temple University
discoverer of an infantile paraly.
sis vaccine, today expressed doubt
that injections of vitamin c can
single-handedly control the dis
ease.
Injections of the vitamin in
small doses provided complete pro
lection to moneys infected with
infantile paralysis germs, DR.
Jungeblut reported to the Amer
ican Society of BacteriologiSts
DR.. Kolmer said:
"While it is generally rec
Ornized that Vitamin C increases
resistance to disease generally,
it is a question whether it will
increase resistance to pOliOmye-
tits in particular-an important
distinction.
Undoubtedly the treatment
would have some value but it
almost certainly would not
alone be effective in preventing
the disease"
The Philadelphia physician in
dorsed as encouraging" the report
of scientists of the Rockefeller
Institute for Medical Research
that monkeys sprayed with an
alum or tannic acid noSewash
apparently we're rendered immune
to infantile paralysis, and that
the innovation was ready for
trial on human beings. He said:
"A five per cent solution of
alum is supposed to harden
the mucous membrane and
eliminate danger of contracting
infantile paralysis through the
tissues of the nose. Laboratory
experiments have been very en-
couraging and the method
appears to be well worth
trying"
The Washington times., 1935-12-28
SEN. L0NERGAN
URGES BRIDGE
BARRICADES
Wants Safety Devices
To Ban Repetition Of
HopeweII Crash

Aroused by the deaths of IA
persons in the Hopewell (VaD
bus tragedy, Senator Augustine
Lonergan CD of Connecticut to.
day announced he would take
steps to project a series Of new
safety signals and barricades at
all approaches to draW-bridgeS
and railroad grade crossings in
the United States.
He also said he intends to see
that interstate motor carriers
are required to follow schedules
which would give their drivers
sufficient rest periods between
trips.
He expresses the opinion that
signals should be established ap.
proximately 800 yards from the en-.
trance to any draw-bridge and
that barricades should be erected
at the entrance sufficient to stop
a vehicle before it reached a dan.
ger point when the bridge was
drawn.
In his statement he said that
as a member of the Senate Inter.
state Commerce Committee he has
called upon the Bureau of Motor
Carriers, the Bureau of Public
Roads, the chief of engineers of the
War Department, and the Inter.
state Commerce Commission to
adopt regulations or submit recon-
mendationS to him for new legis.
lation if necessary.
On the other hand he said that
he thought these projects could
be accomplished by amending the
act granting Federal aid to States
for highway construction, requir
ing them to comply with such
standards before receiving Federal
money. He added:
Increasing speed of automO-
bileS and volume of traffic has
not been met by changing signal
standards adequate to protect
the lives of innocent passengers
from human or mechanical fail
ureS and other road hazards. In
the case of a train out of con-
troll, safety measures have been
adopted which include even a
deraiI to throw it from the track
if necessary to prevent greater
disaster"
The Washington times., 1935-12-28
ORDER
ENDS TRAFFIC
BUREAU
New Organization to
Take Over Duties
New Year

Announced as in the interest Of
efficiency, enforcement of traffic
regulations and reduction in the
number of motor fatalities, the
traffic bureau of the Police De.
partment, organized in 1921, will
die at 8 o'clock New Year morn.
ing, to be replaced by the traffic
division, headed by Capt. Milton
D. Smith.
Inspector Benjamin A. Lamb,
now commanding at the traffic
bureau, will have general super.
vision over all matters pertaining
to traffic enforcement" according
to an order issued today by Major
Ernest w. Brown, superintendent
of police.
Shift for 28 Policemen
Twenty-eight traffic bureau
policemen, Is now assigned TO
motorcycle duty, will be shifted
to precincts. The 13 footmen
now assigned to crossing duty
will be placed under command Of
the captains of the precincts in
which their crossings are located.
Whether they remain on crossing
duty is entirely the concern Of
the precinct commanders, Major
Brown said.
While Captain Smith takes
over active command of the per.
sonnet of the traffic division, In.
spector Lamb will have referred
to him AL complaints, recon.
mendations and traffic matters"
and shall make recommenda.
tions to the major. . in the in.
tereSt of maximum efficiency,
the enforcement of traffic laws
and regulations, the orderly move.
ment of traffic, the prevention
OF accidents and the protection
of life and property"
Precinct commanders will be
held responsible for the proper
enforcement of traffic rules in
their precincts.
Precinct Assignments
Motorcycle policemen will be as.
signed to the Sixth, Seventh,
Eighth, Eleventh and Twelfth
precincts to be used by the cap.
tains for traffic enforcement.
Men detailed to the precincts are:
A. K. Bowen, 7; R. o. Bankert,
s; E. G. Comingore, s.; S. T. Greek,
7; C. w. Coleman, 8; G. e.
Cooper, 7; j. H. Gwinn, s; w. E.
Greenfield, II; C. H. Gould, IL;
w. B. Hopkins, IL; C. H. Miller,
IL; H. H. Prince, 8: C. H. Rich.
mond, IL; E. C. Spaulding, 8, and
L. E. Skies, II.
The footmen assigned to cross.
ing duty and their precincts are:
Allen Love 2; F. R. Shull, q;
C. E. Brant. 2; L. L. Frost, 8;
j. L. Hall. 3; N. M. Baker, 8;
w. D. Ballinger' 7; G. w. Ward,
7; S. W. Perry, 5; j. P. Miller,
2; C. C. Shelton, 2; R. C. Carter,
2; Vincent Minton, 3.
The time for roll calls has
been moved ahead half an hour
to 1880 a. M, $3.50 p. m. and at
1870 p. M, in order to get the
men on their posts on the hour.
The new order will leave SO
motorcycle men assigned to the
traffic division. With the with.
drawal of the % men from the
traffic bureau there will be left
a total of 1874 officers and men
! in the traffic division.
The Washington times., 1935-12-28
TaI3OTlla Park Council
Studies Charter

and judiciary committee, said to-
day.
Before the amendments are
presented to the legislature they
will be brought up for discussion
at a conference of representatives
of the organizations suggesting
changes, and town authorities, to
ascertain if they SNould be al
t. ed in any wa, Mr.. Taft said.
Chief among the changes recon-
mended are a change from the
present method Of electing council.
men at large to a ward system,
with one member of the council
elected from each district; and
an amendment to provide for a
permanent registration of voters
for national, State, county and
town elections.
The Washington times., 1935-12-28
Bankers S Pei Chow
Dimes on Certificates
Valued at Over $500

NEW YORK, Dec. % G.N.s).
High cost of Christmas dinner?
Poof! Meet up with a chow
dog that had one worth $625.
The story was revealed today in
Brooklyn Superior Court when
John E. Biggins, president of
Flatbush National Bank, was
granted an order directing the
Bank of Suffolk County to issue
duplicate certificates for 25
shares of bank stock at $25 a
share.
Biggins was checking his finan-
cial holdings in his home Christ
mas Day. He left his task for a
moment.
When he returned, his pet
chow dog, Jack, was chewing up
the last of the Suffolk county
certificates.
The Washington times., 1935-12-28
SOUGHT
BY M'NE|L

Jailed two weeks ago following
his conviction on charges of con-
spiracy to embezzle, Benedict M.
Mcneil, former assistant cashier
Of the Park Savings Bank, today
sought his release on bail pending
his appeal.
A petition to release him on
bond was filed in the District
Court Of Appeals by his attorney,
Robert H. McNeill.
Justice F. Dickinson Let's or.
dered the banker sent to District
Jail after a jury had found him
guilty. Mcneil faces a sentence of
eight months to four years in
prison.
The Washington times., 1935-12-28
Grandfather of Milne
Amazed at Kidnap Hoax

PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 20
N.N.SD.-"I'm sorry have
to admit that the hoax is a
fact"
With these reluctant words
Caleb j. Milne, jr., wealthy tex
tile magnate and grandfather
of Caleb j. Milne. 4th, who to
day confessed he faxed his own
kidnapping, admitted his grand
son had deceived him. He said;
81 have just heard from the
Department of Justice. We
had never surmised such a
thing"
Asked if he would prosecute
Milne said:
ooh, goodness no. The boy
has suffered enough. thought
he was very sick when 1 saw
him in the hospital at DOyleS-
town. That is why 1 didn't
stay longer"
The answer was triple sharp
when asked if he would visit his
grandson. He said:
Certainly not. Good day,
gentlemen"
The Washington times., 1935-12-28
CONSTITUTION
GROUP NAMED

President Roosevelt yesterday
completed the membership Of q
commission which will arrange a
nationwide observance to mark the
150th anniversary of the Constitu'
ton of the United States.
The ceremonies will begin in
1897 and continue through the fol
lowing year. The object is to bring
home to the American people the
real meaning and worth Of the
Constitution.
The commission is known as the
U. S. Constitution Sesquicentennial
Commission. The President ap'
pointed the following five mem
bers:
Charles A. Beard, of Connecti'
cut: Max Farrand, California; c.
O'Connor Goolrick, Virginia: Dan
iel ]. Tobin, Indiana, and William
Hirth, Missouri. The other mem
bers of the commission, appointed
some months ago, are members OF
Congress.
Roosevelt yesterday also ap,
pointed the following commission
to study and report to Congress on
a suitable celebration to mark the
400th anniversary Of the expedi'
ton of fernando De Soto:
v. Birney lines Mississippi; Ed
ward Hill Crump, jr., Tennessee;
Walter B. Jones, Alabama; John
R. Swanton,, Washington. D. c.;
Mrs. Caroline Dorman. Louisiana: :
w. G. Brorein, Florida, and John
r. Fordyce. Arkansas.
The Washington times., 1935-12-28
Search for Spouse
Is Ended in MorQue

DETROIT, Dec. % GN.S).
Steve Morber's six-months search
to reunite his pretty young wife,
a former Pennsylvania girl, and
their two-year-old son, ended at
the Wayne county morgue today.
He identified the body of a 49,
year-old girl who was found dead
in an apartment here Christmas
Day as his wife, Mrs. Jean HuSta-
yak Morber, the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Michael Hustayak OF
Lindora, Pa.
The Washington times., 1935-12-28
DETAILS DENIED
T0AMERICAN
PRESS
State and Navy Heads
Express Little
Concern Here

Publication in an English naval
catalogue of supposedly secret"
American warship plans came to
light in official Navy and State
Department circles here today,
but failed outwardly to excite the
Navy's high command or State
Department diplomats.
Detailed plans for seven light
cruisers. on which construction
work has just begun were con-
tanned in the 1885 edition of
"Jane's Fighting Ships" published
by Sampson Low, Marston & Co.,
Ltd, London.
Even American publications had
been unable to obtain details of
the new ships such as were con-
tanned in the English publication,
only recently off the press and
which reached the Navy and
State Departments only yesterday.
Reference to Plans
Reference to the plans was
made in the publications fore
word:
I'm the United States Navy,
fresh photos are plentiful, while
q plan of the Savannah class,
though its entire accuracy can
not be guaranteed, is believed
to represent approximately the
design as finally settled"
James is recognized by naval
commands of the world as being
the "last word" in the matter OF
accurate and detailed information
of naval ships, their performance
and design. It is published yearly
and includes photographs and
silhouettes Of every navy ship IN
the world.
Accompanying the reported de-
signs of the seven American ships
the Savannah, Brooklyn, Phlla-
delphia, Nashville, Phoenix, Boise
and Honolulu-are these specltlca'
ton details: Tonnage, 10000 tons;
length, 600 feet; guns, Is six-lnch
guns and eight five-inch antl-alr'
craft weapons: speed, 32.5 knotS'
carries guns in five triple turreCS'
three forward and two aft
Only tonnage, length and size
and number of guns was an
nounced by the Navy Department
at the time the keels to the ships
were laid. Other data, especially
speed, is considered highly conf
Dental. The design of new ship
is also considered departmental! IN
formation, although a clear
sketch of the new type cruiser is
pictured in James. ,
The degree of accuracy OF
James report on the new Amer.
can warShipS could not be learned
from the Navy Department today.
Plans for Battleships
Also contained in the publlca-
tion's foreword was the statement:
I'm the United States it is un-
derstOOd that plans for new bat
tleships Of $4,000 tons have
already been approved, con-
struction to begin in 1881"
This report had previously been
out up to Secretary Of the Navy
Claude A. Swanson and denied.
The British publication remarks:
1T is highly appropriate that
the publication of this issue OF
sFighting Ships should coincide
with the meeting in London of
the Naval Conference. What
ever may be the outcome of its
deliberations, there can be no
question that a new era of cap
ital ship construction has be-
gun.
"This work preparation Of
the issue) has not been carried
out without difficulty. Owing to
the international situation ex-
listing during the greater part OF
1885, it has been far from easy
to secure information concern
Ing new ships.
Fresh views Of Japanese
ships are fewer than might be
desired"
The Washington times., 1935-12-28
; More Join Battle
On GuffeY Coal Bill

ROANOKE, Va. Dec. 2S.-Three
more Virginia coal operators have
Joined the fight on the Guffey
act, the Roosevelt administrations
little NRA" for control Of the
coal industry.
The operators-the Virginia
Iron, Coal and Coke Company,
the Benedict Coal Corporation
and the Anthracite Coal Com
pany-filed suit today in United
States District Court attacking
the constitutionality Of the law
and asking an Injunction against
collection of penalties for failure
to observe it.
The Washington times., 1935-12-28
After Recount, Payne
Is Declared Elected

ORANGE, Va, Dec. 28.-Com
monwealth's Attorney Norman G..
Payne today was declared re-
elected to office following the
recount of ballots in one pre-
cinct cast at last months election
Following the election Payne was
declared victorious, having de-
feated Eba Carpenter by one vote.
Carpenter demanded a recount,
and the votes of one precinct were
again tailed, with the result that
Payne gained an additional vote
while Carpenter lost one. Judge
Philip Williams, of Winchester
sitting in Circuit Court, today
ruled Payne reelected.
The Washington times., 1935-12-28

DOYLESTOWN, Pa, Dec. %
GN.SO.-"He wasn't kidding
anybody"
That was the terse comment to-
day of nurses at Doylestown
Emergency Hospital when in
formed that Caleb j. Milne, 4th,
had confessed his kidnapping was
a hoax.
Refusing to permit Interna-
tional News Service to use their
names because of hospital rules,
the nurses explained that Fed
eral authorities had ordered them
to say nothing, but at no time
did we think he was sick" The
actions Of Federel men, the
The Washington times., 1935-12-28
County Court Post
Goes 10 H. B. Greer

ARLINGTON COURTHOUSE,
Va, Dec. disappointment of
H. Bruce Green as deputy clerk
of the circuit court of Arlington
county was announced today by
C. Benjamin Laycock, county
clerk elect.
Mr.. Green formerly practiced
law here and is a son of Harry
K. Green, commissioner OF
revenue for nearly a score Of
years.
The new clerk and deputy
assume their duties January /,
Mrs. Rachel H. White and Miss
Marguerite O'Brien were re-
appointed as second and third
deputies, respectively.
The Washington times., 1935-12-28
Firemen Have
Own Beer Bar
Installed

NEWARK, N. j., Dec. 20
G.N.SO firemen at
North Haledon no longer will have
to dash around the corner for a
quick beer.
All they will have to do is step
up to a bar in their firehouse.
Permission to install the bar
was granted today by D. Frederick
Burnett, State alcoholic beverage
commissioner, who warned that
serious danger to life and limb
might be occasioned if a single
fireman were inebriated.
The Washington times., 1935-12-28

TAKOMA PARK, Md, Dec. 3d.
Mayor Frederick L. Lewton and
members of the Takoma Park
town council this week are giving
final consideration to the proposed
amendments to the town charter
preparing to present them to a
special session of the Maryland
legislature in February for its ap-
proval.
The proposed changes and add1-
tions were presented to the mayor
and council by the various civic
and political organizations during
an open meeting two weeks ago.
Since that time they have been
under consideration of the town
officials, Councilman Milward C.
Taft, chairman OF the ordinance
The Washington times., 1935-12-28
MILNE ADMITS
K|DNAP HOAX
(Continued from Page ~

Continued from Page n
the Omen and New York police
sat in together on the conclusion
of the case. There was no trace
of friction, which began when
the Federal agents early in the
case charged the New York police
with withholding information
there had been a kidnapping for
"a hours.
At that time the hard-boiled
New York cops had retorted they
had listed the case as one of a
missing person" and not a kid
naping. Later, when it appeared
Milne actually had been kidnapped,
the Omen refused to let Manhat-
tan detectives see Milne at DoyleS-
town.
Hoover announced Mines con-
feSsion at $50 a. m. He said:
young Milne has made full
confession. He said he was in
desperate financial condition
and, since he was seeking work
on the stage. he thought the
publicity would get him a job"
Beginning of Hoax
Milne confessed, according to
Mr.. Hoover, that on Saturday,
December IA. he bought pair Of
cotton gloves, a bottle of musilage.
and a rubber stamp. He then
clipped out odd words from diff
ferent newspapers and composed
the ransom note which he pasted
on a sheet of wrapping paper.
He then wrapped the package.
containing the watch, which his
grandfather, Caleb Jones Milne,
jr., had given him, and a clipping
from an Albany IN. " news
paper, and the ransom note. This
was mailed to his grandfather in
Philadelphia from the Grand Gen.
tral annex post office.
He next went to Grand Central
Station and placed a second ran
som letter, which was addressed
to his brother. on the end of a
train just as it was pulling out.
This was later picked up and
mailed from PoughkeepSie. Young
Caleb did not go to Poughkeepsie
at any time during the affair, said
Mr.. Hoover.
Tapes Own Month
He spent that night in Tren-
ton, N. j. Mr.. Hoover continued,
and part of the next day in the
Trenton library. On Wednesday,
he took a bus to Lambertville.
Pa, where he got off and started
walking toward Philadelphia.
Near Doylestown, Pa, he threw
away his gloves, tapped his mouth,
and bound himself as tightly as
he could. He then lay down by
the side of the road, and it was
here that he was found by motor
ists-four days after he disap-
peared.
Milne was not drugged, and
what were at first taken to be the
marks of a hypodermic needle
were only self-inflicted pin pricks.
Mr.. Hoover said:
1--WE felt from the beginning
that there were questionable
sides to this case. But, naturally,
we could not make any state
ment until we were sure"
Inspector McDermott, Of the
New York police department, and
two of his assistants worked with
The Washington times., 1935-12-28
Didn't Kid AnybOd ~
Nurses Say of Milne

nurses said, led them to believe
they did not believe young
Mines story.
"He's a damn good actor"
Such was the comment Of DR..
Bradford Greene, who attended
Young Milne after he was found
bound and gagged along a lonely
road near here the night OF
December II. DR.. Greene said:
1--WE knew from the start, of
course, that he was not suffer
ing from the influence of dope.
The marks of a hypOdermic
needle in his arm could have
been put there by himself. i
believe the Federal agents real
lied that from the beginning"
The Washington times., 1935-12-28
Roosevelt, BoyIan
Talk Trade Evils

President Roosevelt revealed yes.
terday that he discussed proposed
legislation to regulate commodity
exchanges in a recent meeting
with Robert Boylan, president OF
the Chicago Board of Trade. The
Chief Executive said the dis
cussed methods of eliminating
evils in trading without touching
on specific details.
The Washington times., 1935-12-28
Artists Will Pick
Costumes for Bal

Prize costumes for the Bal Bo-
heme of the Arts Club, January
20. will be selected by a commit
tee of three nationally known
artists.
They are: Percy Crosby, ere
ator of "Skippy":; Herbert John
son, cartoonist and art director
of the Saturday Evening Post for
the past 20 years, and Richard
Leahy, new principal of the Cor
coran School of Art.
The Washington times., 1935-12-28

Department of Justice agents on
the case.