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Evening star., 1935-06-19

Mis- Peggy Dow was the guest in
whose honor her father, the Rev
George w. Dow, entertained a COM
pany Of her young friends at dinner
on the terrace at the Shoreham last
evening. The occasion celebrated Miss
Dow's graduation from Western High
School. The colors of the school
red and white, were used in the table
appointments. Corsage flowers in the
Evening star., 1935-06-19

Mr.. A. K. BoJsen, former attache
Of the Danish Legation, will be host
a. a buffet supper followed by bridge
this evening in his home on Lanier
place.
Evening star., 1935-06-19

same colors were favors for the girls.
The guests were Miss Doris Goss,
Miss Barbara Jane Murray, Miss Mar
jorie Kent, Miss Eugenia McCon-
nell, Mr.. Charles Linbach, Mr.. John
Hart, Mr.. Thomas Allen, Mr.. John
McKeever and Mr.. Charles Birdsong.
Evening star., 1935-06-19
Luncheons.Bridge
Parties Popular

Miss Fay Sumner viii entertain at
a luncheon followed by bridge Friday
Evening star., 1935-06-19

A wedding of much interest tC
The Washington times., 1935-07-20
|. .. NO GAUGE
Of SUCCESS

Intelligence tests are not neces.
sarily barometers of what Jack or
Jill may do in future years, the
Rev. Edward B. Jordan, S. T. D.,
of Catholic University, told the
Catholic Youth Institute last
night.
Speaking before members of the
National Council of Catholic
Women here for their annual con-
vention, DR.. Jordan said:
"There is no narrow niche
into which each of us fits. We
still need considerable expert
mentatiOn in vocational guild
ance. We have enough data on
hand to help a youth choose an
occupation with some assurance
of success, but not with a guar
antee of success"
A genius, he stated, is not al
ways the successful man, but the
plodder is more likely to be sue
cessful. Many misfits, the edu-
Gator stated, have turned out to be
successful in later life.
The Washington times., 1935-07-20
Ken Murray
SAYS:

American chorus girls per-
forming in those fashionable
London hotels are very sore be.
cause the British labor ministry
has refused to renew their labor
permits. .Deah! Deah! Our
English cousins believe in "handS
across the seas" but, ap-
parently, not legs.
The labor authorities claim
that the American chorus girls
receive SIS a week, while the
home talent only receive SIS. :.
Well, leave it to our chorus girls
to "Out-strip" them all.
From the way the British
have acted about the money we
sent over there, the girls are
lucky to get home at all. ESpe.
cially the ones that look like a
million dollars.
so REMEMBER:
If the British bar our products
we should reciprOcate. There
is more kick in one of our chorus
girls, than in q whole case Of
Scotch.
The Washington times., 1935-07-20
RAID IS IN Vain
At 'J|MM|ES'

"Jimmie's Place." the big white
building behind the billboards on
Bladensburg Road, just over the
District line in Maryland, was
raided late yesterday. No arrests
were made.
Operated by Jimmie LaFon-
taine, widely known sportsman,
the establishment has long been
rumored to be the headquarters
for extensive numbers and gam
bling rackets. It was these in
Sistent rumors which caused the
Prince Georges board of county
commissioners, headed by Perry
Boswell, to issue orders to Police
Commissioners Vinton D. Cockey
and Harry w. McNamee to inves-
tigate.
Cockey and McNamee, accom-
panied by three county policemen,
late yesterday went into the
building and found about a dozen
men in the room, but no evidence
of games.
TIL commissioners have ordered
Capt. j. j. Crowley, chief of the
Prince Georges county police, to
keep sharp lookout for any sign
of reopening of the building.
Licenses found in the establish.
ment were taken out last June, in
the name of Slippery" Francis
McGuigen, reputed to be one of
the elmer guards"
The Washington times., 1935-07-20
Police Open War On Reckless Drivers
Mrs. Greenway'S
Secretary
Is Bride

Representative Isabella Green.
way CDO of Arizona has just
completed one of the biggest
jobs Of her life. And, what's
more, she is very well pleased
with herself.
Eight years ago Mrs. Green.
way introduced two fellow Ari-
zonians-Miss Daisy Henrick.
son and Newman F. Hauswald-
to each other.
Two years later they became
engaged. But then Miss Hen
rickSon was called to Washing
ton to work as secretary in Mrs.
Greenway'S office. Followed a
long-distance courtship lasting
four years.
Then Mr.. Hauswald came to
Washington to work in the soil
erosion service of the Interior
Department. And the romance
bloSSomed anew.
Yesterday, Mrs. Greenway,
playing father to the bride, gave
her away. The marriage was
performed in the garden of Mrs.
GreenWay's home.
The couple will honeymoon in
New York.
The Washington times., 1935-07-20
5 Band Concerts
Set Next Week

Five band concerts will provide
next weeks musical menu in the
Capital. Bands playing are:
Army Band, .1onday at the War
Memorial in West Potomac Park !;
Navy Band. Tuesday at the same
place; Marine Band, Thursday at
the Memorial.
The other two concerts will be
by the Washington Gas Light
Company musicians Wednesday at
Fort Bayard on the River Road at
Western Avenue, and Forty-Sixth
Streets N. w. The Community
Civic Band plays Friday at Frank.
lin Park,
The Washington times., 1935-07-20
BOARD STUDIES
TRANSIT WAGES

Hearings on demands for
higher wages by employees of the
Capital Transit Company will be
resumed next Tuesday before the
wage arbitration board headed
by Frank w. Swacker.
Employees of the company are
asking a 30-cent daily increase
and a change in hours which
would necessitate the employ
ment of more men.
Countering these demands, the
company claims it is financially
unable to meet them, asserting
that it earned only $430,O00 last
year. despite the fact that pas
senger traffic showed an in.
crease of 100000 in the num-
Der of riders.
The company also contends
that the average salary paid
employees is $1,428 a year, and
that this compares favorably with
salaries paid street railway EN-.
ployes in other cities.
The Washington times., 1935-07-20
Yellow Soap Standby
For Poison wv

Old-fashioned yellow soap is the
best standby in cases of poison
ivy.
This advice is from no less an
authority than District Health
Officer DR.. George C. Rutland,
who today called on all District
property owners owning land on
which the obnoxious weed grows
to root it out in the interests of
the public.
DR.. Rutland pointed out that in
handling the poison plant rubber
boots and rubber gloves are neces'
Sary. He said:
mo one can assume such a
thing as permanent immunity
to poison IVY
The health official said there
are number of fallacies in the
The Washington times., 1935-07-20

folk lore built around the poison
plants.
"There are some people who
claim that the poison is exuded
from the plant and carried by
the wind. However, it is neces-
Sary to bruise one of the leaves
before the poisonous resin comes
to the surface Of the plant"
DR.. Rutland declared that
among the common remedies for
ivy poisoning are sugar of lead
and potassium permanganate.
Recently, he said, very effective
serums have been developed.
He advised against chewing the
poison ivy leaves to gain immun.
ity. This practice does give some
immunity, but is very dangerous,
he said.
The Washington times., 1935-07-20
D. c. AUTO TAX
REVENUES UP
TONEW HIGH
Jump of 35 Per Cent Shown
Last Year; Gasoline Levy
Takes Squirt

Although Federal appropriation
of large tracts of local property
during the past year caused taxes
on realty here for the fiscal year
ended June 80, 1885, to drop more
than half a million dollars from
the June 80, 1884, returns, auto
mobile and gasoline tax collections
scared to new highs during the
later year.
According to District Auditor
Daniel Donovan, the automobile
levy for the period amounted to
$547 ,515.36, or an average tax Of
1913 per car. This represents an
increase of IS per cent over the
1884 auto tax returns of $405,-
006.97 and compares with a 1897
average tax per car for that year.
On the basis of the collections,
made at a rate of $3.50 per hun.
dred, the average value of Wash.
ington's automobiles was 1912. In
1884 the average value was 1925.
Auto taxes in 1881 amounted to
40,180.86. This increased TO
$483,657.22 for the 1882 fiscal
year. In 1888 the total dropped
to $685., 820.95.
Gasoline taxes reached a peak
at $2,197 ,500.55 for the year ended
June 80, 1885. This was a gain of
$148,204.23 or Z per cent over the
5000, 1862 reported last year.
The previous high point for
gasoline tax returns was 1888
when $2,084,131.60 was collected.
The Washington times., 1935-07-20
Grocer Held Up,
Bandit Takes S.

Morris Tranen, So, owner of a
grocery store at 701 Tenth st.
N. E., was held up around mid
night last night by a bandit and
robbed Of 81. Together with a
customer, Edward Ahearn, 633
Tenth ST.. N. E., Mr.. Tranen was
backed into a closet in the rear Of
his store.
Mr.. Ahearn lost about a dollar
in small change.
The Washington times., 1935-07-20
Zoo Bears Defy
Torrid Days
In Water
Oh, for a bears life!

OQ, 1OT Dear lie!
With the thermometer reach
ing new highs for the year, the
kidder bear at the Zoo merely
flops into the water and stays
there until the heat of the day
subsidies.
Many Of the other animals
also can be seen submerged in
the water in their cages when
the torrid temperatures of July
come around.
Perhaps the Polar bears, how
ever, wish they were back in the
North Pole region, where they
could sit on icebergs.
The Washington times., 1935-07-20
EndeaVOr Society
Holds Rally Here

Sponsored by the executive COM
mittee, some $50 local members
of the Golden Rule Christian
Endeavor Society Union will hold
rally at Union Wesley A. M. E.
Zion Church tomorrow.
There will be echo speeches by
delegates who attended the inter-
national meeting of the union in
Philadelphia several days ago. Pro
ceeds of the rally will aid in the
transportation Of James Brown,
local delegate to the convention
of the union to be held in Buda-
pest, Hungary, August Z.
The Washington times., 1935-07-20
Hole in Sidewalk
Nets $4,000 Suit

Negligence Is charged in a
$25, 900 damage suit filed against
the District Supreme Court today
by Ada Tanner. 1900 block of
Nineteenth st. N. w.. who says
that because of the failure of
the District to maintain the side
walks in proper repair, she
stepped into a depression in the
pavement near Eighteenth and
R SITS. N. w., last october and
was severely injured. Attorney
Robert E. Lynch appears for her.
The Washington times., 1935-07-20
FIELDS IN TIFF
At RALLY WITH
0D.E.NTHAL
Two County Candidates for
Sheriff Stir Cheers, Jeers
at CherrydaIe Session

CHERRYDALE, Va, July 20.
Amid cheers, jeers, and arm wav.
ing at a political meeting here
last night, Sheriff Howard B.
Fields shook his finger at his op-
ponent, H. j. Odenthal, and
dared him to say that Dan King
characterized by Mr.. Odenthal
as Arlington county'S foremost
bootlegger) had paid the sheriff's
way to Florida.
Following each denial of the
various charges hurled earlier in
the evening by Mr.. Odenthal,
Sheriff Fields was given a long,
loud, and boisterouS ovation from
lieutenants who packed one
side of the Fireman's Hall and
Swelied the turnout to nearly 500
persons.
OdenthaI Charges
The sheriff admitted he knew
the bootleggers of Arlington
county because he had made their
acquaintance through arresting
them.
Replying to a statement made
by Sheriff Fields that his police
were the best in this section of
the country" Mr.. Odenthal said:
"The sheriff either doesn't
know what he is talking about
or he is lying. He and his de-
partment have let slot machines
run wild in the county and
drain more than a MILAN dol.
lars annually from this county
to be sent back to Baltimore
from where the machines are
brought, but they lost no time
in bouncing on the firemen
when they, tried to earn few
dollars with their little games Of
chance. If I'm elected to this
office I'll smash every one of
these machines within five days
after taking office"
Racketeers, bootleggers, speak
easieS and other law violaters of
the county, according to Mr..
Odenthal, have ceased operation
temporarily and are devoting their
time to helping the present
sheriff. But they will resume op-
erations if Mr.. Fields is reelected,
Mr.. Odenthal concluded.
Attorneys Cross Swords
The meeting was addressed by
three candidates seeking the nom
ination for Commemorative At
torney. John Paul Jones, one of
the candidates, ripped into both
Lawrence w. Douglas, incumbent,
and Emery HoSmer.
Mr.. Hosmer had charged that
Mr.. Jones knew little of Virginia
laws and that his only case, to
his knowledge, in the Arlington
county court, had been heard with
the assistance of an Arlington
county attorney.
Mr.. Douglas declared that his
opponents had attacked him in
generalities and challenged them
to cite one specific case.
The Washington times., 1935-07-20
DRASTIC STEPS
ORDERED AS
TOLL RISES
Brown Quits Educational
Campaign as Futile; May
Revoke Driving Permits

Reused by the increasing mum.
Der of accidents and traffic viola.
lions in the city, police officials
today took steps to deal severely
with reckless drivers, speeders and
other violators.
Major Ernest w. Brown, super
intendent of police, has ordered
all precinct and bureau comman-
derS to vigorously enforce all reg
ulations. He said today:
We've had educational cam
paignS and tried to teach the
motorists through these meth.
DDS the hazards of traffic, and
what has it done? We have an
ever-increasing rate.
"We're now going after those
whose only thought as they drive
down the street is is there a
policeman following me-"
DRASTIC ACTION
Most serious of the offenders
and those who will be dealt with
most drastically, Major Brown
said, are those who dash through
an intersection on an amber
light, those who fail to give
right-of-way at an intersection,
speeders, drivers who pull over to
the left side of the street to pass
cars, those who make left turns
from a right lane and vice versa.
Inspector B. A. Lamb, com.
handing the Traffic Bureau, in
Dictated a program of permit re-
vocation or suspension might be
adopted against the reckless driv.
ers, responsible for a large per.
centage of the 5,155 accidents
which have been reported this
year.
Traffic Toll 81
Sixty-four persons, many of
them children, have been killed
by automobiles in the Capital so
far this year. Last July / the
figure was Sc, and on August /
it was SO. The number of in.
juries so far this year is above
last years figure. So far, 1858
persons have been injured, COM
pared with 2,245 injuries up to
August !, last year.
Three children were among
seven victims of Washington traf.
fic late yesterday and today.
Injured in overnight traffic
were: William Miller, 2, of the
600 block H st. s. W.; Bernice
Manyette, 6, of the 200 block F.
st. N. w.; Joseph Harper, 7, col.
ored, of the 1000 block New Jersey
Ave. N. w.; Edward Kramer, Is,
of the 1900 block R st. N. w.:
Charles Ross, q, colored, Of the
100 block T st. N. w., and Joseph
Babrovski and Alfred Mylnar, of
Yonkers, N. Y.
Girl, 7, and Man Killed
A 7-year-old girl was one of the
two who died yesterday as the
result of having been struck by a
truck. She was Ann Gutenberg,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Moe
Gutenberg, 1900 block Euclid St.
N. w., who was injured when she
ran in front of a truck near
Airport swimming pool Thursday
while on an outing with other
children. She died yesterday at
Emergency Hospital. Blair Via,
800 block Twenty-first st. N. w..
driver of the truck, was held by
Arlington county police.
The other person killed was
John Gallagher, struck on
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The Washington times., 1935-07-20
2 D. G.. Students
Get Scholarships

Karl H. Achterkirchen, 1907
Varnum st. N. w., and Malcolm
Taylor, 1705 Newton st. N. E.,
have been awarded graduate
scholarships by the Massachusetts,
Institute of Technology. TIL e
awards, made on the basis of
scholastic standing. will enable
them to carry on advanced studies
at the M. I. T. next year.
The Washington times., 1935-07-20
EMPTY PANTS AFIRE

A medium-sized man living near
1884 Wallach Pl. N. w. lost his
pants last night. Fire Department
apparatus responded to a call from
this address around midnight. So
did a cruising radio car. They
found pair Of smouldering over
alls hanging from a tree. Where
they came from is yet to be solved
The Washington times., 1935-07-20
TRAIN KILLS MAN

DANVILLE, Va, July 20 (Spe-
ciaD The body of Joseph Law.
son. "a, of Blanch, N. c., was
found on the Southern tracks near
Danville. He had been hit by a
train. He was seen walking along
the railway tracks.
The Washington times., 1935-07-20
FETE AT GLEN DALE

GLEN DALE, Md. July 20.-The
Glen Dale fire department opens
it's seventh annual carnival here
today, to continue through Satur-
day, July 81.
Evening star., 1935-04-21
FIVE MEN INDICTED
IN PRISON TORTURE.
Former officials Accused of
Manning Two Colored
Convicts.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHARLOTTE, N. G.. April 20.-In-
dictments charging five former State
prison camp officials with torturing,
manning and assaulting two colored
convicts with intent to kill were re-
turned today by the Mecklenburg
County grand jury after an investiga-
ton of alleged brutality to prisoners.
The indictments we're based on the
cases of Woodrow Shropshire and Rob-
ert Barnes, 19-year-old Charlotte COL
ored prisoners, whose feet became
gangrenous and were amputated while
they were serving short terms.
Those indicted were H. c. Little.
former superintendent of the camp;
Dr. C. S. Mclaughlin, former county
and camp physician. and j. W. Eudy,
r. c. Rape and T. M. Gordon, guards.
All five were indicted jointly on the
torturing, assault and manning
charges. Separate indictments charged
neglect in performance Of their duties.
Manning is a common law felony.
The defendants had been held for
grand jury action under 1000 bonds
after hearing before Superior Court
Judge Don Phillips, sitting as COM
mitting magistrate. The bonds were
continued and the cases docketed for
the Superior Court term, beginning
May II.
At the hearing. Shropshire charged
the loss of his feet was caused by their
freezing while he was chained in
dark CELL" where unruly prisoners
are placed as punishment.
Evening star., 1935-04-21
NEWS MEN FREED
OF JURORS CHARGE
No Criminal Libel in Report Of
Their Disagreement, Court
Finds.

BY the Associated Press.
MIAMI, Fla, April 20.-Two Miami
Beach Tribune men, Paul G. Jeans,
editor, and Shannon Cormack, report
er, were acquitted by a Crimes Court
jury today Of criminal libel charges
brought by four members of another
jury.
The jurors, through County Solicitor
Fred w. Pine, charged the Tribune's
account Of the jury disagreement
which ended the first trial of E. c.
Collins, former Dade Judge. for al
legged bribe-taking, libeled them.
Closing for the defense, James M.
Carson told the six jurors criminal
libel has been used throughout his
tory by those in power to squelch
freedom Of expression and of writing.
It is an off-shoot Of the divine right
of kings and, when abused, Is dan
gerous and un-American."
Stafford Caldwell, special prosecu-
tor, ended summation for the State
with the statement "the issue at stake
Is the principle of the jury system"
as provided for In State and national
constitutions.
Carson reviewed the evidence, en-
phasizing the testimony Of several
witnesses which, he claimed, tended
to show members Of the Collins jury
had been approached.
Evening star., 1935-04-21
TOSCHEFF UNABLE
TO FORM CABINET
Bulgarian Premier Designate Con.
fers With Military Leaders
in Crisis.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SOFIA, Bulgaria, April 20.-Bul-
garia still had no cabinet tonight,
though Premier Designate Andrea
Toscheff had been comforting almost
continuously with military leaders dur
ing the last 36 hours.
Most of his time Toscheff, called
from retirement and botanical re-
search to help solve Bulgaria's govern
mental crisis, spent with leaders Of
the Military League, which is the
dominant factor in Bulgarian politics.
Although the league yesterday con-
sented to have the new government
consist of civilians, it apparently
feared return to the old system Of
political parties and declined to re-
linquish control of governmental af-
fairs until it was certain what form
the new government would take.
Another obstacle in Toscheff's way
was the many demands from civilians
slated for cabinet posts for the release
of former Premiers Kimon Gueorguieff
and Alexander Zankoff, whose arrest
and internment Thursday brought the
fall of the Zlateff government.
Evening star., 1935-04-21
FRIENDS TO ATTEND
HANGED MANS RITES
Sympathizers Invited to Funeral.
Opinion on Guilt of Dead
Man Divided.
BY the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press,
PADUCAH, KY, April 20-An invi-
tation for friends and sympathizers"
to attend the funeral of William T.
De Boe, who was hanged at Smithland
yesterday in the presence of the
woman he was convicted of assaulting,
was issued tonight by De Boe's cousin,
j. E. Carter.
The funeral will be held here at 2
O'Clock Sunday afternoon, in charge
Of Rev. j. w. Bailey, chaplain at
Eddyville Penitentiary, who baptized
De Boe while the black-haired youth
was in the death house.
Carter told the hundreds of visitors
who came to his home to view the
body that he believed De Boe was
innocent of an assault on Mrs Mar
jorie johnson, wife Of Livingston
County storekeeper, the crime for
which he was put to death.
Carter recalled De Boe's dramatic
TRADE on the gallowS yesterday, his
charge Of "cold-blooded murderer"
flung def1sntly at Mrs johnson, who
shrilled back an angry denial when
the condemned man shouted to her
that she would have dropped the
charge for $500.
Opinion was divided at Smithland
as to the guilt or innocence Of De Boe
Feeling in some sections of the county
was reported almost bitter against De
Boe's prosecutors.
Evening star., 1935-04-21
Naming of Admirols Ruled
Within Commissioner PO,Uer

anyway. because it is a fact that the
District OF Columbia has its navy.
Every sovereign citizen of the District
feels great pride in washington's fleet,
to wit:
THE 'Firehghter,' the tug William
Tyndall,' the tug Virginia. the tug
Louise police motor boats Nos. l.
2, 3, 4 and 5, five rowboats and one
unnamed launch.
Furthermore. I understand these
admirals would have no duties; there
fore, how could they render any
services?
"a certain amount of pomp and
circumstance, panoply and parade is
an inherent necessity to the peoples
ruler. Why should the Commission
ers arrive at a national function or
q neighborhood carnival without fan
fare, fuss or flunkies? II has always
seemed to me to be out of place for q
great multitude to wait on the qui
vive for the appearance of their Com
missioners and then have q car drive
up. one lone gentleman in a business
suit get out, and some one say, Who
the heck is that?' Rather there
should be a flag, a fiuttering bevy of
attendance. a gold-braided escort.
Then. too, this staff could advise the
Commissioners on matters of prece-
dents and social amenity; not as
binding pronouncement of statutory
authority, but as friendly views freely
given.
IF you want to appoint a legal
admiral with appurtenances thereto
attached, it cannot be done: but If you
want to appoint some without duties,
status or salary. except as unofiicial
consultants pro bono publico, it is
proper, and can be DONE"