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Evening star., 1936-08-02
RETIRED POSTAL CLERK
OF LONG RECORD DIES

Robert N. c. Riker, IA. retired Gov
ernmsnt clerk, who established serv-
ice record by working So years in one
division Of the Post Office Depart
ment, died yesterday at his home,
1920 Newton street northeast. He had
been Ill about q month.
Beginning work as a youth in the
Topography Division Of the depart
ment, Mr.. Riker continued there un-
til retired four years ago. He was
commended for his long service by
the Postmaster General.
He was a native of Boonton, N. j.,
and was member of the Republican
Club there. He is survived by a
daughter Mrs. Bessie Tansill of this
city, and two grandchildren. His wife
was the late Mrs. Hattie Hull Riker.
Funeral services and burial will
be at Boonton Tuesday.
Evening star., 1936-08-02

Cinnamon came as a gift to Presi-
dent Roosevelt, who turned him over
to DR.. Mann.
The Zoo director and Mrs. Mann
took the sickly kitten into their home
and nursed him back to health.
For months the Manns fed the little
fellow every three hours. day and
night, on warm milk. cod liver oil
and specially prepared meats. When
he grew large, vigorous and playful,
Cinnamon graduated to the Zoo.
The caracal of the big, hair-tufted
ears is native to most of Africa and
Southwest Asia. His principal differ
ence from the American lynx is his
long tail.
Cinnamon was only tiny kitten
when he arrived in Washington in
October of 1884. 1t was said he came
all the way from Africa on a diet Of
cornmeal mush and whisky, but look
at him now!
Tomorrow: The nina bird,
pise-cracking Oriental cousin OF
the starting, who, when inter-
Die,oed orer the radio. exclaimed.
"So's your old man"
Evening star., 1936-08-02

Leaning against a guppy tank, he
began a recitation Of his findings,
"a fisherman down in Arkansas"
he said, told Of the jazz fish, So
called because he fished for it with
q photograph. He played a record
and the fish came to the surface and
shook itself to death"
Orsinger said this tale was not true.
A true story was that of the rubber
tired fish which had rubber roll
about its body. D. j. Dewland of
Salida, Calf, caught it and the rub
ber roll turned out to be rubber
washer that had stuck to the fish
until it grew into its scales.
"And then" continued Orsinger,
''there is the proven story of the dia-
mond fish. Lacy Kilgore and John
Gentry, Knoxville, Tenn, fishermen,
were cleaning q 10-pound bass and
found Q $500 diamond ring In its
mouth"
orsinser then related how oapt.
Evening star., 1936-08-02
Coat Proves Clue
To Man Reported
Lost IL, Potomac
". p. n. Clerk Believed
to Haze Gone Orer-
board from Steamer.

Police last night still were search
ing for the body Of a young man
reported to have gone overheard from
the steamer Potomac on a river ex-
cursion Friday. They believe they
have identified him from a coat found
on the boat deck.
At an address on q laundry mark
IN the coat. several persons identified
the garment as belonging to w. P.
A. clerk who had moved there about
three weeks ago from an address in
the $500 block of Beecher street.
When the steamer docked Capt
Phillip Barbour said he had been
notified that a man had gone over
board a few minutes before and
started to swim toward Hains Potn..
1t was feared he had drowned, but
the search for the body was fruitless.
Evening star., 1936-08-02
STILL
PUSH BOOK SALES
Ask SIS to $10O for Volume
From U. S. Employees to
Finance Campaign.

The Democratic National Committee
evidently intends to continue through
out the campaign to send its circular
letter asking loyal administration
supporters" to buy, for sums ranging
from $5 to 500, the Democratic Book
Of 1885,"
A request for IS was received yes
terday by an emergency bureau worker
who previously received letter asking
$40. The first request was sent to a
former address in a better neighbor-
hood than that in which she is now
living.
One $10,000-a-year New Deal Office
holder was asked to pay 500 for the
magnificent" book, which forms q
record Of party activities and trumphs,' -
according to prospectus sent with
the letter.
This method Of campaign fund rails
ing was inaugurated during the Demo-
cratic National Convention o., in Phila-
delphia IN June.
I'm not kicking" said the recipient
Of the double request. "It's a lot less
than an employment agency would
want. I'm ready to 60 along with it
100 per cent"
The prospectus presents picture of
the Capitol at night above the italic
announcement: 1T is ready for you.
Dramatic-graphically illustrated doc
ument of achievement"
8DroooaIc un fy,fn fko
campaign fund.-" it is stated in larger
type at the bottom of this first sheet.
The blurb inside declares:
From its colorful pages leap articles
Of surprising interest, contributions Of
historic value from the inspired pen
Of famous writer's. Cabinet members,
departmental heads, business leaders
and other nationally known men and
women are In the list Of authors"
Evening star., 1936-08-02
warning IS JAILED
IN BOOTLEG WAR"
ATTACK ON 0'BR|EN
Three Others Still Sought.
Suspects Seized While
Walking on G Street.
SEVEN MEN BELIEVED
INVOLVED IN SHOOTING
Trio Held in Case Free on Bond.
All Principals in Liquor
Conspiracy Trial.

Charles Richard (Rags) Warning
was arrested yesterday as the fourth
man in the so-called bootleg war
shooting of Joseph E. O'Brien July 81.
Police, however, still are searching
for three others alleged to have par
ticipated in the attack. Warning,
sought since the day of the shooting,
was seized by Detective Sergt. T. M.
McVearry as he walked on G street
near Seventh. He told the officer
he had been out of the city.
Taken to headquarters, Warning was
questioned by Inspector Bernard w.
Thompson, chief of detectives. His
attorney, Charles E. Ford, was called
and within half an hour $4,000 bail
had been posted for Warnings release.
The charge placed against him was
assault with intent to kill.
Three Others Out on Bond.
The three others charged with as
saulting O'Brien also are at liberty on
bail. They are Samuel S. (Monte)
Montgomery. Joseph Bond and George
F. Tear. All three figured as prin-
cipals in the liquor conspiracy case
which was tried in District Court last
March. Montgomery, Bond and Tear,
together with 13 others, were con-
victed. The three are under bail in
that case while it is being reviewed
by the United States Court OF Ap-
peals.
According to the police theory OF
the O'Brien shooting, seven men in
three automobiles participated in the
attack. Inspector Thompson said
OBrien, who is recovering in Provi-
dence Hospital, identified Warning as
the man who struck him down with
the butt of revolver before the
shooting began. The incident oc-
CURED during the early morning in
front of q cafe in the 200 block OF
Pennsylvania avenue southeast.
Warnings arrest yesterday was the
tenth time he has been taken into Gus
tody since 1921. He is 26 years old
First Charge in 1882.
The first charge placed against him
was on March 6, 1882, when he was ar
rested f0r Transporting LquOT ne
paid a $3.50 fine A few days later he
was charged with possession OF liquor
and paid a $3.50 fine.
The next appearance of Warnings
name on the police records was on
November Z, 1888, when he was ar
rested in connection with a shooting
in a night club at Tenth and U
streets and charged with murder. The
grand jury declined to indict him.
On May 3, 1884, Warning was in
dicted as an accessory after the fact
In the murder of Ernest E. Nelson,
colored, in q house in the 1400 block
of P street. A colored man pleaded
guilty to the killing and the indict-
ment against Warning was nolle
pressed.
In August of 1884 he was arrested
on a disorderly conduct charge and
forfeited IS collateral. Twice this
year police had taken him into custody
but released him after questioning.
Evening star., 1936-08-02
BUS SSURVEY DATA
HELD MISLEADING
Roberts Asks Utilities Body
to Disregard Monroe
Street Plea.

Accusing the Capital Transit Co. of
making use of misleading and in
accurate" testimony on proposals for
taking westbound buses of Monroe
street northeast. Peoples Counsel Will
liam A. Roberts yesterday asked the
Public Utilities Commission to dis
regard entirely survey data offered
by the company.
During the recent hearing on the
question of rerouting some of the
Rhode Island avenue buses, William
Bennett, assistant to the president of
the company. stated 3l2 QUESTIONABLE
cards had been distributed to patrons
OF the buses, to gain their views.
Cards Left at Store.
Roberts now informs the commits
sion he has testimony that some so
of the cards were not distributed on
the buses, but were left at drug
store for any one to sign who wished,
whether bus patrons or not.
Bennett's report showed that 1s9
cards were returned with the state
ment that no change was desired, that
11S urged shift of some Of the buses
to Lawrence street and 122 to Newton
street, between Twelfth and Twenty
second streets.
Pharmacists Letter.
Roberts, who championed the re-
routing plan as counsel to Monroe
street residents who wanted some Of
the bus traffic taken off that street,
based his charge on a letter from
Homer A. Hall, who operates Halls
Pharmacy on Monroe street at
Eighteenth street northeast. Hall
stated that some representative of he
transit company" brought about so
Of the referendum cards to his store
and left them on q table so they
would be available to the public.
Hall signed one Of them, by request,
to urge retention of both east and west
bus traffic on Monroe street. He said
he now favors Q change.
Evening star., 1936-08-02
MRS. NICHOLS RITES
TO BE HELD MONDAY
Funeral Of Alexandria Woman
Will Be Held From Resi-
dence at 10 AM.

b Staff Correspondent Of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, August L.
Services for Mrs. Roberta Gaines
Nichols, II, widow of Charles w.
Nichols, who died yesterday at her
home, 1924 Duke street, after weeks
illness, will be held at the residence
at 10 am. Monday.
Mrs. Nichols leaves one daughter,
Mrs. Conway Brawner. with whom she
lived; q grandson, Conway Brawner,
jr., and a sister, Mrs. Walter Simpson,
Purcellville.
The funeral will be conducted by
Rev. John Paul Tyler, pastor of the
Warrington Street Methodist Church.
Burial win Be In IVY HIN Cemetery.
Evening star., 1936-08-02
Rv the Associated Press.

bv the Associated Press.
"RED ORSINGER of the United
l. States Bureau Of Fisheries has
launched a campaign to COM
L. bat the theory that fishermen
tell tall tales.
IT get sick and tired" he said, "of
hearing people say, oh, that's just
another fish story why, it's unjust"
Orsinger, who directs the bureaus
aquarium in the Commerce Depart
ment Building, explained that he had
investigated nine fish stories collected
at random and found seven of
them true.
That's a batting average Of TIL"
he said, land if that isn't good Ill
swallow that black bass raw"
Evening star., 1936-08-02
.S24,259 EMPLOYED
IN CIVIL SERVICE;
117,1O3 IN CAPITAL
Both Figures Approach Peak
of World 'War-SpeciaI
Group Not Included.
NATIONAL PAY ROLL
TOTALS $129,847,167
Increase of 6,4O3 Workers for
June Over May Listed in
Report.

The Civil Service pay roll for the
executive branch Of the Federal Gov
ernment in the District increased from
103,453 to 117,103 employees during
the last year, as the rolls throughout
the Nation reached their peak since
the World War Greatest number
ever recorded for the District was IT.
76O on November II, 1918. Armistice
day. -
The Civil Service Commissions re-
port listed q total of 824,259 civilian
employees in June, with q pay roll of
$l29, ,847,167, as compared with totals
of 717,7l2 employees and a pay roll OF
$l09, ,295, ,603 in June. 1885, and 66l,-
O94 employees and a $9l, SAC, ,859 in 1884.
The national peak on Armistice
day was 917,760 employees. The COM
missions report for June, 1896. did
not include 24,178 employees hired
under special letters of authorize
tion," with pay roll Of s1,l73,469.
6,4O3 Gain in Month.
The report also included an IN
crease of 6.403 employees for June
over May of this year. caused by the
regular Summer season increase in
the Engineer and Quartermaster
Corps of the War Department and
the National Park Service The
months largest reductions came in
the Veterans Administration and the
Home Owners Loan Corporation.
The net gain of 6,403 employees in
the executive branch during June was
accounted for by the Commission as
follows: A gain of 1886 in the regu-
lar agencies, making the total therein
632,006; loss of 1,726 in the new
agencies, making the total 47,754, and
a gain of 2,279 in the emergency agen-
cies and agencies under the works
program, making the total 144, ,499.
The Treasury Department. largest
of the executive units, jumped during
the year from 1886 in June, 1895
here in the District of Columbia tc
$4,000, June 80 of this year.
The White House fuctuated by only
one employe, having 43 last June, and
- this year.
Commerce Department Drops.
The Department of Commerce
showed a substantial decrease ovel
the year here in the District, falling
of from 6,746 last June to 1882 thi.
June.
The Navy Department decreased
here in Washington during the yeal
from 11.176 to 10,983.
The Interior Department was or
the upgrade here, increasing from
1881 last year to 1901 this year. A
new building for this department i.
now nearing completion.
The National Recovery Administra-
ton, which has disappeared com.
pletely from the list this year, hac
on the rolls last June 3451.
Heavier work at the Veterans Ad.
ministration, due to distribution q
the veterans bonus this June, wa.
reflected in the increase in its per.
sonnel from 5,073 here in the Distric
last June to 7,117 here this June.
The Agricultural Adjustment Ad-
ministration has taken a considerable
drop in numbers here, falling from
5,616 to 4,610.
A gain Of more than 1000 Is regis
tered over the year by the office oi
Federal emergency administrator OF
public works, which jumped from 2, ,36t
to 3,315.
Evening star., 1936-08-02
BY W. III. SHIPPEN, Jr.
S@ ONT move noW-1 think
in 81 llkixarx

BY w. H. SHIPPEN, Jr.
EH ONT move now-I think
the caracal is stalking
- you"
Director William M.
Mann of the Zoo spoke as casually
as if he was asking his guest to have
another glass Of lemonade.
The guest. however, didn't move.
Out of the corner of his eye he could
see the caracal crouched on the radio
in DR.. Mann's apartment. The AZ
rican lynx was glaring at the guests
exposed ankles, in their loud socks.
"Yes," said DR.. Mann, Cinnamon
might snag a hole in those nice socks.
Here, Cinnamon. here kitty!-nice
kitty, don't chew the gentleman's
socks"
To the guests relief, DR.. Mann
caught up the crouchfng cat and
stroked him. Cinnamon began to
purr.
But all this was before Cinnamon
developed those sharp teeth and strong,
plant body. He was just a kitten
then, weak and threatened with rick
cts after his 47-day journey from
Swaziland, Africa, in a box.
Evening star., 1936-08-02
MIDSHIPMEN'S CONCERT
PROTESTED BY UNION
American Federation of Musicians
Objects to Performance Slated
for Baltimore.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, August 1.-Frederick
r. Huber, head of the muanicipal de-
partment of music, said today the
American Federation of Musicians
had complained about scheduled
concert by the Naval Academy Band
here the latter part of this month.
The union, Huber said, was un-
willing to grant permission for the
concert in order to protect union
musicians in Baltimore. Huber said
he wrote union officials that the con-
cert would be free and would not
supplant any concerts by union men.
Evening star., 1936-08-02
TOMATOES RIPENING
SIecisl Dispatch to The Star.

LEONARDTOWN. Md, August l.
st. Marys County's tomato crop will
be ready for marketing August IS,
leading growers declared here today
as they predicted profitable yields.
With few canneries located here, most
of the product will be sent to the
Eastern Shore for canning. Several
farmers plan to ship tomatoes IN re-
frfgerator cars and trucks 10 Florida.
Evening star., 1936-08-02

planking to prove swordfish had at
tackled his boat.
A yarn about the Prince Edward
Island beazle fish was branded untrue.
This fish," said Orsinger, was sup
posed to live off the hum of hum
ming birds"
"That," he added, 'is the kind of
thing we got to break up"
Evening star., 1936-08-02
SWISS SOCIETIES
TO HOLD FESTIVAL
Affair Tomorrow to Commemorate
645th Anniversary Of Ma
tion's Independence.

The United Swiss Societies of Wash
ington will hold a festival tomorrow at
the Bieber Farm, Four Corners, Md.
to commemorate the 645th anniver-
sary of the celebration of the inde-
pendence of Switzerland.
United States Attorney Leslie c.
Garnett will be the guest of honor,
Evening star., 1936-08-02

Law School faculty, will offlciate as
master of ceremonies.
Greetings of the Swiss Federal Coun-
ell are to be presented by DR.. Eduard
Feer, counselor of the legation and
Charge d'Affaires of Switzerland.
About 800 persons are expected to at
tend the affair.
The committee in charge includes
Hans Kirehhofer, chairman; Mrs. John
BraSser, Mrs. Ruth Pryor, Mrs. Ger
trude Hoadley. Mrs. J. Vaucher, Fred
Widmer. Rudolph Siegrist and Her
man Feurer.
Evening star., 1936-08-02

and DR.. Charles
Pergler, dean of
the N ito n a l
University L a W
School, will make
the principal ad-
dress. He will
compare consti-
tutional govern
m MT in he
United S t a t e S
with the Swiss
system. Godfrey
L. Munter, presi-
dent of the Swiss
Benevolent So
ciety and member
Evening star., 1936-08-02
Fish Yarns Rate High
Seven in Nine True on Tests by Fisheries
Bureau Expert.

Victor Goularte Of San Diego. Calf,
sailed his ship Rajo into port with a
piece Of bone sticking through the
Evening star., 1936-08-02
D. c. REVENUE CUT
. AS PARKING LOTS
. GROW DOWNTOWN
Assessments on Property
Reduced, but Owners
Get More Income.
$3.50, 900 A YEAR SPENT
FOR PARKING PRIVILEGE
1876 Spaces Downtown Turned
Over to Renters After Build.
ings Are Removed.

This Is the first OF a series of
four articles onalyzing the parking
lot situation in Washington.
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REGIN HERE TO-DAY

Kay Dunn, pretty young nurse,
applies for a job as stewardess on
Overland Anyways. In the Over
lard office she encounters Ted
Graham, veteran pilot, who flies
the trans-Pacific route. Largely
due to Graham's Intervention, she
is accepted for a trial period.
Two other girls, Doris Lee and
Alice Miller, are accepted on the
same basis.
The three girls begin their pre-
hminary training. Doris is first to
win a regular job. Alice surprises
the others by announcing her
marriage to Chuck Jones, a pilot.
Kay is assigned to the western
division, flying from Reno to San
Francisco. She meets Monte
Blaine, who is to fly the Pacific
route with Ted Graham. Together
they watch Graham make a land
ing in the big trans-Pacific liner.
Graham apparently is pleased
to see Kay again, though he
speaks to her only briefly, then
returns to work.
NOW co ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER VIII
Kay awoke with the wish that
she might fly down to the beach
and find Ted Graham there, hap
PLY awaiting her. But it was the
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sun. streaming through the win
dows of the Girls Club, that
greeted her when she was wide
awake. She jumped up and ran
to the window, looking down the
bay to Ship Harbor where the
Mariner lay. glinting in the sun.
This was her day! One day out
of ten she could break the routine
of her twice-daily flights as stew
ardess on the Overland Anyways,
to spend a day and night in Oak
land. Her plane left at sos for
her home port of Reno, high up
beyond the Sierra Nevada range
on the fringe of the desert.
Standing in the shower, she
sang Last night she and Monte
Blaine had danced until 3, but
She felt completely fresh now
after her sleep. She decided to
lounge in her room until time to
90 to the airport. Monte had
promised not to call. He had paid
assiduous court to her for the past
as hours, and she had told him
he positively could not have an
other minute of her time. Monte
was impulsive-a bit too much
so. =,
Just then the telephone jingled
KAY frowned and thought, "Pl
tell him a thing or two" She
wrapped the huge towel about her,
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SECOND
GUESSING
By Nj. M. QUARTERBACK

from nowhere to crash into the
play-off. The Grey's are getting
the best pitching seen in the lea
que all summer with Paul Duncan
on the mound. In addition to
pitching, Grey's fielding has also
improved. The addition of Byers
at third base has helped the in
field, and in the final yesterday
with the Juniors the outfield play
ed sensational defensive ball. Lon
Brookshire's men are also hitting
the ball. The club hit .222 in the
three games against Doc Trotter,
who had the most impressive
pitching record in the regular sea-
son.
Without question, the Barbecu-
ers have the strongest lnfleld IN
the league. McCarson behind the
bat strengthens the battery de-
partment, and Mitch Byers has
stuff on the ball. The Barbecue
outfield has been little irregu-
lar, but there is no material weak
ness in this department. The team
hit $50 in the two games against
Rotary. -,
So the final series looks like
this. Grey is stronger in pitching.
barbecue has the edge in the in
field, and Grey looks hair
stronger in the outfield. There is
little difference in the hitting
power of the two teams, with
Barbecue having possible edge
at the bat.
1t should be a great series and
we give the Greys the nod. This
prediction is based largely on
! Duncan's mound ability.
The hard ball series on Satur-
day should produce some of the
best pitching seen all summer.
Donald Parker, whose pitching
record is well known, has been
added to the Mills River lineup,
and will probably start the first
game. He will be up against
"Red" Smith, the smart Green
River hurler, who uses his head
as well as his arm.
The series is somewhat des-
perate for the Mills River team
with Green River already holding
two-game lead and Manager
Wilson will have to shoot the
works in the first game.
Being an ever-ready neck-hang-
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A644
.,,.%zl.-lZHm-
INTRODUCING MR.. QUARTER
RACK, SPORTS AUTHORITY

With this issue Inc llNles-Ne""
introduces to Hendersonville sports
fans an internationally known
snorts expert, Mr.. Monday Morn
ing Quarterback, who, from time
to time, will survey the field OF
snort for the benefit of local fans.
To most fans Mr.. Quarterback
needs no introduction. He is one
of the most colorful and best
known commentators on sport,
especially that fall pastime-toot-
ball.
During the coming months, from
his vantage point atop the tlzz
fountain at Jackson's drug, ne
will be in a position to survey the
football races and his comments,
it is believed, will be of much
help to local fans.
In doing his daily bit for the
local fans he will have the assist
ance on particularly knotty prob
lens of Senator Robert Lee Whit
mire, well-known local sports au-
thority, who last season picked the
winners in all of Cardinals games
except the Duke game, and other
local authorities.
It is fortunate indeed that Mr..
Quarterback arrived at this par
ticular time, since he will be in a
position to warm up for the fall
season with timely comments on
the finals of the softball league
and the Henderson county LIT
tie World Series"
His work in the field of sports
has brought Mr.. Quarterback wide
recognition. For picking Notre
Dame to down Northwestern last
season, he was made president OF
the famous Neck Hanger Outer
club.
BASEBALL, HARD AND SOFT
Hendersonville is in for plenty
of baseball this weekend. After
a one-day rest the soft ballers will
resume play on Friday with the
up and coming Grey's Mill team
meeting the fast fielding Barbe-
cuers. Then on Saturday the Lit
tie World Series takes up where
it left off last Saturday.
The soft ball final packs plenty
of punch. The most improved
team in the league is the Grey
outfit, which apparently came
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him the Junior got around to
third again but failed to score as
Jack McGriff cut off a sure single
with a beautiful rolling catch of
Bennison's smash.
The game was one of the best
played on the local field this sea-
son. Both team splayed jam-up
ball and sensational fielding cut
off many hits.