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Evening star., 1936-06-10
Missing Girl, Is,
Is Promised End
Of Study Worry
Gloria Carter Urged to
Return by Frantic
Parents.

The frantic parents of l5-year-old
Gloria Elaine Carter, missing for
week, appealed to her to come home
today, promising that school work and
music lessons would never worry her
again.
After the girl disappeared, her
mother found note from her teacher
stating she could not pass several sub
jects she was taking at Gordon Junior
High School. The note was addressed
to the mother, but Gloria had not de-
livered it.
Her father, Weldon Carter, director
of the Washington Musical Institute.
said she is an accomplished musician.
having played both the piano and
violin since she was years old.
THE noise of students practicing
here in the studio often disturbed her.
however. and she had expressed a de.
sire to get away from 1t ALL" he said.
Then I am afraid we may have
been too exacting about her school.
I'm sure she was worried about that.
Just write that If she will come back
to us she needn't go back to school
and won't have to play either the
piano or violin unless she wants to-"
The parents believe Gloria, an only
child, may be hiteh-hiking West, but
they have received no definite in
formation to confirm this. Her
photograph has been broadcast, but
it was taken three years ago. when
she had long hair. Her father de-
scribed her as being 5 feet 3 inches
tall. with hazel eyes, an olive COM
plexion and hond bobbed hair,
Evening star., 1936-06-10
DOCTOR AMONG g
UNDER INDICTMENT.
Jesse B. Rutherford, 79, Is
Charged With Illegal 0per-
alton Causing Death.

The grand jury reported % indict-
ments in District Supreme Court today.
Among those against whom true bills
were returned are:
DR.. Jesse B. Rutherford, 70. of llO5
G street. a practicing physician here
AZ years, charged with performing
an illegal operation on Mrs. Lillian C.
Brouillette, "a, Sibley Hospital nurse,
who later died of blood poisoning.
William j. Nolan. automobile dealer,
and Francis M. Kearney, a former
business associate, charged with brib-
ing two witnesses not to appear at the
trial Of the divorce suit brought against
Nolan by his wife, Mrs. Alice M. Nolan.
The indictment was the third against
Nolan and Kearney. the first having
been found defective by Justice Jo-
seph w. Cox and the second having
been nolle pressed because of the in
clusion Of Government employees on
the grand jury that returned it.
Other Defendants.
Others indicted and the charges
against them:
Byron Schwab. 80, forgery and
uttering in the theft of 19 $40 travel
ers' checks in Atlanta; Lester Black
we'll Raymond Keyser. James r.
Shields, Richard Franklin and James
z. Thomas, joy riding: Helmuth
Fischer. grand larceny; William Har-
ris. Elizabeth Bates. Leonard Craw.
ford. Isaac Kee, John Smith, Ezell
Jones, Waddell Evans. Roosevelt
Howell and Allen B. Ford, housebreak-
ing and larceny: Walter H. Fritter,
larceny after trust: Samuel Pettigrew,
Doris Rucker, Charles v. Anthony,
Jessie M. Scott and Raymond c.
Carper. assault with a dangerous
weapon; Agnes Lucille Brown, may
hem; Lawrence Cook, arson; Robert
F. Parker. William H Strickland and
Bryan Schwab, forgery and uttering;
James A. McEaddy and Samuel
Caruso, violation of the liquor taxing
act; Joseph F. Murray, Pearl Louise
Simmons, James z. Simmons. Charles
E. Pinkney, Elliott Rattley, James r.
Brooks, Louis G. Cooper. Elaine j.
Harris, Leon L. Irving and Alice L.
White, gambling.
Gases Ignored.
Charles L. Harris and Logan j.
Newman, assault with a DANGEROUS
weapon; John Jones, HOUSEKEEPING
and larceny; James T. Seekford and
Andrew Golian. robbery, and Joseph
Jones and Charlie Miller, larceny after
trust
Evening star., 1936-06-10

~ OOKWORMS and other tiny
x creatures that find food and
| drink in the yellowing pages
- OF Uncle Sans records meet
their doom when they enter the new
Archives Building.
Their determination is the first step
toward insuring long life for the docu-
ments being collected from the vari-
Gus governmental agencies for safe
storage.
Deep in dust that accumulated dur
ing years of confinement in an old
warehouse on New Hampshire avenue.
the first batch OF some 4.600. 900 PEN
sion records from the Veterans Ad-
Hfinistration now are getting a thor
oueh going-over before being filed in
new fire. damp and mold-proof vaults.
Workers wearing dust masks and
armed with vacuum cleaners attack
the soiled documents when they are
brought into the basement of the Ar
chives Building. Any foreign mat
ter that remains in the pages after
this treatment is dealt with by fu-
mlgaJlng macnlne.
Insects Are Eliminated.
This device-a chemically treated
chambers used to make certain no
destructive insects are carried into
the new home of the documents. there
to infest other records and do ire
parable damage
These are hut a fpw nrecautions
taken to preserve the history of Amer
Evening star., 1936-06-10

ica's FEDERAL service. Ultimately it is
planned TO store all historic records of
the governmental agencies in the Ar
chives Building. but at present this
work is just getting underway.
For the past two weeks, trucks have
been carting pension records to the
new structure. They are contained in
tin file drawers, and, aside from the
cleaning-up process, little is done TO
disturb them.
To prevent handling of the records.
which cover conflicts between the
Revolution and the World War in
Guiding the Indian campaigns. index
cards. on which is listed a brief his
tory of each case. were made out. And
TO save the cards from wear and tear
they are being photographed.
Film Record Is Made.
In an elaborate laboratory. a mar
row strip Of film. not unlike that used
in movie camera. is becoming a eel
luloid record of pension cases. 1t is
the modern way of filing.
This work is facilitated by rapid
action photo-recording machine that
has a maximum speed of 5000 copies
sn hour. The films will be cataloeueo
and then put away, where they will
be accessible.
The file rooms and cabinets Of the
Archives Building are the last word ir
efficiency. in sharp comparison with
the dank firetrsps that now house
Evening star., 1936-06-10

some Of the Governments valuable
documents.
In neat stacks. the metal cases fill
rooms three levels below the street.
There is 5,6l5.903 cubic feet of space
for records, believed to be adequate to
store those documents that the Ma
tional Archives Council decides should
be transferred to the new quarters.
Light and Heat Controlled.
Artificial light is the only illumi-
nation in the windowless file rooms.
An even tempera ture is maintained
and the files are treated with chemi-
Gals. An intricate device registers the
slightest noise or change of tempera-
ture in the rooms after Office hours.
The heat from persons body might
even be recorded on the machine that
guards the documents.
So far. highly trained examiners
have surveyed more than 100000
cubic feet of records for possible trans
! fer to the Archives Building A large
| part of these, however. will not be
moved. many of them being current
records that must be referred to daily
This survey will no doubt bring tc
light documents of little value or on
the border line. They will be photo
graphed, for future reference, and the
originals probably destroyed.
It's large order. taking care of the
United States Governments records
but they make it look very simple.
Evening star., 1936-06-10
PROBE TOMORROW
IN WOMAN'S DEATH
Two Charged With Murder
OF Mrs. Conrad Maier
Here Saturday.

An inquest will be held tomorrow
in the death of Mrs. Mary Conrad
Maier. 36, wife of w. P. A. worker,
who was fatally injured Saturday
night in what authorities termed one
of the most brutal criminal assaults
in the annals of the Police Depart
ment.
Two men are charged with murder
in the case. They are AlonZo Turner.
20. of 933 Ninth street and Elmer
Fulk. also %. said to have rented a
room Saturday at 628 Independence
avenue southwest. where Mrs. Maier
and her husband boarded.
Turner and Fulk we're arrested by
police of No. 4 precinct after Mrs.
Maier was found in a semi-conscious
condition in a shed at the rear of
626 independence avenue southwest,
next door to her home.
Before she died in Casualty Hos
pital early yesterday Mrs. Maier iden-
tilted Turner as one of her sssailants,
according to police who said he was
taken to the bedside of the dying
woman. A witness. police said. later
identified Fulk as the second man in
the case.
Turner, police said. went to the
Maier home about $50 pm. Satur-
day night and described himself to
Mrs. Maier as an officer. He ordered
her IN follow him tn a shed where
Fulk allegedly was waiting.
The woman was terrifcally beaten
and criminally assaulted. An autopsy
yesterday disclosed she died as a re-
suit of internal injuries and the beat
ing.
Evening star., 1936-06-10
DEMOCRATS LIST
D. c. RALLY PLANS
TorchIight Parade Sched-
uIed Day of RooseveIt's
Acceptance Speech.

Plans for a colorful demonstration
in Grifith Stadium June 81. when
President Roosevelt is scheduled to
make his acceptance speech at the
Democratic National Convention at
Philadelphia, were made public to-
day by the Roosevelt Nominators
Club.
The festivities. intended to bring
back the old-time political rallies,
will include a torchlight procession.
fireworks. brass bands and pageantry
depicting the history of the Demo-
cratic party
The marchers will form at the
Jackson statue, in front of the White
House. and parade to the stadium,
carrying Oil torches. The parade also
will include floats and musical units,
according to the plans.
The Washington demonstration will
be one of hundreds of similar gather
ings held simultaneously throughout
the country. The program at Grifffth
Stadium will include a two-hour per-
formance of athletic events and the
atrical entertainment in advance of
the broadcast of the Presidents ad-
dress.
The purpose of the demonstration
here is to collect campaign fund at
dollar head" to be used in support
of President Roosevelt's reelection
campaign.
A canvass will be made of the city
to enlist Roosevelt supporters. Those
who take part in the rally by buying
a ticket will receive buttons bearing
the words, Il Want Roosevelt Again"
In addition to the citizens of the
District, residents of nearby Maryland
and Virginia who desire Roosevelt's re-
election also will be invited to take
part in the proceedings.
Evening star., 1936-06-10
WOODWARD GRADUATES
WILL HEAR DR.. CHRISTIE

DR.. Arthur c. Christie. chairman OF
the board of trustees of American Uni
versity. will deliver the commencement
address at the annual graduation ex-
ercises of the Woodward School for
Boys tonight at 8 O'Clock in the au-
ditorium of the Central Y. M. c. A.,
Eighteenth and G streets.
DR.. Christie is past president OF the
Y. NJ. C. A., with which the school
Is afIiliated. The school, for junior
and senior high school students. spe-
cializes in individual instruction.
Diplomas will be awarded to Is
graduates by Headmaster James J.
King. George A. Lewis. chairman OF
the Educational Committee of the Y.
NJ q. A., will pr4tde.
Evening star., 1936-06-10
Citizens to File Plea With Each Congressman to Save d. c. Bill
Police Falter at Targets
Lack of Practice Due to Economy
Problem Apparent at Camp.

kept in practice at their own expense.
A majority of the men, however,
rarely see a target range, and he ad-
mitted that some of them have not
done any shooting since the last quail
flying rounds in 1881.
Specifications in Manual.
The pistol shooting specifications
are embodied in one part of the police
manual which Is expected to remain
as at present when the revised man.
ual appears.
The revision Is under the direction
of Inspector Edwards, rather than In
spector Bernard w. Thompson. who
had been given credit for the work In
a printed report. The manual Is not
expected of the presses for many
months.
Machine Guns Inactive.
Although the department owns sew
eral machine guns of the type en-
ployed in Chicago, New York and
other cities where police continually
are on guard against gang warfare
Inspector Edwards said there Is no
ammunition available for machine
gun practice here. A small supply has
been kept on hand for emergencies,
but the machine gun operators are not
afforded the chance to train.
In the try-outs at Camp Simms
sufficient ammunition Is furnished to
enable each member to fire the pre-
scribed course of 80 shots for the at
tainment Of the classifications. The
course includes two series of five shots
each from a distance OF Is yards, al
lowing one minute per shot: two series
of timed shots from distance of Is
yards, allowing 20 seconds per shot
and two series of rapid-f1re shots at a
torso" target, allowing 10 seconds
per shot.
Department officials have ruled that
all policemen failing to qualify with
scores of IS or better will be required
to take instruction and further prac'
tice on their own time and expense
until they can meet the requirements
Evening star., 1936-06-10
.BABCOCK TO QUIT
|. HIS POST PENDING
CONVENTION VOTE
A. F. G. E. President Asks
Leave, Making Recall
Action Unnecessary.
MRS. HEFFNER TO ACT
AS ORGANIZATION HEAD
Charges of Political Activity to
Be Heard at Meeting in
September.

E. Claude Babcock. president OF
ment Employees. was preparing todsv
to relinquish Office, effective Monday.
pending action by the annual con-
vention in September on charges Of
political activity made against him
by his executive council.
Mrs. Berniece Heffner. secretary,
will become acting president. unGer
this program, and recall proceedings
initiated by the council because
Babcock attacked the Roosevelt
administration through the Republ-
can National Committee, will not
necessarily be carried out.
Proposes He Be Gwen Leave.
Babcock proposed to the council
yesterday that he be given leave until
the convention assemblies in Detroit.
when the membership can pass OH
his case without going through the
recall routine. Certain details re-
maine to be completed, it was under
stood before this procedure could be
carried out.
In making this offer to the council
yesterday, Babcock also ddrcssed an
open letter to all lodges in which he
urged that they vote against the
recall proposal if it was submitted
to them an dawait the Detroit meet
ing to decide what they wanted to do.
Concurrenly, he submitted a for
NAL resignation to the council. on
which the convention could vote.
Suggests Course.
This" he explained. will per
NIT all the lodges. through their
delegates, to decide, after obtaining
personal knowledge. how to vote
intelligently and not as a result of
harmful and one-sided statements"
He added that he believes the good
of the federation requires this course"
Evening star., 1936-06-10
SCHOOL PROGRAM
|. TO Be EXAMINED
BY PARKS GROUP
Planning Commission to Be.
gin TWo-Day Session
Tomorrow.
COMMISSIONERS ASK
FOR DETAILED STUDY
Half of 100 Units in Recreation
System Planned Includes
School Grounds.

Examination of the Board of Edu-
cations five-year building program
to determine how it fits in with the
recreational plan will be one of the
major items on the program Of the
National Capital Park and Planning
Commission. which begins q two-day
session tomorrow.
The District Commissioners have re-
quested the commission to give detailed
study to the subject. John Nolen, jr.
the groups director of planning. ex-
planned today that about one-half of
the $50 units in the ultimate perma-
nent recreation system includes school
grounds. The Board of Education and
the commission in 1880 jointly studied
the school development and recrea-
tional system. This city heads now
desire to determine exactly how this
has worked out, in the light of current
needs.
NoIen to Make Report.
The Commissioners also have asked
the planners to give them the benefit
of data and population studies that
have been made. Nolen will make q
progress report on this work and like
wise advise his colleagues of the head
way made by the two committees set
up by the Commissioners relating to
subdivision and zoning regulations.
The trends of building develop
ments and character of coming petit
tions, Nolen pointed out. are impor-
tant indices of the citys growth and
needs. This. the director of planning
said gives a clue to transportation,
| recreation. school and other develop
ments in the city's growth.
Land purchase items will take up
most of tomorrow mornings session,
| but the commission will give consid
Grafton to a number of requests from
various communities for new projects.
The citizens of the Trinidad section
! want q new park and people living in
the area west Of Nebraska avenue are
! requesting a neighborhood park.
Field Trip Tomorrow.
Tomorrow afternoon has been set
aside for field trip which includes
work done on the Virginia side of the
Potomac. in the George Washington
Memorial Parkway between Arlington
and Key Bridges. Grading has been
completed there. Proposed future
parks will be inspected, as we'll as the
housing departments north of w
street. in the Whitehaven parkway
and Glover parkway.
improvement of traffic movement in
Georgetown will be another considera-
ton for the commission. This will
include the K street viaduct and the
use of border streets on the edges of
the area, rather than using thorough
fares such as P and @ streets, going
directly through it.
A number of public building items
will be taken up by the commission
Friday morning. and these include
landscaping of the Federal Reserve
Board Building and the Municipal
Center, as well as underground park
ing at the Great Plaza, east of the
Department of Commerce Building
The proposed s3,0oo,o00 amphitheater
at Fort Stevens. as a memorial to the
Grand Army Of the Republic, will also
receive attention, inasmuch as the
legislation has been referred to the
commission for comment.
Evening star., 1936-06-10
LTHOUGH members OF the
Metropolitan Police Depart
ment wear service revolvers

"A LTHOUGH members OF the
" Metropolitan Police Depart
~ ment wear service revolvers
4 n strapped at their hips for
use in any emergency. many have not
fired shot in five years.
Moreover, half are so sadly out of
practice that at distance of Is yards
their shots are likely to go wide.
This was disclosed today at Camp
Simms, in Congress Heights, where the
police force is holding its first qualifl-
cation rounds on the target range
since 1881. Detectives, precinct cap
tains and officers from the beats have
been testing their craftsmanship since
early last month. The tests will con-
tinue at least two weeks.
Results thus far have not been en-
couraging to department officials.
Lieut.. j. E. Fondahl, of the first pre-
cinct, who has been detailed to super
wise the trials. said the present indi-
cations are that less than so per cent
of the force will make qualifying
scores of IS or better.
Problem Of Economy Cited.
The root of the trouble, said In
spector L. I. H. Edwards, is tied up in
the problem of economy. Not only is
it impossible for the department to
supply the men with practice ammu-
milton, but the necessary supervising
officers and coaches cannot be spared
from active duty long enough to help
the poorer shots brush up.
Demands of the budget, he ex-
planned, have forced the police to ig-
more a section OF their regulations
which specifically states:
Annually, between the first day oi
April and the thirtieth day Of Sep
tember, each member of the force
shall be required to report for pisto
target practice and will be further re-
quired to qualify under one of the fol-
lowing classif1cationS: (a) pistol eX.
pert, go per cent; (b) sharpshooter, 81
per cent; Ic) marksman, 65 per cent.
Many of the policemen. according
to Inspector Edwards, have regarded
pistol shooting as a hobby and have
Evening star., 1936-06-10
Plan Moonlight Cruise.

The Ladies Auxiliary of Washing
ton Post No. So, Jewish War Veterans
of the United States, will hold moon
light cruise on the steamer City of
Washington on Sunday, June 20. at
$3.50 p. m.
Mrs. Sidney B. Diamond and Mrs.
Joseph Berlin are co-chairmen, and
Mrs. Nathan Tabor is chairman of the
ticket committee.
Evening star., 1936-06-10
ZI0NCHECK QUIETS DOWN
IN PSYCHOPATHIC WARD
representative, Under observa-
tion. Sleeps Eight Hours-Not
to Be Discharged Today.

Representative Marion A. zionChcck
slept eight hours of peaceful, unbroken
sleep in the psycopathic ward at Gal
linger Hospital last night after his
brief bathrobe cigar tour of the front
grounds the night before
The rambling Representative retired
at II pm. and did not awaken until 7
am.
mo discharge today" was the word
from the hospital.
Meanwhile, workmen finished re-
placing the screen the Washington
legislator kicked out Monday night in
his desire for breath of fresh air.
Evening star., 1936-06-10
MRS. c. A. BARNER DIES
AT HOME OF DAUGHTER
Funeral for Wife of Retired Bap-
tist Minister Set for
Saturday.

Mrs. Carrie Andre Barner. 81, died
yesterday at the home of her daugh-
ter. Mrs. william Wakefield. POPS
Allen place, wife of Lieut.. Condr.
william Wakefield.
Besides her daughter, Mrs. Barner
is survived by her husband, Rev. A.
Sterling Barner. retired Baptist
minister of East Orange, N. j.: three
grandchildren and q nephew. Donald
Dunham. this city: a sister, Mrs.
Zula Dunham, Long Beach, Calf,
and a half brother, Jesse Grain. Gait,
Mo.
Funeral services will be held here
Saturday afternoon. Burial will be
In the family POT at Pomona, Calf.
Evening star., 1936-06-10
HEADS SALES GROUP
George C. Cook Is Reelected at
Annual Smoker.

George c. Cook was reelected presi-
dent of the Washington Sales Repre-
sentatives' Association at the annual
smoker and election meeting last night
at the Continental Hotel
Other officers elected we're: 2. A,
Jones, first vice president; Ralph
Ergood, second vice president; o. w.
Shumate. treasurer; r. c. Woods,
secretary: C. E. Shultz recording sec
retary: H. L. Golladay, r. E. Brawner,
r. J. Dannenfiller, H. S. Caden, Charle7
D. Wright. Raymond Martyr and T.
E. Bourne. directors.
Evening star., 1936-06-10
Ancient Boat Found.

Said to be 1000 years old. a boat
followed from a tree trunk was found
five feet underground In Sandwich,
England, . halt mile frQp the sea.
Evening star., 1936-06-10

Blanton already has introduced
so-called continuing" resolution in
the House which goes step further
than the one Senator Thomas proposes
to introduce in the Senate. 1t specifi-
cally forbids any payment by the Fed
tFal Government toward District ex-
apenses and eliminates an item of $78&
The Washington times., 1936-06-12
P. P.U.C. ORDERS
BUS HEARING

A conference will be held be-
tween the Public Utilities Commis-
sion and a delegation from the
Capital Transit Company, headed
by E. D. Merrill, general manager,
to iron out objections to the COM
missions recent order covering
ventilation of buses, it was an
nounced today by the P. U. C.
Riley E. Elgen, chairman of the
commission, said a letter of objec-
tion to the order had been received
from the company and it was de-
cided to hold the conference.
The company's objections are
that the order was promulgated
without a public hearing, and that
the wording is such that it might
be construed to mean windows
could not be opened nor could
buses be heated. The company
also pointed out it might be liable
to prosecution if a ventilator went
out of order during trip and the
driver failed to notice it at once
and discharge all his passengers.