davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1936-12-17

lotte Ward Of Galveston, Tex, had
been active in social circles and in
recent years had divided her time
between this city and ventnor, N. j.
Previously she was widely known in
Charleston, o. c., and Asheville, N. C.
Surviving are three sons, Fftzhugh
Ward Gregg. Atlantic City; Alfred
Pierce Gregg. Philadelphia, and Duff
Merrick. this city; two grandchildren,
Mrs. John Chester Bratten and Miss
Charlotte Louise Gregg of Philadel-
phia, and sister, Mrs. H. F. Ward,
this city.
Funeral services will be held at
1880 am. tomorrow at the residence.
Evening star., 1936-12-17

exhibitors Of distributors Of motion
picture Aims from carrying out Ger.
tain contracts alleged to be in VIOLA
ton OF antitrust laws Of 1890.
Specifically the Government asked
defendants be prevented from insert
ing in their contracts provisions that
no secondf-run pictures may be shown
for an admission price of less than
IS cents in cities where the Interstate
Co. and the Texas Consolidated The
aters. Inc. operate, and forbidding
exhibition of more than one feature
Aim for one admission.
In addition to the Onterstate Co.,
defendants were
Consolidated Theaters, Inc; Karl
Evening star., 1936-12-17

Hoblitselle, r.. ]. o'Donnell. Para.
mount Pictures Distributing Co.. Inc;
vitagraph. Inc; R-K.O Distributing
Corp, Columbia Pictures Corp, United
Artists Corp, Universal FIN Ex-
changes. Inc: Metro Goldwyn- Mayer
Distributing Corp, Metro Goldwyn.
Mayer Distributing Corp. Of Texas.
Twentieth Centry-Fox Film Corp and
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. OF
Texas.
Evening star., 1936-12-17

alley. They dropped the sweater and
fed, too.
Aubrey c. Barnett. 30, of 1924
Harvard street, was robbed Of s64 early
today by two men who knocked him
to the ground with their fists near
Sixth and N streets. He remained at
Garfield Hospital for treatment To a
cut eve.
Evening star., 1936-12-17
FILM CONTRACTS
HIT IN U. S. SUIT
Agreements on Price Charged for
Second. Run Shows Held Viola
of Statutes.
vy the Associated Press.

vy the Associated Press.
DALLAS, December 1.-THE Fed
sral Government filed an application
In United States District Court yes
terday seeking to enjoin the Inter-
Ntate Circuit. Inc. and Il other large
Evening star., 1936-12-17
MRS. CARPENTER DIES
AFTER LONG ILLNESS
Widow Of Philadelphia and De.
troit Business Man Was Active
in Social Circles.

in Social Circles.
Mrs. Charlotte Carpenter, widow Of
Henry Clay Carpenter. Philadelphia
and Detroit business man, died yester-
day after long illness at her home,
1851 Crescent place.
Mrs. Carpenter, the former Char
Evening star., 1936-12-17
Rate Is Boosted.

Postcards carried $500 miles by air
for a cent have reached London from
Johannesburg, South Africa, where the
new rate has just become effective.
Evening star., 1936-12-17

Burial will be private in Rock Greek
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1936-12-17
ATTACKED BY THUGS,
MAN SAVES SELF, SOS
Carpenter Dragged From Parked
Car, Twists Out Of Sweater,
Eacapes.

Dragged from his parked automo-
bile and struck on the head by two
Evening star., 1936-12-17

Linen Factories Busy.
Belgian linen factories are working
full time to supply tents and uniforms
for European armies.
Evening star., 1936-08-30

Washington motorists will be given
chance to test their own driving
faculties in the laboratory by means
of a battery of scientific devices being
brought here for a demonstration In
October, Traffic Director William A.
Van Duzer announced yesterday.
The laboratory will be set up on the
second floor of the Department of
Vehicles and Traffic, Pennsylvania
avenue and John Marshall place,
October IL, and tests will be carried
on for q three week period.
The tests will be given in conjunc-
ton with examinations for drivers
permits, and will be open to all per-
sons interested in uncovering latent
defects in vision or other important
driving faults, Van Duzer said, but
the tests, however. are not to be COM
pulsory.
Most persons believe they are good
drivers, but when they are put to q
scientific test they may find they lack
one or more of the qualities necessary
in a safe driver" he explained.
Those deficiencies may not neces-
sarily be serious, providing the motor
ist knows of them and thus can COM
pensate for them. These tests will
show the motorist just what defects
to guard against"
The demonstration has been ar
ranged through the cooperation OF
~. .koo 10 e,yo Itv 8y Surety C0 and
the instruments were designed by DR..
Harry r. De Silvan of the Harvard
University Bureau for Street Trafnc
Evening star., 1936-08-30
Catholics Would
Erect q Statue of
Christ in Capital
Campaign to Rails e
100000 to Be
Launched Soon.

A Nationwide campaign to secure
$500 900 for erection Of . statue to
Christ in Washington will be inaug-
urated in October, under the sponsor
ship of the Most Rev. John Francis
Noll, Bishop Of Fort Wayne, Ind, it
was learned today,
Omcials of the National Catholic
Welfare Conference here said definite
steps already have been taken to obtain
site for the monument. It was
learned the Fine Arts Commission has
been approached "unofncially" in this
connection, but H. P. Cammerer, its
secretary. said the location for the
statue has not been selected.
only preliminary plans have been
made" Cammerer said. He added the
commission will aid in selecting the
artist for the statue II 1t was asked.
Eminent sculptors will be asked to
submit designs for the statue. which is
to be "of heroic size and symbolical Of
the desire Of the American people to
remain steadfast to the Christian prin-
ciples upon which the Nation was
founded instead of surrendering to the
onrush OF radicalism," conference Of
ficials said.
The month of October has been set
aside for the campaign. 1t is planned
to bring 1t to . conclusion on Sunday,
October IS, 1896. the Feast Of Christ
the King.
Evening star., 1936-08-30
District Motorists viii Get
Chance to Test Driving Skill
Battery of Scientific Devices Viii Be
Brought Here in October for Dem
0nstrati0n, Van Duser Says.

Research, and Profs. Mark A. Day
and Robbins B. Steeckel Of Yale Uni
versity.
One of the devices is the reacto-
meter, q machine which measures the
idividuars reaction time to danger
Statistics show it takes the average
person half a second from the time
he sees impending danger until he
starts to apply the brake.
Another machine measures the
drivers ability to correctly estimate the
approximate speed Of vehicles in mo-
ton, an important factor in avoiding
accidents either in crowded trAfic or
the open road, Van Duzer pointed out.
Two tests will be offered to try the
drivers ability to see. One is to de-
tect susceptibility to temporarily
blindness due to headlight glare and
the other for color blindness.
The fifth device will test the ability
of the driver to coordinate hand and
eye in the steering Of car. In the
steering test the driver is subjected to
all the conditions normally existent
In steering a car at high speed along
q narrow road. while a stop watch
automatically measures the percent
age of time the car is kept In the CEN
ter of the highway.
"The purpose Of the tests Is to make
motorists see their own faults for
themselves. and they will be open to
the general public as well as appli-
cants for drivers licenses" Van Duzer
said.
Evening star., 1936-08-30

A police escort to the District line
an honor ordinarily reserved for visit
ing di1nitaries-was given South
Carolina colored man yesterday after
he had been arraigned In Trafac Court
on a charge of operating his newly
purchased automobile without q
permit.
On the order of Judge Robert e.
Mattingly, the permitless driver
Jesse Marshall-was driven to the Vir-
oinia side Of the Potomac River by
Second Precinct Policeman R. G. Car
ter who had arrested him Friday
night.
Marshall, who came here recently to
drive a truck for q contracting firm.
was arrested at Seventh street and
Florida avenue.
"rIe failed to start his car when the
seo' signal went on" explained Carter,
who was directing trafiic at the inter-
section. II questioned him and found
he had Q South Carolina permit, but
none. for the Distriet-despite the fact
Evening star., 1936-08-30
MAN ON RUNNING BOARD
ROBS WOMAN M0T0RIST
Purse Is Stolen a. Driver Stops
Automobile for Trafdc
Light.

.Leaping on the running board Of her
ear when she stopped for q trafic
light at Fourth and L streets, colored
man last night stole the purse Of Miss
Burnetta Muth Of the Kenesaw Apart
fnents, she reported. She said the
purse contained a small amount Of
change and her operators permit.
Two colored youths were being held
at the third precinct last night in
connection with the theft of radios
from II automobiles.
Stolen over . period Of several
months, the cars, according to police.
were abandoned after they had been
stripped of the radios. which later were
sold to secondhand dealers and other
stores, police say.
The youths arrested identified them
selves as Walter Edmonds, 20, Of the
900 block of Twenty-fifth street, and
william Z. Thomas, 10, Of the $500
block Of ! street. No charges have been
filed against them.
Evening star., 1936-08-30
Tear Is Released
After Bond Is Cut
TOHaIf First Sum
Bail Reduced to $4,000
on SmOke.Screen
Charge.

Held for the grand Jury under an
original bond of $4,000. George r.
(Teddy) Tear, "a. accused Of operat-
ing an automobile equipped with Q
smoke screen, was released yesterday
after his bail was reduced to 5000.
The higher figure, set by United
States Commissioner Needham Q.
Turnage when Tear pleaded not guilty
and waived preliminary hearing. wal
cut by the District Attorneys once
at the request of Tears attorney, VII.
liam A. Gallagher.
Prior to his arrest Friday night ,by
Internal Revenue Bureau agents aftel
q wild chase that ended at Fifteenth
and p streets. Tear had been at lib
erty under . total Of $4,000 bond on
charges ranging from liquor con.
spiracy to assault with intent to kill
According to the Federal agents
Tear laid down q smoke screen as they
chased him along Twelfth, Fourteenth
and Fifteenth streets.
Evening star., 1936-08-30
GREATER ARRESTS
OF DRIVERS URGED
Virginia Legion Commander
Favors Fewer Warnings
to Aid Safety.
By the Associated Press.

RICHMOND, Va, August %
Frank F. Rennie, jr, Of Richmond.
retiring department commander OF
the American Legion, called today for
fewer warnings to reckless drivers
and more arrests" in order to promote
safety on Virginia highways.
To offset q decline In conviction
percentages, he suggested speeding up
court machinery so that offenders
might be promptly tried. Perhaps
with special trafiic sessions in trial
Justices courts until this class Of
offender is reduced to q minimum"
He quoted Division of Motor We
hicle figures showing drop from 64
to 81 per cent in convictions for
driving law violations between 1884
and 1885.
"These reports indicate that fewer
warnings should be issued and more
reckless drivers brought before the
courts" Mr.. Rennie said. THE per-
centage of convictions should be go
ing up, not coming down.
This may make special trafic ses-
sions necessary to expedite the trial
Of these cases until this class of Of
fender is reduced to q minimum on
our highways. A prompt trial for
offenders will be convenience to the
public, including visitors to Virginia.
who disregard the law. and run our
accident totals up, and will save the
police q great deal Of time"
The American Legion In Virginia
launched a Statewide safety program
under Mr.. Rennie's leadership, and
has, in cooperation with the State
Department Of Education, arranged
for the introduction Of an educa-
tional booklet on safety into the pub
lie schools this Fall.
Evening star., 1936-08-30
Court Cipes Colored Driuer
Police Escort to District Line

that the car. which he had purchased
here, bore local tags"
In court, Marshall expressed Wiling
ness to return to South Carolina,
where his permit Is still good.
"If I let this man 80 back to South
Carolina, viii you arrest him again
before he crosses the District hne?"
the Judge asked Carter.
"If see him driving without . per-
NIT, I'll have to-" was the answer.
"AI right" said Mattingly. you
Just get In his car and drive him to the
District line, and then turn the wheel
over to him."
Carter escorted the colored man
from the court room with orders to
watch him out Of sight. and II he
even turns into side road, bring him
back"
Evening star., 1936-08-30
H|T-RUN DRIVERS
NJURE2PERSONS
Three Others Are Hurt in
Accidents Yesterday
and Last Night.

Five persons were injured in traffic
accidents yesterday and last night. two
of them being victims of hit-and-run
drivers.
Orland r. Lilly. l3, of Edmonston,
Md, Is in a serious condition at Cas-
ualty Hospital with possible fracture
of the skull and face cuts received
when the car he was riding in with his
father figured in q triple crash on
Bladenspurg road. The father. Basil
C. Lilly, 50, was treated for cuts and
bruises.
Skids Into Two Cars .-.
According to police, a car operated
by Eugene Martin, colored, Al, of $50
Second street northeast, skidded into
Lilly's car and another operated by
Marion B. Webb, %, Of the l4o0 block
Ames place northeast, in the $500
block of Bladensburg road. Martin
was charged with reckless driving and
Lilly with having no operators permit.
Police are seeking the drivers Of the
automobiles that struck Lemuel Ford,
10, Vi A1V . ctASCt 4iO4 4tAiSooe, WAAO
was hit in the Union Station plaza by
taxicab, and Clinton Talliferro, so,
Of 207k E street northeast, who was
knocked down at Third and G streets.
Talliferro has possible fracture of
both legs and Ford Is suffering from
possible fracture Of the right leg. Both
are in Casualty Hospital.
Woman Is Run Over.
Mrs. Daisy Wilsher, 40. Of 1925
Maryland avenue northeast. received
q fractured pelvis and possible in
ternal injuries when she was run
over in . freak accident by an auto
mobile operated by her husband.
Police say the husband, George
Wilsher, stopped his car on a steep
grade on Potomac street, north Of K
street, to let his wife out. As she
stepped from the car she slipped on a
wet stone. When Wilsher grabbed for
his wife his foot left the brake, and
his wife fell beneath. the car as 1t
started to roll. The front wheel
passed over her body. She was re-
moved to Emergency Hospital.
Evening star., 1936-08-30
"ROOSEVELT FOR ME?"
QUESTION, QUIPS GLASS
That's the Logical Point, Says
Senator, Predicting Reelection
of President.
Nv TIE Associated Press.

BY tie Associated Press.
LYNCHBURG, August Ex-senator
Carter Glass, who was guest tonight
of the Young Democratic Clubs OF
the sixth Virginia district. declared
that in his opinion President Roose-
welt will be returned to the White
House for another four years.
Referring to the national ticket.
Glass continued: 1T seems silly to
me to be asked every time I go to
Washington whether I'm going to
support the President Of the United
States. Why, it would be more logi-
cal, I think, II they'd ask whether the
President Is going to support me. for
he is the one. II any, to be aggrieved
because I differed with him"
Evening star., 1936-08-30
GAMING RAIDS
CONTINUE HERE
Police Intensity Hunt for
Three Suspects in 0'Brien
Shooting.

Intensifying the search for three
men wanted for the recent shooting
Of Joseph E. O'Brien, the special po-
lice squad headed by Detective Lieut..
Clement P. Cox yesterday raided six
alleged gambling establishments in
rapid succession. seized quantities of
numbers slips and horse race betting
paraphernalia, but failed to arrest any
one.
Four Of the raids were made on
establishments on Fourteenth street
within q few blocks of each other. It
was the second police visit to two
places within . week. A total Of IS
raids have been conducted by the
squad.
Raid Cigar Store.
Meanwhile, the police vice squad,
led by Sergt. George Deyoe. raided an
alleged gambling establishment with
. cigar store front" in the 100 block
of street, and arrested Milton Simon,
36, of the $500 block Eleventh street.
Numbers slips and race betting equip
ment were confiscated, Deyoe said.
Simon, the third man arrested on
gaming charges In the past two days,
was released under $4,000 bond for
appearance before United States Com
missioner Needham c. Turnage at
hearing tomorrow.
Two colored men arrested Friday
on gaming charges entered pleas
Of not guilty when arraigned be-
fore Police Court Jude John p. Nc
Mahon yesterday. The case was con-
tinued until September and the two
were committed to Jail on default OF
bond.
Eight Taken in Raid.
The men-Charles Harrison, 80, of
the 900 block Of Third street, and
Jerry Ross, 80, of the 800 block Of
First street-and eight other persons
were taken into custody after Lieut..
Cox's squad raided q newsstand IN
the TOO block of Fourteenth street.
Harrison was charged with con-
ducting q lottery and Ross with per-
mitting gaming. Harrison's bond was
set at $4,000 and Ross at $500. The
others arrested were released. ..
The two places revisited by Lieut..
Coxs squad yesterday were the news
stand in the 1700 block Fourteenth
street and an establishment in the
600 block Of e street, which was
found being remodeled and repaired
for 90 v,hlip n,,ruosAs Jje,1t HoY said
Alleged gambling equipment found
there by police on their first visit had
been either confisicated or destroyed.
Between so and IS colored persons
escaped through the roof, while the
squad was breaking through q door
of an establishment in the 1900 block
of Fourteenth street. The other raids
were conducted in the 1000 block
Fourteenth street. the 1900 block
Fourteenth street, and the 900 block Of
D street.
Evening star., 1936-08-30
BORAH SPENDS S296.75
TO WIN denomination
Sum Includes $47.2O for &C. E.
Wallace" to Urge Attendance
at Idaho Primaries.
Hy TIE Associated Press.

Hy tEe Associated Press.
BOISE, Idaho, August Ex-senator
william Z. Borah spent $29675 to
win the Republican nomination Au-
gust II for . sixth consecutive term.
In his campaign expense report to
the Secretary Of State, the Senate
dean listed these items today: =
Filing fee, 500; kilograms, $500;
gasoline for use in private sSrs,
$46.40; stamps, $l1; expenses Of G.
e. Wallace in urging attendance at
the primaries, $47.20." ~
Asked to identify Wallace. Borah
replied:
IT don't care to say anything else
about that"
Byron Defenbach Of Boise, Town
send Endorsed opponent Of Borah in
the Republican primary, reported ex-
penditure OF $244.75.
The legal limit is 5000.
Evening star., 1936-08-30
Shower Program Closing.
SOVIET FLYERS HALTED

MOSCOW, August 20 (R.-Two So
Wet aviators In q California Moscow
flight were weatherbound today at
Ambarchik Bay, near the Lena River
In Siberia.
Sigismund Levanevsky and Victor
Levchenko, who took OF from San
Pedro, Calf, August S for the flight
to Moscow through Alaska and Siberia,
said they hoped to take on shortly for
Tixie Bay at the mouth Of the Lena
River.
Evening star., 1936-08-30
Air Traffic Academy Ordered.

An Academy for Air Traf1c Re-
search" is to be founded in Berlin
by order Of Herr Hitler. Every year
the academy Is to submit to the Reich
air minister q memorandum which
details the technical state of air trafnc.
The academy IS to have so ordinary
and 100 corresponding members.
Foreign scientists may also become
members.
Evening star., 1936-08-30
PLAY TO CONTINUE
THROUGHOUT YEAR
Many Centers Scheduled for
Operation, Miss Baker
Announces.

Many playground centers will re-
main open continuously throughout
the year, Miss Sybil Baker, District
supervisor of Fairgrounds, announced
yesterday, despite termination of the
intensive Summer playground pro-
gram.
School Fairgrounds which will op-
crate in conjunction with adjacent
municipal Fairgrounds are Burroughs,
Grant, Kenilworth, Raymond, Thom-
son, Monroe, Payne, Phillips and Ran
dali. Bowen and Cleveland also will
remain open and Murch. Janney and
Montgomery will not close until later
in the Fall.
After School Hours.
The following centers will be oper-
ated after school hours during the
Fall months: Bancroft, Benning,
Cooke, Corcoran, lexington Recrea-
ton Center, Hayes, Paul, Wheatley,
Banneker, Burrville. Shaw and Ste
vens. They are expected to reopen
on September l.
AL municipal pldySTOunOS Will Op-
crate without interruption, as in pre-
vious years, and two new grounds
Judiciary Square and Kenilworth Rec
reation Center, have been added to
last years list.
Tennis fans are informed that Reno
Courts, on the reservoir at Thirty.
ninth and Donaldson streets will re-
main open to the public as long as
the weather allows. Permits are avail
able at the playground ofices in the
District Building.
Shower Program Closing.
The shower program conducted this
Summer at 80 stations will close Sep
tember 2. Its success, according to
Supt. of Pools James Christian.
son, insures re-establishment dur
ing the heat Of the coming Summers
At 2:30 pm. Monday exhibits oi
handiwork will bring to an end tn.
Summers program at Congress
Heights, Hardy and Cooke Play
grounds. Exhibits will be held during
September by the Fairgrounds remain
ing open.
Evening star., 1936-08-30
HELD IN GAMING RAID
Police Arrest Milton Simon at
Street Cigar Store.

k0llCS k144kOA 0AA4ASo ~
I Street Cigar Store.
Raiding an alleged gambling estab-
lishment with . cigar store front"
in the 1100 block Of I street today,
the police vice squad arrested Milton
Simon. 36, Of the $500 block Eleventh
street. He was charged with setting
up q gaming table.
sergt. George Deyoe. who led the
raid, said o quantity of numbers slips
and horse race betting paraphernalia
was seized.
Simon was released under $4,000
bond for appearance before United
States Commissioner Needham G.
T,rnase for . hearing Monday.
Evening star., 1936-08-30
Historic Hill Marked.

The ancient Gallows Hill by 1nvera-
raw Castle, Scotland, where the dukes
once administered summary justice,
is today marked by q mound with a
tree on it on q small golf course.
Evening star., 1936-08-30
Tobacco for Sheep Wash.

Tobacco Is also used as . sheep
wash for the destruction Of insects
which infest the fleece.
Evening star., 1936-08-30

No. Establishing a pre-
cedent yesterday at the tu-
neral OF Secretary OF War
George H. Dern. A squadron
of four drmored cars of the
mechanical Cavalry detdch-
ment at Fort Myer leads the
procession instead OF the ira
ditiondl chargers. This UdS
q tribute to Mr.. Dern's fight
to giDe the Army all modern
UeaponS.
No. 2-Mrs. Franklin D.
Roosevelt, representing the
President, and Capt. W. L.
Richey, an aide, Leaving the
church.
No. 3-The croDd at Union
Station, 1Uhere the body OF the
Secretary 1uas shipped to Salt
Lake City. - Underwood e.
Underwood and HarrtS-E,0ing
Photos.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1936-08-27
WHAT NExr7

Despite the recent reorganization Of
the Publicity Department Of tho Re-
publican National Committee, its pro-
duction of false and fantastic stories
continues at an even greater rate
than before. The former head Of the
Department was let out for no worse
offense than ineptitude and making
the committee look ridiculous. His
successors not only repeat his inepti-
tudes but add to them by issuing DEM
onstrably false statements.
On August I the Publicity Depart
mont of the Republican National Com
mittee released in Washington state
ment which said:
"New Deal pressure is being put on
Indiana business men having contrac-
tual relations with the WPA to pay
sums ranging all the way from $50 to
$2503to defray the cost of propaganda
to be distributed in that state in the
guise of PWA advertisements. II
was called "shskedown."
Immediately on publication Of this
release Secretary Of the Interior
Ickes. Public Works Administrator.
made the following statement:
"a thorough investigation of this
absurd charge shows that a Republi-
can newspaper, the indianapolis News.
an ardent supporter Of Governor Lar
don, has solicited advertising from
contractors who hold contracts with
various Indiana municipalities for tho
construction Of public works projects.
The Public Works Administration has
no control over this Republican news-
So this charge kicked back into tho
faces Of its projectors.
Learning nothing from this expert