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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1936-08-20
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Mr.. and Mrs. Olcn Broadwater, Of
Akron, Ohio, are visiting the latter's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. C. ]. Otto.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. H. Broadwater and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Parker Warwick
and daughter, Mrs. AIthea Beachy
and family and Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd
Wampler spent Sunday at the home
of Charles Layman, at Longstretch.
Miss Jane Benchoff, Hagerstown;
and Miss Mabel Twigg, of Oldtown;
spent the weekend with Mr.. and Mrs.
Lorraine Otto.
Miss Marion Martin, of Gilmore, is
spending her vacation at the home of
M. E. Martin.
At the Reformed church on Sunday
the service will be conducted by Ken
meth Plummer, a student at Western
Maryland college.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Broadwater,
and Mr.. and Mrs. S. L. Otto spent
Sunday at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Cecil Broadwater, at Barton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon Warwick, of
Cresaptown, were visiting in this
community on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. Wampler spent
Sunday with friends in Avilton.
Miss Dorothy Fresh has returned
home after spending two weeks with
relatives in Akron, Ohio.
Mr.. and Mrs. Forrest Felix and
daughters and Miss Phyllis Hinkle, of
Johnstown, spent the weekend here
with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. C. George, Mr.. and
Mrs. Earl George, DIR. and Mrs. E. E.
Sollars, Misses Mary Sollars, Eliza
beth and Dorothy Lohr and Jean
George, all of Deer Park, visited Mr..
and Mrs. Lorraine Otto on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Asa Fresh and daugh-
ter Dorothy, Mrs. S. L. Otto and
daughters Eileen and Bernice, Mr.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1936-08-20
To Hold Shaffer Reunion

The twelfth annual reunion of the
Shaffer clan will meet at the Jesse H.
Shaffer home, Horse Shoe Run, w.
Va, on Sunday, August 80.
All relatives, friends and neighbors
are invited to attend, bring a basket
filled with things to eat. Harry C.
Moon is secretary of the organization.
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night for Philadelphia where they
will spend some time. -
Mrs. Annit Reppert and daughter,
Mrs. Edward Curran had .as. weekend
guests Edward Curran and w. P.
Wamsley and family, ofhPittsburgh.
Guests this week OF DIR, and Mrs.
w. Blake Love We're Mr.. and Mrs. D.
B. Wykoff, Mrs. Hazel Manson and
Harley Kah, all of Sidney, Ohio.
Miss Peggy Powell, John Washing
ton and Alvin Williams, all of Clarks-
burg, motored here and spent last week
at Allenhurst Cottage. 49,,
Mrs. R. L. O'Neil, Fairmont, and
Mrs. George Peddicord, :Clarksburg,
visited Mrs. Frank Murphy and her
sister, Mrs. Bessie Zahn, this week
Mrs. Zahn, who has been. quite ill, is
improving. .a... 49,, .:
Mrs. George Dubois, St. Paul, Mimi,
is guest of Mrs. w. D.. Searle and
Mrs. o. D. Hill. On Wednesday Mrs.
Searle entertained with.a delightful
luncheon in honor of Mrs. Dubois.
Mrs. Paul Bennett, Mechanicsville
Md, who has been the guest of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Ream
returned to her home Monday night
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Crisis have as
house guests Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Evening star., 1936-07-09
D. c. Fairgrounds
ABREAST Of TREND
Miss Baker Reports Results
of Survey in 2,24
Communities.

District Fairgrounds have kept
abreast of trends throughout the
United States during the past year, it
was reported yesterday by Miss
Sibyl Baker, supervisor of District
Fairgrounds. on the basis of a survey
of 2,204 communities made by the
National Recreation Association.
Increased interest In swimming,
golf and ice skating In the past year
has resulted in doubling the facilities
for those sports throughout the
country.
The leading sports in Washington,
according to Miss Baker, were base
ball, soft ball, tennis and horse shoe
pitching. Base ball drew 10000 par
ticipants; soft ball, $500; tennis, 5000,
and horse shoe pitching, $500.
Six thousand children and 600 adults
studied handcrafts under playground
supervision last year.
Playground facilities here have
grown from 26 municipal and SO school
grounds in 1926 to SO municipal and
50 school Fairgrounds. Wading pools
in the same period have increased
from to IA.
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Dancing in Street
To Be Inaugurated
At EUipse Monday
Thousands Of Young
People Expected to
Join in FrOIic.

Street dancing, popular as Fed
eral project in New York and Brook
Iyn, will be inaugurated in Washing
ton Monday evening on the Ellipse be-
tween Fifteenth and Seventeenth
streets.
Thousands of young people are ex-
pected to frolic then, from to IL p.m.,
10 the music of the Federal Music Pro-
iect dance band unit Of the District.
The band will use the Rambling Thea
ter truck as a platform. Space on the
Ellipse will be roped of after the pave
ment has been rosined and waxed.
The Office of National Capital Parks
Is cooperating with Anthony F. Mer-
rill, manager of the District w. P. A.
vaudeville unit, to make dancing in
the street" q popular diversion during
the Summer. There will be dancing
space for 5000 people.
In New York and Brooklyn, three
Federal orchestras are playing every
week to crowds approximating 10000
dancers. The District Of Columbia
musicians have played for $4,000 per-
sons In c. C. C. camps and local in
stitutions In the past five months.
Evening star., 1936-07-09
$500 IN RUGS TAKEN
FROM ISTREET HOME
$500 Postal Bonds, Clothing and
Radio Set Among Other
Loot of Burglars.

Three rugs, valued at more than
$500, were stolen yesterday from the
home of Winfield T. Smith. at 2008 I
street. A duplicate key was used by
the burglars.
Beulah Lundy, 1928 Eleventh street,
reported to police that burglars forced
the rear door of her home last night
and took $500 in postal savings bonds,
a quantity of clothing and portable
radio.
A strong box containing 500 and
several pieces Of jewelry were stolen
yesterday from the apartment of
Sylvia Deane, at 1000 Cathedral ave-
nue., by a thief who used duplicate
key, she reported.
Baldwin A. Hopkins of 1888 Eight
eenth street asked police to help him
find q billfold containing 1922 which
he left on the counter of store while
shopping. Hopkins said he forgot the
billfold, and on returning learned it
had disappeared.
Evening star., 1936-07-09
W.P.A. FUND HELD.
USED MAINLY FOR
FEDERAL WORKS
CIeary Cites AIIotments for
Improvements at Navy
Yard and Boiling.
TUBERCULOSIS CAMP
LARGEST SINGLE ITEM
Project at Bald Eagle Hill to
Cost $4,000 When
Completed.
Most of the Works Progress Admin

Most OF the Works Progress Admin
istration funds allocated to the Dis
trict went for Federal instead Of local
projects. according to q statement
issued today.
Aubrey Williams. deputy w. P. A.
administrator, said that the District
has undertaken Is projects costing
$751; ,252. William c. Cleary. local
deputy administrator. explained that
most Of these were allotments for i'm
provements at the navy yard and
Boiling Field. work that is under way.
The biggest single local project
classed as a public building under
taking is the children's tuberculosis
camp at Bald Eagle Hill in Southeast
Washington. When completed it will
cost $4,000.
In addition the W. p. A. has con-
structed some small buildings at
Gallinger Hospital and a number of
small structures at various play
grounds.
Maryland Has SO Projects.
Maryland has had So projects cost
ing sl,513,015 and Virginia 2l0 costing
$l,134,0l9.
These figures are Of April IS, and
with them, Williams released a report
as of June 20 which showed that
12.797 persons here were receiving
Federal work wages. OF these, 1854
were employed by the Works Progress
Administration; 1892 in C. C. c.
camps and 2,7sl by other Federal
agencies involved In relief work. The
Maryland total was 28,100 workers,
and that for Virginia, 53,324
This report showed also that follow
ing q steady decline beginning Febru-
ary 20, the employment load of w. P.
A. nationally reached 2,26s,542 on
June 20, the lowest point since large
scale operations began last Fall.
Drought Effects Unknown.
The number of employees carried by
the entire works program was at a
new low for 1886 on the same date.
with 3,338,267 receiving work relief
wages.
Williams reported the effect of
drought relief on employment totals
for the Summer was undetermined.
Returns of workers to private pay
rolls has been responsible for much
Of the reduction from the 3,036.00o
peak during the last week of Febru-
ary. Williams reported.
Evening star., 1936-07-09

Her long arms are fine equipment
for a flying trapeze.
Hannah and Jiggs were only year
old when received in July, 1882. They
were native to the deep, swampy for
ests Of Sumatra and Borneo.
Their name. "orang-utan, is Malay
for man Of the woods
The orang- -utan, like the gorilla, the
chimpanzee and the gibbon, belongs to
the family of great apes. In his native
forest the orang-utan builds sleeping
platforms Of sticks and twigs high in
the treetops and shelters them over
He lives on fruit and vegetables and
is swifter than any Tarzan scurrying
over the forest roof.
Terrestrial locomotion, however, is
another matter. Hannah and her
family run on absurd, short legs, bal
ancing themselves on their nuckles,
awkward as a fish out Of water or a
buzZard on a rock.
Hannah, the young widow, might
very well dread the future For the
orang-utan's face is handsomer in
youth than old age.
Tomorrow: Danger, the great Ben
gal tiger, tDhose UhiskerS are Uorth
a fortune back in the Suntatran bush
Evening star., 1936-07-09
ARTHUR J. LUCHS,
ARTIST, DIES AT 49
Conductor of Correspondence
School Succumbs to Heart At.
tack-Funeral Tomorrow.

Arthur ]. Luchs, 40, who conducted
the Washington School of Art. a cor
respondence institution, died yester-
day at his home, 2844 Connecticut
avenue, Of heart attack.
Luchs, who was born here and
educated in local public schools, was
q brother Of Morton Luchs, partner Of
the real estate firm of Shannon g.
Juchs. He was a World War veteran.
His art work, outside his school,
was done chiefly for his own amuse-
ment. He spent most of his Sum-
mers in New England art colonies.
Besides his brother Morton, he Is
survived by his father, Joseph Luchs,
and two other brothers. Sylvan and
Wallace Luchs. Funeral services will
be held at 1890 am. tomorrow at
his late home. Burial will be in the
Washington Hebrew Congregation
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1936-07-09

elected vice chairman; Harry E. Wells,
secretary-treasurer, and James v.
Boyer, honorary chairman. The post
of honorary chairman was created in
recognition of Beyer's service on the
Central Committee since 1884. Col
poys said he is probably the oldest
Democratic committeeman in point
OF service in the country.
Committee Appointed.
A committee composed of william
MCGUIRE, Howard Stafford and Walter
Bramhall was appointed to co-ordi-
nate the work of all Democratic
organizations in the city. This COM
mittee will call meeting around the
first of August to map a campaign
plan for State Democratic groups, five
organizations Of Young Democrats,
the women's organizations and the
Colored Democratic Club, headed by
DR.. Frank o. Williston.
Colpoys also named committee to
register those willing to donate the
use of their automobiles to transport
absentee voters to Maryland, Penn
Sy4fdllId dklO NCW JCloCy Ol ClcCGiOIl
day. This committee also will endeavor
to arrange for reduction in rail and
bus fares for other home going voters.
A third committee was appointed to
arrange for the services of 100 public
notaries, and another group was as
signed to the task of soliciting the
services Of volunteer speakers to cam
paign in Maryland and Northern vir-
ginia.
Drive to Last 10 Weeks
"Our actual campaign drive will last
about 10 weeks, beginning September
15," Colpoys said. I'm the meantime we
are making all the preliminary ar
rangements necessary to get out the
more than $4,000 absentee voters here.
Their vote has been the decisive fac
tor in State contests in the past and
we intend to have them all lined up
for this year."
Mrs. J. Borden Hartman. national
committeewoman, who was elected .
vice chairman Of the Democratic Ma
tional Committee during the Philadel-
phia convention, and National Com.
mitteeman Malcolm 8. McConihe at
tended the meeting.
Evening star., 1936-07-09
BY w. H. SHIPPEN, JR.

Henna haired Hannah, the jungle
widow, is something of a fraud.
She steals a lot of sympathy from
soft-hearted people who think she
pulls that long face on account Of
Jiggs.
Poor Jiggs. He passed away Winter
before last because he took pneumonia
and wouldn't listen to the doctors.
Hannah mourned him for at least a
week.
Then she frightened up, combed
her hair and began to take nourish-
ment. They say she even eyed the
eligible old bachelor Soko, but that's
only gossip.
Hannah herself had bad head cold
at the time of Jigg's fatal illness. The
doctors had hard time pulling her
through because she hated to have her
nose sprayed. They had to stand of
and shoot the spray in Hannah's gen.
eral direction, hoping she would inhale
enough to survive.
Hannah is playful, for all her sad
countenance. There is nothing she
likes better. unless it is banana, than
a romp with her keepers.
Evening star., 1936-07-09
TWO DIE, 6 HURT
IN AUTO CRASHES
Marine Private and D. C.
Man Lose Lives on Vir-
ginia Highways.

A Washington man and a Marine
Corps private were killed and six other
persons were injured, two seriously,
in crashes on Virginia highways yes
terday and early today.
The dead are Norman Bragg. 90. of
608 Tenth street southwest, and Pvt
Joseph Brunotsky. jr., IS, of Waynes-
burg. Pa. attached to the Marine
Corps School at Quantico.
Mitchell Howard. 600 Independence
avenue, was reported in serious con-
dition with head, eye and body in
juries. while the condition of Pvt
Edmund J. Connolly. jr., 20. of Cedar
hurst. N. Y, also stationed at
Quantico, was said to be critical.
Bragg, who was one of five Wash
ingtonians riding in machine that
went over an embankment near
Fredericksburg after figuring in a
three-car crash on the Richmond
Washington Highway. about II miles
north of Fredericksburg, died of chest
injuries about three hours after the
accident.
Besides Howard. others In The car
with Bragg were Walter Smith. Miss
Nellie O'Neill and Mrs. Myra Bragg,
all of the Tenth street address. Their
injuries we're said to be minor.
The crash occurred. according to
an Associated Press dispatch. when
the Washington car, said 20 have
been driven by Smith, collided with q
machine operated by w. A. Dufey,
also of Washington. and truck oper-
ated by Lother Sanford of Denmark,
S. C.
Pvt. Brunofsky was killed when an
automobile in which he, Pvt. Connolly
and Pvt. James C. Upton, 81, OF
Washington, were riding crashed into
o concrete abutment on the Rich
mond Washington Highway near
Woodbridge early today.
Pvt. Connolly, who was said to
have been driving the car, was taken
to the Quantico Post Hospital, where
he was reported in an extremely criti-
cal condition late this morning. Ma
rine authorities withheld the nature
Of his injuries.
Pvt. Upton, who is attached to the
Marine Corps School, escaped with
slight injuries.
Evening star., 1936-07-09
CHEVY CHASE BANK |
PREPARES TO PAY
FINAL DIVIDEND
Depositors to Be Paid in Full
When Checks Are
Available.
STOCKHOLDERS PLEDGE
MAKES MOVE POSSIBLE
1892 Persons to Get Money Early
Next Month, According to
Present Plans.

Checks are being written to pay
1892 depositors of the closed Chevy
Chase Savings Bank a dividend of
20 per cent, thus bringing the total
payments up to 100 per cent.
The checks are being prepared in
the Office of the receiver. Cary A.
Hardee, but no time has yet been
set for distribution. Payment probably
will begin between August and
August Is, it was indicated today.
Payment to depositors in full was
made possible through cooperation
of the stockholders through a COM
mittee headed by Paul Sleman, at
torney. The stockholders pledged suf-
fcient cash, which in addition to the
funds on hand in the Office of the
receiver, makes it possible to COM
plete payment. Waivers of interest
by depositors helped the plan.
When the depositors are paid, the
assets, which are the last remaining
slow resources of the bank, will be
turned over to the stockholders for
liquidation.
Cash Now on Hand.
Status of the Chevy Chase Bank,
as disclosed by the quarterly state
ment of condition June 80, made
public today, shows the receiver now
has $127.751 SO in cash.
Total unsecured liabilities owed to
depositors at the date of suspension
Of the bank March 6, 1888, were
37,467.02. OF this, depositors have
proved claims on S677,71875. Divi-
dends of so per cent have been paid
in the total sum of s542 1904
Stockholders will turn over enough
cash to build up the sums on hand
sufficiently to pay all depositors in
full
Meantime, Receiver Hardee's office
also completed the statement of con-
dition of the Federal-American Ma
tional Bank and Trust Co. for the
quarter ended June 80, showing re-
manning assets of $2,850.19752, and
cash on hand of $1,270,647.23.
Receiver Wins Court Move.
Much interest centerS in this bank
now on account of the recent victory
of the receiver in the Court of Ap-
peals here, upholding the receivers
right to collect 100 per cent assess
ment against stockholders. The deci-
sion was in the long pending case of
the Davis Trust Co. of West Vir-
.ginia, which had contested the right
of the receiver to collect the assess
ment.
The report shows the receivership
has set aside s1,646,3707l for reim-
bursing the Reconstruction Finance
Corp. for its loan of S2,348, ,425.97, but
adjustments on interest, it is under
stood, have pulled the r. F. c. loan
down to around 100000.
Depositors of the Federal
have received the first dividend of
SO per cent, paid in 1888, when the
Hamilton National Bank opened
Total collections by depositors on this
have amounted so far to $4,177, 1874.
The total unsecured deposit liability
in this bank when it suspended in
March, 1888, was S9,332,24587.
Whether this receivership can pay
another dividend depends now largely
on the eventual outcome of the Davis
stockholder case.
Evening star., 1936-07-09
court TO DECIDE
# PM BALL GAME
IS within Law
Garnett and Attorney for
Distributor Agree on
Friendly Suit.
POLICE ACTION AND
PLAYING ARE HALTED
Attorneys for Agencies to Confer
With U. S. Attorney Monday
on Proposed Suit.

A friendly" trial in equity to test
legality Of the "pay-off" pinball game
was tentatively agreed to today by
United States Attorney Leslie C. Gar
nett and Attorney William r. Lichten-
berg. The latter represents one of the
largest distributors of the pinball ma
chimes in Washington.
At . conference with Garnett to-
day, Lichtenberg indicated he and
other attorneys for pinball agencies
would file an injunction petition Mon
day against police seizure Of the ma
chimes and cooperate in bringing the
case to an early trial in District Court.
Garnett, it was said. agreed to stop
police action against the machines
until after Monday and Lichtenberg
was to seek to halt operation Of the
games pending court decision.
Conference Monday.
Attorneys for the pinball agencies
in Washington were to confer with
Garnett Monday before filing the
proposed injunction. Both Garnett
and Leichtenberg said they welcomed
a court test as to whether pinball
is legal game Of skill or an illegal
game of chance.
Yesterday Garnett instructed the
Police Department 10 notify opera
tors of places where pinball is played
for gain that the machines will be
seized in 48 hours unless put out Of
commission.
Lichtenberg estimated that some
2 500 pinban machines. representing
an investment Of 100000, are oper-
ated in stores. cafes, cocktail rooms,
pool parlors and game centers in the
District. About one-fourth Of them,
Lichtenberg said, are owned by places
where they are operated. The others
are rented by the distributors.
Games Called Gambling.
In a letter to Police Chief Ernest
w. Brown yesterday. Garnett said
his Office had concluded, after care
full consideration, that pinball, which
pays of in money. slugs, tokens or
merchandise is gambling and illegal.
The district attorney pointed out
that the number Of machines in
operation here has increased greatly
in recent months.
Garnett said today that II repre-
sentatives of the pinball games want
q test case. I am perfectly willing to
60 to court"
Lichtenberg said:
Merchants have invested thousands
Of dollars in the machines and ! feel
sure that Mr.. Garnett would not want
to penalize them until the legal status
of the machines has been determined
by a court ruling.
We will make every effort to CO.
operate with the District attorneys
office in bringing a test case into court
and expediting its trial. II pinball is
illegal in the District, we want to know
about it as soon as possible. We feel
however. that it Is decidedly q game
Of skill"
Evening star., 1936-07-09
EXTEND c. c. c. LIMIT
~ q stan Correspondent OF rne Star.

~ Stan Correspondent OF rne Star.
HYATTSvILLE, Md, July 9.-The
current period of enrolment in the
Civilian Conservation Corps has been
extended to July Is, the Prince
Georges County Welfare Board an
nounced today.
Candidates, from II to 20 years old,
may submit applications in the
boards ofIices In the Rushe Building
here from 10 am. to 2 pm. daily, ex-
cept Saturdays and Sundays.
Evening star., 1936-07-09
APPLICANTS TO APPEAR
FOR POUND MASTER JOB
Selection to Be Made From 81
Men, Probably Immediately
After Interview Tomorrow.

Applicants for the position of Dis
trict pound master will be interviewed
by the Commissioners tomorrow, and
Commissioner Hazen said today q Sc
lection probably will be made immedi-
ately afterward.
Twenty-one men have applied for
the job, which has been vacant since
the death of Walter Smith about two
months ago.
Hazen said preference will be given
men already in the District service,
those with civil service status, and men
experienced In handling dogs. The
post pays 5000 . year.
Evening star., 1936-07-09
WOMAN POISON VICTIM
Cora May Daniels Dies at Hos.
pital-Man's Condition Serious.

Cora May Daniels, 80, of 938 K
street, who was treated for poisoning
at Gallinger Hospital June 80 with
John M. Christy, 54, of 928 Fourteenth
street, after both were found uncon-
scious at the latter address. died in
the hospital last night.
Police said Christy told them he and
the woman had agreed to commit
suicide. He is still in a serious condi-
ton at Gallinger.
Evening star., 1936-07-09

portant part next
November in de-
Gliding close State
contests.
The Democratic
Central Commit
tee for the Dis
trict, elected in
May, h eld an
or g a n a tion
m e e in 6 a n d
chose John B.
Colpoys, United
States marshal,
as chairman.
District Com
missioner George
Evening star., 1936-07-09
STADIUM CAR PARKING
RACKET DRIVE ORDERED
Small Boys Who Debate Tires of
Motorists Who Refuse Them
Will Be Arrested.

Small boys in the neighborhood Of
Grifiith Stadium who have made a
racket out of watching parked auto
mobiles have been made the special
target Of q drive ordered today by
Commissioner Hazen.
The youngsters, who offer to watch
parked machines for a small fee, have
been letting the air from the tires Of
those who refuse to employ them.
Hazen said District officials have
been among victims of the youngsters.
Several months ago similar drive
was conducted by police and num-
Der Of boys were taken to precinct sta
tions during . base ball game. A few
adults also were arrested.
Evening star., 1936-07-09
DRIVE IS STARTED
BYD.C. DEMOCRATS
$4,000 Absentee Voters
Held Likely to Affect Close
State Contests.

District Democrats got of to a
flying start last night in their drive
to get out the $4,000 absentee voters
here, whose ballots may play an i'm
Evening star., 1936-07-09
LIQUOR DEALERS MEET
CONTROL BODY TUESDAY
Report of Activities of Last Year
to Be Presented to ! ,S20 Busi-
ness Men at Session.

The Districts 1929 liquor dealers
were notified today that their annual
meeting with the Alcoholic Beverage
Control Board will be held next Tues
day at 1880 am. in the Government
Auditorium on Constitution avenue.
George w. Offutt, chairman, will
present a report on the boards ac-
tivities during the last year, and there
will be q discussion Of matters Of gen.
eral interest to the industry.
Evening star., 1936-07-09

Births exceeded deaths by $3.50 In
Toxic, Japan. In . recent month.