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Evening star., 1936-07-29
STAR CARRIER BOYS
TO BE ENTERTAINED
Will Be Guests at Glen Echo and
Suburban Gardens Tonight
Unless It Rains.

Star carrier boys will be entertained
at two outings in local amusement
parks tonight. There will be free rides
on the various amusement devices,
swimming and refreshments.
The white carrier boys are going to
Glen Echo. Route agents will fur
nish them with car fare and tickets
for the pool and concessions. They
are asked to bring along swimming
suits and towels. The fun will begin
at tbs pm. and last until 1890.
Colored carrier boys will have
similar outing at Suburban Gardens
at the same time. Instead Of being
furnished ice cream and orangeade.
they will be given money with which
to buy what they please.
The smallest boys may obtain car
fare and tickets for older persons to
accompany them. In case of rain the
outings will be postponed until an
early date in the future.
Evening star., 1936-07-29
MARINE OFFICERS
GET DECORATIONS
Thirty Receive Honors From
Italy, Haiti and Nicaragua
in Ceremony Here.

Three foreign governments, Mica
ragua, Haiti and Italy, decorated 80
officers of the United States Marine
Corps with medals of merit, distinc-
ton and service at dress parade cere-
monies in the Marine Barracks at
pm. yesterday.
A special act of Congress permitted
the officers to accept the medals,
which recognize services rendered
years ago.
Haiti decorated the following: Maj.
Gen. l.. Mccarthy Little, acting COM
mandant of the Marines; Brig Gen.
Richard P. Williams, Col. Seth Will
liams, Col. Clayton B. Vogel, Col.
Thomas S. Clarke, Lieut. Col Jeter
r. Horton, Lieut.. Col Marion B.
Humphrey, Lieut.. Col. Alphonse De
Carre, Lieut.. Col Samuel L. Howard,
Lieut.. Col. Leo D. Hermle, Lieut.. Col.
Alfred H. Noble, Lieut.. Col. Franklin
A. Hart and Maj. John T. Walker.
Those decorated by the Nicaraguan
government were Brig. Gen. Ran
dolph C. Berkeley, Brig. Gen. Hugh
Matthews, Col. Calvin B. Matthews,
Col. Ross E. Howell, Col. John Mar
stons, Col. Julian c. Smith, Lieut..
Col. LIE Roy p. Hunt, Lieut.. Col.
Maurice G. Holmes, Maj. William N.
Best, Maj. Joseph G. Ward, Mai.
Victor F. Bleasdale, Maj Harold C.
Major, Maj. Bernard Dubel, Capt.
Alexander w. Kreiser, Capt. William
D. Saunders, Capt. Peter D. Schrider
and Chief Pay Clerk Benjamin H.
Wolever.
Maj. Harold c. Major received the
Crown of Italy decoration from the
Italian government.
Evening star., 1936-07-29
MEMBEROF &C.. c.
DIES AFTER CRASH;
ACCIDENT PROBED
Truck 0verturns Near Me-
mortal Bridge, Killing
Roy c. Catoe.
INJURIES ARE FATAL
TO COLORED BOY
Raymond F. Wood Succumbs in
Hospital-Inquests Set
Today.

Federal and District authorities
today were investigating the accident
in which C. c. C. truck overturned
at the south end of Memorial Bridge
yesterday, fatally injuring Roy C..
Catoe, %, enrolled at Camp 1881,
adjacent to the scene of the mishap
Catoe's body was at the Morgue,
pending an inquest Friday. and Gerald
Browning, %, driver of the truck,
had been released in custody of the
camp superintendent.
The truck overturned while making
left turn from Mount Vernon Me-
mortal Highway into Memorial Drive.
Police reported Browning, likewise
c. c. c. member, lost control Of the
vehicle. Catoe was crushed Most of
the II other youths in the truck
suffered bruises and cuts.
Examined by Physician.
Catoe was examined by the camp
physician and taken to Fort Myer
Hospital, where he died Jess than
half an hour after the accident.
Browning, arrested by park police,
was released by Coroner A. Magruder
Macdonald in custody Of Sidney N.
Everett, camp superintendent.
Catoe, whose home was in Camden.
S. c., had been at the camp about two
months. He and the other youths were
returning from clearing brush along
the Mount Vernon Highway and were
to have attended an outing at Davis
Beach. The outing was postponed
after the tragedy.
Police listed Catoe's death as the
fiftieth traffic fatality in the District
this year, the mishap having occurred
on the District side of the Virginia
boundary line.
Col0red Boy, :, Dies.
Another traffic death yesterday was
that of Raymond F. Wood, 7, colored,
174 Bryant street. He died in Casualty
when he was struck by a hit-and-run
driver at Waysome Corner, Md. He
had been visiting his grandmother in
the vicinity of the accident.
A coroner's jury today declared ac-
cidental the death Sunday of Miss
Jessica Randolph Smith, 60, daughter
of the designer of the Confederate
flag. Miss Smith was struck at Six
teenth and streets by florists truck
while returning from st. Johns EpiS-
copal Church to the Washington Club,
where she lived. Sidney Jefferson, So.
colored driver. was exonerated after
testimony that Miss Smith had STEP
ped directly into the path of his
truck.
The deceased was active in several
patriotic societies, including the United
Daughters of the Confederacy, Daugh-
tiers of the American Revolution and
Colonial Danes.
An inquest also was held in the
death of John E. Tyne. jr., %. of sos
Madison street, who died in Garfield
Hospital Monday shortly after being
knocked down by an automobile at
Fourteenth and Belmont streets. The
driver, Joseph Sheppard. 40, of 1859
Hobart street, was to testify.
Evening star., 1936-07-29
NAMED FIRE CAPTAIN

Lieut.. Fred Literal will be promoted
to captain in the District Fire De-
partment Saturday to fill a vacancy
caused by the retirement of Capt. E. j.
Trainor, under orders issued by the
Commissioners.
Lieut.. Literal, officials were in
formed, has consistently made high
grades in all examinations he has
taken for promotion since he first
was appointed private about 18
years ago.
He will be shifted from No. to
No. truck company, where Capt.
Trainor was formerly in command.
In the same orders the Commis-
sioners directed the promotion Of
Sergt. C. P. Pool to lieutenant and
of Pvt. A. L. Weber to sergeant.
Charles M. Chamberlain was ap-
pointed private.
Evening star., 1936-07-29
ROAD NEAR ZOO
SEEN Up To j. s.
Ability of Capital Parks Unit
to Obtain Financing Called
Only Hope.

Hope for construction of a new road
along the eastern boundary of the Zoo,
to connect with the recently completed
Rock Greek and Potomac Parkway
drive, apparently rests with the ability
of the National Capital Parks Office to
obtain financing for the project, Dis
trict officials indicated today.
The project has been under study
more than two years as a means of
affording full-time use of the drive, to
enable motorists to swing along Rock
Creek all the way from downtown
Washington to the northern extremity
of Rock Greek Park at night, as well
as in the daytime.
The connecting road through the
Zoo now is closed at dusk SO head
lights of cars will not disturb animals
and birds quartered near by. The
Commissioners registered desire for
construction of a road along the east
ern border of Rock Creek, farther re-
moved from the Zoo specimens than
the present thoroughfare The cost
has been estimated roughly at $500 900.
olIlCt IIle zoo Is IlOt uIlQST COntTOl
of the Commissioners, the project ap-
parently rests on decision by Federal
officials.
Recently, a personal inspection of
the proposed new route was made by
Arno B. Cammerer, director of the
National Park Service; John Nolen,
city planner for the Planning Com
mission, which three years ago ap-
proved the general plan as future
project; H. P. Caemmerer, admins
trative officer of the Fine Arts Com
mission; Commissioners Hazen and
Sultan, DR.. William Mann, superin-
tendent of the Zoo, and a representa-
tive of the Works Progress Admins
tration.
Evening star., 1936-07-29
TRAFFIC WARRANTS
KEEP POLICE BUSY

Inaugurating the annual Summer
campaign to serve accumulated traffic
warrants, police were encountering slow
going and returning only small por-
ton of the papers issued, it was
estimated today.
With twice as many warrants to be
issued and served as during the Sum-
mer campaign a year ago, clerks in
Police Court have been working night
and day. Approximately 500 we're issued
yesterday.
Following the procedure inaugurated
by former Judge Gus A. Schuldt, Judge
John p. Mcmahon ordered eight bailiffs
to assist r. B. Gott, warrant clerk, in
the issuance of warrants against per-
sons summoned to answer traffic
charges. Beginning July IS, there have
been turned out 1928 warrants, as
against a total for last years drive Of
1850. There are approximately 1000
papers remaining on which warrants
have not been issued.
In his orders to the bailiffs, Gott
issued notice that his helpers were
to be careful to ignore all papers calling
for warrants against persons charged
during the past Winter under the
snow" removal policy, declared illegal
by the courts.
Evening star., 1936-07-29
D. c. POST OFFICE
PROMOTIONS MADE
IS in Service Shifted-RiIey
Goes to Benjamin Frank
lin Post.

Following his policy of promoting
civil service men up the ranks in the
Washington Post Office, Vincent C.
Burke, postmaster, has shifted Is men
throughout the principal postal sta
tions and branches OF the city, effect
i've Saturday, August /.
The shifts were made to fill two
vacancies, one by death and the other
by retirement.
The superintendency of the largest
station in the city, Benjamin Franklin
Station, located in the Post Office De-
partment at Twelfth street and Penn
sylvania avenue, was assigned to Her
bert E. Riley, who came from the
SUPPLEMENTARY of the big U street
station. He succeeds the late Col.
George L. TAFT.
The vacancy at Woodbridge Station,
caused by the retirement of Edward
Turner, effective Friday, was filled by
the appointment Of Ralph w. Van
Fossen, who has been superintendent
of Benning Station.
Isaac Men. Bray, who has been a
special clerk at Woodbridge, was pro-
NOTED to be superintendent of Ben
ming Station.
Two men were transferred to small
er stations at their own request, but
all the other shifts were promotions
to larger and more responsible posts.
Changes in the supervisory force
included the following:
Elmer j. Cassidy, from Georgetown
to U street; Charles r. Hurley, from
Chevy Chase to Georgetown; Benja-
min F. Greenstreet, from Bethesda to
Chevy Chase; David B. Albright. from
Northeast to Bethesda; Harold E.
Moon. from Anacostia to Northeast:
Aubrey L. Maus, from Southwest to
Anacostia: Thomas r. Dunn, from
Truxton Circle to Southwest; Arthur
G. Turner. frem Takoma Park to
Truxton Circle; Luther F. Fowkes,
from assistant at U street to Takoma
Park; Bernard L. Smith, from Temple
Heights Station to assistant at U
street; Linwood F. Hall, from special
clerk at Park road to superintendent
at Temple Heights: Everett w. Har-
kins, from clerk at Woodbridge to spe-
cial clerk at Woodbridge.
Evening star., 1936-07-29
RUSH
DUE AT DEADLINE
District of Columbia Assessors
Office Warns of Penalty
After Friday.

A last-minute rush of taxpayers to
file their returns on tangible and in
tangible property before the deadline
Is reached, at the close of business
Friday, was anticipated today by Of
ficials of the District accessor's office.
More than $4,000 taxpayers had
failed to file returns, due by the end
of this month, it was estimated by
Deputy Assessor Charles A. Russell, In
charge of personal tax assessments.
Only some $4,000 returns have been
filed to date, he sad, estimated that
on the basis of assessments during the
past year there were about that many
more to be made.
Russell recently warned taxpayers
to expect court action as well as
penalties for delinquency II they re-
fused to file returns as requird by
law. The penalty amounts to 20 per
cent of the assessment finally made
by the assessor, plus interest. In ad-
dition, there are court costs II the
District seeks a writ Of mandamus,
as was done in sesRral hundred cases
last year.
Evening star., 1936-07-29

tribution can be had from a story
told Zoo Director William M. Mann
while he was collecting in the East
Indies.
1t seems the natives of an island
of the Fiji group were terrified by
huge monster which had come
ashore there from the sea. They
found his great tracks in the marshes,
heard his strange roar at night, and
finally got glimpse of the creature
Soon the whole island was in an
uproar.
White hunters were dispatched to
the scene and shot a crocodile al
most 80 feet long His nearest natural
home was the Solomon Islands. Wind,
wave and tide had washed this giant
through 1000 miles or more of ocean
Certain species of the crocodile can
run for short distances on two legs,
like the ancient dinosaur On four
legs they lift the whole body from
the ground and sprint with surprising
speed.
For all his menacing characteristics,
however, the crocodile feeds mostly on
fish and avoids man whenever pos
sible
Tomorrow: A widely Travelled
dromeddry.
Evening star., 1936-07-29
Boy, IA, Says He'll Ride Bicycle
48O Miles to Capital-And Does
article In Ohio Paper
Spurs Harry to
Make Good.

Harry Rays reputation for living up
to a boast was safe today among his
pals in Ironton, Ohio, for he has BIZ
cycled all the way to Washington
from his home town-480 miles.
Harry, IA bought new bike last
week. His friends asked what feats he
planned More in jest than in earnest,
Harry said: I'm going to ride to
Washington" Next thing he knew
there was an article about it in the
Ironton paper.
Il couldn't back out then," Harry
said today, resting in the riverside
home of his sister, Mrs. Harry L.
McDonihe, on the Virginia shore Of
the Potomac, near Chain Bridge.
Harrys breeches-stout blue serge
affairs-were worn through from two
and a half days of continued friction
with a bicycle saddle, and Harry
thought he would 60 back by train.
He could have come by train free.
His father is conductor on the
Chesapeake & Ohio and he gets
passes. But he took the hard way.
His reward will be another new BIZ
cycle, promised him by the dealer who
sold him his marathon Steed just
few days ago.
Harry left Ironton at am Sunday,
spent the first night at Grafton.
w. Va, tourist camp after II hours
pedaling and pushed on again at 4
Monday morning. He didn't stop
until he reached Middleburg. Va, at
11:3O pm. that night. There he
slept on bench-"a very hard
bench'-in an Office. He reached his
sisters shortly after noon yesterday.
Didn't you fudge a little and hook
rides part of the way?" Harry was
asked.
No" he said. "only for about half
a mile going up mountain during a
rainstorm.
The young cyclist was forced to
Evening star., 1936-07-29
MECHANICS BACK
At TOUR|SMAN SHOP
Former Strikers Return to
Jobs as Union Plans
Additional Pickets.

With striking automobile mechanics
returning to work at their old jobs in
the Ourisman Chevrolet Sales Co., 610
H street northeast, the Mechanics
Union today placed additional pickets
to proclaim the place unfair to Or
ganized labor"
Reports differed as to how many
mechanics have returned to work.
Ben Ourisman, president of the firm.
yesterday reported "all 26" of the men
who had struck were back on their
old jobs.
Oliver N. Garrison, business agent
of the union local, which is affiliated
with the International Association Of
Machinists, said the union figures
showed that only 13 out of the total of
80 men who struck had returned to
work.
Ourisman explained he had well
coined the men who had struck, but
no agreement with the union had been
made.
The men went back to work under
a modified form of piece work pay,
according to both Ourisman and w. C.
Presgrave, his former service manager,
who had been on strike with the men
since May II, but returned to work
yesterday and was given his old job.
One point on which all seemed to
agree. including union officials, was
that the former strikers who went
back to work by that act separated
themselves from the union. Pres
grave admitted it automatically" let
the men out of the union. Business
Agent Garrison said the men by re-
turning to work dropped their cards"
Formal action to expel the men
listed as going back to work was taken
last night by a meeting of the shop
stewards Of the union.
Evening star., 1936-07-29
D. c. TOURISTS ROBBED

Twenty wild-riding bandits in the
hills Of Hidalgo, 100 miles north Of
Mexico City, swooped down on a car
bearing District of Columbia license
plates yesterday and stole money.
watches and jewelry, according to the
Associated Press.
III The shrill- shouting robbers halted
the car outside the village of Taxco,
and held up six other American auto
mobiles, all from Texas. The Capital
Tourists declined to identity themselves.
Evening star., 1936-07-29
THREE TO SHARE REWARD

For their services in connection with
the arrest and conviction of Ernest
Myers, tri-State gangster, for partici-
patton in the Union Station mail rob-
berry December S, 1888, three WASH
ington detectives will receive cash re-
wards offered by the Post Once De-
partment.
The men are Robert D. Barrett, Van
D. Hughes and Elmer F. Lewis. The
Commissioners yesterday formally au-
thorized them to accept the rewards,
Barrett win bexgiven $225 and Hughej
and Lewis tl56aeach.
Evening star., 1936-07-29
STRIKE AGAINST TIPS

BORDEAUX, France, July 20 R.--
Restaurant and cafe walters struck
here yesterday because they want
wages and not tips.
Hotel, cafe and restaurant workers
do not want to be remunerated by
tips" they proclaimed. This method
of payment IS too uncertain and is an
affront to their professional dignit&S
Evening star., 1936-07-29
Vice Squad Seizes Liquor.

Vice squad officers under Sergt
George c. Deyoe today seized 40 gal
Ions of allegedly untaxed liquor after
chasing a car equipped with a smoke
screen apparatus through Balls court
They arrested Rishard Adams, 20, and
Claude Holmes, %, both colored.
Evening star., 1936-07-29
BY W. H. SHIPPEN, Jr.
+" BIOLOGISTS say this West
7 African crocodile is no man
7 eater. but his keepers aren't
IL so sure.

Ii so sure.
They stay well beyond range of his
tooth-studded jaws, and the sweep of
a tail which can deliver a stunning,
lightning swift blow.
Some Of the huge Nile crocodiles are
capable of dragging a man or large
mammal through the underwater
passages to their dens. They swallow
body, bones and all, and digest it
at leisure.
The crocodile is more active and
dangerous than his American cousin,
the alligator. His snout is usually
more pointed and his teeth are set
differently. He is perhaps the near
est remaining relative Of the great
and fearsome dinosaur.
The ancient Egyptians worshiped
crocodiles of the Nile. They seemed
to venerate them as symbols Of fer
tility because they appeared in large
numbers when the Nile flooded its
rich alluvial deposits over the fields.
Several species of the crocodile are
found in India, the Malay region and
Australia. A clue to their wide dis
Evening star., 1936-07-17
MAJOR FEATURES AND PROGRAM NOTES.

Woods and Gail Sondergaard on Dick
Powelrs Hollywood Hotel program
over WJSV from 8 to 9 pm.
The problems that confront young
couple who believe in individual 1nde-
pendence in marriage will be present.
ed in the dramatization Of Runaway
Marriage" during the True Story Court
of Human Relations broadcast over
WRC at $50 pm. Rita johnson and
Van Heflin will flll the roles of the
clipping college students.
Kreisler's "Stars in My Eyes" from
"The King Steps Out" Bonnie
Sweet Lassie" and Strauss Tales
From the Vienna Woods" are to be
heard during the program starring
Marion Talley. operate soprano, with
josef KoeStnerS orchestra at 9 pm.
over WRC.
Another Of the unusual musical
dramatic recitals featuring Vivian
Della Chiesa, young N. B. c. lyric So
prano, with the talking choir Of Mum
delein College, Chicago, will be pre-
sented over WMAL at $50 pm. Miss
Chiesa and the choir of 16 voices un-
der the direction of Catherine Denny
Evening star., 1936-07-17

with . party tonight as a feature Of
her weekly appearance over wJSV.
Guests at the party will be all the
stars Of the Tavern program, inchd-
ing Walter Woolf King, Lennie Hay
ton and his orchestra, the Tavern
Singers, -Four Red Horsemen and
Rhythm Kings. Each will bring q
musical offering.
One Of the features OF the program
will be a duet by King and Miss
Marsh, Another Candle en- Your
Birthday Cake" Another Mile"
latest composition of the well-known
theatrical producer, Billy Rose, will
feature the Tavern Singers and Or
chestra.
Other numbers Of Friday nights
program will include when I'm With
You." sung by Walter Woolf King and
the -Four Red Horsemen; Honey
suckle Rose" featuring the orchestra; !;
farmers Daughter" sung by the
Rhythem Kings, and Love Is a
Dancing Thing" with the orchestra
and complete ensemble.
The program is heard at o'clock
E. D. S. IT,.
II v X
HELEN V1NSON, the talented mo-
ton picture actress, who in pri-
vate life Is the wife of Fred Perry, No.
l amateur tennis player of the world,
will be the guest of Francis Anthony
Evening star., 1936-07-17
Traffic
CONNECTIONS
RECKLESS DRIVING.


Ralph Il. Cramton, 1912 Thirty
nth street, $25 or 10 days.
FIRST-OFFENSE SPEEDING.
Cliff U. Stephens, s02 Rittenhouse
street, $40.
Freeman Ferguson, 1437 w street,
go.
George Gaydash, 1s45 Nineteenth
street, $40.
Frederick Goats, 1886 Montello ave-
hue northeast, $40.
George P. Sanders, 2701 Fourteenth
street southeast, $40.
LYDIA Howell, 1922 Fifteenth street,
$40.
Harry K. Perry, lat Thomas street,
el0.
Harry H. McFarhn, 1900 Lamont
street, $40.
Benjamin T. Rome, Dupont Circle
Apartments, $40.
Joseph Esposito. 1914 Seventeenth
street, $40.
Earl P. Maier. 1914 Irving street,
$40.
Bennie Mack, As e street, $40.
Lorenzo Robertson, 2507 Georgia
avenue, IS.
John F. Yancey, jr., Maryland. $40.
Frederick Hansen, 1914 Connecticut
avenue, $40.
Charles H. Becker, 13o Webster
street northeast, $40.
John w. Noble, 1923 D street south
east, $40.
Joseph L. Sims, 1108 M street, IS.
Joseph Greco, s27 Hamlin street
northeast, IS.
Malcolm l.. Monroe, Maryland, SO.
lloyd G. Mace, 1922 street, $40.
Evening star., 1936-07-17
CRUSADER To URGE.
CITIZENS TO VOTE.
Commander of Group to
Make Appeal in .
Broadcast.

Fred G. Clark, national commander
Of the Crusaders, will make two more
to members of the radio au-
dience to register and vote in the
coming elections when he speaks from
the studios Of WIKI, Cleveland, to-
night and Thursday, July 80, from
GAS to 10 o'clock. The talks will be
along the general lines of one he made
over the network on July 1 and are
to be non-partisan. WJSV Will carry
the program locally.
u y X X
Joan MARSH, young songstress OF
the Flying Red Horse Tavern"
program, will celebrate her birthday
Evening star., 1936-07-17

Fay on his broadcast tonight at 7:30
o'clock over WNdAL.
Miss Vinson arrived from Europe
this week on the liner Normandie.
She is scheduled to tell Fay just how
her husband defeated Baron Won
Cramm for the unofficial world cham
pionship at the Wimbledon tourna-
ment recently. It Is expected, how
ever, that the program will develop
into something Of storytelling SEN
sation, since Fay is considered no
mean tennis player himself.
The kigh-hearted elf of the ether,
in addition to chatting with Mrs.
Perry, will sing several new songs "a la
Fay" to the accompaniment of Bobby
Dolan's Orchestra.
Evening star., 1936-07-17
PIRATE BAND ACTIVE

American Skipper Reports En-
sounter in Gulf Of California.
GUAYMUs, Sonora. Mexico, July II
Ap.-The commander Of the Sacra-
mento, an American vessel, reported
to Mexican authorities today that he
had encountered pirates in the Gulf Of
California.
The ship captain informed port
authorities that q group Of pirates,
armed with swords and fishing knives,
attempted to board his vessel In Kinc
Bay.
He said he believed his assailants,
who were In q small fishing boat, were
Seri Indians.
Evening star., 1936-07-17

Phelps. will be heard from the Chicago
studios.
Bulls "Sarter Jentens Sonday" and
Am Asking Too Much?" by Himber,
are the selections to be played by
Shandor, romantic midnight violiniSt,
over WMAI at IL pm. Organ accom-
paniment to Shandor'S music will be
furnished by william Meeder.
Evening star., 1936-07-17

Scenes from the Forthcoming screen
production OF Anthony Adverse" will
be re-enacted by Claude Rains, Olivia
de Haviland, Stem Duna, Donald
Evening star., 1936-07-17

A marvellous looking suite, built OF
solid Castle oak Refectory table,
china, buffet, server
and chairs to %T@7 80
match. Drastically
reduced to -