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Evening star., 1936-09-03
INSPIRED,

There is one husband around
Washington ,oho probably wiu re-
member the Summer OF 1886 as
the last one In Dhich his tpite
trusted him to remain here alone
,ohile she ,Dent on a pacdtion.
The t0ife came home not long
ago to find the house crowded ,pith
prospective buyers, the telephone
keeping up constant danole trith
calls from others anxious to snap
up perhaps the best real estate bar.
gain eper offered in Washington.
investigation on her part disclosed
that the husband, left to his otcn
devices. wds inspired to sell the
house at q price so lou that
a relief beneficiary could haze
bought It.
Evening star., 1936-09-03
DRIVING is MEASURED
Machines to Operate in Conjunc
tion With Moving Picture.

A set of machines to measure the
motorists driving ability will be in
operation tomorrow in conjunction
with. the showing Of And Sudden
Death" at the Metropolitan Theater.
Arranged by the District Motor Club
Of the American Automobile Associa-
ton, ~the demonstration will include
devices to test the motorists reaction
time, muscular agility, depth percep-
tion, color blindness. ocular dominance
and resistance to headlight glare. :.
During the weeks showing of the
hlm patrons will be given a chance to
test their own driving ability. club Of
0eials said.
Evening star., 1936-09-03

The bus started off with q Jerk
which nearly upset the many standees
The heroine of this tale endeavored to
steady herself with one of those metal
uprights which take the place Of the
old-time straps. To her great sur.
prise and CONSERVATION, the stanchion
moved.
A meek passenger, also holding the
"stanchion." spoke up and assured the
young lady that she was perfectly well
come to hold onto the curtain pole he
carried If she wished.
She thanked him, but didn't wish.
RINGS RETURN.
SEVEN years Of separation from her
- wedding ring have Just ended for
the wife of a Navy commander sta
toned in washington. The reunion,
it seems. is one of those odd combina-
tions Of circumstances that every one
likes to read about.
The story began when the owner Of
the ring, finding it tight for her finger.
had it filed in order to remove it.
Thinking she would be able to wear
1t again, she dropped the ring in an
envelope. put it away and forgot about
it for some time. The envelope had
disappeared when she went to look
for 1t later.
Years passed and the ring was only
memory until this Summer. On the
occasion Of a visit to relatives in
Asheville. N. c., the woman told the
story.
At its conclusion sister of the tale
teller left the room, apparently excited
about something She returned few
minutes later with the envelope and
the ring. The former had been used
by one of the children Of the officers
family for a letter written years be-
fore. The ring in the letter had no
meaning to the recipient. but she had
saved both.
Evening star., 1936-09-03
LAW WILL AVENGE
SEASHORE MURDER
California Prosecutor Prom.
ises Death in Staying of
Y. W. c. A. Woman.
Ry the Associated Press.

Ry the Associated Press.
LA JOLLA, Calf, September s.
District Attorney Thomas Whelan
promised death today for the lustful
killer of prim Ruth Muir, social welfare
worker and Wellesley College graduate.
who was criminally attacked and
beaten to death Monday night when
found alone in the moonlight at La
Jolia's famed seashore.
The district attorney, emphasizing
he has taken only an unofficial inter-
est SO far in the puzzling death Of the
48-year-old Y. w. c. A. secretary, said
he was leaving the Staying solution in
the hands of Chief of Police George
Sears of San Diego.
IF and when, however" the district
attorney said. "the chief of police or
sheriff's Office presents me with suffl-
cient evidence to bring the case to
| trial, I will prosecute the defendant
and demand the full penalty of the
law"
Hat Principal Clue.
The principal bit of evidence OF po-
lice today was bedraggled pith he'll
met, apparently bloodstained and found
washed up on the beach near the
death scene by 9-year-old boy, Hay
worth 1som of La Jolla.
Were checking the hat, as well as
every other bit Of possible evidence"
Chief Sears said.
Reviewing meager bits of informa-
ton uncovered since the brutal killing
was discovered Tuesday, both Chief
Sears and Detective Capt Harry Kelly
scoffed at theories that Miss Muir met
death at the hands of a woman as
sailant.
There Is nothing" Capt. Kelly said
hatly, ito back up such a theory at
this time. The physical facts of the
woman's condition as determined after
death fail to bear out such a thought.
Il can't see that any one but man
was responsible for this crime"
Hair Hard to Identify.
His statement was given in the face
of a report from Detective Ed Dieck-
mann that expert tests of human hair
found in Miss Muir's hand showed the
strands to be ''of lighter shade than
the hair of Miss Muir"
I'VE don't know. however," Capt.
Kelly said, whether the hair was from
the head Of Miss Muir or some one else,
or whether it came from the head Of a
man or woman. Any surmise to the
contrary at this time is not justified
by the facts or the information given
to me by Detective Dieckmann, who
took the hair specimens to Pomona,
Calf, for examination by an expert"
A chunk of cement, found near the
murder scene, was examined but found
to bear no evidence Of bloodstains, as
previously supposed.
Evening star., 1936-09-03
NAVY MEN GET MEDALS
Treasury Award Goes to Three for
Heroism.

derolSm.
Silver life-saving medals, awarded
by the Secretary Of the Treasury, yes
terday were forwarded by the Navy
Department to three bluejackets who
saved persons from drowning.
Harry Howard Rightmeyer, boat
swain's mate, first class, serving on
the U. S. s. Chester, assisted a ship
mate who had fallen overheard from
q plane on the cruisers hangar
deck in Port Angeles, Wash, on July
IL, 1885. Thomas Harold Ponder,
boatswain's mate, first class, of the
U. s. s. Peary, rescued a survivor of
the steamship Silver Hazel, wrecked
of San Bernardino, P. l., on Novem-
ber IS, 1885.
Philip Earl Sanders, boatswain's
mate, second class, of the U. s. s..
Lexington, rescued q shipmate from
drowning on November 10, 1885. at
sea.
Evening star., 1936-09-03
PACKARD MAKES "SIX."

DETROIT, September 3.-The long
rumored six-cylinder Packard auto
mobile was displayed today to q meet.
ing Of the companys dealers. The
price was not announced. :
Packard executives said the com.
pany plans to produce more cars dur.
ing the new SALES yen than IN any
previous IL monthA
Evening star., 1936-09-03
FARLEY ANNOUNCES
$2,OOO,0OO DRIVE
Council of Electors" Created to
Raise Funds for Roosevelt


By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, September 3.-Crea-
ton Of the National Council of
Roosevelt Electors" to direct q s2,-
100000 fund-raising campaign was
announced yesterday by James A.
Farley. Democratic national chair
man.
Organization of the electors" has
been going on for several weeks, Far
ley said, under the direction Of
Horace E. Loomis. The co-chairmen
Of the council are w. Forbes Morgan,
treasuer of the national committee,
and Frank c. Walker, chairman Of
the Finance Committee.
Farley asserted the electors"
would seek to obtain funds mostly
through Individual subscriptions. F..
nance directors are being appointed
Evening star., 1936-09-03
CHURCHMEN TO MEET

Christadelphian Representatives
to Hear A. H. Zilmer Sunday.
Representatives of the Christadel-
phian Churches of Washington, Balti-
more and Richmond will meet Sunday
night at the Northwest Christadel-
phian Chapel, 1872 Webster street, to
hear A. H. zilmer, evangelist. editor
and author, speak on THE Keys Of
the Kingdom of Heaven"
Zilmer also will deliver a lecture at
II am. Sunday and on Tuesday, We'd
nesday. Thursday and Friday nights.
Evening star., 1936-09-03
RAINEY'S RUN.
STANCHION.

ND you ever grab for a bus STAN
chion to maintain your equilib-
rum, as the vehicle gave lurch in
starting, and have the blame thing
move? The young woman secretary
TO a prominent insurance manager had
just such an experience the other day
on a Takoma express bus,
Evening star., 1936-09-03
BARRISTER,

A BRAND-NEW lawyer was much
= excited after he had read his
name on the list Of successful candi-
dates. The most impressive way to
let his friends and relatives know, he
decided, was to mail the news first
hand. So. with an assortment Of
newspapers tucked under his arm, he
floated homeward on glorious clouds.
Evening star., 1936-09-03

Suddenly he was brought to earth
by q meek voice from a meek little
lady. On her palm lay two pennies.
"rll take Star, boy" she said.
His response-with all the dignity
Of his new position-"Ladyl I am q
barrister!"
Evening star., 1936-09-03
ACTRESS KIDNAPPED
Marvel Rea Tells Authorities of
Attack by Three Youths.

Attack by Three Youths.
LOS ANGELES. September 3 (P.-
Marvel Rea. actress of the silent screen,
reported to police yesterday that she
was kidnapped and attacked by three
youths. She said she escaped after
q night of terror and made her way
to the Compton police station.
Three youths were taken into Gus
tody for questioning after Miss Rea
furnished police with part of a license
number and a description of the truck
in which she said her aSsailants fed.
The youths denied knowledge of the
alleged crime.
Evening star., 1936-09-03
.WILMARTH ICKES' WILL
LEAVES WIDOW ESTATE
Value Not Revealed-Stepson OF
Interior Secretary Buried
in Illinois.

~ the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, September 8. - The
body of Wilmarth Ickes, 81, stepson
of Secretary of the Interior Harold
L. Ickes, was buried yesterday In
Memorial Park Cemetery.
His will was filed later in Probate
Court, leaving his entire estate to
his widow. Mrs. Mary Elizabeth
Dahlman Ickes, formerly Of Mill
waukee.
Attorneys declined to estimate the
value of the property left by Ickes,
who was treasurer of printing COM
pany. The will was drawn March 7.
1929. and provided that ii Mrs. Ickes
preceded him in death the estate was
to 60 to their three children.
Evening star., 1936-09-03

a pond building project to President Roosevelt
IN 1924 which the administration is forced to
take seriously in 1886. is not at all to the dis
advantage of the Kansas Governor. Mr. Landon
NAV not be the best Snowman in the assemblage.
hut his ideas have working value that command
resnect far beyond the conference room.
The President on his trip has made facetous
claim that rain follows his progress through the
drought region. There are still some who believe
that the cav of the rain-crow causes rain to
fall as the crow Of the roosters causes the sun
to RISE The Hopi Indians demonstrate their
faith in rattlesnakes and dances, but farmers anu
Evening star., 1936-09-03
Washington
Wayside
Tales
Random Observations
of Interesting Events
and Things.
POOKA.

8SSxA1s
TEACH q cat to explore and 1t
win 60 on exploring forever,
even under the most unideal
4 conditions.
That's the way with Pooka, who
came out of the alleys into the hearts
of Mr.. and Mrs. Armand Denis. The
Denises are explorers, just back from
an expedition into the Belgian Congo.
Pooka went along. He explored also.
To date the results of his explorations
include having been lost twice in
Africa. once in Fee, Morocco. His
owners always found him, once
through the good Offices of a French
military aviator. who restored him to
the Denises in the desert.
BY the time he returned to his
Washington home Pooka had devel-
oped the habit of exploring and get
ting lost. Recently he disappeared for
four days. The Denises finally located
him through an odd noise that seemed
to be- coming from somewhere be-
tween the ceiling and the second floor
of the house.
Judiciously cutting away the floor
of the second story, they finally To-
Gated him, trapped among the rafters
and far more bedraggled looking than
ever before in his career as explorer.
X y
RAINEY'S RUN.
There is q photograph on the
ualls OF U. S. Park Police head
quarters uhich uould indicate that
former Chief O1acer NJ. A. Rainey
must hare had to retire t,Utce to
get out OF the service. He did not.
hoUeUer.
The photograph is one OF those
panoramic things in Which it is
possible for the man standing on
one end of the line to run to the
other. thus appearing t,0ice In the
final result. The trick has been
done many times, but it neuer fails
to eroke comment among those ,pho
notice Rainey's particular rersion
OF it.
Evening star., 1936-09-03
Might FinoI Delivered by Carrier
Anywhere in the City
Full Sports

Base BAN Scores Race Results Complete Market
Day. Latest News Flashes from Around the World What
N you'll ind In The Night Final Sports Edition.
THE NIGHT FINAL SPORTS and SUNDAY sTAR-delivered
BY carrier-7oc month Call Maternal 5000 and service
will start ct once. wv
Evening star., 1936-09-03

California occupies more than half
Of the Pacific co&st line Of the United
States.
Evening star., 1936-09-03
The National Scene
BY ALICE ROOSEVELT LONGWORTH.

IEw YORK, September 3-Gov. Landon goes into the cor
ference on drought problem with the advantage OF ben
the poreer of the plan to impound small quanti
Evening star., 1936-09-03


apt TO understand Gov Landons plan 70 save
water than to place trust medicine men and magic
tcopyftsht 1850 y
Evening star., 1936-03-23

addition to watching for the washout
holes, fallen trees and limbs, bits Ut
paper, at which horses might shy.
there are the flora and fauna to OBJ
serve at quiet first hand.
These phenomena fascinate Mason
He likes to note how the four seasons
and even the different months change
the entire aspect, now violently. now
subtly, Of the forests and woodsy path
ways. Since, by simple request, he may
change the hours of his patrol to range
from am. to pm. or /! am. to
pm, he gets the full flavor of Ma
lures sniftings over Ill the daylight
hours during the year.
So. you'll find something of q mild
ness In this big, wind-blown-faced
mountie, but nothing you can take
liberties with. In four years on that
beat he has taken offenders to court
only four times.
"I've found warnings are enough,
he observes. But come on out for q
ride with me some Sunday soon
You'll be catching the first flowers
the azaleas, the arbutus and the Juda'
trees In bud"
Evening star., 1936-03-23
Rides 365 Miles for SIP
Sole Mounted Policeman of the District of
Columbia Is Victim of Economy.

OF horses and leather r)-there's that
extra half mile to jog along every
morning before getting to work and
half mile after work at night. Some
times, says he, it's bad weather, and
the extra mile day Is not 50 pleasant.
Take it all around, however, it's not
a bad ride and 1t does save the Gov
ernment that extra dollar each month.
What with riding day in and out, 20
to 80 miles day In the eight-hour
shift, what's another 365 miles or so
spread over a year anyhow? That's
the way he sees 1t. Besides, it's his
job and he likes it; in fact, of all
the possible police details that the
whole city might offer, it's the one
he'd pick.
It's certainly better than the seven-
year trick on bicycle which he did
at Smithsonian before he was trans
ferred four years ago to his present
detail, from X street to the District
line out on Western avenue. Being a
natural lover of things that grow lr
the woods and along bride paths, h,
doesn't find the beat lonely at all.
Watches Flora and Fauna.
This, in spite of the fact that OF
Mondays and Tuesdays he rarely
meets q soul mounted on horseback 4.
he clops slowly along the paths. II
Evening star., 1936-03-23
HELD In MURDER CASE

NEW YORK, March % CP.-A man
who gave his name as Sidney Diehn,
"a, Of Newport, KY, was arrested
yesterday on Kentucky warrant
charging him with murder.
The warrant. signed by r. w. Phil
lips Of the Campbell County Circuit
Court, charged Dtehn with setting
fire to q road house in Newport as
the result of which a woman was
burned to death.
Evening star., 1936-03-23
~VT. LESLIE D. MASON, cele-
y brated as Washington's only
mounted policeman, a natural

mounted policeman, naCuTal-
u ist Of sorts, a poet of the same,
and gentleman guardian Of the Capt.
tolls IS miles of bride paths, accounts
himself these days a sort OF unique
victim of economy.
Briefly, he rides his current rented
mount Don, number IL in succession
of none-too-good nags since Septem-
ber last, 365 miles year to save the
Government $12.
It all comes about in this way. Each
year the United States Park police, of
which Mason is a member, let the
contract for his horse to the lowest
bidder. The Government has no horse
of its own for this detail, 50 it has to
rent one.
Two Low Bids Received.
Well, there were two low bids this
past fiscal year-one Of $50, one Of
$40 for a horse for month. The low
bidder got it. The stable where Don
and his predecessors come from, and
where Mason goes each morning at 8
TO saddle up, is just half mile from
his beat. The $50 bidding outfit is
on the rounds, so to speak.
So-and mind you, Mason isn't
complaining about it (he's real lover
Evening star., 1936-03-23

More than half the imports into
Haiti last year were from the United
States,
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-08
WET PAVEMENT
CAUSES CRASH
NEAR IMPERIAL

Wet pavement following the light
shower late Tuesday afternoon was
blamed for a spectacular automo-
bile accident north of Imperial
which wrecked two automobiles
and damaged a truck. but failed
to injure passengers or drivers of
the machines involved.
Jasper d. McCary of FL Centro
attempted to pass a truck driven
by William Funk. The McCary
car skidded on the pavement and
slid into a car driven by Theodore
B. Shank of Brawley. The impact
forced the Shank car into the
truck and the McCary car into
the borrow pit beside the highway,
where it overturned. The cars
were wrecked and the truck dam
aged.
Alfudo Velasco, Japanese of Los
Angeles, was treated for cuts and
bruises after he drove his car to
the left side of the highway to
collide with an AL Smith truck driV-
EN- by S. P. Miller of Ell Centre.
The accident occurred Ohe mile
east of FL Centric at 5:45 a. m.
Wednesday.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-08

Justice Charles Kuchel of Ana
helm, where nine witnesses, in
cluding several deputy sheriffs,
declared they were among Mexi-
cans who attacked orange grove
guards.
H. P. Erlich, Los Angeles at
torney, and his secretary, Lillian
MunrOe, appeared in behalf of the
defendants. Miss Munroe, de-
clared by officers to be a Com
muniSt agitator, was elected from
the courtroom by deputy sheriffs.
Trial dates will be set Friday
in Santa Ana. The riot charge
is high misdemeanor.
The remainder of the 159 Mex
leans jailed on rioting charges, in
groups of 80, will be arraigned
later today in the Fullerton justice
court
Stuart Strathman, representa-
tive of the packing house manag-
erS, denied today that a secret
meeting of growers in Placentia
yesterday had any connection with
the reported breaking up of Mex
lean agricultural union meetings
last night in Ell Modena and Ana
helm. Union officials charged
that white men in automobiles
threw tear gas bombs into the
halls.
Stratham pointed out that those
who met in Placentia made plans
and later attended a social func-
ton at the Hacienda Country club
north of Fullerton, which was in
session at the time the gas bombs
were hurled.
There was no violence reported
today within the county although
the large force of highway pa
trolmen, officers and special guards
continued patroling roads near
orchards.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-08
OIL CHIEFS.
BODY TOSSED
UP BY OCEAN
Woman Friend Tells
Of Tragedy On
Beach

LAGUNA BEACH, Cal,
July 8. (UP)-The battered
body of Earl D. Carlson, AZ,
said to be an executive of
the Hy-Vis Oil company of
New York, was found in the
surf today, more than II hours
after he disappeared while fish
ing from the shore. Death was
believed due either to drowning
or to an attack of heart disease
which caused him to tumble into
the ocean.
An autopsy was ordered to de-
termine cause Of death.
Harold Schwartz of Anaheim
found the body after a night-long
search, requested by Miss Dora
Lacey of Altadena, who accompa-
MED Carlson here for a fishing
trip yesterday.
She told police she left him
fishing on the rocks early last night
to come to town for sandwiches.
When she returned, her companion
had disappeared. His fishing pole
was lying on the rocks.
The body was found about four
miles below the spot where he
had disappeared. 1t was battered,
apparently from the surf, and
Continued on Page 2, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-08
50. SIERRAS SLICES
RATES THRU VALLEY

A. B. West, president of The
Southern Sierras Power company,
announces that new rate schedules
are being filed with the State Rail-
road Commission, which will make
effective reduced electric power
rates in Brawley, Calexico, Calipa-
tria, Ell Centro, Holtville, Imperial,
WeStmorland and every rural COM
munity Of the Imperial Valley,
bringing about a reduction of ap-
proximately 13 per cent in present
rates.
Following the reductions of ap-
proXimately 10 per cent made by
the company in 1885 the new rates
will be 81 per cent below the rates
of January /, 1885.
In commenting on the history of
the company and these reductions,
West said, EARLY in 1885, in a talk
before the members of the ASso-
ciated chambers of commerce of
the Imperial Valley, I reviewed the
problems that the company faced
during its development and service
in the valley These included the
complete rehabilitation of electric
facilities, which existed here when
we came into the valley; the ex-
tension of rural services, which
amounted to 447 miles of pole line
the construction of second trans
mission line from San Bernardino
to Ell Centre by way of Rincon; and
the establishment of improvements
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-08
SECOND WIND
STORM HITS
VALLEY AREA
Minor Damage Done
As Dust Dims
Vision

Imperial Valley was visit
ed Tuesday afternoon by the
second severe WindstOrm of
the week. The humid day
preceded a furious wind and
dust storm which blew over trees,
broke windows and toppled buildings
in various sections of the valley.
No serious damage was reported.
Dust obscured the vision late in
the afternoon. Within a few mo-
ments showers we'll in Ell Centro and
a deluge poured over the desert sec
tions west of Westmorland. BraWley
reported no rain.
CaleXico suffered the most serious
damage, three display windows in
the downtown district being blown
out by the wind. Windows at the
Imperial Valley Hardware store, the
Style shop and Aliens Hardware
store went down under the force
of the gale.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-08

campaign TO unlonlZe the nations
great steel industry, 16 members
of the council weighed a "shoW-
down" with rebel labor chieftains
on fundamental issues which may
decide whether organized workers
in the United States shall present
United front or a dual labor
movement.
Emphasizing the widening split
among the leaders were prelimin-
aries to the councils meeting, in
cluding:
President William Green of the
A. F.. of L. limited in a strongly
worded statement that the fedora
ton might withhold financial and
organization support from the re-
bellious campaign of John L. Lewis
to organize one big union in the
steel and other industries in op-
position to the federation's cra1G
union policy.
Both factions, however, appear
ed to hold hope progress could
be made toward Cancellation at the
secret sessions today and tomorrow
CT the executive council of 16
members.
Lewis, maintaining his aggres-
sive attitude toward the fedora
ton leadership, held open the door
to compromise move in his re-
ply to Green's denunciation of
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-08
MISLEADING AID
CHARGES MADE

WASHINGTON, July 8. UR) -
Misrepresentation in advertising OF
the therapeutic value of the "Zim-
mer radium emanator" is alleged in
complaint on file today by the
federal trade commission against H.
r. thinner. 636 West 77th street,
Los Angeles.
The complaint describes the prod
uct as a metal holder purporting to
contain pure, refined radium which,
when placed in drinking water,
renders the water radioactive. Zim-
mer allegedly represented, the COM
plant charges, that the product
lengthens the span Of life, improves
health and cures many human all
ments and diseases specified in his
advertising circulars.