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Evening star., 1936-10-31
Mai. Br0,vn KnO,vs Halloween
Temptation and Prays for Raii,
Remembers That He Vas Once a Boy
Himself, but Says Shameful Yam
daIisn, Viii Be Punished.

who are supposed to annoy on oc-
tober 81 only.
Those who soap automobiles will
be dealt with severely tonight If
caught" Maj. Brown said. The soap
is caustic and does permanent damage
to paint. fact he does not believe
most young persons know.
Citizens victimized with broken
windows and airless tires last year
have been asking for special protec-
ton for a week. Maj. Brown said. A
man in Georgetown reports that boys
are already throwing pies at him.
Concerning this outrage Maj. Brown
remarks that citizens intolerant about
noisy games in a neighborhood are
likely to suffer on Halloween.
Party Plan Succeeds.
Immunity from witchcraft Is in
sured suburban owner OF a shop
with lots of windows by a bribe of
two annual parties to the young of
his section-ice cream and cake in
Summer and weenies in the Winter.
A drug store proprietor tells Maj.
Brown that he gives so cents to the
gang dictator of his corner a day or
so before Halloween, and that no soap
decorates his plate glass, nor does he
find it in splinters on the morning of
November l.
The downtown parade, planned
primarily to tone down residential
section mischief, abets it instead, Maj.
Brown says. More persons leave their
houses unprotected. returning home
to find plants uprooted and hedges
broken. Mai. Brown believes that
separate celebrations in each COM
munity might be more effective as q
means of preventing property damage
Every police officer in town will
work extra hours tonight, with all
leaves and days of Cancelled. While
269 Metropolitan police will manage
the parade, only 10 precinct officers
will be drawn downtown for duty
tonight. suburban sections having
been left incompletely protected last
year with unfortunate results. Two
hundred District National Guardsmen
will assist police along the line Of
march.
'"WeM do our best to round up van
dals tonight" Maj. Brown concluded.
But in the meantime I am praying
for rain"
Evening star., 1936-10-31
Chauffeur ARRESTED
ON GAMING CHARGE
Employe Of Miss Violet Biddle
Accused of, Writing "Num-
bers" for Servants.

Theodore Brock, 2s. colored chauf.
feur and houseman for the socially
prominent Miss Violet Biddle, 1928 @
street, was to be arraigned before
United States Commissioner Needham
G. Turnage today on charge Of set
ting up . gaming table. He was ar
rested yesterday at his employers home
and later released under q 81, 500 bond.
Sergt. George G. Deyoe Of the police
vice squad made the arrest. Brock was
writing numbers" for other servants
In the neighborhood, Deyoe said.
Miss Biddle declared her servants
arrest was q "frame-up." Employed
by her for the last three years, he was
described - mess reliable man."
Evening star., 1936-10-31
RETURN ROOSEVELT.
IS EDISON'S PLEA
Inventors Son Sees "Confict of
Two Fundamentally Different
Beliefs"
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Charles Edison, son Of the inventor
and president of Thomas A. Edison
Industries. last night urged re-elec-
tion OF President Roosevelt. He en-
phasized. however, that he did not
wish to influence the vote of any of
his employees.
The inventors son, who Is resting
at White Sulphur Springs, w. Va,
said he believed the great issue" of
the campaign was based ION the con-
f1ict Of two fundamentally different
beliefs"
On one hand, he said, there were
people who believed in survival of the
strongest, while on the other hand
there were those who "agree with the
President, who said that we must
Wage warfare against the erim ira
dition that every man must look out
for himself, that he must fight
against his fellowmen from cradle to
grave for his bread, for his livelihood,
for everything that makes life worth
living, no matter how handicapped by
misfortune or circumstances and that
he must wage this fight without q
helping hand from the State to aid
him"
Edison said he believed the differ
ence between the two viewpoints was
such as to cause us to move back
wards toward barbarian thinking and
methods or move forward toward a
higher civilization"
Since 1920, he added, "the trend
toward the law Of the jungle has been
tragically evident throughout the
world, but in America, under q new
leadership. q reborn Nation Is being
vitalized."
Evening star., 1936-10-31
VIRGINIA BLUE LAW
UPHELD BY COURT;
MOVIE MEN FINED
Alexandria Police Judge
Rules Theaters Not Work
of Necessity.
ONE OF OPERATORS
PLANS TO APPEAL
Jurist Says Legislature and Not
Tribunals Is Proper Forum"
to Argue Law.
b . Stan Correspondent of The Star.


ALEXANDRIA, Va, October ST.
Upholding Virginia "blue laws" in re-
gard to operation Of motion picture
theaters on Sunday, Police Court
Judge James r. Duncan today found
two theater operators guilty Of vio-
lating the law, as the result of a
test case conducted by briefs.
Harry A. Wasserman. operator of
a theater for colored people, was fined
IS for showing motion pictures at
his theater on October 4. Edward
Pinkham. proprietor of a theater in
Potomac, was fined $40 for opening
his theater last Sunday while the test
case was pending.
An appeal to the Alexandria Cor
poration Court will be taken in the
case Of Wasserman, his attorney,
Charles Henry Smith, announced.
Not "Work of Necessity"
In his decision, Judge Duncan ruled
that conduct Of motion picture busi.
ness on the Sabbath Is not work
Of necessity" and thereby is in VIOLA
ton Of the statute originally passed
in l779 and amended as late as 1882
He pointed out that operation OF
theaters was not included as an ex-
ception to the law when 1t was re-
enacted in 1882. The recent re-en-
actment states: This section shall
not apply to furnaces. kilns. plants
and other business Of like kind that
may be necessary to be conducted on
Sunday, nor to the sale Of gasoline. OF
any motor vehicle fuel, or any motor
oil or oils"
1T is not the function Of this court
to inquire into the wisdom of legis-
lative acts of our Legislature, but
merely to interpret the law as pro-
mulgated." Judge Duncan set forth.
Few Of us will contend that the
word necessity in modern times
meant the same in 1779 as it does to-
day, or rather that which might have
been unnecessary in 1779, the year
this section was made law by our Vir-
ginia Legislature. may be necessary
today" he declared in answer to At
torney Smiths argument that the
day and time" require the operation
Of theaters on Sunday.
Legislature" Proper Forum.
Judge Duncan concluded his deci-
sion by quoting from the brief of
Commonwealth Attorney Albert v.
Bryan: If the defendant believes
that the day and time require the
operation Of his theater on Sunday,
then the proper forum for his argu-
ment Is the Legislature and not the
courts"
Pinkham was fined SO because his
offense was considered "of a more
aggravated nature" in that the viola
ton occurred while this case was
pending" the judge explained.
While the test case has been pend
ing during the past month, the Alex
andria Woman's Club, Alexandria
Ministerial Association, Womens
Christian Temperance Union and
several Parent-Teacher Associations
have adopted resolutions in opposi-
tion to the operation Of motion pic
lures IN Alexandria on Sunday.
Evening star., 1936-10-31
A|RP0RTLEGALW WAR
TO CLEAR UP TITLE
IS URGED BY |CKES
Cummings Urged to Act to
Insure Claim to Area
Used for RunWays.
IMPROVEMENTS TERMED
PREJUDICIAL TO PARKWAY
National Park Service Already
Has Twice Warned Airport
Authorities.

Whether the Justice Department
will engage in a protracted legal bat
tie with the Washington Hoover Air
port to protect the interests Of the
United States in the title dispute over
the strip of land on which new run
way extensions have Just been COM
pleted was a question today for Attor-
ney General Cummings to decide.
Court proceedings were urgently
recommended" by the Interior De-
partment, it was announced yesterday,
on the ground that continued occu-
pancy of the land by the airport with
out recognition Of the claim Of the
United States is "prejudicial" to the
interests Of the Federal Government
in connection with "the development
of the George Washington Memorial
Parkway"
Warned Twice Before.
Twice before the National Park
Service. which claims jurisdiction
over the disputed strip, had warned
lating property rights Of the United
States in its expansion program. These
protests being Of no avail, legal attor-
neys for the Park Service brought the
matter to the attention of Secretary
1ckes.
In Ickes' absence a letter was for
warded to the Attorney General re-
questing him to proceed under the act
OF 1912, which enables the Govern
ment to quiet title to lands where
there are other claimants. Although
Acting Secretary w. c. Mendenhall
approved the letter early this week,
1t has not yet reached the Attorney
General. 1t was not approved. how
ever. without long and careful con-
sideration on the part Of Ickes' legal
staff.
The airport controversy is tied up
with the District of Columbia -Vir-
ginia boundary dispute, to clarity
which Congress set up a special COM
mission, and on whose report there
has been no final action.
Backed by Court Decisions.
In the letter to the Justice Depart
ment it was pointed out that the land
In question IS claimed by the United
States under various decisions of the
Supreme Court and is under the juris-
diction Of the National Park Service.
This department appreciates the
need Of an adequate airport for the
city OF Washington" the letter stated,
"and has offered the Washington Hoo
yer Airport the use of the land lying
between Alexander's Island and the
Virginia shore under revocable lease
or permit. The airport officials have
refused to enter into any agreement
whereby the control of the land in
question by the United States would
be recognized but are continuing to
occupy and improve this area despite
the objections Of this department"
Evening star., 1936-10-31
F. DARBY WARD DIES
ON VISIT TO RELATIVES

GAITHERSBURG, Md, October
Sl.-F. Darby Ward, IS, son of the
late Carson Ward Of this place, died
yesterday in Pocomoke City, Md,
where he was visiting relatives.
He is survived by his mother, Mrs.
Carrie e. Ward Of Gaithersburg, three
sisters, Mrs. Kenneth Mccullough Of
Waycross, Ca: Mrs. Joshua M. Lank-
ford of Pocomoke City, and Mrs. Fen
ton Kephart Of Washington, tand two
brothers, George and Robert Ward, Of
Gaithersburg.
The funeral will take place at 2
pm. tomorrow from the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. George Ward here, burial
to be in Forest Oak Cemetery, Cath
ersburg.
Evening star., 1936-10-31
TWO HUNTED IN THEFTS
One Victim Loses $35, Radio
Tubes, Six Fried Oysters.

Two colored men, about IS, who
are believed to have robbed five per-
sons In different parts of the north
west section last night, were being
sought by police today. The descrip-
ton given by each of the victims tai
lied closely.
From Herbert Carlisle, 81. of 222
@ street. they took $35 in cash, four
radio tubes and six fried oysters; from
Louis walker, 1886 Girard street, $4
and watch; from Ernest c. Morris,
So, Of 2728 Woodley place, $18 in
cash; from Samuel Harris, colored.
927 N street. SIS. and from Preston
Morrison, So, colored, 1249 Sixth and
q Half street, 81.
Evening star., 1936-10-31
Expecting a Baby?
Invitation to See Film at Columbia Hos
pital Extended to Mothers.
ISV YOU'RE expecting q baby.
" aren't you?" said q social
worker calling on Mrs.
Il Jones

" aren't you! SdIu . SOCIAL
worker calling on Mrs.
Il Jones.
"Yes," said Mrs. Jones. ats my
first, and I'm so afraid he'll be un-
healthy or subnormal in some way.
I see so many children who are de-
formed or sick, that can't help fear
ing all the time that maybe mine will
be too."
why don't you join our Mothers
Club at Columbia Hospital? 1t meets
every Wednesday afternoon to instruct
mothers in the care Of themselves and
their babies. We teach mothers how
to have healthy babies"
The scene shifts to Columbia Hos
pital on q Wednesday. A moving pic
ture Is being shown in the basement.
Nov in washing the baby, be sure
not to use strong soap, and be doubly
sure you don't allow q draft in the
room where babys being washed" the
nurse said, as she pointed to the
screen where healthy boy was hav-
ing q bath.
I'm the next film you will be shown
exercises which you should take be-
fore and after your child Is born"
Mrs. Jones, you're a newcomer.
aren't you?" said the nurse, after the
meeting. "Your baby can be just as
healthy as anybody else's If you'll
follow our advice. You saw in the
movie how to take care of yourself
before the birth of the child-the ex-
ercise you should take, the food you
should eat, the amount of rest you
should take, and the clothes you should
wear. Don't forget what you've seen
concerning the care of the baby and
yourself after he's born. Well see you
next week, and If there's anything
wrong before then, Just call the clinic
and we'll tell you what to do"
Three months later John Jones, jr.
Is born-a fine, healthy baby boy
weighing eight pounds. Mrs. Jones is
doing well and is sold on the Mothers
Club, and especially the movies. Those
movies had shown her far better than
words what to do and how to do it.
The use of movies for instructine
mothers Is an innovation developed
by Miss Linda Woods, head Of the
clinic at Columbia Hospital.
The pictures, so far consisting of
two 16-minute reels, begin with dem
onstrations Of the proper care for an
expectant mother and for mother and
child after childbirth.
The clinic has formed a Mothers
Club. Women are asked to join by
a system Of written cards and a fol-
low-up service by social workers.
In the clinic itself, children are
placed under the care of a pediatri-
Evening star., 1936-10-31
PARENTS LOCATE CHILD
WHO WENT FOR STROLL
Patsy Foss, 4, and Doll Cause
Anxious Moments by Going
Exploring.

Four year-old Patsy Foss, I'LL East
Capitol street, was back home today
after giving her parents a few anxi-
GUS moments yesterday by wandering
of with her rag doll to see what she
could see.
The child was found strolling down
Massachusetts, avenue northeast and
taken to the Receiving Home, where
she was located a few hours later by
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert
FoSs.
Patsy knew her first name. but
couldn't remember her last. The
mother was told where to find the
child when she called the fifth pre-
cinct to report Patsy's disappearance.
Evening star., 1936-10-31

Because Maj. Ernest w. Brown,
superintendent Of Metropolitan police
used to unhinge gates and move porch
benches from one house to the other
on Halloween eve in his own youth
he understands the temptations Wash
ington boys are feeling today.
But I never destroyed property
nor did any malicious thing" Maj
Brown adds. And hope that young
people of the District have a grand
time harmlessly tonight and sponge
out the shameful record of last year,
when $l,93l.3l was the sum paid by
the Potomac Electric Power Co. alone
to replace broken street lamps"
Then. remembering he is a police
executive and forgetting he once was
small boy, Maj. Brown went on I'd
nullify that hope with another, name
ly, that the heavens will pour rain
right after the parade tonight, and
that all potential mischief makers
will be driven to cover.
Resisted Many Temptations.
Near Auburn, N. Y, where Maj.
Brown lived when he was a little boy,
wagons were sometimes elevated to
the roofs of barns on All Saints eve,
he says. Horses and cows were kid
naped from their stalls, necessitating
livestock hunting expeditions around
the countryside the next day. But
Maj. Brown never engaged in such
nefarious practices. He limited him.
self to promenading in costume with
a pumpkin lantern, q sport he recon-
mends highly for District boys and
girls tonight. Children prowled the
streets with bags of flour in those days,
tossing handfuls on passers by, an
other pastime Maj. Brown resisted.
Last year on Halloween, probably
the widest in the history Of Wash
ington, Maj. Brown was bombarded
with both confetti and lighted Gig
arettes when he drove down F street
in uniform. He points out that con-
fetti is agains. regulations. although
they are literally interpreted on holi-
days. A challenge was flung 10 the
superintendent only few nights ago,
when two emergency no parking
signs were placed In his home drive
way on P street. jumping the gun
on the witches astride broomsticks
Evening star., 1936-10-31
TO SELECT ADMIRALS
Line Election Board Also to Pick
Navy Captains.

About half q dozen new rear ad-
mirals and an undetermined number
of new captains will be picked by the
Line Election Board, which will con-
vene at the Navy Department on
November 80, the Navy Department
announced yesterday.
The personnel Of the board has
not yet been made public. A special
board of medical examiners can be
convened at the request Of an of
ficer up for selection. If his medical
record indicates possible unfitness for
promotion. under regulations.
Rear Admiral Adolphus Andrews,
chief of the Bureau of Navigation, Is
dispatching circular letter con-
corning the new board to all ships
and stations Of the service.
Evening star., 1936-10-31
PLAYERS TO CELEBRATE

Participants and judges in the re-
cent one act play tournament will
celebrate its conclusion with q ban
quet open to all drama lovers at Wes-
ley Hall, 1703 K street, tomorrow at
pm.
Speakers will be Mrs. Adelaide Hib-
bard and Day Tnttle. There will be
musical selections by Miss Margaret
Osterwald Of the Roadside Thea
ter. Denis e. Connell will be toast
master. Reservations are handled at
the Community Department.
Evening star., 1936-10-31

when he slipped
( m a girder
and fell IS feet
while at work
on a construc-
ton job at Bos-
ton street an d
Linwood avenue.
He died Of q
broken neck and
fractured skull.
Wesley Obier, ,
So, Of HOT N
street, was con-
fined to EIner-
gency Hospital
today for further
nhseruafinn after
Evening star., 1936-10-31

doctorate of sacred theology. con-
ferred by the Holy See. Pietro Car
dinaI Fumasoni- -Biondi, then apos-
tolic delegate to the United States,
made the presentation.
Msgr. Burke Is the author Of Life
and Literature" He edited st.
Theresa, an Autobiography" and
translated from the French Duperrays.
Christ in the Christian Life Accord
Ing to st. Paul." Angers' ''The Doctrine
of the Mystical Body of Christ" and
Claudel's Stations Of the Cross"
Evening star., 1936-10-31
AUTO DEATHS DECLINE.
1905 in 43 Weeks, Against 7,7o1
in Previous Period.

Deaths from automobile accidents in
l3l large cities during the first 4s
weeks of this year were reported by the
Census Bureau today at 7,308. COM
pared with 7,7o1 in the corresponding
1885 period.
For the week ended October -.
deaths were 220, compared with 237 for
the same week . year ago.
Evening star., 1936-10-31
STUDENT ON PAROLE
IN ANTIQUES THEFT
Justice Gordon Acts on Price Case
on Recommendation of
Probation Of3icer.

William c. Price. 1s-year-old high
school student, who was indicted for
the theft Of $4,000 worth Of antiques
from the home Of Mrs. Mary H.
Macarthur, sister -in-law Of Maj. Gen.
Douglas Macarthur, was placed on
probation today by Justice Peyton
Gordon Of District Court.
Young Price pleaded guilty last week
and his case was referred to the pro-
baton officer. Justice Gordon's action
was based on the report of that ON
cial. He sentenced the boy to one to
three years Imprisonment and sus-
pended operation Of the penalty.
Mrs. Macarthur told police the
antiques were stolen from her home
at 1854 Kalorama road while 1t was
leased to Prices mothers About half
the articles were recovered from .
dealer IN antiques
Evening star., 1936-10-31
WORKMAN KILLED,
ONE HURT IN FALLS
Wesley 0bier, SO, Feared Victim
OF Spine Fracture in Accident
at 5000 First Street

A Washington construction worker
met death in an accident at Balti-
more yesterday, while another was
injured seriously in fall here.
At Baltimore, a man identified as
Harry Erkenbrack, AZ, of 925 Fifth
street northeast was killed instantly
Evening star., 1936-10-31
BAND CONCERT.

By the Soldiers Home Band IN
Stanley Hall at 5:30 pm. today. John
s. M. Zimmerman, bandmaster; An
ton Pointner, assistant bandmaster.
Program.
March, ''The Drummer Boy of TO-"
Ellis
Overture, Bohemian Life"
Bergenholtx
Scene de ballet. la Source" -Delibes
!. Pas des Echarpes.
q. Scenes d'Amour.
3. Carnations.
l. Danse Circaseienne.
Scenes from the opera eva "---Lehar
Moroccan, "The Butterfly Ballet"
Schulz
valse petite, 'Lullabye"- -Zameonik
Finale, 'De Molay Commsndery"-Ha
The star spanglsd 1snusr."
Evening star., 1936-10-31
TWO GET HERO MEDALS
Langley Field Sergeants Reward
ed for Courage in Blast.

Two Army sergeants attached to
the Langley Field air force were
awarded Soldiers Medals by the War
Department today for heroism dis
played at Langley Field August 81 in
preventing property damage and pos
sible loss of life from an exploding
fare.
They were Staff Sergt. Willie D.
Norris and Sergt. M. Musser, both
attached to the goth Bombardment
Squadron. General Headquarters Air
Force.
Evening star., 1936-10-31
SCHOLARSHIP OFFERED
Columbus U. Gives A. f. @. e.
Lodge Award for Law School.

Columbus University will give .
law scholarship to Internal Revenue
Bureau Lodge of the American Fed
Grafton Of Government Employees. 1t
was announced last night at the Hal
loween party Of the lodge at the Play
house.
The award was made known by
John Fitzpatrick, dean of the school.
and candidates must have completed
four-year course in an accredited
high school to qualify.
The lodge Is conducting q member
ship campaign. and will likely give
the scholarship to the member who
helps most In this.
Evening star., 1936-10-31

having suffered possible fracture of
the back when he fell from the first
floor to the basement of a residence
in which he was working at 5302
First street.
Obier also was injured about the
head and the left hand. He fell
through the flooring inside the house.
First aid was administered at Walter
Reed Hospital and then he was re-
moved to Emergency. His condition
Is undetermined.
Evening star., 1936-10-31
WOMAN TO GET $2,40O
Consent Verdict Entered Against
D. C. for Accident Victim.

A $2,400 consent verdict was en-.
tered in District Court today for Miss
Ada Tanner, 1910 Nineteenth street,
against the District government,
which she charged with negligence
in failing to keep the sidewalk at r
street and Connecticut avenue in
proper repair.
Through Attorney Robert E. Lynch,
she told the court and jury that the
Districts negligence caused her to
fall in . depression in the sidewalk
and suffer serious injuries.
Evening star., 1936-10-31
|N.F. PUSHES LODGES
Campaign Aims at 1oo, 900 Mem
bers by Time Of Convention.

DeIH Uy 1IIIe VI SoHVeHt0H'
Continued progress in the cam
paign to establish 1000 lodges with
l0O, 900 members by the time of the
twentieth jubilee convention next
September is reported by the Ma
tional Federation of Federal EN-
ployes.
Four new lodges have been char
tered-Burwood, La; North Woods,
Wis; Muskogee, Okla, and Hunting
ton, w. VI.
Evening star., 1936-12-26
R. r. HoLLNGswoRTH. Atty.

DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED
States for the District Of Columbia. Hold
ing Probate Court.-No. 49.036. Admins
trationlThis is to Give Notice That the
Subscribers. who were by the District Court
Of the United States for the District Of
Columbia granted letters testsmentary on
the estate .S 1f Flora welch
Court of the United States for the District
OF Columbia. holding a Probate Court. ap-
pointed Monday. the 11th day of January.
1897. at 1000 o'clock A. M, as the time
and said Court room as the place. for
making payment and distribution from said
estate under the Courts direction and con-
troll when and where all creditors and per-
sons entitled to distributive shares or
legacies. or the residue. or parts thereof
are notified to attend. in person or by agent
or attorney duly authorized. with their
claims AGAINST the estate properly, vouched.
RHTIoNAL :fSs NE MGrRopoirrAN fAsnS BASK ioF 81
WASHINGTON. BY HAROLD A. KERTZ.
THEODORE COGsWELL. Register Of wills
for the District Of Columbia. Clerk of the
Probate Court del0 9R-la9